Show N NEVY HANDS ARE AT THE HELl i Change In the City Administration Adminis-tration Yesterday I FINAL SESSION OF THE OLD COUNCIL I Glendinnings Complete Accounting of the Contingent Fund I Turns In Over 3000 In Cash and j Raps the Council The Warm Springs Lease Up Again New I Council Meats and Arthur Barnes Is Installed as President How They Selected Seats Yesleiday noon the old city administration admin-istration rotir d and simultaneously Mayer Our and the new councilmen and oth 1 n > t erselect stepped into the bre dl In the forenoon from 10 I till 12 tli cuij < iiner councilmanic body I I was buslj engaged making ready for the transits which was itnessed in the council chamber by a small arniy of placehuiittrin and others seeking r re the favor of the new appointing and I confirming powers The chief matter of interest considered by the retiring I council was Major Glendinnings report on the contingent fund At the eleventh i hour his honor submitted a detailed statement of his disbursements from j the fund at his disposal and little opportunity I op-portunity was left to reply to the I strictures the executive leveled at the coordinate branch of the municipal government In having the last word Mayor Glendinning was enabled to let I the record show that he had vindicated j vindi-cated himself of the insinuation that I there had been any misuse of the contingent con-tingent fund Accompanying the mayors communication was the treasurers treas-urers receipt showing the return to the citys cash box of 337431 nearly i mine whether any of the measures left dead by the retiring body are subjects for resurrection GLENDINNINGS FAREWELL MESSAGE MES-SAGE After a few preliminaries were disposed dis-posed of the following message from Mayor Glendinning was read I have been disappointed in not receiving re-ceiving all the reports from the va Glendinning hands Over the Contingent Contin-gent Fund rious departments to lay before you this morning but such as have been completed I hand you herewith for transmission to our successors Inclosing In-closing the work of our two yea s municipal mu-nicipal service I bid you a cordial and official farewell I welcome the coming and speed the parting guests Accompanying the executives mes 4I1icc 1rLI S A cJ K ¼ 5 S I S I t L S 4 I l JJ9rI PRESIDENT BA71NES TAKES THE CHAIR sage were the annual reports for the year 1897 of the following officers Waterworks superintendent sexton park superintendent building inspector inspec-tor acting chief of police street supervisor su-pervisor watermaster sanitary inspector inspec-tor and police court clerk The reports and message were filed The mayor also notified the council of his appointment of James Devine as commanding officer of the fire department depart-ment and Matt Rhodes as commanding officer of the police force until otherwise other-wise provided by proper authority The mayors copimunicat m > was filed t jr 2 1T4c tisifitf AHv y r ftflLl xJ AVJl fcJ 0 A G ± COUP OF NONPARTISANS PRATT CAINE AND MAYOR CLARK half of the sum available in the contingent con-tingent fund when his honor commenced com-menced to draw upon it 5 To the surprise of many an effort was launched to make effective the amended lease of the warm springs to Barnes Byrne At one stage of the proceedings the attempt to smuggle through was nearly successful and the opposition was forced to resort to dilatory F dila-tory tactics to defeat the measure Before Be-fore the leaae proposition could get through the ime for adjourning sine die was reached and with the expiration expira-tion of tle councils tenure of office came the death knell to everything in a formative state on the table It will remain with the new council to deter I CONTINGENT FUND REPORT I The following addressed to the council i coun-cil by Mayor Glendinning was read That your fondest desires may be I realized in respect of an accounting of the mayors contingent fund and not because the executive is required bylaw j I by-law or ordinance to make such a report I to the council which in fact has I never been doneby any mayor I herewith j here-with transmit for your information and 1 to be filed of record a detailed statement I state-ment of said fund and the disbursements disburse-ments therefrom during my term of I office j The aggregate amount to the credit Continued on Page 8 NfW HANDS ARE AT THE HELM Continued From Page 1 of said und during said term was 700083 The amount disbursed was 362652 leaving a balance on hand of 337431 which sum is now in the treasury a per city treasurers receipt re-ceipt hereto attached If during the past two years the legislative leg-islative branch of the city government had confined itself within the bounds prescribed for it by law instead of continually endeavoring to encroach upon the rights of the executive in this I and other matters properly within his ofcia discretion the courtesy of making mak-ing a earner report upon this fund would have been cheerfully extended to the council but the promptings ofj selfrespect and what I conceive to be the prerogatives of the executive have constrained me to withhold this report until this date and I am governed to some extent in making i at the present pres-ent time that I may point out to you that of the whole amount viz 362652 disbursed from this fund during the past two years the sum of 85250 was ordered paid out by Councilman Rom ney and the committee on claims while Mr Romney was acting mayor for a fEw days in March 1896 This sum was paid case in compromise of the Garrison caseThe sum of 1000 was also paid out by order of the council to entertain visiting visit-ing firemen in the month of August lE6 making 185250 ordered paid by the council and the committee on claims This leaves the sum of 177402 disbursed by the mayor for all purposes pur-poses during his term of office or an I average of 87701 per year WONT REST UNDER THE IMPUTATION IMPU-TATION Councilman Dale moved that the mayors report be received and filed and