Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-01
LACHUUND AND DURBIN
ThroMs n0Mn Ganntlet.

Throws Down Gauntlet.
When the resolution was intro
duced Durbin arose 10 speak in its
behalf and Mayor .Lachmund, calling
Councilmn Eldridge to the chair
took a seat on the floor Just as he
was leaving the mayOralty chair
Durbin shouted "That is right; you
are the man l am looking for and
from then the fight was On-and it
was a battle royal
Shuts on Talk.
Councilman Durbin had but barely
got started delivering the nice little
speech he had been preparing for
days on the subject when some one
moved to table the resolution and
some on else seconded the motion.
Durbin proceeded to continue his
talk, but a point of order was raised
on the ground the motion was not
debatable. and Chairman Eldridge
ruled him out of order.
'Is the gag rule to be applied to
me; am I not going to be given the
privilege to talk?' shouted Durbin.
Chairman Eldridge advised him the
motion ws not debatable but he i'm
pediately launched out again.
The mayor raised the same point
of order again and the chair ruled
with him
Agin Durbin asked if he was not
going to get chance to talk.
Not today but tomorrow an
swered the mayor.
Nothing to Talk on Now.
The motion was then put to a vote
with Durbin still standing and pro-
testing against the gag rule. After
it had carried he tried to continue
his discourse and now he was con-
fronted with the rule that he was
barred from talking because there
was nothing before the house to talk
on.
But whether he had a subject or
not he seemingly wanted to talk, and
the mayor again objected, saying
you are talking to the walls now;
there is nothing before the house"
Councilman Huckstein moved to
grant Durbin the courtesy of the
floor, but the mayor objected, and
finding himself worsted on all sides,
Durbin sat down, 1t was enough to
make almost any one sit down.
Then the Clash Came.
The council went on with it's bust
ness and Durbin sat silently by evil
IDENTIFY looking for an opportunity to
break in on the proceedings with a
bridge talk.
The opportunity came when a mo-
ton was made that a committee be
appointed to confer with the Salem,
Falls City & Western Railroad COM
pany relative to the city co-operat-
ing with the company in building a
double decked bridge across the riv-
er and he was on his feet in a min
ute.
In general way he opposed the
motion and then he drifted back to
the motion that had been tabled.
The mayor called him to order,
saying the river bridge was under
discussion and no other, but the
chair ruled against him, and the
mayor excepted. Durbin continued
to roast-to send hot shots at the
CuuuCll LOT enforcing the gag rule on
him. Finally he sat down and then
Lachmund came to the bat.
Mayor Airs Vocabulary.
Councilman Durbin is making a
mountain out of mole hill-he likes
TO hear the sound of his own voice"
snarled the mayor,
THE pleasures of victory are mo-
mentary but the stings of defeat are
everlasting, He is a grandstand
player and the talks of the council
man from the silk-stocking &ard is
but hot air-he is a great big noise
that is all; darned good winner but
a poor lNser."
That settled it. The council
passed the motion and the mayor
named the committee and the coun-
ell went on with its business.
The clash between the two was the
first that has occurred since they en-
tered upon the duties of their respec-
tive offices and it certainly was
merry one for a beginner.