Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-03
Before People as Negligent.

else our power and enforce the law,
continued the alderman
But there was still not a second.
There was some squirming and avoid
ing of the point There were
slurS and insinuations flying i'll
all directions. On the one hand were
the charges that the midnight closing
law is not enforced and on the other
were the insinuations that saloons had
been known to have certain of the re
form aldermen in them until ) O'Clock
in the morning.
Aid. Robbins said that a policeman
had told him that he had had no or
ders to close the saloons at midnight
Mayor McCaskrin wanted him to name
the policeman. He was not named
The mayor offered 500 for the name of
the saloon that did not have its doTr
locked at midnight. and Aid. Eckhart
wanted to see the hundred
DIR. Marquis Speaks.
Several long petitions were present
ed by the clerk asking that there be no
repeal of the midnight closing ordin-
ance DR.. w. S. Marquis of Broadway
Presbyterian church represented the
petitioners and was granted permits
sion to address the council. He spoke
briefly, saying that it was in the inter
ests of business and said that the en-
fOrcement was asked because it is the
law, and was not intended as an insin-
uation against the city government.
Aids. Eckhart and Sexton asked for
the floor and the representative of the
Second ward was heard with motion
TO grant the prayer. Aid. Sexton came
back with motion to lay it over for
one week and have all of the names
read on the petition and the counter
| petitions. $50
Il have personal knowledge that
some men have signed both petitions, -
said Sexton, who did most of the talk
ing on the matter Let us hear all of
these names and see who the Jekylls
and Hydes are. Some of these bust
ness men are very handy with their
pencils and ought to be shown up in
their double roles"
Aid Eckhart was willing that the
matter should go over on Sections sub
stitute, but some of the others were
getting ''fussy." They wanted to get
rid of it and get rid of it quickly. Fin
ally Aid. Anderson, who is always there
at the right time, seeing the predica
ment of his friends, moved that Sex
tons substitute be laid on the table
This was carried and the original mo
ton was passed unanimously, after
which the alderman from the Fourth
made his effort to have his associate
island up and be counted upon the en-
forcement of the law.
l Uniforms for Police.
When the question of passing the
lpay roll was before the council Aid
Robbins made a motion that the
amount of $6.25 be stricken from the
salary of officer c. Brangan, with the
statement that he had not complied with
the ordinance relating to purchasing
a uniform. After this was passed an
other was made cutting the amount
due Officer c. f. Sexton from 1882 tC
s14.72
l When the Brangan motion was NJ
the point was raised that the officers
fought first TO be notified in a genera
way that they were expected TO pro
cure uniforms. instead of singing out
iOHS man. W Altu iI4S otAtOu llIOIlOL
was up. his brother, the alderman from
the Fourth, came to his defense with
the statement that the officer wears &
uniform, and that if when he concludes
his services as policeman he is indebt
ed TO the city in any amount he is
financially responsible for that sum
and the city can recover. Aid. Sexton
did not vote on the proposition. but die
on the previous motion. Aids. Trefz
Dauber. Wilson and Blochlinger, voted
lagainst the deduction.
While the kind of politics that was
Iplayed in these motions may be con
sidered small the resolution that fol
lowed later in the session instructing
| the police committee to adopt uni
form style and have the necessary uni
form purchased is one of some merit
The mayor has fallen short in his
Regulations of the department with re
ference 10 this feature and 1t should
have been attended to some time ago
The mayor recognized in these mo
tons an attack upon his administra
ftion and produced the record 10 show