The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-03

was the only one who had the power
to remove any of the city's appoint
I've officers. Mr., Bowler demanded to
know the reason Of the mayor, who
replied he. would give one at the
proper time. Thereupon Mr.. McDon-
aid moved that the mayer be request
ed to give his reason, which motion
carried by unanimous vote.
Chief Keefe declared MIR. Bowler did
not report gambling when he knew
it was. going on in the city and was
therefore guilty Of neglect Of duty.
Mr.. Bowler declared he did report the
matter to the chief of police, who re-
fused to go with him on a certain
night but said he would go later aud
make arrests. Then some Of the tes-
timony of Mr.. Bowler and Of1cer
Swan Johnson, taken from the minutes
of the investigation committee were
read aloud.
Alderman Stewart and, the chief
got in an alteration which was any
thing but mild and then Alderman
Frenette jumped into the game and
landed on the chief, quoting some of
the testimony given by Kraemer, the
plain clothes man OF the police de-
he had better get busy with the rest
of his officers" ...
Mcdonald and Sweet.
| i uSu TIE HHlSllluB Touuu Was d SOOu
one. BY that time the chief and Mr..
Bowler had subsidized and Mcdonald
and the mayor a the center of the
ring What the alderman from the
Third ward told the mayor almost
made the listeners ears sting. Those
who had come for sensation were graf
flied Their If ever. o. e.. ..... ...- .
Mr.. Mayor" said Mr.. Mcdonald,
this is a pretty how to do to. dis
charge an efficient policeman simply
because he tried to do his duty by
reporting the existing conditions to
the chief. / suppose after this the way
to keep a job on the police force is
for a , man to keep his mouth shut
and his eyes in his head. Just how
long people of Fargo are going to
stand for this sort Of thing l am sure
l do not know, but I for one. think it's
pretty nearly as much of an outrage
as can be possible.
He sat down and the mayor made
no response. Mr.. Stewart then picked
up Mr.. McDonald's gloves and went
at the executive. In order to get the
sense of the council he said, he moved
that that body recommend the rein
statement Of former Officer Bowler.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The mayor refrained from any partic-
ular comment.
Reason for Bowler.
The mayor wrote his reasons for
Mr.. Bowler's dismissal which he said
was more or less informal and to
which he would like to file a supple
mentary cause.
His reason was hat Officer Bowler
had said he did not. believe it: his
duty to enforce the city ordinances
alone and that he had failed to act
on the spot when it was for the gen
eral good of the service. The notice
II n A1A So 800 -
from the minutes of the inVestiga-
ton committee was that Officers John
son and Bowler said virtually the same
thing,
LIGHTHOUSE Motion.
Alderman dollhouse introduced a
resolution providing for the framing
Of a suitable bill by the city attorney
to be presented to the next session of
the legislature which will give munic-
ipalities civil service in their police
department. The resolution was at
first vigorously fought by Mr.. Nc
Donald, who had a battle royal with
Mr.. Cupler. Finally Mr.. Mcdonald
withdrew his objections and the reso-
luton was adopted.
Mr.. Cupler and Mr.. Mcdonald fin
ished the scrap of the evening as the
chief figure. Mr.. Cupler moved that
a copy Of the testimony taken, by the
investigation committee be filed with
the states attorney. who would prob
ably be called on to prosecute any
matters that might be brought I'm for
trial in the district court. Mr.. Nc
Donald contended it was only heresay
evidence and useless to the states
attorney. The wrangle resulted in the
tabling of the Cupler motion.
When the last round had beer fought
and all the aldermanic gladiators had
retired to their respective orners the
council resumed it's business of al
lowing estimates.
Jurors were seltced for the district
court term as follows: A. A. Love.
John Mcclure, e. A. Engebretson. J.
L. Opfer, E. E. Goodrich, T. c. Kelly.
James Patterson, Simon Fraser, Ed
Manning, Sam Bayard, A. S.. Houg-
an: Fred Huffman and A. j., Wester-
dahl.