New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 14

‘ speakin’ an" allowin’ a member NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERA 5 LD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, s 1022, [ALLING RUBBER CO., 240 MAIN ST. SPORTING GOODS AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES IlRUGGlST SUPPLIES SPECIAL DID CITY FATHERS MAKE BIG BLUNDER? Philosophical Phil Wonders Why They Don’t Read Charter - “Poor ol' city fathers,” muttered Philosophical Phil this morning as he gazed sadly at a representative of The Herald who was trylng to convince himself that there would be news stir- ring at 7 a. m. “Here they've gone an’ disqualified themselves for keep- ing their jobs in the common council or else' théy've invited one o' their members to do somethin' that dis- qualifies himself. An’ he done it, too. don't know this mornin’,”” the an- lent, good-humored critic of things /§n general went on, “whether we got 7 common council or not. Readin’ . ghe charter it looks to me as though | §he failin® eyesight o' that thar aug- it body, preventin' 'em from read- ' the charter, long 'bout page 46, hich is section 8 o' Chapter XIII, made 'em commit a awful blun- er."” “What did they do, Phil?" *“Wal,” returned the old man, shift- g his stogie to the unused corner f his mouth, “they decided to pay Iderman J. Gustave Johnson a bill r work he done 'long 'bout election ime, which was all right, I guess, He jone a lot o' work, all right, an’ ourse the selectmen who hired him i in’t expected to do the mechanical ork he dore. But the thing they !aked him to do at the meetin’ last jght they didn’t have no right to ask m to do an’, seems to me, renders m lable to bein' disqualified from vin’ on the' council any more. uble is, though, they all ‘allowed’ e deed to be did; in fact, they in- fited and listened to the alderman, " s0: they'd. have to expel them- gelves, accordin’ to the charter. An’ ‘hen Alderman Johnson done the leed last night, he done jest what he asked to do, 50 the common coun- 1, providin’ there is any common eouncil not disqualified, can't very well digqualify the aldermar for doin’ ymethin’ last night they asked him do.” i ¢“What was the terrible deed the ty* fathers did last night?” asked he Interviewer eagerly, scenting real ews. * ! “Why they asked him to tell what *he. done to earn the money he charged in his bill agin’ the city for i:ldtlon work on the votin' ma- [chipes,” responded Philosophical Phil. “An',” he went on, casually produging {8 copy of the city charter, “you kin ‘see from readin' thar on page 46 an’ 46 taat they've got 'emselves into a . ‘mess. See, the charter says that no member o' the common council kin git interested in any contract ‘made Wwith the city, except in sellin’ goods 1like they does every day—an' prob- ably Alderman Johnson was sellin' his services, so that part's all right, but the charter goes on to say that no member o' the council shall be heard to speak upon nor shall be allowed to vote upon any matter in which he has a direct pecuniary interest. Wall, Alderman Johnson was ‘allowed’ to speak an' he did speak, as everyone knows who was there, an' he seemed to have a right to speak 'cause one o' the aldermen asked him to speak " an’ ali the fést 'lowed him to speak, #0 they is all guilty. But the turri- ble part o' the thing that's in the charter, the punishment for doin' what they all done last night, comes next. The charter says, referrin' to to speak or vote, that any violation of this provision shall be ground for the expulsion of any member violatin' the same. That's right thar on page 46.| Bo don’t ‘ye see the poor ol' city fathers invited a member to do some- thin' that was punishable by expul- sion from the council, an' the mem- bers theyselves is liable to expulsion |, because o' what they did. But they's one good thing about it,” concluded Philosophical Phil, tucking his cher- §shed copy of the wise old charter in his pocket, “nobody kin do nuthin’ to nobody ‘cause all the members is sort o' tarred wi' the same brush o' igno- rance ©' this here provision o' the charter. An' the alderman got his money which it seems ‘sthough he earned.” " Swapped Wives Arrest of Harold H. Mendell of Bay City, Mich., on a charge of murdering his chum, Rollin H. Morgan, brought out a confession in which