The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-05-13

1t is certainly to be hoped that the
fire burned remnants of the Dennis prop
erty on West Exchange street will be
nieaned away before the city is put to
tne expense of answering another fire
alarm caused by its breaking out in the
night. 1t is understood that the fire
Wednesday night was caused by the
spreading of fire built to burn the
worthless part of the rubbish. 1t has
also been suggested that inasmuch as
\ this is the third alarm from that place
which the city has been compelled to
pay for within the last few weeks, and
since this latest alarm was evidently
e result of the carelessness of the men
, .ghc were cleaning away the rubbish,
Ss.at it would be quite in order for the
CITY to present bill to the owner of the
property for the cost of this last alarm.
Y A piece of what The TIMES cannot
believe was more than an act of
thoughtlessness on the part of the mem
bers of the police force in the city
brought down on their heads a cutting
rebuke from the mayor at the council
:. Letting this week. The council had
ss'Qeld over for further consideration the
y ond of certain liquor dealer in this
city. Extra precautions, if possible,
seemed to be called for in this case since
it had long been gossiped that the kind
of resort which this particular man
kept was not the kind that Owosso H.
censes under any circumstances. In
attempting to clear himself and secure
the acceptance of his bonds this dealer
started out to get set of recommends
tons. The police fell into the trap
What they may fairly te presumed to
have meant was simply to state that in
their opinions the place conducted by
this Individual was no worse than some
others whose bonds had already been
accepted by the common council. When
the document appeared in the council
room however it's resemblance to pc
, htion or recommendation for the licens-
ing of this saloon and the accepting of
- Aa bond submitted by this person was
= marked that it was not at all strange |
ss.at council and mayor alike felt |
srathy from at least two different |
points of view; the council that it |
= nd be dictated to in the matter of |
z .iG. d lg saloon; and the mayor to |
'tniiiA that it was the police of the city,
Gbwie IN who have on their shoulders |
-,lrour han any other men the burden of |
- irving the peace of the city, that |
;e ,oaref' in the role of asking that one
OGe trouble brewing joint should be
flowed to do business in the city dur
.lls, the year to come. The rebuke ad-
ministered by the mayor was timely
and deserved to be seriously considered
by the members of the police force. As
much cannot be so certainly affirmed of
thesaction of the city marshal on We'd
nesday in resigning. Marshal Ross has
many friends in the city who were sur
prised and greatly displeased at his
action in appearing to recommend the
licensing OF the saloon in question, but
they would have much preferred to see
him acknowledge his mistake in a diff
erent way than that of resigning his
post. Because an officer makes one or
two or more mistakes there is no ad-
vantage in his making another by Civ
ing up his position and depriving the
city of good official-good in spite of |
what THE TIMES believes was but an
error of judgment
Later-We are pleased to state that |
Marshal Ross has withdrawn his resig- |
nation an action that meets with gen.
eral approval
The County Nominating Convention.
1t has been suggested within the last |
e. IL. Al.AN H.