that the auditor be directed to transfer the unexpended balance of the contingent fund to the general fund In speaking to his motion Dale said he regretted that his honor had made his report in the language expressed Owing to the lateness of the hour he would refrain from saying all that he had in mind but since the mayor had gone out of his way to insult the council coun-cil he felt impelled to call attention to the fact that long ago the executive had drawn out the entire fund and when pressed for a accounting had returned a large portion of the money In the opinion of 11 Dale the mayors action amounted to a plea of confession confes-sion and avoidance OMeara criticised Dales desire to have the unexpended balance covered into the general fund He characterized I it as an affront to Mayorelect Clark I and the incoming council and an indication indi-cation of distrust Dale replied by saying OMearas insinuations in-sinuations came with ill grace and were in poor taste In interpreting his own motives he said he had no thought of casting a reflection upon the new administration The matter of transferring the contingent fund or the unexpended balance had been talked of in the council and favored since it became known that the mayors drafts upon the fund were not going for specific spe-cific purposes Lloyd and Buckle concurred with Dale Callister declared in favor of letting the new council pass upon the disposition disposi-tion of the balance in the contingent fund Before taking his seat Callister announced his willingness that Mayor Glendinning should be permitted to whitewash his own record with respect to the contingent fund I OMearas motion to strike out the direction di-rection to the auditor to cover the ba ance into the general fund was lost only the mover and Newell voting for it Dales motion then prevailed by a unanimous vote PORTRAIT FOR THE EXMAYOR On recommendation of the finance committee the sum of 250 was placed to the credit of James Glendinning to defray the cost of a portrait of the retiring mayor he to select the artist and the picture to be hung in the council coun-cil chamber along with other portraits I of the citys executives Mulvey OMeara and Dale on suggestion of the first named were named as a special I spe-cial committee to attend to the execution execu-tion of the intent of the resolution The appropriation list covering all claims reported upon was then read and prepared for passage A motion to strike out the item of 100 to the credit of D S Griffin was lost and the list was passed as read THE WARM SPRINGS LEASE The table was practically clear and i appeared that the council was ready to dissolve its final session although about half an hour remained before drawing the last breath Consequently it came as a surprise when Wiscomb offered a resolution and moved its adoption The resolution in effect directed di-rected the recorder to deliver to Barnes Byrne lessees a duplicate copy of the amended lease of the Warm Springs which lease the mayor had j i I approved after vetoing it The new j lease granted a reduction of rental to S50 a month for the ensuing two years and fixed the monthly rental at 100 j instead of 150 for the remaining five years I Lloyds motion to table the resolu I I tion precipitated a discussion that cov i I ered the subjects of parliamentary rules and points of order The motion to table and also Callisters motion to I refer the resolution to the committee Jon i jon j-on public grounds were lost Allen Buckle Callister Dale Lloyd Hayward and Romney voting in the affirmative i I and Diehl Le Prohon Morris Mulvey j I OMeara Stewart Wiscomb and Newell I I I i voting in the negative i The minority saw that it would be i I I necessary to take the resolution to its death and Dale proceeded to say that while he believed the new lease as i effective he voted against the granting of i and would do so again on its merits i i Callister moved to postpone action on the Wiscomb resolution for two weeks Mulvey criticised the obstruction tac I i I tics of the minority I The previous question was called for to shut off debate but it was lost Stewart favored postponing action and gave his reasons Romney helped kill time and the res olution by speaking in favor of Calls ters motion Lloyd referred to the questionable position the council would be placed in by letting such a censurable action as Wiscomb proposed prevail Wiscomb evidently saw his resolution was doomed and moved to adjourn I THE DEATH AND DISSOLUTION OMeara attempted to save the resolution reso-lution and contended for recognition from the chair President Newell ruled in favor of OMeara and against Lloyd The chairs decision was appealed from but OMeara was permitted to proceed on the plea of speaking to a question of personal privilege Finally OMeara saw the tide was turning against the Wiscomb resolution and yielded the floor to Lloyd who demonstrated that the council could not maintain its honor and dignity by entertaining en-tertaining the proposition to make the new lease effective at such effectve an unseemly I unseem-ly hour I OMeara declared that the recorders refusal to deliver a copy of the alleged new lease amounting to nothing anyway any-way and he moved to adjourn I was now 12 oclock and the Vhs comb resolution had been talked to I death Before the motion to adjourn was put Mulvey secured the indulence of his I colleagues to express the councils appreciation ap-preciation of President Newells fair rulings through the entire two years term In closing he hoped the retiring councilmen would leave their ill feelings feel-ings at the threshold of the chamber President Newell thanked Council man Mulvey for the kind expression of regard and appreciation and also his fellow councilmen for the uniform kindness kind-ness and courtesy shown him He wished all a God speed and expressed the hope that the new council would make as good a record a had in his opinion the retiring body I The council then adjourned sine die |