The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-12
FINANCIERS TO
 PAY M CARYHY
(continuod from First Pasc3

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 Alderman Loos agreed with the sug- gestIon of Alderman Mulvey as to the course which the resolution should take.
 Alderman Mulvey then arose and de- livcred tirade against the decision or the court in the aldermanlc case last year which he brought Into the argu- ment as the result of remark by AL derman Loos who had said that the absence of the democrats last year was due rather to a strike than to q lock out, as the latter had not occurred. Alderman Mulyey declared that If It was not lockout 1t was uncomfort- ably near 1t and then said that he did not have any great regard for le- gal opinions on the subject on account of previous decisions. Then he took up his argument against the passage of the measure as at first Intended for fear a veto would end the matter. "Un- der the present circumstances If you or I sat In the mayors chair we might feel compelled to veto the measure But change is coming about and right Is slowly gaining ground
 1 Then he went on to attack the mill itary enrolment which the city had l paid for saying that Tt was the rot tenest military enrolment ever taken l up and the man who took 1t should be arrested"
 Alderman Miller, as member of l the committee who had signed the re- 1 port. arose and stated that he had be- | come convinced that the suggestion ! of the alderman from the Third was good one and that as a member of the committee he would vote for 1t. There Is such a bill with the board of finance" he said, and as a mem l her of the board of finance I stand ready to vote for the payment of Me Carthy"
 Alderman Kenna was the next to 1 take a try at the discussion. While
 he felt that technically the claim was
 probably Illegal there were times, In
 his opinion, when claim did not
 need 10 be legal to be paid There
 were many, he thought, which the
 city paid which, if their legality was
 questioned, would probably be found
 10 be Illegal They were passed be-
 cause such action represented the sen
 timent of the city in the matter,
 Alderman Mulyey then had little
 repartee with Alderman Loos The
 former, in the course of an argument
 against the strength of the corpora tlon counsel's opinion on the matter.
 under which Scally had been paid, de-
 clared that it had been so strong for the legality of that enrolment that it took the board of finance nine months
 to agree upon paying Scally. and that
 then 1t was only done on the day be-
 fore they went out of office and that
 republican leader had stood at the door and compelled It's passage Then
 he added that republican leader had
 stood at the door of the board of all dermen last year and had things pass ed by motion of his finger. Alder
 man Loos took exceptions to this and
 said he had never seen any such thing
 and that this was going rather strong
 whereat Mulvey retorted You must
 have been blind if you didn't see 1t.
 Alderman Belden thought the prin- ciple of the matter was unbusiness. like and said that he would never
 favor paying a bill which the corpora. ton counsel had declared was illegal On the call of the question which
 came after the debate had begun tc wax pretty warm and a great deal of reference to the breach between tho parties last year had been indulget in the amendment of Alderman Mul vey was carried. Several of the mem bers of the board voiced the negative but did not push the matter to vet and nay vote.
 An Investigating petition introduced by Alderman. at-large Miller bring out a number of facts regarding re cent work done in connection witl the cut. The petition calls for inquir! as to the reason the board of alder mon was not informed of the need Q q retaining wall for the Humphre, gently decided the city must pay fo I and at the same time why the widen ing of St John street was not carrie out on straight line The text O the petition, which may develop int 6 an important matter. follows: 3 Whereas, The board of alderme passed an order for the extension z Humphrey street to Lombard stree and the board of compensation hel a hearing and assessed benefits an q damages thereon: and.
 Whereas, At neither of these hea, nes was it stated that retainin q wall was required in said extension s and,
 Whereas, The said extension wi & now cost the city over s2b,000 nor than was estimated; be if
 Resolved, That a special committe F he raised to ascertain and report this board the reasons why the dt H partment of the city engineer did n' inform the board at the time the ol # der was passed that a retaining wa Y was required on said extension ( % Humphrey street; and be it further 4 Resolved, That said committee als ascertain why the widening of S John street and Grand avenue, at tf H new railroad bridge, was not done ( M a straight line.
 G In presenting lt Alderman Mlllt MI said he thought it was time to find o' N why the city engineering departmel M was not wde-awake. He thought tl