| Show SAY SHEETS IS 18 A USURPER City Council Refuses to Concede That Ho H 0 Is Chief of Police NO TO 10 TIlE THE OFFICE OF lO err crr E laii Vu IU Ls lUeil l ed mill tid Ar Ate re In 0 In lii hi T Four different Attempts on the part of ot the Sheets Sheet faction to tu induce Indue Induce the ma lao majority maJority of ot th the city cUy at Il ne IM last lait night to recognize GeorgO Georga ai RI chief tf Sf proved graved absolutely I 1181 the eight bt Ire Ing ng on tine the alert for er r anything that ored oreti In the least of or a II recognition of ot Sheets Sheet promptly voted down all lers of ot that nature There Thel Vita Wll no HO at attempt attempt tempt to niter alter the minutes BO so an as to show how that Sliced was wn and they thy WOrt ver ert approved au as road rend that the tho th lost lOll STANDING OP OF SHEETS I Later In the tite several matters matter were Cere brought up ul which had for tor ul Ui ultimate puri the recognition of ot the of oC Sheets They The tacit In turn stirred up considerable feeling arid and on the re resolution of at Hartley the tho feeling the two tIll factions be to caine HO so o bitter billet that the lie was wall passed liaised on two tuo occasions until other un manly remarks Were Indulged In by a i number of or the councilmen councilman making the thi meeting one of the tue most since the attempt to it moe former Chief or of Police Hilton the thit niD m ad nd adjourned adjourned Mr Ir Sheets and lila Ills seven sasen s en sup supporter porter In the council tI that tho thor they w acre re not such audi In nn easy time an us anthey they the might t wl h and the six lx Ix men who whit voted Sheets last lant Monday night nl hl together toRether with lh the two absentee from that no rio doubt felt tell last night as liS It If they ware paying back bilek the this Sheets friction faction for fur the smooth game gome Worked on theta them a 1 week ago ugo ABOUT HIS 1115 BOND DOND The rho matter mattor was first brought up when whenn a n communication was I read from City notifying tho coun council cil cli that the th bond and oath of ot of ot oftie lice tie of ot George eorge A Sheets as ns chief of ot po police police lice lire had hud brent been flied Hied In his on March 24 21 Daveler Ja l ler r moved that the communication tion be received and lied flied which mo motion motton motion tion was wai a seconded Icon e by b A J DIlls Davis Permit f oni d as an amendment that the communication be returned to the city recorder In support of ot nil hIs hi motion ho he h said Bald that tho thu records showed that Mr Ir Sheets had not boon blon l lana ana and If the Ih city recorder hud had performed his duty dUly he would woul not lIot have accepted th bond bonit nt all nil Should the council counted file the tho communication he hc argued It would ouM acquiesce In Itt the tiling of the bond bonu If It there thore haitI had be been n any un legal ob oh objection to the announcement made mallo by br bythe bythe the president of thc tho council that Mr Ir Sheets had not been confirmed It should have hae been h en raised ll at that time The TIm amendment of lit was carried by b a n vote voll of ot 8 S to C 6 one on member Thom Thorn Thomas as ns being absent when the vote was tok tak token en fl Arnold E I II It Davis DAI Eardley y Robinson Spence ham hunt and Cottrell voted In the tile the Black Daveler A J Davis Sharp Shari Hewlett and anti VIRUS voted In the negative the till first victory was wan won by b the men m The matt matter r was next brought to the councils attention by b the Ihl reading of the following communication from City Auditor A City Auditors Salt SitU Lake Lkc City March Ian h 30 1903 To the tho Honorable PIes Pres President ident and Members of or tho the City Council Salt Sal t City ri en There was waa wa presented to me nun this thin day what Ilal purport to 0 be th the lie payroll of the police polk department nt fur fan the month end ending ing March 30 IMS signed by A Sheets a as aa chief of ot police As the records record of your honorable body IK IY show that Mr Ir Sheets ha hat has never l legally hg lly confirmed a as al chief of JIO jw lice by b the thu city council I am under the necessity of ot declining to 10 him himIn himIn In tnt th that t cai capacity anti and have accordingly returned th this payroll to 10 be to ID tob Cob I b IJ John II U captain of or t oiti who IB Is tho omer rea on for or the tue management of the police de dehart hart An As A my tny action In title matter may lend lendt t tI In i judicial for the of the tho point In e and u tie lilt H the city attorneys attorney II U I fled flee from defending my In position on ac tic account count of having rendered an opinion favorable to 1 Mr lr Sheets Sheet contention It Itma may ma bt wom nf t to 10 engage enrage sp spec c lal iii to defend mv III po positIon I therefore apprise your honorable hotly hoity of the anti and respectfully inform you U that I shall ahall look to 10 the Ihl th municipal corporation of Salt Like IA kr ft CIty II to defray y all II that may be Incurred In Inthe inthe th the d defense fen of ot my m n in thIs mat matter matler mattic tic ter i City elty Auditor I AND D FILED 1 Daveler at 51 one once on moved that th com 05 U lito be Eardley mo moved moad ed eel In an amendment that It U I be re Hr il iland and died Aled The Mae amendment was wan by b a vote ole of It 1 S to tl LI fi II t Sharp voting with wit b the faction Thomas Thoma rot nol present to 10 vote vot So the tho Mw victory wa won by 11 Uw the NO o I I I I I The next attempt to gala fain a In recognition n WM wu by the committee on ll ikens en report POrt lug Inc favorably upon 19 IS liquor lI n i which had been en approved by liv eor eorA A chief of or police polle The report wa Will was sIgned by br Hewlett and BUck Blad both Sheet men Tuddenham the