The Glenwood post., 1908-04-18
TWO NIGHT SESSION OF COUNCIL
Members at Loggerheads Over E|ecting
Officers, But Selections Are Made
at the Second Meeting

eject Il clefk pro lelil. barloW
nominated Trustee Cardnell and
Oldenburg nominated Trustee Lu-
cas- The first vote resulted as
follows: Cardnell 3, Lucas ., Sho-
walter l. No choice. ''Try
again. said the mayor; and they
did. until seven ballots had been
taken with the same result. Mat
terS were getting desperate and
finally Barlow arose and said:
"Mr. Mayor, as there seems to be
IA great lack of concentration here
tonight.I move that after the next
ballot the one receiving the lowest
number of votes be dropped from
consideration. -
Trustee Showalter wanted to
know by what authority such ac
tion could be taken. Mr.. Cardnell
thought that the board was a self
governing body with power to
do Just as they saw fit. He said it
was not common sense to suppose
that a few fellows could play the
fool all night and thus prevent
any action. lie forgot to state.
however. that his side was doing
quite as much at playing the fool
as the fellows they seemed to ac
cuSe.
Mayor Drach then arose and
made a very nee. conclllatnry
speech. He made one fatal mis-
take. however. when he said thar
the new fellows We're in the ma
ioritv and would therefore ex-
pect to run the council to suit
themselves. or words to that eff
feet. Mr.. Drach seemed to for
get. however. that they are not in
the majority except in case Of p
tie and that it is every trustee s
privilege to vote as he pleases and
lust as often as he chooses or un-
til matter is settled Mr.. Drach
said he wanted to be fair and Just
to the other fellows and when he
sat down he was generously ap-
plauded by the numerous office
seekers present.
Barnes then took "A hand after
retiring to a corner to take coun-
sci. He thought the motion was
proper because provided for in
Roberts Rules of Order. Mayor
Drach. however. very properly
ruled the motion ont of order by
saying that he did not believe it
right to take any action which
would deprive any member of his
vote. He suggested that they
might take another ballot. but no
one seemed to think anything
could be accomplished by so do
ing and. with the deadlock st Il
unbroken. the board adjourned
TO meet at s O'Clock this evening.
when an effort will be made il
perfect an organization and get
ready for the business. of which
there will be plenty if the towns
interests are properly attended to.
From Fridays Daily Post.
The town board re-assembled
last night to continue their eff
forts of the previous session. hut
even before the mayor called the
honorable body to order it was
was evident that the members
had come to some sort of under
standing and that the action of
the board would be more harmo-
nious.
After roll-call the business of
clecting a clerk pro TEN was tax
en- up and Cardnell and Lucas
were nominated. Each received
three votes and Mayor Drach cast
his vote in favor of Mr.. Lucas.
Trustees Barnes and Cardnell
were next nominated for mayor
pro TEN and Mayor Drach decid-
ed the tie for Mr.. Barnes.
The usual resolutions concern
ing salaries of town officers and
the fling of designations We're
passed unanimously and then the
Of the board was ready
for the most important of the
evenings business. the selection
of the men who are to fill the
town offices for the doming year.
Following the reading of sever
al applications for town clerk
and recorder. the vote stood three
each for W. P Kennedy and Geo.
j. Kendrick. and the mayor again
cast the decisive vote. electing
Mr.. Kendrick.
c. w. Taylor. the outgoing
town attorney, stated that he had