Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-02
WISE WISE ON
BURNS, SAVES
WALKERS PAY
Councilman Reads Statute
on Question of Cut to
$500.
0AYLIGHT LAW KILLED

Moves Of anti Shank memCers OF the
city council to punish John F. Walker,
superintendent of street cleaning, for his
activity in behalf OF Shank control of
the county Republican organization and
Albert J. Beveridge, by cutting his sal
airy, were dangling IN mid air today as
a result OF a coup by Councilman Walter
W. Wise. When Councilman John K.
King moved passage OF an ordinance de-
creasing Walkers salary from $500 to
$500 a year in the council meeting last
evening Wise read Section S655 Of Burns
Revised Statutes. 1914, which provides
that salaries Of elective and appointive
officials shall not be increased or re-
duced during the terms they are serving.
Mayor Shank won another victory
when the council failed to pass the day
light saving ordinance over his veto.
Citizens argued the proposition for al
most an hour with the cOuncilmen listen
ing attentively. Councilmen Heydon w.
Buchanan, Otto Ray. Benjamin H. Thomp-
son and John E. King voted No Presi-
dent Theodore J. Bernd and Councilmen
Lloyd D. CIaycombe William Z. Clauer.
Ira L. Bramblett and Walter W. Wise
voted AYE" The motion to pass over
the mayors veto was lost, because it re-
quireo six votes.
CLANCOMBE
MAKES MOTION.
While King was attempting to get
the salary reduction ordinance through
third reading and to a vote, Claycombe
moved adjournment and Buchanan sec
onded It. Six cOuncilmen voted against
ending the meeting and President Bernd
was about to ask for the roll call on the
ordinance when Wise cited the prohibit
~ statute.
He said he quoted the law in order
that the council might not pass the
ordinance and become the laughing
stock OF the city"
Claycombe moved to table the ordi-
nance and this carried.
Baked in the effort TO cut Walkers
salary, Councilman King said he had an
other card TO play. He viii seek to have
an ordinance passed abolishing the posi-
ton of superintendent Of street cleaning.
Corporation Counsel Taylor E. Gronin-
ger. who had brought the statute to the
attention OF Mr. Wise. said the position
can not be abolished because that would
be altering Walkers salary
It was suggested to King that If the
council were successful in passing an or
dinance sbolishing Walkers position the
administration probably would provide
another job for him.
KEEP On ABOLISHING,"
SUGGESTS MR.. KING.
That's all right" replied King ar
they do we'll keep on abolishing until
we've abolished all the jobs they could
appoint him to-
The i'll will the snti-Shank councilmen
bear Walker is understood to have grown
out of the fact that he was Marion
County campaign manager for Beveridge
while the councilmen were for Harry 5.
New Seth Ward who was fred from
city hall Job after he had declined 10
work for Beveridge and had announced
himself for New blamed Walker, in part,
for his discharge and councilmen took
up the cUdgel to avenge him.
SEAT PROPOSED
TOR EVERY TICKET.
Two ordinances affecting thesters were
introduced by Councilman Buchanan.
be prohibits anyone from standing in
@y theater Or amusement hall when ad-
mission is charged. This would pro-
hibit the sale Of a ticket to q patron
unless there was seat for him. A fine
OF from S25 to 800 Is fixed penalty
for violation. The other fixes $3.50 a
year as the license fee for any theater,
restaurant or other place which permits
patrons to dance, where such dancing is
limited 10 patrons of such place and
where an admission fee is charged or
where a charge is made for dancing and
where dancing is merely an incident TO
the other regular business OF such places.
Penalty IN this ordinance also is from
SIS TO 500 fine. No license fee is paid
for such dancing places now, Councilman
Buchanan said.
Other ordinances were introduced as
follows:
Authorizing Issuance OF $4,000 worth of
$500 3 per cent, eleven-year serial bonds
for paying the city's share OF permanent