The daily sentinel., 1903-05-20
COUNCIL MEETS
Some Warm Passases---J. U. Har-
ris in Role of Workinsman.
Everything Finally Lovely.


chamber last night. All members
were present save Buckius.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
A petition was presented from Min
ME Rogers asking that she be permit
ted to move frame building standing
on lot No %, Block No. 1873. without
the fire limits, across the alley in the
rear of lot No 10 within the fire linn
it in the same block. The permission
was refused.
A committee of the Federal Labor
Union appeared before council. CON
sisting of James U. Harris. member
of the board of county commissioners.
L. NJ Slocomb, and Mr.. Giersberg,
barber. These gentlemen were per-
resolution adopted by the union. ON
the contract that had been given the
Utah Coal company for the supply of
coal for the city.
James U. Harris started the ball
rolling and before its conclusion there
was pretty warm time over the
matter. Harris made one of his spread
eagle harrangues. He told what a
friend he was of the unions and lot
of other matter foreign to the subject
for which they were present.
At the conclusion of his address
Mayor Sampliner said he could not
understand how a man who never
worked himself could come before a
body. similar to the one OF which he
was member and endeavor to address
them upon the subject of alleged
shortcomings He thought it was in
bad taste. Harris answered that he
at one time had worked probably hard
er than the mayor ever had, but the
mayors point against the fact that he
had never been known to labor, while
resident of the city. seemed to strike
powerfully full toward tender spot
in Harris anatomy.
1t was explained by Mr.. Slocomb
that any one could join the union,
whether they were business men or
laboring men.
When things began to get quite
warm Harris said that it was reported
that Mayor Sampliner was in ON the
deal for the award of the contract to
furnish coal.
This was pretty warm shot, but
Mr.. Sampliner threw Mr.. Harris into
confusion in very quiet and gentle
manly way by saying i'll response that
he had been elected by the people and
city. He had again been elected over
tremendous opposition by a splendid
vote, that he knew that in his official
capacity he was subject of criticism
but he hardly believed that the public
would believe any idle assertion that
he had anything whatever to do with
n small contract like that. Further
more he said it was not compliments
ry to the eight well known and intel
ligent gentlemen present, who had
unanimously voted to accept that con-
tract to charge that they had been in
fluenced to vote for contract, espec
tally wherein he had no vote
When Mr.. Harris ATTEMPTED to re-
spond to this he acknowledged that
his informant, that Mayor Sampliner
was concerned in the contract, was
Col. Ketchum. A quiet smile then
passed over the faces of the council
manc board and nothing more was
said by the mayor.
City Attorney Canadian was ap-
pealed to in regard to the matter by
Alderman Smith, of the Fourth ward,
who desired to be informed in regard
to their position legally upon the
matter. Mr.. Carnahan said, that
council had proceeded entirely accord
ing to the law. That bids had been
asked through the official newspaper
of the city, that they had been re-
ceived and the contract awarded to the
lowest bidder. Had not the contract
| been awarded to the lowest bidder.