Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-23


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contractors and the city the decision
Of the engineer should be final.
Councilman Laehmund moved an
amendment to the motion that the
contract money be withheld from
the contractors until they had COM
piled with the terms of their con-
tracts, and then came the scrap of
the night.
A Few Parliamentary, Gems.
"The amendment is not proper, '
said acting Mayor stoltz, it amends
entirely and therefore would kill the
original motion.
This brought the original motion to
vote and roll call was requested.
Carson started the noes" and SO
loud came they that the chair had
no trouble in realizing that the
original motion had been lost.
Lachmund then came back with
his original proposition, but this time
it was couched in the form of mo-
tion instead of an amendment.
1T is out of order, growled the
acting mayor.
IF this motion is out of order then
why was not the motion upon which
you had us vote p second ago out of
order" retorted Councilman Lach-
mund.
Because that motion settled the
matter and yours does not, was the
laconic reply of the acting mayor.
That was a sumner and it left
Councilman Lachmund standing gaz-
ing speechless at the acting mayor,
and being completely baffled for the
moment he shouted II take an ex-
ception to the ruling of the chair
it being an exceptional ruling, and
sat down.
Acting Mayor Groans.
During the lull some one made a
motion that the subject be laid on
the table and acting Mayor Stoltz,
eager to recognize anything which
would terminate the fight put it to
the council. 1t was lost by an over
whelming vote. Councilman Lach-
mund leaped to his feet and renewed
his motion which had been ruled out
of order and the acting mayor settled
back in his chair and groaned until
the councilmen and spectators turned
to look at him to see if he was i'll.
There he sat for a moment gazing
fixedly at the council, seemingly un-
certain what to do, but finally his
fat chubby hand carried a paper over
to the desk of the clerk.
This proved to be a ruling adopted
by the council some time ago that the
final rolling of the streets should be
done during the rainy seasons by the
city as better results would then be
attained than during the dry seasons.
The city was to pay for it by deduct
ing the amount necessary from the
contract price of the contractor. He
contended that the council had adopt
ed this ruling and that it could not
now withhold money from contrac-
tor until the streets are completed
according to specifications.
Councilman Manning took issue
with him as the North Front street
was not a completed street, and there
fore the ruling did not apply.
Councilman Lachmund contended
that this ruling only applied to the
final rolling, and that it had no ap-
plication where the contractor had
failed to comply with other specifi-
cations in the contrsct--which he
claimed the Front street contractor
had failed to do.
"The council will some to order,
growled the mayor, lit is carrying
this thing too far"
Are, your views on the subjects
the same as Mr.. Lachmund's", in
quired Councilman Carson of Coun-
Gilman Eldridge.
"They are, replied Councilman
Eldridge.
"Then l vote with you, said Car
son,
Exit Greenbaum.
But it never came to a vote as Just
then the councils attention was at
tracted to a man who in the excite
ment of the row had found his way
into the arena, and was asking for a
chance to take a hand in the fight.
He was never formally introduced
as the moment Councilman Green
baum set eyes on him he arose from
his seat and protested against him
addressing the council as he had
talked with him over the telephone,
and he had made insinuations and
called him bad names, and to use
the councilman's own language he
didn't want any bad names called
at this meeting"
Are you to be judge and jury
~ Toak