The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-23
GETTING DOWN TO
BUSINESS, THAT'S
ANOTHER THING YET
Why Should Council Do 1t When
Four Wouldn't Come to Special
Meetings and Three Wouldn' :
be at Regular Ones?

Il
ed while councilmen have been dodg-
ing sessions Mayor Westerfeld has
called a special meeting OF the city
council Tor next Monday night. These
are the matters demanding councils
attention. and named In the mayors
call So they may be taken up at the
| special sessoin-lf it is held;
| Reading communications; allowing
bills. consideration OF municipal wates
plant proposition. question of liquor
| license for T. PrOvinzano. selecting
time FOR hearing charges against n.
/ a. Miller. passing on paving bonds,
resolution permitting paving contrac-
tor To use city steam roller; question
Of purchase OF copies OF new city d..
rectory: reports OF city officers; con-
slider petition vt school board TO close
street
N Is said to be extremely doubtful
! that the session will be held. An ad-
journed regular meeting ~ scheduled
for tonight. but IL Is equally doubtfui
that that viii be held
To the public In generta council =
latitude toward meetings has seemed
a peculiai and extraordinary one.
That Is FOR the simple reason that no
explanation OF Il has been printed
The reason goes back 10 the res
lignatiOn uf Dr. Hust, councilman from
the Fourth ward At first there was
apparently little or no interest among
lcouncilmen as To the doctors success
sor except of a periUnctory sort. and
leverybody seemed ready TO act am
iably and agree onaa choice based on
a desire 20 get the best man available.
Then combination suddenly took
form, headed. 1t Il said by Alderman
clyde Tingley. of the second ward
The others In the combination are
said TO be Alderman Gilbert HAM
mond and Gibson. The combination
came out for Albert O. Simms for the
vacant seat. and il said TO have an
lronclad agreement Ia put Siinms
across" Tingley's slogan is said 20
be "Simms or no one.
II the four could have gone into q
regular meeting. they could have put
Slmms or anybody else they wanted
across in Jig time. They had the
votes. But they haven't been able
30 far. To- get the combination work
ling In regular session. because tbs
other three members Of the council.
Alderman Haggard DE Tul!io and
Switzrr evinced a distaste for the
land threw u nut in the gears. They
countered on the combination with
Ian organization that has come to be
known as the solid Three. whether
they couldn't go SimmS or simply dis
liked the idea of swallowing pro-
gram they didn't have any part In
framing hasn't been made clear. bu'
they cffcctunlly blocked the comOina
tlons' plan. They observed gen
ltlcmen'- agreement AVID stayed away
from regular meetings. And wlthou
,the solid Three there Vas no quorum
aud without quorum there could D.
no session and no election.
. Early in the deadlock between th'
: combination and the solid Three Al
drrmnn Gibson. one of the Tingle'
staIwarts was taken IN and vent e
the hospital And while he was con
fined to the sick room the other n'eu
b,rs OF the combination didn't dart
>cutur, INTO a regular meeting, be
icause the vote then would have stoo,
lthre,-thrr, and Mayor Wcsterfel'
would have east the deciding ballot
And 10 wouldn't have 1cru for IN
.combinattuu's candidate which IN
combination well anew, for i was ~
secret at all
Tn, mayor say- he tried hard a
lth1t unctme to have regular ses
sion held. plcdglug his word that ~
action would bee taken ON the coun
lcilmanic vacancy. but that apparent
his pledge uf q truce was not trusted
lbrcausr Tinglcy Gilbert and Ham
y ltnuud didn't turn up. That inciden
is rather ranking n the mayor
breast
when / give my word hc sat
.. todaN in commenting on the shun
T. tion. 1T goes strictly according 10 lac
le value / am not given 20 douol'
.- dealing or trickcrs.
De- Att,r the solid Three had bake
is action ON three regular meeuh
d. nights the combination essuyed r'
prisul IN kind
-lf they won't come tu fegula
meetings. We won't attend specN
meetings was Eow the slognn' hylh
ter,uorart. above "Simms or busl
Up To that time three special se'
.lons had been held and pressing pu'
trnss disposed ut. Since lhen tho'
hay. been mo- meetings. regular
sn,rinl the Solid Three resolutely -
u,aiuius away from regular me"tlh'
ana tb. combination Ignoring sFrcN
ones. -.
The combination last Monday nlsh
when a regular session was soheuul,
took To adiuurulng the meeting to ~
following night. They have aol"ui'
ed three times nov and according
their reported purpose they 'ntvhu'
to come out every night ana "ulv"'
the session until they get the sol
Three into the mcetlng. Just NO" -
~ p,,.t.ten, adjournment from night
-. ,Isht /, -oing to force the solid Ihr
y ,o come In make M quorum ana
stenm-tuhered hasn't been ma
clear -
An .ntcrestlng hN of gossip IN 60
III ,ection with an this is that AIDE
slmms has decided dislike 20 peni
bone of contention over "a couhe
manic Job. and has about aeelu
that he doesn't want II under any