Show TURN CANNING DOWN Eight Councilmen Reject an Appointment 1I I 1I I 1 MAYORS VETO SUSTAINED iI I i i Tailing to Pass an Ordinance Transferring Trans-ferring Condios Duties Over Mayors May-ors Objections Majority of Council Coun-cil Decline to Confirm Councilman Pore Cannings SoU > as Sprinkling man Schulder Unanimously Confirmed Clork of Police Court firmed as j Special Meeting of Council Tonight k I I I Quorumbreaking at the There was no City Council last night The opponents tothe Mayors veto of the Connie ordinance ordi-nance lay down without a sho of fight but they came to life again and landed a blow which Knocked the wind out of I i i who supported the VOW the members w o I The session was short and to the point the veto Only three things were donethe J appoint I the Mayors was sustained I merit of George Canning Jr as day I turned down sprinkling foreman was I j S and lthe appointment of Russell B Schulder as clerk of the Police court was unanimously confirmed After the reading of the minutes the I rules were suspended on motion of Edgar Ed-gar Howe and the order of business I skipped to the reading of reports from city officers The first of these was the Mayors veto of the ordinance ttrans ferrlng from Irrigation Supervisor Conj Con-j die to the City Engineer the duty of I distributing water FERNSTROM IN EVIDENCE When the roll was called on the question I ques-tion of passing tho ordinance over the veto Canning and Cottrell voted no Fernstrom voted yes and arose to explain ex-plain his vote threshing over the chaff regarding the alleged Incompetency of I Condle He said the ordinance was I necessary and the Mayor was wrong that the Mayor In his message did not dispute the fact that Condle was Ini I competent but gave as his reason that I the City Engineer had enough duties to perform l No more votes were explained and I I the result showed five negatives Canning Can-ning Cottrell Hewlett Thomas and i Whlttcmore and eight affirmatives I Fernstrom Hartenstein C R Howe I Edgar Howe Reid Robertson Tudden I ham and Buckle It requires ten votes i I to defeat a veto CANNING TURNED DOWN I While tho Condle supporters were I pluming themselves over their victory I the deputy recorder read the Mayors I appointment of George Canning JrM son of the chairman of the Sprinkling committee com-mittee to be day foreman of sprinkling I Cottrell moved that the appointment be I confirmed and the young mans father fath-er seconded the motion Robertson Immediately entered an objection ob-jection He said I have no personal objections to this young man but I have some objections Ito I-to the appointment Some time ago the I Council passed an ordinance creating the offices of night and day foremen of I sprinkling for the purpose of bettering the service by getting new men And I secondly I I object most seriously to the son of any member of this Council holding hold-ing an official position In the city especially espe-cially when that member Is reputed to lie well off In worlds goods and amply able to take care of his son if neces ary There are many able men hi this city who pay taxes and who have l a greater experience than this highschool graduate The S75 a month would be a godsend to them and they are the ones who should be considered There was no more talk until the end of the rollcall when President Buckle explained his vote against confirmation bj saying that he was always opposed to nepotism In public affairs The vole stood as follows Ayes Canning Cotlrell Hewlett Whittemore and Thomas Noes Fernstrom Har cnstcin Edgar Howe C R Howe Reid Tuddenham and Buckle SCHULDER CONFIRMED The Mayors appointment of Russell B Schulder as clerk of the Police court yas on motion of Ilarlcnstcin unani nously confirmed Thereupon the Councilmen feeling hat the had they done enough for one Ight adjourned and went to the bicy cle races They will meet again tonight at 730 Chief of Police Hilton recently re turned from a fishing trip was present at the Council meeting but there was no reference to the order for him to ap pear > before the committee of the whole to explain his reason for saying that he would not close the saloons on Sunday |