The daily sentinel., 1906-05-08

chise, that the city councu mo, In
executive session no less tban az
teen times, at which meetings The
matter was given the deepest consid :
GRAFTON of that body. II there are am.
members of the city council thar are
not included in the charge thai Mr.
Sloeomb makes. that a majority oi
the city council acted in collusion
with the Electric and Gas companv
an that any citizen has to do to con-
vince himself that the deliberations
OF the city council We're open and
above board. and without the inter
Nentlon OF any single citizen or of the
Electric Gas company, is simply TO
make application to those whom they
ihink are opposed to the granting OF
'hls franchise, and their Testimony
viii be, we know that every action
OF the city council was upright and
true and for the best interests of the
city of Grand Junction"
We believe that MIR. Slocomb act.
ing for this corporation, will NOT
make friends by making charges of
collusion between majority of The
members of the city council and the
company making application for this
ordinance. We believe that every
member of the city council. has as
much credit with his fellow citizens
as has the plaintiff. Mr. Slocomb. and
II it is desired by MIR. Slocomb or the
people that he represents. to defeat
this application for the passage of an
ordinance granting an extension of
The franchise of the Electric and Gas
company. if would have been better
for him to have been open and above
board, and to have confined himself
TO the legal aspect Of the case. and
fight it out upon that plan.
We hardly believe that Mr.. Slo-
comb is apprised OF the intent and
purpose of any one, or a majority or
all of the members of the city coun-
ell as to what they would do in the
premises, upon vote for or against
this franchise. Certainly. they are
men of equal capacity with the plain
tin and are generally accorded the
credit of thinking for themselves. So
Ear as the writer is concerned. he
has no knowledge whatever of the
possible action or vote of the alder
men in this city. upon such a fran
chise. and he hardly believes that
Mr.. Slocomb has greater knowledge
of the conditions that has he in the
matter. His charges are Indignantly
repudiated by the members of coun-
ell, but the source from which they
come is considered and little import
lnce attaches thereto.
Regarding the publication of the
ordinance in the Daily Sentinel. and
not in the legal publication of the city |
he weekly Herald 1t can be said that
he law of 1905. granting councils
and cities of the first and second class !
he privilege of passing ordinances
'or the granting of franchises. dis |
inctly states that such publication |
must be made in n daily newspaper |
)f general circulation. and having |
Ill the qualifications of a legal pub |
ication. When the Electric and Gas |
'ompany first made application for |
franchise. which was not granted. |
he city council, at that time. under .
he law of 1905, voted to publish the /
ranchise ordinance in the Daily Sen
incl When the application was
gain made at the regular session of
he city council, the company so
making application, asked that the
rdinance he published i'm the Daily
entlnel, because it was paper of
eneral circulation and because the
lw required that II be published in /
legal publication.
No contract was entered into with |
he city by the Daily Sentinel. either
or implied, for the pub
alton of this ordinance, or the pay
lent therefor. The law expressly
rovides that the party or parties
laking application for n franchise
hall pay for the publication of the
anne and the Electric and Gas com
any were the parties to make the
ayment for the publication of the
rdinance. il was their privilege to
lect whatever paper they desired
)r it's publication Mr.. Slocomb
oeS further and questions
he integrity of the city council when
G states, in his complaint for this
'rlt of injunction that he does not