The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-07
Alderman Tlsus Resloned but the
Council Laid 4 on the Table
and Refused e Accept
II.
MAYORS FIRST VETO.
The Purchase " New Hose Created
Trouble In the Ranks and
Mayors Veto Not
Sustained.

Mayor Or used his veto power last
\ evening at the council meeting and the
council voted him down and out dur
Ing a session which lasted until after
the midnight hour
When the meeting was finished, a
half hour after the curfew bells had
tolled, matters were In a rather cha
otto state for the resignation Of Alder
man Tigue was IN the hands of the
clerk and although the council voted
4 to lay his resignation on the table, he
announced that he was firm in his de-
Termination and would not return to
another council meeting.
The trouble all arose over the pur-
chase Of some hose several days ago
BY the fire committee and the matter
! came up twice in the council meeting.
4 The arguments bordered on the sensa,
tional at times especially at the mys.
tic hour of midnight when Alderman
Tigue pointed Ills finger at the mayor
and challenged him to look him square
In the face and say that he was not
mad over the hose deal because a
friend o. his did not get to sell the
city some, OF the hose.
The matter came up twice, the first
time the mayors veto being sustained
and the second time 1t not being sus-
tanned, the matter resting In that
shape so that now the new hose is to
be received 1t is whispered out loud
on the streets however, that the city
may be enjoined from buying the
hose. so that the case does not appear
TO be settled yet
There were many items which came
up at the meeting, the following be-
! ing suitable titles for the features OF
the evening:
Two new aldermen seated.
Hickey elected mayor pro tenn.
All reconstructed street work aban-
doned with the exception Of Fifth and
Ninth streets from Blondeau to Grand
Avenue.
Permission granted National Rein
ing Co. to erect tanks and distributing
station in the city.
Mayors first veto.
No action In Talbot and Haubert
Lease matters
Inebriate and minor saloon ordi.
nance passed.
Alderman Tigue resigns.
Minutes Of meeting ordered printed
In all city papers.
Details Of Meeting.
The details OF the meetings are CIV
en- below. Pursuant to the new state
law the official proceedings will be
published aad The Gate City will print
them later. !.
The hose matter has been current
topic OF gossip for several days ant
will continue to be So Whether AL
derman Tigue holds firm in his de
cision to resign, remains to be seen
Z but he stated positively lest evening
that he was through with it.
The clerk read the abstract OF re
turns from the special election Of las
week, showing 1860 majority for thu
commission plan, the same figures a.
Those announced by The Gate CITY
also showing the election OF Butte
and Roberts an aldermen with majorl
ties Of 20 and 81.
Upon motion, a recess Of Is minute
was ordered for the purpose OF swear
ing in VIM. Butler and J. R. Robert
as aldermen. The clerk OF the super
ior court was not present and the tele
phone was used to flush him out o
hiding but he could not be found an
the city attorney swore In the two ne,
men.
Alderman Mccormick was not pres
ent at that hour. After the two ne,
men were sworn in, the democrats fl
ed out into another room during the