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Debates In the Board OF Aldermen.
POUR Special Report
TIKI AMENDED cBARITR-rTs REPEAL yEGAuvgD.
The report Of the Committee the Amended Charter,
(al eady published was taken from the table, and AL
derman Blunt moved its adoption.
Alderman Mo1T said he knew 1t was responsible posi-
peal The amended charter of 1853 but as reformsr he
would shrink from responsibility He had read the
atentvely aud found that they could not do any
thing beneficial to the public not to carry out
of their pledges which to give the citizens clean
streets. He was sure man on that floor would say
that the amended charter of 49, does not require
amendments. Some of the public prints of this city
have spoken Of the resolution which he offered in
scandaous and but others as best
made in the Council. He referred TO print which
made not only attack him, but the whole board
and scandazed the board and misrepresented the char
ter. There is article in this days Times, headed
t1he Repeal of the Charter" and he alderman MOTIF
hardly believed that an editor this city would
The Alderman here read the article coming to
portion of it which alluded to the difficulty of the chair
man maintaining order
The pREuDEST sad-The chair win take exception
TO the language used in the paper. Qaughter)
Alderman MORT continued to read and said that the
editor had only published portion Of the fourth section
of the charter This Misrepresentation which is
calculated to give false Impression insthe community
mutilatng il has been done in this paper guilty
Of tho most base falsehood.
Alderman vooRHls wanted to know if the editor of the
1srcs that he felt il necessary to reply
to hims
Tie CHAIR said he supposed that Alderman Mott wanted
TO sustain his argument by reading the article.
Alderman MorT contnued-There is another paper in
the city Of New York, perhaps, less candid than the
paper that is never satisfied or contented with anything
that right but desires that all should be
hurled into one mass of chaos founded on the principles
OF socialism, that had always thrown its venom at
him But while these two papers had taken that stand,
there were others in this community who had the
boldness to take different position. Ho had
reference in particular to paper, whose thundcrs
when uttered strike terror to the whole community
and that paper is the HERALD There is another, the
Sunday Atlas (aughter,) and others which had taken
similar views With the HERALD 1t said that when he
(Ademan Motif was elected he pledged himself to carry
out the principles Of reform and the spirit of the amend
ed charter So he did and he meant to do fearessly
and he had also pledged himself to have the streets
cleaned The Alderman then referred, at length,
to the filthy state of the Streets circumstance which
he said was used warning to strangers not to visit
Gs cay ne Then went into history o. tine o.
ments? Men, with perhaps one exception, unworthy Of
the position in which they placed He believed that
many voted for the charter Of 1858 without hay
ing read IT, He voted for himself and he believed he
had not read it at the time But it voted for because
II ,Ras to get rid of odious Common Council The
effect that charter was to elect men who were deter
mined 70 fearlesy and honestly But how they
suatcd Their benches were broken and they could not
have them mended They had not the to cmanate
thing in this beard which requires expenditure Of
single farhng He then referred to the expenditures of
nner to Captain Creighton; the next was a dinner
at Metropolitan Hall; and the next to celebrate
exp nded 81 500 God forbid that he would oppose the
celebration of wnshngton's Birthday but he thought
$500 would have been enough Here the lights became
din Alderman Mott continued--If the lamps went
they had not the power of sending for candles until
the Commissioner Of Repairs and Supplies had arst ad
verified for a contract He then referred to the
dacus condition Of the docks of the city, and yet they
had not the power TO relieve them He did not want to
repeal the whce charter repeal the 4th 12h 9th
nd nd II hos I'd n
legislative body He complained that the charter that
sent to Albany more like the charter they
living under than light to darkness. The 9th
section Of the charter not in the original charterit
was introduced aferwards-and the obnoxious part of
the 4h section also inserted They trammeled
on every side by this charter and the people should
know IT, in order that they might remove these ncum
ans spa ch Sa haS ksn m
this matter they desired little notorety for
themselves by giving little notoriety to him.
Alderman LORD expressed his establishment at the ex
binary position taken by Alderman Mott who said
that he offered his resolution not for the purpose of
pealing charter for the purpose of calling public
attention 70 the charter If he ought to have been
salts ed with the attention called to IL several times in
this Board The gentleman had offered his resolution
Alderman Lord then referred to the position taken by
Aid, Mott the several occasions which the re-
port before the Board and said it was not in ac
coreance with the position he had taken this evening"
Why require the repeal Of charter which the gentle
His argument was that II embarrasses legislation but
Add Lord asked him to point to single measure
that lad hsen by i'll He scarcely conceived
1t possible that the gentleman voted for the charter with
out reading it, The gentleman, alderman MOTIF had
put himself before the reormers for support and he
candidate for the chair of this Board but from the
short and very entertaining specimens they had had of
his in that position, they should congratulate
them selves On his failure.
Aid. CHAuYcxY regretted to appear in opposition to
the resolution because he regretted that such resolu
tior ever emanacd in this board He regretted it be-
amined thoroughly into the matter and who
it, md not by persons who had not read it. They learn
and he believed that they voted for the charter
sandngy. He regretted that such resolution emanat
ed from gentleman who came into this board under
Of the old opponents Of reform, or from Of
thee who had grown fat the city from the heads
OF apartments he should not have been surprised but
the Gentleman aid MOTIF says he is homes. and
tina, made him (Ad. Cbaunccy) the surprised He
the reeal Of the charter because the charter
them from carrying system Of political
favoritism; IL prevented one member from giving
this man half dollar more on contract than
anot err, and perhaps robbng the city OF nifty thou
dollars lie could understand the objection TO the
charter but long he stood there he wond maintain
that which his constituents sent him to support
and he believed that the constituents of the gentleman
alderman MOTIF would call him to account for the
course he had adopted The charter Of 1883 guard
gives for participation in the profits. He had looked
over H. and he did single section that he would
are s,ked TO repeal charter without giving Il trial
Could IL not be tried for yearS However honest the
members OF the Boord may profess themselves to be-
charter has tied them up and he hoped Il viii continue
to tie them up. He regretted the move OF Alderman
Mott for il was dishonorable not only to the reform
party but TO this Board and the entire city If the
solution passed would be said that the reformcrs
like their predeccssorstht they want to have their
pici nes and stcangs" but he hoped this Board would
psss H. but would carry out the views of their
stit,ents.
Alderman vooRHs regretted that he was obliged to
disst mt from his brother reformer, alderman Motif
and spoke for. some time in favor Of the amended
charter
Alderman HyPRIcx proud to see the gentleman
from the Twenty 6rst ward alderman Motif take such
bold stand because he proves himself to be whit
OF the daily papers had called hmthe very Ajax n
formers. Alderman Herrick then asked permission to
read his speech, and proceeding with very vou
mincus document, when
Alderman yooRHrs suggested that the gentleman
would save the time OF the board by publishing his
speech In the AHds on Sunday next.
Alderman HRR said he would read IT, and publish 1t
too. (Iaughter)
The cHAInnAN called Alderman vcorhis to order and
directed Alderman H. to proceed, and that gentleman
n.nn.d;cclv IN ron oh hie speecb.