Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-14
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
ElSaSssr Bsrstss Comrsds for Inter
rupting Hin While in Chair.
VACCINATION RULE Is KILLED
Eight Councilmen Vote I'm Favor Of
Repeal of Compulsory Measure
Mayors Park Board Appoint
ment, Are Approved.

ments Are Approved.
While occupying the chair for . temper /
arv period a. the meeting of the city .
council last evening. Ccuncilran Elsssser /
delivered az epic 70 MS fellow council .
men on the lup-opriety of interrupting ths
chair and dissenting from the chairs rul-
i1rs
The Ellzs presented ar invitation 70 the
council 70 attend their 5oIlincation social
next week The council voted 20 accept
the Invitation. but the chair announced
that the motion IS accepted" stEge
whispers of invitation. invitation" were
then heard on all sides. but ElsasseT stood
BY his guns and in the stentorian tones
peculiar 70 that councilman from the Tenth
ward declared from his elevated position
that he was sIt- and would have his say.
I am umpire Of this game" shouted
the temporary chairman. bringing his
gavel down with q resoundlnE blow. ]
said motion good and loud. not invitation
And the motion, mind you, the nouon
is accepted.
Later when a comm uuicsticn from ths
park board was referred by Elsasser 10
the city attorney over the motion Of
councilman. the occupant Of the chair
announced that communicates don't
amount 10 anything anyway, and what's
the use in taking Up our valuable time
botheriuE with them. Let the city attorney
fool with them"
A matter coming before the council
which amused the Tenth ward member
caused him TO break out in q succession
Of outlaws. Zlmmsn told him 10 keep still,
vhereupon Elsasser replied.
Wen its funny Il councilman can
uEh Z be wants to-
He has no right TO make fool q him
sell though" retcTted Zimnan
/ Despite the vein Of lsyity which was
manifest during the greater part Of the
. meeting Of tho council, considerable busi-
ness was transacted, among which was ne
firsl passage Of tie ordnance repeating
rule q Of the health ordinances. proVlo-
! ing for compulsory vaccination, vas
/ passed. Counclmen Hansen. Brucker'
Davis and Elsasser voted against repeating
] the compulsory vaccination rule, the other
! eight councilmen voting for the repeal
/ The council has been marching " ana
down the nm on the vaccination question
a couple Of weeks.
To keep its records straight however
+ the council changed face on another propo-
sition. this being the ordinance providing
for the payrnent Of a tax for the use CT
the space under sidewalks. In committee
I Of the whole Monday afternoon Il was
voted TO lay the proposed ordinance on
The table. but last evening a reversal was
f IA order ana the ordinance Is re-oonnitted
10 the committee Of the whole for re-
! consideration.
Councilman Bridges introduced new
ordinance requiring the Omaha & Ceuncil
Bluffs Street Railway company TO run lis
cars at more frequent intervals on the
Park line" and il was referred 10 the
committee Of the whole for consideration
The ordinance provides that cars shah be
run al intervals Of six minutes between the
hours Of and ll.go a. n. . and , n
and ,. n. and ! a N; and at intervals
Of three minutes between the hours Of I
and a n. Il 30 a n. and : p N, and
5 and p n The ordinance VIII be
amended 70 include other car lines, say:
the father Of the measure.
The appointment Of John L Neble and
Rome Miller as members Of the parE
board. as made by the mayor, were ap
proved by the council Mr.. Neble Is IN
terested in the Omaha Brick company and
Is appointed in the place Of !. y. Craig
resigned. Mr. Miller. who last week re-
eeived an appointment from the distric
judges is appointed in The place o.
George 7. M1Ils, whose term has sx
pired-
A resolution introduced by Zimman, va
passed sunmoninE ?. P. Hulman 10 Sp
pear before the council on the morning o
Nay q and show ca use why his new sum
mer thester Al Eighteenth and Do1gls
streets should not be declared a Ruisanc
and be torn down. Resolutions sWmrnoninl
} the owners Of property at the following
described street numbers 10 appear or In
same date and show cause why theI
buildings shoUld not be condemned, wen
passed: 91--I5-ls Jackson street. 5J7-9-l
J South Tenth street. 5+ls-A South Seven
teenth street 716-s-l6 North Fifteenu
street, IA South Eighteenth street. 80
J North Sixteenth street gls Pierce street