South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-04
POLICE AND FIRE
FORCES CAN NOW
DRAW THEIR PAY
After ProtraCted Endurance
Test, City Council Gives
Controller Money to
Meet Payroll.

CITY police and fremen viii get
their pay for the last half Of Sep
TENDER any time they call at the city
controllers office for their pay
checks.
After nearly two hours Of juggling
back and forth the ordinance trans
ferring the necessary money from
the track separation fund to the gem
eraI fund TO meet the last half Of
the September payroll the city
council at its special meeting Thurs
day night passed the appropriation
measure with the amount asked for
hy Controller swygart cut in half.
The ordinance originally asked for
a transfer Of $4,000. The council
made the measure read $4,000. That
amount is $4,000 more than is need
ed 10 make up the payroll for the
latter half OF last month.
An Endurance Test.
The proceedings Of the council
Thursday night appeared TO be an
endurance contest between the dem
Ocratic and republican members.
with the democrats winning the day
or night as II happened TO be.
Councilman Wisniewski, democrat.
expressed the sentiment OF the four
democratic members present when
he moved that the ordinance be
amended 70 read $1,000 instead OF
$4,000.
Councilman Goebei, republican,
did the same thing for the four re-
publican members present when he
insisted that the original amount Of
$4,000 remain in the ordinance
Four and Four.
There are four and four Of them.
four democrats and four republi-
cans. and no way in which TO break
tie vote. Each member, whether
democrat or republican. had that
determined look that said do or
die"
Councilman Wisniewskis motion
TO amend the ordinance 10 read 81
600 instead of $4,000 started the
evenings entertainment The vote
con- the amendment resulted in a tie
The democrats who voted for it be-
sides Wieniewski were Luther, KuS
a91 Bailey. The republicans who
voted against il were Goebel Beyers.
Hagey and Judsen. The amendment
was lost
Then the ordinance reading SEQ
600 was placed upon its final pas
sage and the vote stood four TO four
with no way 10 break the tie AS il
takes two-thirds vote 20 pass an
appropriation or transfer Of money
ordinance. the measure was lost.
Slick POurs Oil.
Councilman Hagey. republican.
moved for adjournment but Acting
Pres't Luther. democrat. made it
plain that there would be no ad-
jOurument He said that he would
not entertain motion like that
until after the police and fremen
we're assured Of their pay.
The meeting then settled down TO
am endurance test. with the demo
Gratis adopting the policy of You
scratch my back and Wen scratch
yours" But the republican members
didn't seem TO like that policy at all.
Then City Atty. Slick attempted TO
pour oil on the troubled waters. He
advised the republican mem bers to
compromise with the democrats on
the amount of the transfer measure.
He said that the paramount issue
was 10 get enough money into the
tontroller's hands with which TO
meet the payroll.
Would Give I'm Everything.
Councilman JudsOn didn't seem 10
like it a bit He was for $4,000 or
nothing. He declared that when
ever any Of the city departments
asked for money. that money should
ne given them. He said that il was
none Of the councils business how
much the departments wanted. and
they should have whatever they
wanted.
Councilman HaEey. republican.
was as determined as Councilman
made no remarks about giving the
city departments everything they
asked for.
What 20 do 90 set the fremen
their money was something that
seemed 20 worry both sides. The
republic 1ans accused the democrats
OF not wanting them to get the
money. and the democrats were not
backward in throwing the charges
across the room at the republicans
HasIangcr Guides 'Isn.
Deputy Clerk Gus Haslanger went