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Show IT BLEW A GALE. THE COUNCIL CHAMBER A SCENE OF WILDEST WAR AND DEBATE. Cotincilman IMrkttrri Demands the Suspension Sus-pension of City Marshal Young The State Strec-t Grade Ieep Croek Franchise Extension of Mains. The council . uaniWs were, last evening the eccne of a storm that waged with equinoctial fury. Councilman Picknrd, nIio?e ephemeral ephe-meral rcin was made memorable ny a hitter flht with the polici: department, blew a perfect gale for several minutes always, however, butting up against the inflexible rulings of Mayor Scott or the superior wisdom wis-dom of the city attorney, who again admonished admon-ished the head-man that the only way to take a scalp was under the direction and process of law: The reader of the daily paper has, already been informed of the very cotnpromisins position taken by A'tinir Mayor Piekard when he delivered to Marshal Young a written writ-ten order directing him t suspend the quarterly quar-terly round up and arrest of the demi-monde. Tin having got to the public, Actum May or Picknrd felt that he had been deeply injured in-jured and last evening just before ndjourn-nient ndjourn-nient he took the tloor and launched, with fiery emphasis, the following: "With reference to the order concerning the arrest ar-rest of persons keeping di"orl(riv houses, I have to stuto that Marshal -1. M. Young came to me a few days aro statin that he had come thirteen or fourteen complaints against these houses and fkinir my pleasure as a' tinir mayor in this matter, mat-ter, t'jio'n askinir him the custom of the department, depart-ment, lie replied it was cui-toinai-y to puil these houses every two or three months, t informed him that. I thought he hod hotter wait until the return of Mayor Scott, in two or throe days, who would lie alile to give the matter his personal attention at-tention as heretofore. Three days after this interview in-terview the marshal came to me" and stated that he did not like to take the responsibility of holding hold-ing off these arrests until the return of the mayor without some authority and asked me to sijrn an order to that effect. I signed that order as 1 was Hnred it was in accordance with the regular iniTtiiiM rf citv InKiiH' Miir-li-il Ynmio. imnu'- diittHy violated the order f in this manner in- i'in:'tl mo to sign for jmrposes beit known to j himseif. "L therefore move." continued Mr. Pick-I srd, "that the chief of police be suspended i fur twenty days pendinir nil invebtiiratior. ' and I n.-k tli:it a conimittcc of live be appointed ap-pointed to conduct such investigation." ity Attorney Hull ruled that charges must be formulated before the council could proceed, nddinir that it was the duty of the marshal to arrest parties for violation of a city ordinance and no agreement as outlined by Picknrd could cut any figure. Piekaid demanded protection. He wanted his escutcheon cleaned up and demanded the suspension of the. thief for thirty days. Ruled out of order. "Then," shrieked the late mayor., "if I can't sret justice done here I'll take it before the courts." The mayor interpreted it as nothing more (erious than a breach of confidence, a personal per-sonal altercation between the acting mayor and the chief. If a chnrffe of neglect of duty were preferred it miht be reached. Picknrd was very accommodating and exclaimed, ex-claimed, "Well, I charge liira with that; we'll reach him in that way." "But the ehanres,'' urged the mayor, "had specified neglect of duty;" and a point of rder having been raised by Councilman Lynn it was sustained. Kollandt though Piekard had been entrapped en-trapped and that an investigation should be made. The mayor said he himself did not approve ap-prove of the m inner in which the social evil had been handled, not only under this but by preceding dynasties. On reeommeudation of Mr. Hyde the matter mat-ter was ordered over for one week. The regular business of the. session dealt with a larsre number of petitionr., rommuni-rations, rommuni-rations, Pte., were read and disposed of. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters recommended the appointment of Harry ) Roberts as inspector of stone work on the joint city and county building. Referred. S V. H. Leverick etal protested against the granting of railway franchises on Indiana n-T ' avnue. f The profile of track from the Utah Cen- j-al to the Merropolitan Stone company's ord was submitted and approved. r. Bids for constructing- catch bTin? t Ptitr.. mm V W Kotitii clieeto were read and placed n file. Pernision to lay tracks on Third V.'est street was granted the Hot Springs railway. The city solicitor's opinion on the right of the eitj to grade streets, etc.' was approved, and in pursuance thereof Councilmcn Lvnn, Tuddenham, Spafford, Piekard and Hyde were appointed a committee to investigate os to whether the. city in grading has acted within the law and liinits'of the rule. The committee, ou water works recommended recom-mended the extension of water mains on Market street, on Eighth South, on Ninth East. Thp Rio (irande was granted permission to make sewer connection. . The recommendation that Wonderland be allowed to give .-ai red concerts on Sunday was not adopted in that under the ordinance nny one enjoys that right. The ordinance .granting Colonel Murray a richt of way for a Deep Creek railway project pro-ject was read and laid over fur a week. The application of the Saltair Railway company for a franc hise was denied. Parties w ho had petitioned to lay their own tidewatks were ordered to do so at once. The following appropriations were ordered: Sells i-n $ 1114.1 .1 . ytr kn.v Mit.iiO Kli.is Morns I'. t'.s Joseph Silver J !. .I nne- (,ahlnt v 5i.no Johnson v i.'-ivniond no Will! ( bivf, m.iS J. V. Brown S10 on lll's-n & W uk-r.-oii a.-iV.lt) Jiiil-oi-A: Williams t.Tr"l.v'J Pariiic Fa-vioa coinpanv ftlf;,1! lrtulah.-in A C.ritiri;s 3,o.',0 Metropolitan Stone company "i.!2i.2 Total S,W.t.Sl Adjourned. |