Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-19

ance. the mayor in his MESSAGE s.vs.
. no wonder that rumOrs of graft ard
, insinuaTions of that character are
made" Upon the streets the charge
is squarely made that the passage of
the ordinance was procured. IN pant
ar least. by the improper use II llonav.
, Whether these IumOrs have any fcr:E-
4 dation in fact. / am not aware"
! Attached To the message = a cir
cular letter sent out from Harrisburg
Pa. by the Union Electric Telephone
& Telegraph company TO Rock Island
subscribers and business men. marked
, Personal and CONFIDENTIAL Tuis le,-
ter is not unlike the mayors Owl
scrcCd in many ways and is abusive in
its character. It Is difficult to under.
stand The meaning or reason FOR it.
MILLER Ordered Oui of Town.
II. w. Miller. general auditor of the
Union Electric Telephone company.
had. after the adjournment of the coun-
ell, stepped to the press table for a
few seconds chat with the newspaper
men. remark made by a newspaper
~ sA't dllltlSttl MI. VII
Ter. and in his mirth he raped his
hand down on the table. attracting the
mayors attention. Immediately the
mayor jumped 10 his feet and dramat-
ically pointing his gavel at Mr.. Miller,
he said: Now. sir as for YOU. you
get on of here Leave town by tomor-
row morning, or | shall have you ar
rested. You are thief and a boodler
If you do not leave this council room
shall have You arrested Immediately
i I've got the goods on you. and am tell
ing it to you straight | am warning
you that il YOU don't leave Town by
. tomorrow morning ! shall have you ar
rested. Mr.. Miller" TO avoid fur
her disturbance, Mr. Miller left.
- The proceedings were so remarkable
that the spectators could not grasp the
situation, and were slow to move from
} their places. Mayor McCaskrin hand
- ed his veto message to the clerk. anC
5 Mr. Schaffer left with the other alder
men. taking the document presented
. by the mayor with him, and his offic,
= was locked in a few minutes.
: McCns<rin In n Frenzy.
! Mayor McCaskrin, then coming to
!, realization of the opportunity the mo
n ment afforded him for politica
: speech, raped loudly on the tabl
f with his gavel, called the spectator
e back into the council chamber. an
y proceeded to make one of his charaC
s teristic speeches. with plenty of IS
J | did, so | am so it was" so the
n are and other like expressions 70
s punctuation. He read the order of bus
Q mess of the council from the ordinanc
: book, went into a discussion of tn
= parliamentary law on the question
boosted that he mad run ID alderme
from the council room, declared tina
r. he was enjoying the happiest momer
g. of his life, and then entered upon
i. purely political speech. He began b
- repeating his attack upon Mr.. Mile
AZ and reasserting his threat TO have tn
II telephone company's representative a
II rested. He called the telephone oTdil
Il ance steal declared that the Cent?;
IF Union intends to absorb the Unto
Of Electric company. and referred to
,e letter which he claimed TO have a
H. tached TO his veto message, written /
to the Union Electric company and r
is ceived by some member of the counc
Il The aldermen knew all the tin
1T that | would never approve such {
ordinance, even when they passed il
IL. tie mayor declared in the course