police say Mendell told them they had agreed that each could spoon with the oth- er's wife. Pictures show Mrs. Mor- gan; below, left to right, Morgan and Mendell. ! - . tracts to pay his way. He expressed the desire that any surplus be de- voted, in memory of his student years in the United States, to the fellow- ships which are intended among other things to stimulate friendship between France and America through the edu- cation in each country of young men from the other. American Field Service. American fleld service was organ- ized and directed by Representative Pyatt Andrew of Massachusetts to en- able young Americans to do ambu- lance work in France befors the United States had entered the war. It was in recognition of this that M. Clemenceau selected as beneficlary of his tour the American fleld service fund fellowships organized after the American fleld service had been dis- banded with the end of the war, to perpetuate the natnes of 127 members by creating a like number of schol- arships to send young men of each country to universities in the other. Only 30 have been established, how- ever, because the greater part of the fund'’s total set at $3,600,000 remains to be raised through contributions. The “Tiger's” surplus, it was an- nounced, ‘'would make ‘“Clemenceau scholarships” available to deserving students. Various agencies whose offers of financial assistance for the American tour were refuse because of the ample provisions of his contracts, the “Tiger" suggested, could, if willing, help toward his great alm by con- tributing these funds to the fellow- RUBBER GOODS SPECIAL Another Lot of Those Big HORSEHIDE LAMB LINED GAUNTLET GLOVES Just Re- $ 6 50 All $1.75 and $2.00 Footballs [ J COIVO NE AP0 GoIng AF OBIY .. ... .0 by uiitessnitinhaonsnl i boniosbiens s formal engagement before salling for home, questioned him as to his emo- tion and M, Clemenceau, telling of his presentiment in France that death would overtake him in the United States, explained: “I was dfrald, it that were 8o, that 1 should not be able to finish my task here. But it is ended now, and I don't care two pins.” M, Clemenceau's American tour was replete with incidents which touched his sense of humor. According to Mr. Bonsal, he was not offended by con- gressional, political or newspaper at- tacks but enjoyed and welcomed them as giving him an opportunity to make replies. The only incident he regret- ted, his manager said, was what he characterized as a desecration of the tomb of Lincoln during his pllgrim- age of reverence there when photo- graphers created considerable dis- turbance with shouts and flashlight explosions. The fumes choked him and he was forced to hasten to the open alr. The visitor's chief amusement, his manager asserted, came from the cus- tom of Americans in addressing him as “Em" Clemenceau. The former premier's conclusion upon leaving the United States was said to be that Americans had mis- judged the French as much as they had misjudged the situation in Eu- rope, Closer personal contact be- tween the citizens of the two coun- tries in coming generations he was sald to feel must be effected if Am- erica’s sacrifice in the war were not to be in vain, BELTS BELT BUCKLES BILL FOLDS CAPS CIGARETTE CASES COLLAR BOXES COLLARS CRAVATS DRESS TIES UMBRELLAS BILL FOLDS COLLAR BAGS ships. " The considerable surh remain- ing after the cost of the tour had been | deducted was sald by Mr. Monsal to be due to the co-operation of M, Clemenceau's friends in cutting the expenses of the trip. Rallroad rates were reduced, a private car was loaned to the party and other eco- nomics effected. Had Fear ot Death. The “Tiger's” arrival in France yesterday recalled a presentiment he had volced that he would die in this country, Mr. Monsal, observing his happiness upon the completion of his second address at Chicago, his last CONSERVO THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT. CANES # DERBY HATS CUFF LINKS BATH ROBES FUR GLOVES HOUSE COATS MEN’S SWEATERS AUTO ROBES BATH ROBES FITTED CASES Lo Tim Healy Guides Ireland The new governor general of the Irish Free State is shown | here on a tour of Dublin n his new official capacity. He was snap- ped while examining a river-lock which is being protected against i Republican dynamite. 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