othu member of lr if the th commute committee refusal t to III the tb report rul rut Pd d that lh Ibl there r wa WI wee ne Q report OrI h tb because e It Ut I tId lOt jot ot appen that thai the Ihl licensee lI ww by b the th Ih pro Im ImIr er Ir police pollee official No appeal wa train from hi his hili decIsion ao so time nit report w It n kAd out completely and ant the thi th third I h Watt wan won I IlORE MORE lORE Th Tilt r real al trouble of or th the evening aro arou I u ii l hn n a Just jUal before the Ihl co adjourn l luv uv ti I following i wa iral tv by b E Eardley Whereas bereal On Feb Peb I eb 17 1302 1 Samuel Samuell l Paul ul resigned the of or chief if of il o UK tl II nf itt t this thin t in ity j ant in I lil r in h hIven haa ha Iven an l Ii h th MI myor or and III H I mil tit Ill I M tt II no legally i l ill tip IIi I It iU h r i mil a nil h i i Ta tl K n l I is the Ibe i t m of or police tn sal I an II a uch In ii I i slit he In charge charlt if of the th I Iii lit and h rn The ThO tH il John I It II HurM 1 I n I lo tO have hie ha t I t n misled lilt Inin Hi th thI I i f that thaI A ti n flA Mf tI hi f nf of C 1 ht ha haI hi hiI i 1 int jut I 1 i in inI H t it t Is ii iiI i iI I v I i I 1 H I tL 4 Hun i 5 T PL I X th in inI I p 11 I L tl nt therefore L bf hi It 11 ItI I 1 That Thit the lb rit Ily n lOrr l r IK tw twi 1 1 i i i t in in I 11 Ittin i ii t i ir iV tl lit f lJ J Jlia b V 11 1 I captain of ot police pollee that title tillS council will hold hod hol hUn him responsible for tor tho the manage ment and nn control of or the th police depuit ment ineRt until a 0 chief of ot police shall havo hino been legally anti and ton LOn tinned dinned arid and be It fl further That the told said ald John H n captain of police be IJ and alii Is In hereby Instructed to Immediately re resume reo SHine sume the active of or trio the i po io police o olice lice and to 10 certify to all payrolls anti and vouchers properlY charge chure chargeable rge able to Ito Ilio department until further orders or r from this tills council CALLED A Urged that the resolutIon bo ho adopted anti to Sheets as nu a n usurper Thomas Interrupted him him to ask BIK If It he ho hail had obtained a it legal opinion from frotH The Tile Intel Inter d bv Y B I Eardie who with his tk k and nibS moved 1110 ed eti that the tho resolution 1 be adopted SOFT OFT PA t Daveler then anti and made a tropical speech Q the res which ha lie us ab absurd a surd flIr antI and ridiculous and nut worth the Puller paper on which It was Vall written He lIe defended City Attorney A Nye Nu and saul said that Ihal according to the opinion of that George A Sheets is ill is of or IK ito lice arid and until the tite court ruled ru otherwise the council should regard him a as aI such auch Hu lie argued that Iho the eight should net act It netlike I like gentleman a and ami accept defeat anti and i abide their time Ilene until they Ih got Cot an tin op to 10 jot get back at their ont ants In another way lie He also roasted ro City Auditor HeUer and iaM saini that that official VAI sas very vory Vor glad tn to stay eta sta by tim tho opinion of or the city attorney in iii the Chief Devitte Devino matter ilia lIer I l thou then trained rained the floor awl and made a II reply reilly to Mr Ir Daveler lIe He said that that gentleman man its mit chairman of if th the that commIt lee which drafted l the titles rules of ot the oily ell council the adoption of ot rule rille 17 whIch that the con eon of appointments shall re ro require quire a ft majority vote lit f r councilmen elected He lie then Ihen why wh Daveler recommended such n a rule rull when alien h n he knew knewt It t was vats Illegal me nl Ho lIe said saul that such ac no action nolion lion tion was wan not very cry consistent VA CONFESSION CONF Daveler Interrupted In and asked him If it ho he really TI wanted to know why wit lh he hl proposed that rule rul I do was I reply Ifo To 10 catch suckers once nee In awhile said Daveler That Thill Is Just the kind IlInd of ot an answer I expected said RaId Fernstrom and 1 vant want to say that he was nan not 1101 honest not sincere and not a n gentleman to 10 propose a rule Just to catch suckers ti PASSED TIlE TUE LIE Lm LIEI I wish Ish to avail myself of one liege lige hotly retorted Daveler and that hat Is to call this man a liar CALLED TO ORDER President Cottrell rapped for order arid told that hu Ito not per permit mit any personalities on the floor of the council continued his hla remarks saying that the council had a tight to get ct opinions front from the tho city attorney but If It It was convinced that he ho was in inn Ina n a political scheme It had hod a perfect right to o reject the He lie said salti that he the council should stand by its rules tules like Ike gentlemen and In closing stated that hat seven seen members did not constitute he the whole council WHAT ir THOMAS SAID Thomas urged that the council should tot not consider Itself us at above the law of he the land anti and If It made rules which vete contrary to lp the statutes It should current correct Its mistake He lie thought he the resolution was nail and urged he the council to stop Its pro and settle down to business AGAINST Sharp then took the floor to arraign he the members of the Council for or their liter bitter personalities which he considered ut of place on the flour of or the council Hack Introduced a resolution lon tion which was voted down After sos eral rul more attempts On the tue part of the Sheets heels men to action on the rosa reso the tue toll roll call was asked for on Its und and resulted In a victory for forthe the lib tHen men FINAL FiNAI VOTE The vote vole was ivita E B H II HavU Eardley Fernstrom Spence pence anti A J Davis Sharp harp Thomas and Vigus Hewlett having been excused was suns not present at t roll roil call |
