The chronicle=news., 1913-09-23
GREAT G0bS Of
HARMONY At
THE COUNCIL
MEETING

speaking OF harmony. an express
sivc word which WAS especially coin
ed by. Webster to describe political
conventions. there were great gobs
Of Il In the city council chamber last
niEht. There was enough harmony
at that meeting. II woven into bian-
ket. TO cover the hills and valleys of
Las Animax county and lap over
into colfax county. y. n. Til. per-
feet peace which the preachers tell
Us h to be found only In heaven. was
right there at tho city hall rel.osins
In angelic dispositions that knew
no thought OF malice. Seven alder
men present bcamed upon the mayor
and tho mayor bcamed back upon
seven aldermen. II was u happy Dun.
iavy family.
There was no matter OF suon great
pith and moment that left the small
est crsvicc for disscnsion to creep in.
Had dissenxion crcpt In there Mere
sevcn peaccabic aldermen present
who would have tcicphoncd to the
police to have the disscnter thrown
Into jail for disturbing III. peace
All night Mr.. Donahuc s,rokcd the
immaculate wings OF the white dove
md smiled and spoke no word Of crit
icism. Tho mayor could have filled
the city hail bin chock ful, OF coal.
kold nuggets or thousand dollar bills
and the gentleman from tho fifth
ward would not have opened his
chops. He WAS for harmony aud he
didn't care who knew II. Milt Gold
smith was for harmony. Tie Just
gorged himself on harmony and little
drops Of harmony ooscd from him
like perspiratioe - bot Kaness
afternoon.
II was one Of those meetings when
the Newspaper reporters return TO
their sanctorums and inform the
waiting world that nothing but rou-
tine business was transacted" There
was an aye vote on everything and
any alderman that would have been
mean enough to vote nay on any
proposition would have been straight
way sulzcrized by q court Of i'm
peachment May be u petition would
have been circulated to recall him.
II was a harmony session.
The council took a stand for the
enforcement Of the Sunday closing
law by the saloons. i ~as reported
that a number OF saloons had not
been strictly regarding the law late
~. and alderman Goldsmith assert
cd that the chief Of police had the
evidence and could make complaint
He thought that the licenses shoult
be revoked and other aldermen
agreed with him. Kahn AID Sn,
took the view that the matter wa.
up to the district attorney and tha
II was no properly In the jurisdiction
OF the city council. The outcome wa
that the chief OF police wns notified
to gather evidence and report at th'
next meeting.
Another thing the council did las
night was to adopt an ordinance pro
vf,ing that the sum Of 800 shal
be paid for all transfers of retail
liquor licenses, Heretofore for som
time every application for transfe
has been accompanied by s.. Th
council thought that this amour
was too small. The city attorne'
explained the provisions Of previou
existing ordinances which regulate'
the fee Of license transfers.
Bids for furnishing coal to the cit
were opened. There were but wv
bidders, Hines and Cox and G. "
Haigh. Hines quoted n price
$2.25 ton for mine run and IN
other bidder concluded a long &c
scription of a sunset OH Fishers pea
by quoting $3.50 ton for mine rur
The former bid being the lowest I'll
council awarded the contract
Hines and Cox.
Mre. Theodore Smith presented
claim to the city asking to be rem
bursed in the sum of $55 for damae
done by water that flooded her nom
at Fifth and Maple streets nfter III
last rain. The petition charged th'
the damage was the result of snrta'
water running over the gutter
which were stopped up. The stree
and bridge committee report that
had made an investigation and four
that very little damage had nee
done. that the city was not reslo'
sible for surface water. that the ow'