Show i DEVINE REMAINS CHIEF vote on his removal from office was a tie COHN AND NOBLE FOR HINI HIM fire and police commission holds a secret session at which a desultory discussion Is 13 had grant and I 1 display bitterness the cormor introduces it a resolution providing for or the decapitation of tho e chief buti tho plan palls falls to work the chiefs comment the great scott auerbach clr fire investigation ti Is ill at an end and chef devine li 11 l 1 i 1 still hlll chief last nights meeting of 0 the fire and pol police ace commission was a secret one all the commissioners were pre present sent chairman noble having lec overe d from a slight attack or of sickness in the tha chair chief denine define put in his appearance boon on after the commissioners arrived and latt later r assistant chief ahlet donovan donoian came the leading ot the minutes was dispensed alth and putting their heads together the commissioners dig whether they had bad better hold a secret session or hat 1101 the latter sentiment on prevailed for utter after both chairmen chairman noble and commissioner dini took assistant chief donovan aside ind and held a L vo whispered consultation with him mr air noble announced that the boat blaid d would now go into executive session in tho the cons consultation u 1 N mr donovan donovall was asked whether t h he e wished to be questioned question d or not L and 11 1111 he replied lit in tho the negative then the reporters pOIL lil the chief t the stenographers and tile the visitors withdrew and 9 the board na as left alone in ki geoly the meeting no aa fit 1 l once ahr thrown open op n tor for divi cumm ion and after a a I 1 hall houts hours talle talk on flie file matters commissioner grant introduced a resolution lit in tho the event that li it bud bd carried mould have mi awant aal the till discharge of 0 chief devine hut but it carry it hits has been tile opinion right along thit that chairman nobl WILS was in fa nor or of tho the chiefs discharge but he took a vc deiy ny decided stand on tho the opposite side last night and hla his noel no w was as as plain and clear as the tones bones of 0 a 31 silver iver bell ATTACKED DEVINE mr dininny made the opening speech it seems to mo m ho he said that from arom tho the el eldrence dence we tote have had chief devine ha has 4 riot not tho thi confidence of 0 tho the rest of the lorce force ll 11 lie has bas not a a pai cle ot of discipline I 1 mr air grant li I 1 been three or four alrea myself dealno de lne acor nev er gets around to where there Is fire himself lies iles afraid ile he shows symptom of 0 cowardice the men havo have no confidence in him because he loses jones his head 1 heie Is no question in my mind that it if he had run a a line of u hose into tile second or third floor lie he could have kept fit the fire front from spreading and kept it behind the archway all aji the time DEFENDED BY COHN mr colm colin As to the le ie ported cowardice of 0 the hie chief I 1 am unable at this time to say the department Is too small and good work cannot result I 1 believe the me other three members are sincere in the positions position they take I 1 believe chief devine devane to bea be an honest bober man mail hes saved the city millions of dollars worth ot of property two or three men in tho the service are thoroughly bud bad me airs sullivan mccarthy bywater and others are first class clasa ill emen I 1 shall stand up tor for the chief the charge of cowardice vardice it I 1 though he aioo flaa as a coward j I 1 should surely light fight him mr grant we nave have heard no evidence to show but that volien a hen in the front room on the second story they could have put the hose into george III scotts office there never was an attempt made to get gel in th there e there Is no evidence to show that arvo a w indent vi as even broken there were mere plenty of lines of hose hos e but there v ere none lit in the right place NOBLES VIEWS sir mr noble said eald there tire are differ differences of opinion as to how that 11 alre r 8 should have been handled he then maxle made a statement at as a t to the way he thought miss smith was rescued lie he said further the chief took no particular station at the lire fire ive been big fires at chicago and the chief never leaves the front of the building donovan has hag practically the same authority as the chief theno then came a discussion as to the origin of the lire fire chairman noble making the statement that he did not see how the lire fire could have been started I 1 in the second floor when the people on the ground saw it blazing on the ground noor floor ive talked to a great many prominent citizens citizen continued mr noble av ive talked to baj maj dov dew ney col donellan and a anti and they seem to be fairly with the way the fire was vias handled I 1 have no fe feeling oling against the chief I 1 saw tile dinwoodey and opera house tires and I 1 believe the building buind the other night t is in fair shape A TALKING MATCH ATCH kj I 1 A lengthy debate in which all participated tic opted and lit in which at times all of oc the commissioners talked at once followed Chairman Noble that the were on duty too long anti and did not have a enough 0 gh time oft off to d do good work ile he stated that lit tile kopino opinion a force of eighteen meri men alls Is inadequate for a efty city of the ilo of salt luke mr dininny said that there was no lie question about the need of more men now mr noble asked mr did anny tiny in an impatient tone of voice don dont t c ou u t j ilroy that it if those firemen had ad had smoke protectors they could haie hae gotten in and closed cloid those archway doors between betwee ll the mr colm cohn would you yolk blame the chief tor for detects in tile the a apparatus p pa ratus noble in sp lne ot re P 0 led discord in tile the department laid 11 IN tho department had always hall had that J earr vr v r cirice I 1 was first elected he said mild le fe known that thele lias as suite attire in ill the department ive dnard that 11 1 I he tribune lias haf had a hand in this thir deral t anent yi ye put in ili Dil linny ive heard that list lannon has said paid he had 01 old 1 me mc I 1 kiby cal fixed nood go BO that those two men it would not lose their boadie resolution THAT FAILI FAILED D well said mr jr GI grant ant it a sigh ive got it a resolution here hat shou should 1 t have been introduced long aso ago lie he then read the proposition which was as aa follows wharram the board after an ail extended al anil and thorough Invest having become b convinced that mr fr J v most devine dc lne the be chief of the fire of bult bolt lake city 16 totally to properly manace the said ald and nt that the good a of the service ft hlll be av I 1 served by liln ilia il al id dc 0 P fitment therefore lie bo it pd 1 I lit t members of ilia board conour lne that the iho 1 I jam 3 dolln chief of tile I 1 fin ire dt partin L of j suit alt 1 1 t luke he slid and lie Is I lincey eb v dl ml 4 wd 1 1 front from edi department sold said d tint i ana i to take effect at once 1 ir I move its ili adoption he said din sony second it anti and then nall nue ensued enfiled said mr ale colin finally how ate ale we wing going to vote lote 0 on I 1 1 it uy ayes yea a and I 1 III noes lit in secret be 0 or I 1 executive GnAN YAND ND DININNY IN 1011 1 aliga sted chairman noble av no co can note to on it hero here und and then have the tha clerk call the roll afterward ho then call called d mr grant sir mr grant aye mr dininny mr lr dininny ays ay mr lr conn coh mr ir cohn no and ru ill veto no said bald sir mr nolle noble secretary rotary felt was wa s then ilien called call ed in and called the roll and it the meeting od lid journo d clr jr co conn erat went over to chief erret qu artra att once nee presumably to olter offer congratulations the chief borits inclined to treat the result afta a matter of co cobrae urse 1 1 I arn am sail sited he maid that e n maj majority 0 rit y of 0 tho the taxpayer ri of 0 the cit city y will ind ln dore e rite tho the result there were viere many things 3 ald a III during tho the course of the investigation which developed into transparent nt ties lies further than thin I 1 h have ave nothing to ray pay |