Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-07-13
ANOTHER LIVELY
COUNCIL SESSION
The Stoop Administration Builds
. Trap. Sets the Trisssss. Wallis
In and Gets Caught.
Thereby Delaying Saloon Two
Weeks. and Perhaps Forever.

various services were allowed. When
Alderman Stoop presented H. E. Aullinix
bill for $3.50. partial payment on his blu
for investigating The eity's books, thsse
was pause In the business Of authosix-
ing warrants. Mayor Pollock refused 70
pu. the motion because Of the illegal way
In which the work was ordered done. BE-
eanss there was no appropriation for that
purpose. for other reasons which he did
not care 70 state At that time. sad also
because the blu had not bssn psopsviy sp-
proved BY The finance committee.
On appeal from the dseisioa Of The
mayor. he chair was not sustained and
the bill passed. BY ths votes os Stoop.
Amos, Nieholss and Morrow.
Aid. Stoop submitted . new est Of rules
snd order Of business. A. tie new rules
provided that the standing committees
should b appointed By majority q The
council. The mayor ruled the motioa out
Of order. as the appointment os commit
tsss 10 psrogativs Of the mayor. and Al
% bseauss ths question Of new rules was
now In the hands Of the eommittss and
not reported on.
Aid. Stoop moved that Nieho'ss. Mer-
row and Amos b . special committee
70 name the standing committees. Ruled
out Of order and passed by the usual vote
Of to 2. wheroupon new list OF stand
ing committees was submitted BY AID.
Stoop.
Aid. Stoop then presented q saloon
ordinance identical with that in tho hands
Of MePhcrson. Hiekox and Nicholos, tho
law and order committee.
Aid. Stoop moved that tho saloon ordi-
nance bo referred 10 his now law and
order committee. consisting Of Stoop.
Morrow and Amos. Also another rsso-
luton directing that committee to at once
report on tho saloon ordinance. under .
suspension Of tho rules. This last motion
was put by tho mayor and received four
votes and 2 against. and was lost, not
being the required two-thirds Of seven.
A resolution was then introduced in ef-
feet that the new alleged law and order
committee DO empowered 70 at once re-
port on tho saloon ordinance.
During some parliamentary sparring OF
this motion. Aid. Amos was not present
when ono vote was taken.
The saloon aldermen were anxious to
have the license ordinance make some
headway that session as Aid. Morrow
was booked for an eastern trip. Tho alb
sence of Aid. Amos at very critical
time in the proceedings. and Aid. S,oop's
caution in wanting the whole four present,
made an opening for some good and quick
work on the part Of the minority. It
happened Hko this:
At the late hour Of $50 the council
chamber was crowded and very warm.
Aid. Amos went out for drink tof waterl
or a sandwich. He not returning as soon
as desired Aid. Stoop sent Aid. Morrow
after him. After transacting some little
business. and when there was only two
license aldermen in the chamber Mayor
Pollock said that there was no business
then before the council, which remark,
accompanied by suggestive glance at
A d. H ck kox, h inted to t h g
latter that me ION o d journ
would be in or der. This was
moved by Aid. Hickox and seconded by
Ala. Mcpherson. The vote stood two to
two. with the Mayor voting for adjourn
ing. This was to the next regular meet
ing, Monday, July %. thus postponing
the first reading Of the saloon ordinance
for two weeks. When Aid. Morrow re-
turned with Aid. Amos they met the
crowd coming down the stairs and were
informed that the council had adjourned.
Tableau, and language indicating disgust
with the turn things had taken during
their absence Moral.--uf there is any
thing moral connected with boosting for a
saloon.) When you've got job on hand
stay with it.
The license party banks heavily OF Aid.
Stoops suberb generalship and Napol-
enic management. The opinion is that
Hes smartern steel trap" But there
are traps and traps. The Pollock kind of
a steep trap, is bright as dollar, well
creased and works with an electric snap
and "get there" movement which gets
the inside track on a rusty steel trap.
And then it is set to catch the saloon
"varmnt," and its a satisfaction to bag
obnoxious and destructive game.
In his cautious action trying to stop a
parliamentary spiggot and at the same time
opening bung-hole, Aid. Stoop probably
did the city valuable but most uninten-
tional service. The absence of two licen-
Sc aldermen from the chamber, resulting
in an adjournment postponed action on
the saloon ordinance for two weeks, and
It is hoped that this additional time will
give chance for the contest to be heard.
If so, and the No-License aldermen are
found to have been selected. thereby re-