The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-06
He So Informs Committee Which Calls Upon Him
 Representing Civic E Bodies
Mayor elect Buckingham Receives a Visit from the Same Committee, Who Says Best Good of City Will Be His Sole Consid- eration.

Mayor Lee will veto the ordinance
 increasing the wages of the firemen. He conveyed this information to a | committee of citizens representing
 three associations. The same commit
 tee afterward called upon Mayor-E-ec
 that in case of a tie vote in the Coun-
 cil. when the ordinance is returned un- der the veto. that the Mayor will have power to break a tie. This Is not the case. To sustain the veto it will be necessary for the op- position to the ordinance to secure 13 aldermen to vote against it.
 The members of the committee were:
 Edward L. Graves the Fairfield ave nue confestioner: Hobart w. French
 of the Board of Apportionment. An
 gus Mckenzie of the Public Market,
 Frank W. Bolande. president of the
 Business Mems Association; M. E.
 Brewster Greene. secretary and treas
 Ilrer of the Manufacturers Associa-
 ton; A. W. Burritt. the lumber dealer:
 E. P. Bullard of the Bullard Machine
 Tol Co.,: c. D. Davis of the jewelry
 firm of Parker & Davis; George NJ
 Flames of the Singer Mfg O. ID Fair
 child Wheeler of the Bridgeport Land
 & Title Go: George c. Edwards of the
 International Silver Co.,. Senator Philip
 L. Holzer, Frank T. Staples. banker;
 A l.. Rfzer of the Locomobile O. of
 Thomas H. Macdonald. inventor for the American Graphophone Go.
 The mayor apparently did not relish
 the idea of so many citizens rushing
 in on him and asking to cut bait or
 fish, for, when a Farmer reporter call ed upon him a few minutes after the delegation of distinguished citizens had left. lis c0untenance was .wreathed in anger and he waved his hands and
 shouted, T have nothing to say-not a
 word"
 l Mayor Lee received an opinion from City Attorney Cullinan this morning to the effect that the incoming mayor will have the same right to veto, the measure as the present mayor
 It seems that some of the Republi- cans in the party had wanted to ignore Mayor Lee in the matter and thought that the visitation should heye been made to Mayor-Elect Buckingham
 The visitors left the v'ty hal and then Mir Flames came back and found the mayor-elect in his office MT Flames then went out and returne@ at the head of the same delegation that had waited upon Mayor Lee They went into the rear room or the city clerks offices and closed the door.
 MT Macdonald. explained to the re- porters that it was the original intent of the committee to wait upon Mayor Lee today and MT. Buckingham af- ter he took office. but the plan had been changed this morning. as they thought it well to inform the next mayor of their attitude
 MT Macdonald said that the mem | bers of the three organizations, at | a meeting held last night, considered the pay of the firemen. and voted to | visit the mayor this morning and ask | him to veto the measure. He said It is the opinion of the committee that | the methods of the council in raising the salaries was not business like and | that it was not good judgment to raise the pay of so many men at once He said that the $23.600 increase in the pay of the firemen means an increase of nearly three-tenths of a mill, or one 18th of all the money to be ap-  on MT. Buckingham. Mr. Macdonald said. I've told Mr. Buckingham of our action. In reply he told us that he would endeavor to work for the best interests of the city and that the well fare of Bridgeport would be paramount to all other things during his term or office"
 If is understod that the joint com nittee was mininformed in case the | vote on the mayors veto IS tie that he new mayor could break the tie dr T. H. Macdonald had this impress sion and so stated to a Farmer report ar- But a perusal of the charter shows hat if at least IS aldermen vote to ,Ciopt the measure notwithstanding the nayor's veto it will become a law. But f fhere is a tie vote the mayors veto will be sustained. There is evidently 10 way under the charter that the in coming mayor will have a chance to pass upon the measure although this committee from the three representa- i've organizations of the city were an- rious to wait upon him relative to the natter.
 One citizen familiar with the charter aid. Those gentlemen want to see he aldermen in their respective dis ricts-not the incoming mayor. It is he aldermen who are going to decide whether or not the fremen get their !.