The daily sentinel., 1913-07-08
HOT FIGHT IN COMMITTEE
OF SEVENTY LAST NIGHT
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I l.
opened wordy interchange that
threatened for a moment TO frighten
away the dove of peace that had
heretofore rested peacefully over the
door.
John Wolf in a characteristic
speech declared himself as unresery-
edly IN favor of immediate purchase
or condemnation.
D. w. Aupperle qualified as a
common herder" and favored the
Bucklin resolution. George Bullock
seconded his address in a ten-minute
discourse and Mr.. Bucklin followed
with another statement.
-Mr' Buckiin secured the first ap-
pause or the evening by his state
ment that The Daily News and The
Daily Sentinel were the two best edit
ed journals for a city of this size
OF any community of which he had
any knowledge. He criticized them.
however, for not having printed more
arguments pro and con on the mu-
nicipal ownership question.
James A. Becker was cheered when
ne closed brief speech in which he
raised the question as to whether or
not the city could afford to issue a
warning to all capital that as soon as
1t invested in franchise here that
1t laid itself liable to have its invest
ment taken away as soon as that in
Eestment became profitable.
Meeting Adjourned.
n. {. Miller closed the meeting in
spicy talk in which he roasted TO a
turn the plan proposed by Mr.. Buck
lin of submitting matters of that sort
to sub-committees. apparently forget
ting the good old days when he ap-
pointing sub-committees at Bull
Moose conventions with unlimited
power to act. Mr.. Miller's talk. new
ertheless, was sharp and TO the point
He evaded specific statements as to
how big liars some utility corpora
tions might be on the ground that he
might be violating professional con-
fidences. but he left the broad impli-
cation that they were over-capitalized
and undertaxed and were entitled to
be handled without gloves. His mo-
ton to adjourn was carried almost
unanimously. Mr.. Miller Is the local |
legal representative of the Denver G.
Rio Grande.
The meeting adjourned until |
Thursday evening at eight o'clock at
the court house. Neither the resolu- |
tion nor the amendment were voted /
ON and both will hold over until the |
next meeting.
Liquor Issue Coming.
1t is certain today that the injec- I.
ton of new issues in the campaign /
will hinge to a great extent Don the |
success of Mr.. Buclllin in carrying
the municipal ownership proposition |
through the committee. II II carries I
and the matter is to be brought be-
fore the people then II is almost GER |
tain that the municipal saloon idea |
will follow ii. This Is a pet project /
of Mayor T. NJ. Todd.
Mayor Todd, while essentially a |
prohibitionist, is fearful that under |
existing state laws the prosecution of |
bootleggers Is too expensive a luxury |
and he looks with considerable favor |
upon the experiment of municipality |
owned saloons. An ordinance cover |
ing that plan has been drawn, the
plan has been completely worked out
and If the committee seems disposed
to go the limit in endorsing progress
sive measures, this latest drastic step
will be urged upon them for their APP
proval.
More certain even than that contin-
gency is that while the committee as
a whole is distinctly reactionary 1t
lacks considerably of being radical.
There are many hard-headed business
men who are going to sift all these
problems to the core before they per-
nit themselves to vote and last night
it was easy to see that element was
going to have considerable influence
over the action of the whole commit
tee.
Mr.. Bucklin's declaration that the
people of the city were ready to take
i'm Immediate action and secure the cleo
tric pIant was hardly borne out by
the attitude of any of the speakers
or by the later expressions of others
who did not commit themselves dur
Ing the sessions.
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