Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-07
COUNCIL STIRRED
BY MAYORS VETO.
His Reputation of Pope Asphalt
Purchase Discussed Last
Night,
MAYOR EXPLAINS HIS POSITION
Matter to be Investigated Next Mon.
day--M Moran Veto Goes 0ver-New
Dance Hall Ordinance.

The veto Of Mayor Morris to the ac-
ton Of the city council in purchasing
the Pope asphalt claim for 5000. when
az the veto stated. It had been offered
TO the city for 81 900, caused quite A
sensation In the council meeting last
night and a number Of the city fathers
became very indignant and said that
the veto was an insult and cast refiec-
| tons on tho members OF the asphalt
committee and the council In general.
The whole matter resulted in the adop-
ton Of Il resolution, introduced by Mar
| tin, requiring the mayor 10 appear be-
| fore the committee Of the whole and
| bring with him evidence substantlating
| his statements. The mayor was pres
| ent and. upon being given the floor,
| stated his side OF the case and sub
| mitted the minutes Of Il meeting Of the
| asphalt committee at which the Pope
| claim was Altered for $1,000. lie also
! submitted a statement from W. c.
| Nebeker, the agent for the other claim
| which the council decided TO purchase,
| I'm which he said that Pope had offered
| 10 put his claim I'm with that Of Ncbo-
hfl lNl FAt'NN anu IAN btlU N'ttlN
/ through. As Mr. Nebeker Is absent
| from the city, the council decided 10 re-
fer the matter to the committee Of tho
whole which win meet next Monday
evening at o'clock,
BLACK REsENTs TT.
When the veto was read Black said
| thag II appeared TO cast aspereions up
| on members OF the asphalt committee
! and that " any proposition was ever
| made to sell the Pope claim FOR 81 600,
he as chairman Of the committee, had
| never heard Of II, lie moved that tho
matter be referred TO the committee Of
| the whole TO meet Wednesday evening.
RESOLUTION BY MARTIN
Martin then introduced the following
! resolution, under suspension Of the
| rules:
Whereas, His honor the mayor, in his
| message yetoing the purchase OF the
| Pope asphalt mine, gave as one Of the
| reasons for such veto the fact that this
| property was offered TO the special as
| phalt committee for $4,000 less than the
| prCr osed purchase price; and
Whereas, such q statement coming
| frcTn the chief executive places not only
| the special committee handling this
lnOlleI NnObl ShhplNlullt DuA dlop NNtl9
| other member of the council who voted
| for the same; and
Whereas, II the statement made by
| hls honor, the mayor, Is correct, there
| can be no question that the interests
! Of the people whom we represent de-
| mand that n careful and searching in
quiry into the matter be made, now,
| therefore be u
Resolved That this matter he refer
/ red 10 20 committee NJ the whole to
/ meet Feb. s, at o'clock p, m. for the
| purpose Of making inquiry into this
/ matter, and that the mayor be request
/ ed to attend the meeting and 10 bring
/ with him such evidence as he may have
! tending to substantiate the charge
| made as above mentioned.
WANTED EDITOR CITED,
In support Of his resolution he said
| that unWarranted attacks had been
made upon the members Of the COM
mittee and the council by the papers on
! account Of the asperson cast by the
mayor IN his veto and he wanted the
matter thoroughly investigated, Black
! also favored the resolution If amended
! TO change the time OF the meeting Of
| the committee 10 Wednesday evening.
| He suggested that the writer Of the
editorial IN the Herald on the asphalt
! subject be cited TO appear II was
| suggested by other councilmen that he
| HAD better find out who wrote the edi-
torial and take the responsibility OF in
! viting him TO attend the meeting Of the
| committee. Fcrnstrom and Wood fas'
vored the resolution, and denied that
! they had ever heard anything Of the
| Pope claim being offered for 81 600.
! Hartensteln was against the resolution
! and favored sustaining the mayor
Veto The resolution was adopted by
vote Of Q 10 4.
Ha1tenstein, after consulting with
| Mayor Morris, requested that some
! members who voted In favor Of the res
! o,ution ask for a reconsideration, as
! the mayor was ready TO submit his
case at once. A motion 10 reconsider
was made and was carried.
MAYOR MORRIS EXPLAINS.
Mayor Morris was then given the
| privilege OF the floor and had the re-
corder read the signed statement OF w.
| G, Nebeker referred to above and also
the minutes Of the meeting OF the as
| Thalt committee furnished by Mr. Neb-
eker, which are as follows:
THE special committee on asphalt,
Chairman Black absent, composed Of
Wood, Martin. 1uddenham and Fern
strom, met about ll:l5 y. m. one We'd
nesdav, after n session OF committee OF
the whole Ind listened to Atty. r. Il.
| Stephens Mr. MAILER and Atty WILEY
| mot u. o. ON the suburban railroad.
There were present a. j. Davis, Mr. r.
| NJ Pope, Mr. clark and Nebeker They
considered the Hobson or Clark propO-
sition, also Elias Gardners claim. up-
on which some light was thrown which
confused A, J, Davis. Also Mr.. Pope's
| proposition was offered by Nebekcr.
verbally, for $1,000 /, e., city's claim
OF 100 acres II was rejected The
| clark property was fayorably acted
upon and referred TO committee OF the
| whole. When the committee OF the
whole met the Pope property was con-
eidercl no $4,000. Mr. Wells, chairman"
OFFER NOT BONA EIDE.
Members Of the committee stated
that they remembered something being
said about the matter at that time,
but that they dld not think II was "a
bona nde offer They did not think
that Pope's proposition had been sub
mitted 10 the council az that time and
the city recorder viii look up his re-
cords ON the matter Fernstrom was
positive that no bona tlde offer was
made by Pope to sell his claim for 81 900
and he doubted thar Pope was talking
about his own claim when he made the
statement that N the city wanted cheap
properly ne could get II a claim for
$1,000.
MEET MONDAY NIGHT.
The date for the mecFNlg OF the COM
mittee OF the whole as provided for ln
tho Martin resolution was changed TO
Monday night NJ o'clock as the mayor
stated that Mr. Nebeker would be IN
tho city by then. The matter will be
thoroughly investigated at that time.
TO CONTROL DANCE HALLS.
Martin introduced au ordinance which
has for it's purpose the regulation and