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MAYOR PUT IN
A PROTEST
TOO MUCH LAXNESS, He SAID
IN WAY CLAIMS ARE BEING PAID
FOR ARTICLES DESTROYED.

Mayor Myers Made Sharp Comments
on Report of Joint Committee on
Health and Finance, and Chair
man Glatigny, Defended His Com
mittee-GIatigny Suggested That
Disinfecting Plant he Purchased.
Discussion Last Night May Lead to
This Being DOne-GIatigny Said He
Would Show 1t Is Needed.
Mayor Myers entered protest at the
Council meeting last night, when favor
able reports had been read on eight Pc
titions for payment for articles de-
stroyed by the health department.
The remark of the Mayor brought
the chairman of the Joint Committee
on Health and Finance. Alderman
| Glatigny, to his feet at once, and a
spirited debate followed, in which a
number of the aldermen Joined.
1--WE must not forget" the Mayor
said, that whatever we do in these
for $50 for a mattress. Now, man
who can afford to own $50 mattress
is not fit subject for charity"
1T is not a man; it's a widow" an
| swered Alderman Glatigny. "She had
$104 worth of property destroyed by the
| city, and we are giving her only SIS
in return. The payment was recon-
mended by DR.. Drummer, the health Off
| GER"
That's all right, but DR.. Drummer
does not supply funds for making the
payment. The city has to pay" put
in the Mayor.
''Turn Them All Down."
Il move we turn them all down. -
suggested Alderman McKenna.
Alderman Thomas said he favored
paying the particular claim the Mayor
| had used as an example.
| The Mayor insisted that too many
| donations were being made for arti-
| cles destroyed to prevent the spread of
disease Where payment is made, it is
always put in the shap of donation,
as it has been decided by the Supreme
| Court that the city is not liable. The
| Mayor repeated that whatever is
| given is mere charity and should
! only be given where the owners of the
property actually needed assistance.
IF we don't confine ourselves to such
cases, we will impoverish the city, he
said.
Disinfecting Plant Suggested.
"Well, the solution of that is to get
a disinfecting plant" answered Alder
man Glatigny.
(which would ruin as much stuff as
| it disinfected," put in Alderman Dixon
IF you think disinfeeting plant is
needed, put in report to that effect,
said the Mayor "Get up some figures
and show us that it is needed"
1T is needed" said Alderman Glat-
| igny, land | WILL"
Alderman Wright stated he had not
! been present at the meeting OF
! the committee, and Alderman
| Glatigny answered that it had
been called in the regular way. Al
derman Wright replied he knew it had
| but was unable to attend the meet
| ing.
Did What Thought Was Right.
Alderman Glatigny then stated that
! he, and the other two members of the
/ committee present had done what they
| thought was right. The SIS donation
recommended was in an especially
worthy case, he said. The lady is a
widow and makes her own living by
taking boarders. The city had Destroy
ed $104 worth of her property to protect
| others and SIS was not too much to give
| in return, he said.
! The Mayor was not entirely con-
WINGED and said he thought the com.
mittee should be instructed to give tC
charity alone. The absence of the
members of the committee was dis.
cussed and Alderman Thomas suggest.
| ed that a smaller committee be ap.
pointed to consider these petitions.
Alderman Oliver said he was sorry HI
had not been present.
| Alderman McKenna's motion to "turT
them all down" was not seconded
and the Mayor put the motion to adop
the report, which was carried without
! a dissenting vote