Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-03

will learn three days after the or
dinance goes into effect.
The five men are Perry w. Weidner,
Lee A. Mcconnell, James Dix Schuy-
Ter, w. NJ. Bowen and DIR. w. A. Lind
ley. This is the same commission that
the council attempted to legislate into
office in its first public utilities ordi-
nance with the exception that w. M.
Bowen is named In place of Joseph
Scott, who refused to accept the place.
It was expected some sort of fire.
works would follow when the mayors
veto was read to the council, but these
expectations were not fulfilled, for it
was evident from the first that the
matter would be all one way. This
was due to the fact that Councilman
Wallace, who has strenuously opposed
the councils attempts to play into the
hands of the corporations, was out OF
the city and only Wren was left to
champion the cause Of the little
minority. Wren was not an active
champion, he merely voted to sustain
the mayors veto and did not take
the floor in debate.
Blanchard Makes Motion
When the veto message was read and
the action reconsidered Blanchard
moved that the ordinance be passed
notwithstanding the objections of the
IQANOT.
and then made a scathing denounce-
ment of the Municipal league, declaring
they amt nothing but gang of free
hooters, anyway" When Healy had
got some of the bitterness out of his
system President Pease called Drom-
gold to the chair and took the floor to
explain his vote.
LAS IL has been said that the passage
of this ordinance hinges on my vote.
/ believe it is only right that l should
explain my attitude" said Mr.. Pease.
IAN admit that it is the duty Of the
council to fix the rates OF the public
utility corporations, and for that rea-
son l believe it is proper the council
should appoint the commission that Is
to assist 1t in this work. l see moth
ing wrong in this ordinance. l be-
lieve the whole question is that the
council wants to appoint its own COM
mission. l have been told that the
council has been 'bunkoed in this mat
ter. l don't like to be told that this
council has been 'bunkoed,' and / don't
stand with any such bunch as that,
and ! shall vote to pass the ordinance
over the mayors veto"
Looked Like Dromgold
From the arguments used by Presi-
dent Pease ii was easy to tell who had
ammunition that Dromgold and his
satellites have used since the measure
was before the council. President
Pease was once a man who could make
up his own mind, and his ability to do
this made him rich in business and en-
abled him to retire. But he is many
years past his prime and is more cas-
lily convinced by others than was once
the case.
When he had resumed his seat
Dromgold took the floor and said:
Il agree with you that this is good
ordinance" (although President Pease
had simply said he could see nothing
wrong with it,. ut does not go as far
as the Municipal league ordinance, but
it goes as far as the charter requires
us to. The newspapers friendly to the
Municipal league ordinance have not
been fair. They have repeatedly said
that the salary of $1,000 the commits
sioners are TO receive is their pay for
a year" (The ordinance states $1,000
per annum) "They know it win not
take these commissioners more than
about a month TO do their work, and
that $1,000 is very liberal pay. Why
don't the newspapers publish the
councils ordinance and the Municipal
league ordinance side by side? If they
will do that I am willing to take a
chance with the people"