The daily sentinel., 1913-07-11
2 WEEKS REST.
TILL REPORT
IS MADE
Walter Walker Withdraws His
Amendment and Leaves the
Committee Of Seventy.
A Parliamentary TANGLE ON
MAYOR THOMAS NJ. TODD
DAVID w. AUPPERLE.
JAMES W. BUCKLIN.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
BEN GRIFFITH.

parliamentary snarl that had
chairman Ben Griffith calling for
help was the feature of the second
meeting OF the Committee of Seventy
AT the court house last night. When
IL had been partially untangled and
the rest OF 1t slashed by broad and
arbitrary rulings from the chair the
committee found itself adjourned for
Two weeks while new committee is
authorized to confer with the elee-
tric light company officials to deter
mine II the entire utilities owned by
the n-MacNeill-Adams inter
ests mere can be negotiated. In the
meantime the committee will take
! W no other subject until this sub
committee has reported.
Walter Walker. who introduced
.ne first-amendment TO the BuckfiIl
resoiution, last night withdrew HIS
amendment and with the action ba
withdrew from the committee. Ex-
planning his action. MIR. Walker said.
want to simplify matters 10
some extent before you take UP the
evenings discussions. | offered the
amendment at the first meeting in
good faith. However. my motives
nave been questioned, although I
care nothing for that. The effect of
that amendment was largely killed
Dy the tactics of delay BY adjourn
ment as employed by Mr., n. c. Miller
IN his speech ut that session.
was convinced then and | am
convinced now that it was the inten-
| tlon to pass the Bucklin resolution at
the first meeting and that only my
amendment prevented such action be-
ing TAKEN propose now to with
draw that a .
Vlneed that majority of the MEM
bers of this committee do not care TO
have any preliminary investigation
Ihey have made up their minds to
take over the light Plant whether or
no SO there is no use of arguing. there
is no need of continuing to offer such
an amendment. 1T would be useless
delay.
want to say that it was desire
TO see fairplay done that prompted
my otferIng this amendment A LOT
OF people on this committee who are
SO anxious to take property from
what they call "soudless cornora-
tons are governed primarily by pre-
Judice. They forget that many local
people, people who have lived here
Tor years and helped build up this
com munlty are vitality interested in
this company, have made heavy in
Vestments therein in good faith and
are entitled to have their rights rea-
sonably protected Such people as
Mrs. w. F. White. DR.. Warner. DR..
Bull, Mr.. Ella, Messrs Sampliner. Mr..
and Mrs. Adams. Mr.. McMullin. are
among their stockholders. This
company is largely local company.
Yet there is determination on lot
of your members not even to give this
company hearing before you go on
record favoring taking away their
property.
Il regard a further fight fer the
amendment useless The minds of
majority are made up and We're made
up before We started. | do not care
to further disturb the harmony of
this majority. Therefore to simplify
matters l hereby formally withdraw
the amendment and ask permission
to retire from further active partici-
patton in the deliberations of this
Charles P. McCary then offered an
amendment that would strike out the
first part of the Bucklin resolution
with the effect that the sub-commit-
tee do its work before the committee
as whole commits itself one way o.
the other on municipal ownership OF
the light utility II. +. Vorbeck then
moved an amendment to the amend
ment which limited the postponement
of action to two weeks. after which
time the matter should again be
brought up for action before the
as a whole.
After considerable mutilation of
the manual of usages both amend
ments were carried and with II the
Bucklin resolution or what was left
of 1t after the surgery.
The committee as above was nam
ed today by Chairman Ben Grif-
fifth and 1t is understood that as