The Nome nugget., 1904-01-27
Four COunCilmen Act In Arbitrary Manner.
WANT TO HOLD ON
A Minority Councilman Says For the Purpose of Getting the
 Summer Graft"

With a cut and dried program. four city councilnen, Hill, Bard, Calvin and Rowe. railrOaded two ordinances through the city council on Monday night, the object and aim of the ordi- nances being to enable these members of the council to remain in office and enjoy the "usufruct and unearned increment thereof" until next November,
 The first ordinance provides that the registration of voters shall not take place until the first Tuesday of Septem- Der in each and every year; the second fixes the date of holding the annual municipal election on the second Tues day after the first Monday of November.
 Both ordlnaces were rushed through, Hill, Calvin, Rowe and Bard voting for them, Hoxsie and Stevens against. The painful desire of the four men to rush through the ordinances was clearly manifest.
 In very few minutes a part of the routine business was disposed of: so great was the hurry of the ma aioritv that the rest went over to more con- venient season.
 A request of the school directors for q fire alarm box on the Seward school building was referred to the fire com mittee: number of bills were ordered paid, by warrants, and on motion of Rowe, the chief of police was ordered to remove all Instructions from the streets. Hill said his memorial, which is to show that his life has been threatened by some federal official or other was not yet ready, and then the ordinances referred to above, were in- troduced.
 The discussion was brief. stevens, who was somewhat late in arriving, protested against the attempt of the four councilmen to continue themselves in office in defiance of the law ana the will of the people.
 You want the summer graft, said Stevens. glaring at Hill, who he also intimated, was the de facto mayor, a statement that seemed to cause the gorge of Mr. Bard to rise, for he said sotto voce mot for a few days yet. Mir Stevens"
 Stevens, wanted roll call. Hill said it wasn necessary, but Bard remarked: If you make that play we'll have it.; and the form of calling the roll on the adoption of each ordinance was gone through
 , Hoxsie said it might be well to but he thought that new council should be elected to serve the short term. For himself he proposed to re- sign anyway, at the end of the term for which he was elected.
 Stevens and Hill scrapped fercely, the former declaring that no man, how ever eloquent, could prevent the rail- roading of the ordinances. Not one of the four councilmen would change their Opinions-if they had any. He would vote against the ordinances and do all in his power in the future to break them.
 Hill clipped in a remark, Stevens re- torted and Bard rapped for order. He would have no rag chewing" he said.
 "Im not with you, Doctor" said Stevens.
 II trained with you once," said the comedian, 'and 1 don't want any more of your work
 The comedian and his under5tudies were palpably anxious, and after an ordinance amending the impounding ordinance had been hurriedly read. it tOo was passed.
 Hill immediately moved to adjourn, and as the spectators who were present joined in the denunciation of the high handed work, the lights in the vaude- vile hall over the, Hunter saloon, were turned off, and some wag remarked that the little four love darkness rather than light, because they are ashamed of their deeds"