Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-21
rirY INTEIl.HiENCE..
BOARD OF ALDER uEy.
TUESDAY,, May "a. 1856.

spon nee b-t~ cen mr.. buchanan and the Mayor
in regard 10 the resolution offering him the Of the
City Hall which ordersd =, be printed
Mr.. Busy rUss to point Of order which WIS,
whether the Board could transact any other business
than that specified in the resolution calling the meet
The Chair dec;d ID that the Board WIS competent
TO d. any regular business
Ths upp,r and ,wer B ,ard now went into Joint
N setting elect additional election comm Is olt rs
Rob -rs Clarke, Esq, was He'd 10 the chair and c.
Lowrie Esq appointed secretary.
Mr.. Her moved that one from ch ward be con-
stitnt,d a comm ttee on nominations
Mr. CuIchSn NOV d 10 lay tn motion on the tf-
BIZ, when he ay . and no . were He'd which r.
sui sd In the rsjs-ton OF the motion b. vote Of 81
- a.
Mr.. nj moved tn I the j,nt meeting rscons der
the acti,, las Mo day " elk, Ia appointing the
corn ~. sioaers uf ei,c i,n; carried.
Mr. > IA we'd t,g into ele,aon for commissioners
OF b IT aud cont di .Irc of each I'd
NJ. Alb IT state thar Oh an agrsem snt be-
tween the parties in Of The Boards at the last
m.sring, Which not known to Joined In bv the
OF err 1,ard her fore hs off rid resolution provi-
ding ID Il one comm ssioner from each ward should
b, selected from tn; p rly in the norty, b. The
joint m.eiing on th. nomlnalio thereof by such mi
nority.
Mr. Smith moved to lay the resolu ion on therable,
styling tn maj rily IN ented, aud would do justice
70 the mnorny without The interp stion Of the reso
In n.
on this question the ay and noes were called
and VIII sn The ci,rx lme 10 his name
Mr.; sey by leave, sud that he intended to vote
exactly as d; did at the last meeting 10 give the H
n ity comm ssoner in each w rd and he should
still do Tie therefore tho ght tue res luton un-
nee sstry. and should vote 10 lay on the table
Mr. Aoer said he d uf. red tue resolution n order
that thers m ~ b. forny the vote, md should
Their fire sustIis It.
1hs resolut n was laid on the t.ble ayes 49,
noes L,
TIL. joint meeting now went into the election of
for the mr. uff n rat
War;; which tesulted in the ell elton Of the FLOWING:
rat Precinct--J, Mel Buel, Geo. W. Em-rson,
John jam r.
Sscood Precinct-W. H. Perkins. j. II Craig. A
Sec nd w I'd, first precinct y. p Dickinson, Jno.
w. S,mms, james Daily. seesass
second r cincl--Josiah Melvin, Jas w Barker,
Mr. Bavty was surprised at the conduct Of the ms
jority, aud ga tnat d. CONSIDERED il as exceedingly
ilhbsral and ungenerous
Mr. JEFF .rson "a d th,t he had voted the majority
tick thus far but should do SO no lo,ger There
Wa bid faith somewhere
Mr. smith then said that as Mr. J. had made that
avowsl, he would in turn fuse to vote tor any one
who was OF in -nlber Of the American party
Mr. Miller said there was bad faith nanif,.s ted !;
an he sh.,nld vote f n more c mini sio RS, ard
=, sked. permission 10 tire fr,n the Board; which
rrm sion was granted but Of which h. did not avail
himself
mr. j ferson asked leave 10 retir,. received the
pe-ms- or, and left the room
deb te then er sued the SUI ject, in which
many f b 9TH sd,s engaged; Mr. Sni h thought
III gentlemen VINO left Their on acted in had f,i.h
pfter rcce viug the kntest treatment from the najo
ity.
Mr. Orme renewed the charge of bad faith on the
D TT of the majority
Mr. Busey $ lid he would allow no one 10 charge
I'M or the party with which he acted with b id faith
Mr. t,rm 81 he did not charge the gentleman,
(Mr Bnsey,) but others Of the majority.
Mr. Miller renewed the charge, and offered argu-
ments to prove IL
Mr. smith again denied the charge and overthrow
tn argument advanced, showing thtt il originated
in . Misunderstanding among the minority
Mr. Dove stated that he knew Mr. Smiths state
ment was correct
Mr. Walker stated that the opposition were w.
ded amo e themselves, and III Il they acted toward
themselves in bad faith, while the M jory had kept
Their wnrd
Mr. Albert said that the misunderstanding showed
that the r solution he had of,r>d would have saved
this trouble.
Mr. Ba ly said that some mistake was ev;dent,
the efore, he nov that III vote for Comm ssoners
of the 5 cond Ward be taken over upon which he
called for the ayes ind Noes, vi Oh resulted in the
negative OF the motion nv vote of 10 to L.
Mr. Ball stated that he had not concurred in the
agreement, md had not and hould not vute for any
man bnt whom he was certain was a memb.r If the
American party.
Mr. Towle- said h should vote for m, mber Of the
op osil ion, but should ecf the he voted for.
Mr. yly said be was d,sp 10 s.e how far the
maj rity won 60 in thu tter. and therefore NOM
mated X b. owens and r chnrd Barry.
Mr.. elements then read ont the names Of those for
whom he should tie, md r wh IN he aske his
friends to vote Two Of the m h. said w.re members
of the ant lnn rio or Foreign rarity.
A prolonged discu sion a. ,the ght to the name
of " t,pe lean" then rnsu d. in VIII en- a number of
gent'em' W r, Engaged, 8 vera Of the I, sition
claiming the name tor tn mseves, when it was re-
pi d, o. tn part Of the majorits, that they who az
yncat ntl-American sentiments could not gh-
fully claim to be Amrc ms at heart.
The cOmmise elect III the Third Wnrd vua
then announced as fellows:
FIRST Precinct-Lemuel Towers, r. A. Hyde, Jno.
w. Clarke.
s. Conf Prec net. w Davis Thomas Rich G.
F " God
Mr. Smith said that he retracted the assertion that
he made few moments before that he should vote
for no one opposing he American 'rty: The decla-
rat on was made VIII n excited by the charges of the
opp siIion; but in sp e of il he should continue to
show tn favor to the opposition as he had done BE-
FIRE.
The following gentlemen were declared as elected
commissi ners FIR the Fourth Ward
FIRST Precinct.-N. ID. Larner J. "A. Boss, j. G..
Nc elder.
Seco Precinct--w. j. Martin, E. Wheeler, p.
" Browning.
The f,ow ng named gentlemen were elected as
Commissioners for he fifth Wa,d
rst l'recinct-J t. Kimon, Jas Lynch, Sans
uel Phillips.
Second precinct--Jas A. Brown ] p Inole Jpo
McCauley.
The follow ng nlmad gentlem we're declared duly
elected Comm IS oner for the sixth Ward:
FIRST Pre- -inct--Geo. Brown, w Hutch nson,
William M ryan.
second Precinct James Crandell, Ed Ev ms, Jr,
j. wrence Tue
The following ned gentlemen were de Jared to
be dull .lsctei commissioners Of he Seven h w Nd
FRS Prsc'nct -Thos. Milbdrn, [. C Tucker, Geo.
Mating y.
s COW Precinct-L. R. Holmcad, c. G Martin, w.
Lath m
The chair announced tn u Mr.. Thos J. Wi Hams
wa. elected poll I'm Vi ute Of Fifth Wa d.
Mr. Jefer an, who had eft me hall p rm' sion,
when the &C 10 of The Sec nd Ward was annou g