The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-03

There was an expectant audience last
night I'm the council chamber and those
who were on hand had an interesting
performance enacted for their benefit'
though the surprises were not In the
class where they had been expected.
There had been anticipated dead
lock between the mayor and the DEM
ocratic ma jority of the council, nut
there was none. The mayor did not
make many appointments. but those
which he did make were confirmed
with but single opposing vote. and
he had the added and unexpected op-
portunity lof naming the president of
[khe counch. an honor that seldom falls
10 mayor. but that came to Mr.. Lo-
gap last night by virtue of the tie vot"
taken by the aldermen in their en-
deavor to select a man for president.
Then. too. the mayor gave the city
police commission last night rhci q
were not many people In town who
knew that such a thing was possible,
but Mayor Logan dug up dormant
ordinance which has been effective but
not working for the past three yeara.
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the police commission ordinance, which
had been enacted while Fred Morgan
was mayor and which had not been do
ing much since. The ordinance VAS
passed April !. 1907. but a new state
law prevented It's becoming effective
for 30 days. and by that time Mayor
Keith was In the chair and he forgot
about the commission. Until yesterday
Mayor Logan had forgotten IL, bu: he
discovered II and he took the alder
men into his confidence and le: them
share the benefits of the rich find.
The ordinance was found To be cf-
fective aud operative, ana under its
provisions the mayor ma med a coinmis-
sion consisting of John Il; Patterson.
John r. Daily and q. T.. Peterson.
'9fhcse nominations were confirmed
with but one dissenting vote and there
will be no police department numina-
tions until the commission has exam
incd and passed upon the applicants.
relieving the mayor and aldermen OF an
irksome task
A Tie Vote.
The only other interesting incident
OF the meeting OF the naw council was
the selection of presid mt corbett
nominated Mccormick and Moony
named Crawford Crawford tried to
withdraw. but the mayor told him he
couldn't. and he didn't Each candidate
received four votes and then Crawford
tried again to withdrlw. but was once
mi ha H..
the tie by voting FOR Crawford. No
cormick retaliated by opposing the
mayors nominations and the mayor
came back by giving the Second ward
alderman the most important commit
tee appointment on the list making
him chairman of the ways and means
yommittee.
II was an interesting session, spe-
ciaily notable by reason of the fact
that IL gave the city police comm s.
sion and that II developed the fact that
the new council Is, first ana foremost,
In favor of such measures a. viii ben
eft Missoua.
The old council givc gool account
of itself In it's closiny session. passing
and ordinance whcn opens the sout II
side crossings of the Bitter Rout tack
IA matter which Is If great Importance,
especially to Days and lows addi-
tions The railway must q. construct
these crossings at once or tine city will
,o II and charge the cost To the com
pany. That was q fitting close to the
excellent work of an excellent council.
The Old Council.
When City Clerk Logan cailcu the
roll for the last meeting al the old
council. there were six Of the aldermen
who responded. Aldermel Kohn and
Patterson were the absentees; the se
heroes of meetings of, two years In the
council, each having played at times n
\solo part, We're not on deck when the
end of their official service came.
Each, however, had absence from the
there was no harsh criticism regarding
their non appearance, although there
was general regret that they were abb
sent.
At the request of the mayor, there
was "A break in the routine work of
the council. in order that Inspector
Dean might address the aldermen.
Professor Dean had some specments
of black knot which he had found on
the wild cherry trees In Greenough
park and explained that unless this
was eradicated II would spread to the
orchard cherry trees, and the sugges-
tion was made that all of the black
knot that can be found be broken off
and burned. The council instructed
the. park custodian to destroy com
pletely all black knot in the park
Professor Dean said that the only way
to destroy this disease Is to cut the
affected limbs and burn them.
4 The minutes of the previous meet >
>.ng were read and. on motion of Cor
bett. approved. The clerk then pro-