The Detroit times., 1910-04-21
Gilman GIVEN
STIFF REBUKE
Council President Tries Gag Rule on
Aid. Allan and Is Worsted IN
Fight Which Follows.

President Thomas GIlnnan, Oh tue
common council, received the sever
est Iebuke he has yet encountered IN
! his aldermanic career on account or
ruling he made, Tuesday night
| Ever since he assumed the chair
| Gilman has manifested a disposition
! 10 cut discussion short and hurry mat
ters along. Often he has called Tor a
vote when aldermen who wished 10
state their views were still unheard.
This occurred three times, Tuesday
evening, and the third time there waf
ttroubfr ttfst. G4iHIiap-e alled-1or 4
vote on a matter In which Aid. huttcr
was interested without giving the
| Fifteenth ward representative more
| than a chance TO get on his teet anu
open his mouth Again Aid. watson
wished To speak and was allowed TO
do SO only from the fact that Aid
Allan, whose name Is first on the
rull-call. refused To vote until Wat
son had been heard.
The third and liveliest incident
arose from the fact that the stree
| opening committee had brought In
| two reports with regard TO closing a
| portion OF Frederick-st.. on petition or
! the American Car AZ Foundry Co. Aid
Heineman and Allan brought In re-
port for the closing, while Aid. Yer
nor, Zoeler, Konkel and Wing signed
| a report against the closing. There
was a warm discussion In minute.
and Aid Goeschel broke in with a
motion that both reports lie on the
table.
Aid Schultz. i'm whose ward this
portion OF Frederick-st. is. was on his
| feet and wished 10 speak, but Gin
nan declared that the motion to lay
the matter on the table had carried
| because no objection had been heard
Aid. Allan challenged this ruling.
II want fair play declared Allan
aid. Schultz Is OH the other side OF
this proposition but | want him to
have a chance TO be heard"
There was "A fight on in a minute
between Allan and Gilman, and Al
Ian appealed from the ruling of the
chair Aid. Vernon called attention
to the rule that only the alderman APP
pealing from the ruling and the presl'
dent could debate the matter, but
| Gilman nevertheless allowed Aid.
Goeschel and Reinhardt to protest
against uu appear DtihS hiouN' Ah'fH
| he recognized Aid Schultz and lei
him say what he wished to regarding
| the closing Of the street This salts
| fed Allan. who had merely made his
! appeal TO prevent arbitrary cutting
of OF debate, and he withdrew his APP
peal
In the meantime Corporation Coun-
sci Hdlly had given an opinion to
| ~. IA. ~. laU
| the mater over for a week without
vote and SO the matter was disposed
| of
| During the remainder OF the eve
ming il was noticed that President
Gilman gave the aldermen chance
| TO talk and did not declare anything
adopted without giving time for OBJ
| jeCtions.
Aid Heineman introduced a resolu-
! ton providing for charter amend
ment by which the city shall have
| power TO issue bonds for the construc-
ton OF police stations, fire engine
| houses, bath houses, libraries. art
museums, bridges and auditoriums,
and for payment for sites for same
and for the purchase of parks, boule-
wards, Fairgrounds and for other i'm
plovements of a permanent nature.
! City Engineer Mccormick reported
tlat he had prepared "A plan for future
street openings in the Eighteenth
ward and in the Fairview district.
! This was adopted.
| Park Commissioner Hurlbut report
| ed that the park phaeton fund is de-
p,eted and will require $l.700 to carry
! II through to July. He recommended
that $1,000 of surplus receipts be
transferred TO this fund.
The sum of $5,74l,37 was appro-
priated from the d. u. K. rental ac-
count 10 pay for the expense of print
| ing the Bancroft report.
The streets committee reported that
| Marvin Preston's storm door IN front
! OF No. 81 Woodwardave., over which
! there has been much trouble, had
| been removed.
The civil service charter amend.
ment was presented and laid on the
table.
The liquor regulation committee
cut out Gustav Dieball No. 1879 Gran
| dy-ave, from the list OF saloonkeepers
granted licenses and replaced An
tonic de Vito, No. 645 Russell-st..
| John f.. Calnon. No. 81 Safest. and
| Joseph Gubalo, No. 494 Clay-ave.
4 supplemental estimate providing
| for the issuance OF $250,000 OF public
! library bonds 10 purchase sites for the
/ Carnegie libraries was approved
Aid Ellis presented an amendment
to the alley cleaning ordinance IN
which IL is provided that property
owners may deposit ashes in alleys
within three feet of the lot line at
any time except in January or Febru-
AIRY.
There was some discussion over a
resolution OF Aid. Rutter To allow
! Charles r. Forster, former city clerk.
and now ID. p. w. clerk, 5000 for
extra work I'm getting out weed assess
mcnt rolls. II was laid on the table
FOOD PRICES TO BE LOWER.