Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-26
COUNCIL ROLL
LIKE P| LINE
PEASE MAKES MINUTE CLERK
REPEAT
Insists That Names Be Called Dis
tinctIy When Legislators Are
Voting on Question of
Spending Money
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Mr.. President-Aye.
Minute Clerk Carroll of the city
council consumed about one-siXteenth
Of a second in calling the roll Of the
council and President Pease, whose
name was the last called, was the
only one whose vote was audible.
Then Mr.. Pease slowly arose from
the council chamber and in low but
distinct tone of voice, and speaking
in deliberate manner, he said
1T seems to me that when a vote
is taken by this body on a question
of public policy, or where money Is
to be expended, each member should
announce his vote. Let the roll be
called again on the motion"
President Pease then resumed his
seat, Minute Clerk Carroll smiled,
while the councilmen looked surprised.
Blanchard Clampitt - Dromgold -
Wallace-Wren- Yonkin
Mr.. President" called the minute
clerk quite distinctly, and he paused
after pronouncing each name to give
the councilmen the necessary time in
which to record their vote, which in
each case was "aye."
Vote to Refer Autos
'That is better" remarked President
Pease, and the council then proceeded
with other business.
The motion which passed once by
inference and the presidents vote and
again by the unanimous vote of the
council, was to refer to the committee
on supplies a recommendation of Chief
of Police Kern for the purchase of two
runabout automobiles for the use of the
police department.
Chief Kern appeared before the
council and stated that the work of
the police department was increasing
to such an extent that it was abso-
lutely necessary to supply the depart
ment with at least two more hurry-up
wagons, one of these to be placed in
the University station, which has al
ways depended upon the central sta
ton for it's ambulance and patrol
wagon work.
The chief said that he had secured
estimates for repairing the electric
patrol automobile and that the lowest
was $500, with no assurance that the
machine would run any longer than
to take 1t from the repair shop to the
central station, and he said he believed
it would be useless waste of money
to attempt to have the machine re-
paired.
He said that machines of the kind
desired naQ DeeH IHOTuuBnly lSSlSu III
several eastern cities and had been
found to be all that had been claimed
for them. A larger one for use in the
downtown district would cost about
$2500 and smaller one for the Uni
versity station about $500.
BY the double vote the question was
referred to the supply committee. with
the prospect that the two machines
will be ordered
lnfrlnges Copyright
The holdover officials feel that Pres
ident Pease was fully justified in de-
manding that the roll be called again,
even though 1t did make a double
vote. In making one word of the
council roll call Minute Clerk Carroll
was infringing a copyright held ex-
clusively by c. l.. Wilde, chief deputy
city clerk and formerly minute clerk
of the council, When Charley Wilde
was minute clerk of the old council
he had the roll call down to a science.
AS near as 1t could ever be inter-
preted by the most careful listener 1t
was as"Blancherforhammyoutenkersmisu
mmland." ''Hammyouten" did duty
for Harmon. Hitler, Healy, Houghton