Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-13
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LEGAL AIDS GO
PLAZA PAPERS
Difficult to Keep Up With
Remonstrance at Special
Council Session.
HEARING WEDNESDAY

HEARING w EO1N LSOA
The plaza remonstranct is back IN the
hands Of the city legal department, fol-
lowing a rapid series Of MOVES at the
special meeting Of the city council last
night. Persons responsible for the fling
Of the remonstrance objected vigorously
several weeks ago when the legal depart
ment took the document out Of the office
Of the city clerk and kept il out about
forty-eight hours, contrary to what the
demonstrators consider the law.
Following receipt Of the remonstrance
from the city clerk, President Russell
Wilson OF the council referred IL TO the
elections committee, Of which DR.. Sumner
A. Furniss is the chairman and Council
men Jacob P. Brown, Jesse E. Miller.
Otto B. Pettijohn and William B. Peake
are other members After adjournment
DR.. -Furniss announced that he was turn
ing the document over to the city legal
department.
!, Il don't want to be responsible for
IT." DR.. Furniss explained. Corporation
Counsel Samuel Ashby was there to take
the remOnstrance and the responsibility
The first OF what probably will be
series Of public hearings upon the va
Idity Of the remonstrance will be held
at o'clock next Wednesday afternoon,
IN the council chamber, DR.. Furniss an
nounced.
SAYS WHOLE COUNCIL
SHOULD BE PRESENT.
In referring the matter to the cleo
tons committee, President Wilson sug-
gested that It would be well for all
members of the council TO attend all
meetings Of the committee.
I have referred this TO the elections
COMMITTEES instead or to a committee Of
the whole because it will require
smaller number OF members to be pres
ent when action Is taken" he said.
IF anybody, either for or against the
remonstrance. desires TO be heard upon
the matter, they should see the chair
man Of the elections committee and make
arrangements.
There has been a good deal said about
the validity of the remOnstrance. II
seems to me that there IS but one course
for the council to pursue. OF course
If It can be established before the cOun-
ell that it is invalid then that should be
taken into consideration, but, unless II
Is proved that the remonstrance is not
good. then there is but one thing for the
council to do, the law Is very plain upon
that. and that is to call an election"
Councilman Gustav G. Schmidt showed
fash Of the old fire with which he has
enlfvened many a session Of the council
:
he refused TO vote for suspension OF the
rules upOn an ordinance authorizing the
negotiation OF a temporary loan Of 500
OOO for the board Of public health. He
objected, he said, because the health
board did not explain why it needed the
money and unless they have somebody
up here Monday night to explain why
they want it III vote against that 0Ful-
nance"
ORDINANCE REFERRED
To FINANCE COMMITTEE
President Wilson referred the measure
n the finance committee with the state
meut that he would like to see II re-
ported for passage Monday night when
the next regular meeting is scheduled.
Councilman Schmidt refused to vote
for suspension Of the rules upon an or
dinance authorizing a temporary loan OF
100000 for the general city fund until
civ Controller Robert H Bryson had
been called upon by the chair to explain
and had complied with a statement that
the city must meet pay rolls on and aftes
Aug. 10 until the November taxes are re
ceived upon money borrowed in antici-
patton Of the incoming funds. The rules
finally were lifted and the ordinance
unanimously passed
The fact that the further rerouting Of
downtown street car lines is held up by
the deadlock between the NUuuEAA ~
routing committee and the Indianapolis
street Railway Company over the in
stauatIOn OF a turn from Washington
street east into Pennsylvania street TO
the north was brought out again By
Councilman Schmidt, chairman of the
committee in & brief report The re-
routing committee has recommended to
the council that the company he ordered
TO nut in the turn. The company con-
tends If does not have the $4,000 neces-
sarv 70 nav for the special work. The
council can not give the company the
money and there the matter stands, Mr..
Schmidt said
NOT IN FAVOR OF
JUNKETTISG TRIP.
The proposal Of the public service COM
mission that representatives Of the com
mission, the company and -he council go
20 Kansas City, No; Des Moines and
Sioux City, Iowa, TO study street car
routing was not favored by Mr.. Schmidt.
sT don't see how such a trip would
help the local situation any," the council
man said What we've got to do is to
stop carrying people past the town
pump"
The ordinance appropriating $4,000 for
the expenses Of the fifty fifth national
encampment Of G. a. R late in Septem-
Der was introduced and referred to the
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tional commander Of the Grand Army
has not definitely announced that the
encampment will be held here but it is
generally understood that Il viii be-
Ordinances transferring 81 800 from the
police salary to the police material and
supply for traffic regulation fund, OF
$500 from the city hall furniture and
fixtures to the city hall maintenance
fund, and Of s., 500 from the Tomllnson
Hall furniture and fixture to the Tom
linson Hall maintenance fund and ap-
prOpriating $1,000 to the latter fund, were
introduced and referred to committees