The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
WHITES BILLS.
 
 ORDERED PAID BY ALDERMEN
common Council Dlsposes 0l
 Disputed Charges
MAYORS VETO OvERRULED
moran's Resolution Prevails
 FoIloWlng Sharp Debate

Peter Whites bills. aggregating over $o.000 for three months work, have been ordered paid. The famous Moran resolution becomes law. passed over the Mayors veto. The troubled at-
 nosphere has been cleared and now the Board of Aldermen awaits some other line of fighting talk to keep up to the pace that. has been followed during the last two months. At the Uommon Council meeting last night there was real hot time. enlivened hy lots of sarcastic oratory and a full 3fne of arguments pro and. con.
 When the Peter White bills were re- ported by the finance committee they Contained the signature of Alderman W1lliam J. Moran. who stirred up the opposition by withholding his sigma ture when the original bill first came up. Alderman Lyddy, who later join- "a hands with Alderman Moran in objection to the bills, was out of town last night and his signature was not on the bllls. Alderman Woran's sig- nature was put in approval of the sStlls only after he was satisAed that tor. There was great deal of live !. ly talk before the bills went the way Qf all Aoelf-feepecting bills.
 The 1Eayorss veto Of the Moran res !: 6lutf1m raioed lively rumpus.s n '{nbstance the Mayors veto was as follows:
 "I would be very slad to approve the resolution n . whole were 1t pre- tented to mo In acc0Sdonee with tho | 6pinions oR tho city attorney for be- tHeve that parts of 1t GhouId be car fried out. In my opinion no bills or ldnfts from the Audit committee ic&n4mittee of Audit and the commit tee of Finance of the Common Coun- len I also believe that the number . Of days each person is employed and the nature of the work performed by each individual should be specified, as well as the items for subsistence, sta tionery. railroad fare. etc. AS there aro other matters which the city att stoFney states sh0uld not be incor- iDoeatod in the resolution am unable &6 approve the same."
 Alderman DeFcrest moved the adop- ,ffon q the resolution. the Mayors ean, ifs author, seconded this motion. Alderman Brady wanted the matter laid over until the next council meet 4nG He amended Alderman DeFor- e6eo motion to that ef1ect. There wes more or less tanE and the Brady
 
 motion ae originally made by Alder man DeN6fest was vpted upon and carried with 13 votes fn favor and 10 1n oppo01ti0h {zf 2ts
 Before the vote was taken Alder nan rrimrose proposed that the res- 4hnt part of the resolution which nude if necessary to draw cheeks in lnxor of the person, corporation or in divfduals fufniehing goods, accommo- datlous or service. ae characterised that much Of the resolution az ridic- fhe necks of those who were la sup port of the resolution. His amend 1nent went down in defeat with 8 bang and the resolution was then voted into e1fect over the Mayors veto with a still harder bang. oaId: ~Alderman Primrose says such a resolution is ridiculous. would i1fko to a1k if 1t is ridiculous to let tho taxpayers know how their mcnex 1s -beipg expended
 Alddrman DeF0rest declared that the whole trouble was sstarted by the ..Audif committee when that commit ftee submitted bill for over A,O00 in i4 very indefinite statement, taking up little space and showing very lax Susinoo0 methods for . committee from which anything but = lexity in
 
 'sTo put in a bill for that amount of tunoney and having 1t come In such an fne0mplefe Otate from the Audit com 1mittoe, of all committees, seems to me che most ridiculous thing about the whole situation. said Alderman De-
 ssThis is .. lime of many investiea- tions, but when the poor Board of Xlderu1en WaAts to investigate Peter Whites bill whys there ts great hue and CIT and we are subjected to all oorts of condemnation All other in wrong. 1t would seem, for the Alder snen t0 investigate this bill, to find out what the city is spending fts mbney tor. Why, the public, or at least some of il, takes Peter White In Sfhefr arms and tries to comfort him. After all. it is only one bill concern Ing only one man, and why should ws feel % much wrought up if that aunn GUts into trouble for submittfng . bill that int satisfactory in our 5udgment and for which we ask a Better accounting.
 syou ever think about doing business n alsch weak manner and on such - flimsy contract when t2000o was to Be expended If you had $20,O00 of .a mans money to expend wouldn't you draw up some sort of a business U1k4 C00If4CI f4IQer than 10 Q0pSuo upon . mere telegram and a simple Setter which does not seem to include z jingle busineD principle? Now there doesn't happen to be a single 7tne in that contract that says Peter white is entitled to his pay today. According to the contract the city hssn't got to pay a cent until after ohio work is done here. We could 0tand on our strictly legal rights as contained in that flimsy contract and not pay him a cent. until the end of his work. Speak about embarrassing Hhe Audit committee, if we could em- earrass that committee any more than R has embarrassed itself, such em- Barfassment would be monumental. Our motives have been questioned. Uf has been said that we are afraid hhat Peter White has from his inves- k1Gntion found matter which if pulp oiGhed would show the Democratic p1rty up, and greatly embarrass us boeauoe of some wrong doings. Now II nay. gentlemen, for the Lords sake tf they have got anything of that kind let them publish it tomorrow. h'H be the first to back any effort to show up any wrong doings."
 Alderman Primrose said that he did mot regard the resolution of Mr. Mo- Rn1 . ridiculous az . whole. He ahouGi1t that there should be some modification to it and asked hows pub lie bflls were conveniently going to Do drawn up in favor of railroad nompony or a hotel company.
 rho Idea of drawing an order to e1ilrond company is very ridiculous. ko dse1arad, "and 1t will be awkward