Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-07-17
CITY
COUNCIL.
BUSY
Chief Cornelius Still Holds
His Job and Acts Like He
Intended to Stay

Inc expected happened last night AZ
the meeting of the city council AMI
it turned out just as expected
The probabilities are that Chief of
Police Cornelius will continue to run
his department and that Night Officer
Longcor will take orders in the future
from the chief and not from himself
the council or his political sponsors.
Mr. Longcor was present at the
meeting and was an, attentive listen
er until the matter was disposed, of.
Then Chief Cornelius said to Police.
man Longcor: s'You are excused"
"All right, SIR" said Mr.. Longeor,
and he picked up his hat and went out
into the night. -
The sensation was sprung by Alder
man Haas. He offered resolution
with many wheaeiises and wherefores,
that the city was being overrun ami
infested with tramps and vagrants
begging from door to door, and that
this awful condition was almost un.
bearable from the fact that myriads
of hoboes were falling over each other
in frantic haste to reach Salem in
order to strike the people for handouts
and that the city marshal be and is
heHdby instructed to give each of the
political appointees written orders to
strictly enforce the laws against va
grants and taamps
Mr.. Downing moved that this mo
ton be placed on the table. The ayes
and noes were called for.
The MAYOR suggested that the prop
er place for the resolution was the
committee on health and police. Mr..
Downing then moved, that the com.
mittee on health and police take
charge of the resolutions.
MY Jacobs said with due candor and
deliberation that he thought the COM
mittee on health and police was not
sufficiently large to grapple with a
problem of such gigantic proportions
and he moved that the committe be
by the al Edition of two or
three other aldermen. He said
there WAS whole lot to this resolu-
tion and he desiyad to see II ventilat
ed
"We are satisfied with the commit
tee on health and police" said half
dozen members sotto voice
The vote was then taken aud the
motion carried.
The .committe on health and police
is composed of Aldermen Baker, Ache
son and Jacob. Mr.. Jacob, it is under
STOOD is the minority member of the
1t is to him Mr.. Longeor
owes his job. When an effort was
made to have Mr.. Longcor appointed |
to a place at the penitentiary on the |
ground of his service to the Democrat
ic party, and this failed, Mr.. Jacob |
took the matter up and got a motion
through the council TO give him his
present job.
1t is not believed however, that |
Alderman Jacob will carry the mat
ie- 90 far as ia try to needlessly an
nov Chief Coruelius.
&c whole matter was over in a
Few minutes and during most of this
Time the proverbial pin could have
been heard to drop.
During this tense excitement Alder
nan John Bayne murmured: "let her
lroP" but Mayor Waters didn't hear
him and the silence was not tested in
his official manner
Just at this critical time Chief Cor
lelius issued his official order No. l,
lie said to Policeman Longcor, "sli-
loo," and the night man "slidooed. -,
Saloon Men Refused License.
The only other exciting thing done
was thr refusal of the council to grant
saloon license TO Nusbaum Brothers
md J. @. Cooper until these firms pay
he city the amounts they owe for
,ack tax on slot machines Mr.. Cooper
5 indebted 1923 and Nusbaum $l5e.
This came up on their. regular appii-
.ation for renewal of licenses. The re-
order stated that these back debts
we're hanging over thcm, and the conn-
il, on motion, decided not to take ae-
ion until the debts were paid.
NJ. Moores, the rceOnde-. then said
hat a charge was pending against Mr..
cooper for selling liquor on Sunday,
nh the council decided not 10 take
o'ion on his application until that mat
er is Investigated.
The following bills were rcpO ted,
udited and ordered paid;