The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-09

advanced the idea that it might be
well to have the legislature take away
the veto power Of the mayor but the
speaker did not reply to the thrust.
"Is the treasury still guarded and
can the guard be chloroformed so
that the new council can make raid
on the market house?" was the sub
ject assigned to DR.. j. G. Setter.
AS a physician and a councilman the
doctor said that he has tried to hand
| 1t to the councilmen in big doses.
He hopes that the new council will
] give the city larger market house.
The doctor said that he had never
been accused of working for his own
interests while in council but he had
heard that J. v Wilson had put a
paved street out as far as his farm
south of the city. The thrust was
made good naturedly and created con-
siderable laughter at the expense OF
Mr.. Wilson, who Joined in 1t him.
self.
(which pays better, stone side
walks or Trinidad pitch lake
asphalt?" was the subject to which
councilman S. B. Lewis responded
Mr. Lewis replied by saying that
the asphalt streets are still in good
condition so that the doctor (mean-
ing seiter) can ride over them with
out breaking his medicine bottles.
He spoke briefly of his term IN Of
flee and expressed his pleasure in
being brought together with so many
old and new city officials.
o. A. Busard, president of the
Service Board was next called upon
His subject was (which is more in
teresting, the buncoing Of John An
thony by flipping copper or the
putting OF Fred Isslieb out in the
cold y In introducing Mr.. Busard,
Mr.. Phillips said that he made prac-
tically no campaign whichever for re-
election. Mr.. Busard said that he
did not believe in a man making a
campaign for any office. During his
address he was interrupted by Fred
Isslieb who acused him of working
through the outskirts of the city
shaking hands with the women and
kissing All Of the babies before elec.
tion day.
Councilman w. j. Gorton responded
TO the toast, ''Does the highest ten.
sion pole reach the persimmon Mr.,
Gorton told something of the pleas
ures and the troubles of a council
man. Neighbors are made enemie,
and accusations OF graft are mad,
but he believed that If a councilman
does his duty as he sees 1t, he will
come out all right in the end.
'HWhether the terms 'corm,p, ion
- Isewage disposal mean the
hSame vtng" was the subject tc
which Henry Kellar responded. II,
roasted the newspapers unmercifulI,
for sensationalism at the time .Judp,
Young declared on the bench that tn,
sewage disposal plant was reekin,
with graft. He regretted the fact tha
ne did not have the vocabulary an,
loratorical powers of Patrick Hen
ny to scorch the press for trying I,
make criminals out of councilmer
who built the best disposal plant II
the country.
, M. II. Pinyerd, a former council
man, responded to the toast s'Whic]
is the greater joy, playing in ban,
or legislating for the city," Mr.
Pnyerd gave a brief history OF tn
pioneer band OF which he was
member and spoke OF his experienc
while a member of the city council
j. Wilbur Jacoby reviewed hi
career as solicitor. He said tina
city officials are often accused O
graft but that during his term a
Office he never saw anything tina
even loked suspicious. He defende
the newspapers which had been 8
scathingly denounced by Kellar an
concluded by saying that he woul
rather go TO bed without his suppe
than without reading the daily news
papers.
warren G.. Harding was-the prin
cipal speaker Of the evening Mr.
Harding1said that his experience I
public office gave him new vie,
l9nairs. Before he had hel
|Tof4ee' NO. said that often he ba
written editorials roasting official
Nor sdci0g - ior 1ailing 6Rs'do t6ins
buts wher heS becam al officer h
saw'thingAfrom the'Skheksstde.
Referring to the talk Or graf.in
which seemed to be a popular toni
during the evening, he said that h
never knew of but one case durin
his experience where legislation wa
secured or blocked by the use c
monty. He said that when tn
Clark local option bill was up "a
passage in the general assembl
money purchased the defeat of tn
bill. He himself, he said. was OF
fered a consideration to be outsid
OF the state when the bill was nut /
vote. He refused and voted for IN
Dill which was defeated. He sal
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