Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-04-06 | Page 1 | Councilmen do Shocking Things

COUNCILMEN DO SHOCKING THINGS New York, April 6. The teachers of civil government In New York high schools have decided that practical demonstration of that stndy by vlslM to the sessions of ttie Now York aldermen al-dermen arc unwise. Tho procedure in the city council Is not. it appears, always ideal. The first experiment in "practical demonstration" wa tried yesterday with a large delegation delega-tion of girl students from an up-town high school. The aldermen were not on their good behavior and among tbe Interesting things which the students heard was the challenge of .one alderman alder-man to anybody who thought ne could be intimidated, to "come outside." out-side." The representatives of a Brooklyn district was the bellicose member He took up most of the time of the city fathers and the girl students In a speech in denunciation of the Tammany Tam-many Hall majority on the board, closing his remarks with his challenge: chal-lenge: 1 don't Intend to submit to their gall and effrontery any longer. I am going to aasert my manhood and if anybody thinks he can Intimidate m be can meet me outside and I will show him whether I'm afraid of him.'' There was a spirited reply by one of the Tammany members. "I hope the good Lord will s?ro the last speaker." said the Tammany man. "Barking dogs don't bite, they say and I don't anticipate any trouble troub-le outside, but now that our Brooklyn champion has asserted his manhood, if there Is anything coming off I'd like a chance to officiate."