Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-11-27
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CONSIDERS BIG
PROBLEMS
Motion to Repeal Recent Or
dinanC6 Almost Lost at
Last Nights Meeting.

The Good Goye.nmen. league. pur-
suant to cal, met last night at the
Knights OF Pythias hell on Gold ave
mus. To start with, there were
just tweaty-three in attendance. he
side Hon. Nell 3. Field. Mayor Nc
hee, Territorial Councilman-elect J..
T. Sulzer, Gov Stover, Representative
elect b. buppc, City Councilman Geo
w. Harrison, County School Superin-
telaeut A. 3. Sroup. w. H. Cillea-
water and T. J. Pas5more, who were
ths leading spirits of the meeting for
and against the repeal of the ordi-
nance raising the salaries of certain
city officials and employees.
Chairman Sulzer called for Hon. O.
n, Marion, but that gentleman was
en- route to Memphis.
There was much oratOGical fire
works and several debates in which
there was a copious injection of poll
tics Also there were several figura-
tive implements Of husbandry to
grind. l. was o. case of "23" and
"skiddOo" when it came to turning
the grind stone.
When Mr.. Field presented his
verbal motion recommending the ap-
peal of the salary raising ordinance
at the next meeting of the city coun-
Gil, w. II. Gillenwater's motion
TO table the verbal resolution for fur
thcr discussion came var swamping
the frail craft right then and there.
The vote on Gillenwater's amendment
it was offered as such, because the
Ftold motion was already before the
house-was so close that several were
bit skeptical about whether the
chorus of nays was not stronger than
the aye vote. But Chairman Sulzer
said II was lost and the motion was
carried in its original form.
Favored the Raises"
Mr GillenW2ter, Representative
huppe and Mayor Mckee made
speeches showing where Albuduer1ue
needs an efficient fire department and
tavorlng the raise of pay for the fire
men.
Mayor Mckee also showed that the
police department could he self-sus-
taining even with the raise of salar-
les voted for Jhe officers. He said
the amount of fines collected was suf-
ficient to Fay the officers and leave a
small balance for the city.
Mr.. Gilleawater discussed the fire.
meUs raise from the standpoint of
the insurance man and wanted to
know whether 1t would profit the city
To get along with an inefficient fire
department and lower taxes when
there was liability of raise in in
surancc rates that would more than
Offset il.
Mr.. Ruppe told of his experiences
as a fireman AID said the men were
entitled to the proposed raise.
Long on Talk.
While the meeting was short on
numbers II was long on talk. ioy-
ercor Stoyer occupied the floor most
Of the evening and his Discourse en-
braced about everything from gamb-
ling, sidewalks and salaries of county
officials to the punishment of cIimi-
mails. which al last, provoked a reply
from MIR. Field. A spirited debate on
the present system Of furnishing crimi-
nails was interrupted by the chairman
who told the gentlemen they were
running OF on tangent and advised
them to get back to the object of the
meetings.
Finally Coy. Stoyer thought the
meeting should hear what the city
officials had to say about raising the
salaries and how IL came about.
City Councilman Harrison said nc
was there TO listen and not talk but