The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-03-19

tons and rules and order of business
which were read to the meeting anC
adopted.
DR.. J. C. Vorbeck Phillips leader
in objecting to certain resolutions
spoke as follows: with reference to
the remittance of fines, believe that
should be left out unless some differ
ent provision is made. 1t seems to me
that our local ordinances make it al
most necessary to impose a fine upon
every offender, and l have seen ar
rests made that We're really unpro-
voked, and there are mitigating cri-
cumstances in which fines should be
RENTED. That is my personal view
about it."
To DR.. Vorbeck's remarks, Mr.
Flentge made the following reply:
mo doubt, as the doctor has said
there have been occasions when ar
rests were made and were not right
and should not have been made. We
expect to appoint policemen who will
not make arrests that are not justi-
fled, but when prisoners are found
guilty and plead guilty they should be
made to pay their fines. We don't pro-
pose to tax the people to keep up this
farce of j police court"
When Judge H. E. Alexander ask
ed if reference was being made to the
Police Judge or Mayor in speaking of
the practice of renting fines, Prof.
Dearmont explained that it was a mat
ter within the discretion of the Court
and that the acceptance of the resolu-
ton would not destroy the authority
of the Court in the matter.
The motion to eliminate the section
referring to renting fines was put
to a vote and lost.
When it was announced by the
chairman that nominations for Mayor
were in order, DR.. Vorbeck took the
floor and as his reason for placing j.
W. Phillips in nomination statedhe be-
lieved it was the knowledge of all at
tending the mass meeting, that one of
the two candidates already qualified
would be certain to win, and that the
candidate selected at the meeting
would be defeated and the only pur-
pose he could serve would be to per-
haps poll sufficient number of votes
to weaken one of the candidates to
such an extent that the other would be
elected.
Prof. Roberts nominated Mr.. Otto
kochtitzky as candidate for mayor,
and in seconding the nomination, Mr..
Flentge said that he had nothing
against either of the other two can
didates. He said that he had never
been to mass meeting in this city so
largely attended as this one, and for
that reason he was convinced that the
people Of the town were not satisfied
with the candidates now running, and
that they could and would put their
shoulders to the wheel and elect Mr..
Kochtitzky. Continuing, he said.
There is not man in Cape C;--.r-
deau who does not know mat Otto
Kochtitzky is square, and no honest
man needs to fear him, and it seems
to me that this is an opportunity to
elect man whom they know is per-
fectly square and honest and will do
the right thing by the citizens"
Judge Alexander followed. He adj
dressed the meeting as follows: "In
this question, l have no
to make, but l desire to
say that we have two honest candi-
dates for office now, Mr.. J. w. Phil
lips and Mr.. F. A. Rage, and while it
is recognized, that Otto Kochtitzky is
a good citizen and an honest man, / do
say though, as voter and a citizen
for about II years, that we now have
two men equally as good who have
been nominated by qualified electors,
and their petitions have been filled
and filed, and for one individual am
opposed to any further nominations by
this mass meeting"
DR.. Dearmont said: an seconding
the nomination of Mr.. Kochtitzky, |
wish to say as member of this meet
ing that l have not word to say
against the other candidates. The fact
that a meeting is being held speaks for
itself, and shows that there is a de-
mand for another candidate, and it
should not be presumed that any per-
sonal feelings enter into that demand.
1t is a question of public policy in re-
gard to the conduct of public affairs.
Fred Naeter in commenting upon
Mr.. Phillips qualifications to look af-
ter the school building operations now
in progress expressed the belief that
his duties in that behalf would require
the greater part of his time, and then
in two years if he still wished to be
Mayor, he would favor his candidacy.
Mr.. D. A. Glenn proposed that Phil