The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-20
SPECIAL ELECTION
 SEPT. "A TO VOTE ION MANY MATTERS
COMMON. COUNCIL ADOPTS REc- CONCENTRATIONS CONTAINED IN MAYORS MESSAGE AFTER MAKING SLIGHT CHANGES.
ALDERMAN /cEDERHo1M TAKES ACTIVE PART IN MEETING GAINS SEVERAL IMPORTANT POINTS, IN HIS FIGHTS.

Voters of Bridgeport will be called upon to express themselves on sew efal important matters at special elec- ton, Sept. 24. The Common Counch at its meeting last night accepted report and adopted recommendatlons'
 made by the Miscellaneous committee which favored the special message ot Mayor Wilson. In the meantime Mayor Wilson has promised to con- duct a campaign of education on the many matters that are proposed TOT consideration at the special electlon' There were two changes in the orlgl- nal recommendation as made py Mayor Wilson. The report or me
 Miscellaneous committee sailed
 through the waters of harmony With
 out so much as a ripple or oepale' The vote was unanimous.
 The two changes were Of little lIn-
 portance One was to extend sthe
 time for having the polls open so
 that the voters may cast the1r vole
 between the hours of noon and
 o'clock at night. The original recom-
 mendation was to have the vote tax
 en between the hours of and p. m The section relating to the aDol- ishment of the personal tax collectors and to have the personal tax coliecI- ed by the regular property tax col Ieetor, was altered so that the voters may decide whether to abolish the tax itself.
 The Democratic aldermen held a caucus on the matter. before the coun- cil meeting. Alderman Robert G.De-
 Forest stated during the council
 meeting that the aldermen in voting on the matter were not influenced one way or another by any caucus action He stated that hithertofore
 the referendum had proved unsuc-
 cessful in Bridgeport; that the refer endum votes have always been very
 small. He hoped that the voters will come out in force and so forth. Al- derman Frederick Cederholm, the So- cialist member of the council, was l highly elated over a referendum vote. He said that he had maintained
 right along that the people are fully capable to decide such important
 matters and he flattered the DRyor | by stating that the action of the, ad l ninistration in getting these vital matters before the voters for their 1 expression lis one of the best things that has been done"
 l Alderman Cederholm took a very active part in last nights meeting of the council, in other things as we'll. l He thrust forward a resolution which embodied many of = the Socialistic l ideas and ideals but the resolution was referred to the Miscellaneous committee with request that that committee make a report at the next meeting. Alderman Cederholm failed | to take advantage of getting the reso- l lution before the council last night | in the form of an an1endnlentfto tho Irecornm endations contained in the mayors message. Had. he moved amendment to the Miscellaneous | 11e. s%5 s4dea sc message he could have got some ac- | tion last night. He didn't offer his resolution however, until near the end of the meeting, long after the mayors message had been acted up- on. When the resolution appeared l the mayor called for its reference to the Miscellaneous comPnittee. Ceder- holm objected to this procedure. He asked that the matters be submitted | to the people at the same time the mayors propositions were. There is much speculation today as to how
 the council can be consistent and at | the same time ignore the resolution submitted by Alderman Cederholn, which advocates that there be a pub- 1 lie vote upon such questions as muf1i- cipal ownership. It is argued that to l be consistent the council must vote l the public, the same as it did to have l the mayors propositions go before | the public in the special election. l Alderman Cederholm emphasized 1 this when he said that inasmuch IS l the mayors recommendations provid- ed for vote upon bonding meas ures his in contrast called also for a | like vote but upon matters that were sure to yield a good income to the l people for what expenditures there | might be. Here are the things con-
 tained in the resolution:
 Shall the city of Bridgeport be given full power to establish, equip | and maintain a municipal electric | lighting and power plant?
 l Shall the charter of the city be
 amended so. that the board of park
 commissioners shall be elected by the
 board of aldermen? Three to be chosen each year..
 Shall the charter of the city be amended so that the library board
 shall be elected by the board of al lsdermen? Two to be chosen each year.
 Shall the charter of the city be
 amended so that the paving and sew l it's right and duties to be performed | by the board of aldermen?
 I Shall the charter of the city be So hamended that the city auditor shall
 be elected by the people for two
 year. term beginning with the city | election of 1913?''
 | Much to the surprise of other mem I bers of the council Alderman Ceder- ! holm succeeded in getting some able
 allies in the persons of Alderman John E. Lyddy and Alderman Thon- I as H. Farrell, who for the first time T backed up the aggressive alderman from the 18th district in his fight for a bathing house on the East Side. The Miscellaneous committee made report
 on the resolution which was submit ted some time ago by Alderman Cederholm, asking that the city pro-
 vide a bath house for the East Side.
 This report was opposed to the pro. position, making the claim that no available site could be had for such
 a bathhouse and also that there was no cash on hand to obtain such a luxury for the East Siders. Alder man Cederholm jumped to his feet l when this report was submitted and declared that the report should be
 sent back to the committee for some
 sort of a recommendation for an ap- l propriation from the Board of Ap- | portionment next year. He declared
 that he had seen many petitions come | before the council and get favorable action without the question of where | the money was to be obtained, being 1 considered.
 l He argued that there were some thing like 2,500 names signed to the 1 petition he submitted and that it 1 was very representative of the Com
 mon Council to ignore an appeal from l 90 many people. He declared that | the proposed location at the foot qf