The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-24
$500 APPROPRIATED,
FINANCE BOARD SUGGESTS
 OTHER WARDS

Than Those Selected for the Trial
 Soldiers Monument Appropriation
 Held UP One Week-cOmmunieati
 Received from Park Commissioners
 Either Want Substitute Hill for Parks
 Passed or Original One Withdrawn.
 The board of finance at it's regular weekly meeting last evening considered a number of important matters. The first matter discussed was the notifica- tion received from the board of alder men to the effect that that board had voted to give the veterans $1.0O0 to be used for entertainment purposes in con- junction with the dedication of the sol- diers' monument on the Broadway park The members of the board thought that they ought to have fur ther enlightenment as to the specific purposes for which the money was to be spent, and they also thought that the city's money should only be spent at the sanction of two or more of the city's officials; in other words, that all the bill should be sanctioned by thes
  ance with the rule set down at the time of the Ninth regiment celebration. The entire matter was laid over for one week for the purpose of having some of the soldiers committee present at the next meeting to explain for just what purposes they wish to have the money expended. It was suggested last even- ing that the mayor and controller were the men who should have charge of this expenditure.
 The voting machine question was the next matter discussed. The board thought it somewhat strange that the two wards selected for trial of the machines were both so-called ''republi- can wards and also wards inhabited by a most intelligent class of voters. Some of the members said that they thought that fairer test of the ma chimes could be had were they tried in wards where there were more apt to be difficulties encountered from men of less intelligence. It was suggested that the aldermen might be given some in- tinlaation of how the board of finance felt about this, and that they might be willing to change the designated wards at their next meeting, which would not then be too late, and if the five ma chimes were not then enough to accom- modate two wards, why, they might all be put into one of the large wards so that a fair trial might result. .@.
 MT. Frederick said that he thought that, wherever the machines were put, the voters ought to be given the privi- 1ege of either voting by machine or by ! a ballot box, just as they preferred. He thought that there might be some diffi- culty encountered in educating the vot- CTS, in the short time allotted, so that they would thoroughly understand the complete system of voting of the ma- chine by election day #
 Controller Rowe said that the board of aldermen, other than voting to have the machines and designating the wards, had left everything else pertain < ing to them to the board of finance He therefore made a motion to the effect that the board appropriate the sum of $250 for the rental of the machines and a like sum for the expenses incurred by their freighttage and use. It was fig- ured that this total of $500 would be lit- tie enough for the experiment.
 The machines cost $500 apiece, but are