The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-30
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CONTRACT
THROUGH.
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SYNDICATE AWARDS EAST
SIDE SEWER CONTRACT
TO POWER
ACCOMPANIED BY lURID
AND PR0FAhE DEMONSTRATION
Took Advantage Of Absence OIL
Believers Of "SquaTe Oea|'
for the City

Shining IN Exhibitions OF mental
and moral standards entirely appro-
pirate to the sewer, the dive and the
brothel, the sewer syndicate last
night jammed through the notorious
Power contract for the East Side dig
gings This contract. apparently vi
tai to tae combine, was brought about
entirely through negaton, and in dis
regard OF the low biddef and the ex.
press wishes of five members OF the
council and of public sentiment.
The syndicate literally "cussed" it's
way through council. Responding 10
tie noble and uplifting profanity Of
Pap Morrison, and the backstairs
law of the city attorney. the brave
and beautiful clan waded In. The
sublime and influential statesman
Bcamer, tie polished and pungent
Hartshorne and the erudte and await.
ing butcher accomplished the job. Op-
posed were the three insurgents left
in town--Spurlock, Hopkins and Mey
or The absentees were Higgins,
Trapnell and Dunham.
The combine polled It's full vote
ot four. and, had Trapnell and Dun.
ham bene present, It would have been
licked again. Higgins has never sot-
ed on toe proposition. The mayor was
missing last night.
Sewer Job Goes To Power
The East Side job therefore, goes
to w. r. Power, the only bidder rec
ognlzed on public work Another
Guthrie Grm. White a. Smith, was
juggled out OF the job II had ths
low bid
The action last night was adoption
of the bond and contract. The con
tract had bene turned down the week
before by five members OF council
From the time Of reading the inin-
utes until the final fight last nlgn,
all the councllmen representing the
syndicate attempted to fix the thing,
but II was not until City Attorney
Green got out the oil can that the
thing could be done.
Councilman Spurlock, presiding,
ruled that motion to approve the
bond was out OF order. there being
no contract on which to base a bond.
He oyerrulod several other motions
Finally Beamer moved 10 approve
thee ontract aud bond, aud SpullocR
ruled It out Of order because It would
amount to a reconsideration. Beam
er had not voted for it, and was not
entitled to make motion for recon
sideration. Beamer and all the rest
Of the gang kept on motions with
their mouths until City Attorney
Gretn gave an opinion to the effect
that where job cannot be pulled on
by open action it can be pulled off by
condition. He held that al the form
er meeting council merely rejected
A resolution and did not take posi-
live action: that, therefore there was
nothing OF record TO be considered.
Under protest Spurlock put the mo-
ton. with this result:
E Establishes New Principle
Yea -Hartshorne. butcher. Morri-
son. Beamer--4. count 'em, and
watch 'em.)
Nsy-spurloclx, Meyer and Hop.
kins-3.
Thus Is established new principle
Ia legislation: That anything any
legislature. or city council or other
legislative body may have happened
to fail to do In any time past may
be taken up any time the Holsters
have majority. For instance. Coun-
eli may have nineteen years ago fail
ca to build bridge from the Cap
itol Hill to the site OF the convent,
and such an enterprise would be nj
highly feasible, commendabie and
thisg, IL Morrison. Beamer.
ct al, should decide II is for IN
torost of the poor, downtrodden tax
payer so to do. Any neglected steal
along the course of years may now
be ccnsummated.
This Is the way Power got the
job: Put In second low bid; given
award By four OF the ten councilmen;
no authority to mayor to sign con
tract: mayor signed It: majority oil
council rejected contract; two coun.
cilmen out n town: heroic four meet
again and approve the contract; the
syndicate has the job.
The bond is signed By l.. ".
Beadles and Robert Soalberg. for 81
500. The job Is for $4,000
Councilman Morrison. rising 10 the
height OF his lurid and profane states.
manship. made a strenuous defense
cf the action OF nis gang. After at.
tacking Councilman Meyer for join
're II committee repcrt for pcwer
and then opposing the award. Norrl
sen went OH like this
Morrlson's Lurid and profane Defense