Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-02

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90. IN washington, and at the same time In
so,,n themselves Of all the current events Of the
dav Terms, - cents per week. =. -. - q
cA- covscrrs Board Of Aldermen. The board
., veste day at the usual hour the President (w.
r Dove. Esq } in the chair. -
In the ABSENCE Of the Secretary = -ss.!
I'm motion Of Mr.. Huntington, s.V- Noyes was
,p,o;nted secretary pro tea. 80 p : !.
tn. reading Of the journal Of the previous meet
,.rI,.ins called for by Me-. Donohe, the secretary
"b I'll he arrived at that portion of the pro-
read un. WHICH records Buc knef BayHss 90 lave
s. elected by tho 5Oard as commissioner Of the
CGn,fe nonsbo Interrupted the reading, stating
MI bed il from good authority-from one Of
taal asmbrrs 81 the board-that at the previous
the o,1"l on the question being taken the nom
is,.n now referred to, Mr.. Bayliss had received
n afhr mative votes, instead of the six that Were
Sad. and was therefore confirmed. He moved
-, tbc secretary he directed to correct the Jour
I en- IS ~ give Ia Mr. Bavliss the numbef Of al
s-rpativr votes TO which (Mr. ID. contehled) he
W. Nagruder commended that the Journal was
.o,rr,t and could not be altered. He did not see
,rbat authority the last speaker had for contendng
oteS The vote had been taken by ballot; and If
lat the gentleman said be SD, some member Of
tls board had been recreant to his oath I'm divug-
inc he vote: The object Of ballot was, that
known might exercise that right: He could not
understand this attempt to GO behind the record
As fr him, he would stat, In tne presence of the
yrhole board, that he voted against Mr.. Bayliss,
- would do 50 in future, as long he lived, be-
,nsr he did not regard him rs Mt 10 perform the
asties of his Office, because he had, when the
srsaksr was in the market a member OF, the
crnmittee appointed to investigate the subject OF
tbe late assessments followed him with oaths and
rursss against the express wish of the hucksters,
and against his lthe sPeaker,s) own wish, not per-
;ttiny the speaker 10 have the sli yhtest word with
the bucksters or with any one, from the time the
,eaker had entered the market house till he LEFT
n This had been done with a pertinacity nm
warranted as it was wrong and unjust; 1t had kept
m, sneaker from having a fair hearing with the
market dealers; and the man VINO could thus
Transcend his duties was not, in bis opinion, fit
for the place, aud should never receive his 1.-THE
Mr. BayIess. from the lobby. That's not 50.
sir r.rr
Mr. Magruder. at is so; and I must not be
thus interrupted"
Nr Dopoho replied. contending that Injustice
had been done Mr. Bayliss by the las he alleged
wrong record Of the journal, and that he had un-
doubted assurance Of the position he had assumed
He held that If the journal was wrong IL should
be corrected.
Mi Magruder asked if it was indicated that the
President and Secretary had wiIfully miseounted
the ballots. " .
Mr. Donohc had not meant to be so understood
He had simply meant TO be understood as sayin,,
that d mstike had been committed in the iournal
which ought To be corrected.
Mr. Magruder went on 10 state that from what
he had learned of the conduct and tone of MIR
Biylsss towards the hucksters, il was objection
able and offensive and such was not to be borne
by anY one
Here Mr.. B1yliss was again heard to interrupt
from the lobby, making denial of some sort
CrIss Of order were made; and the Chair stated
that II gentlemen outside the bar did not desi 81
from the chamber. - -
Mr.. Magruder then went on to give some &C.
count Of the action of the committee of the obiec.
uonaoie behavior OF MIR. Bayliss, and of several
ether facts in tie same connection among which
was statement from Mr. Orme to the dealer,
while the speaker was acting one of the com.
mtteci that he (Orme) consented to the increased
assessment because he had been oyerridden by
Mr. Bdyliss, and that afterwards he (Orfne) had
tod the committee that the assessment was rig ht
Mr. Ward thought the gentleman was going
from the Third Ward because of his saving tha
he was satisfied, from certain information he bad
received, that there was error in the journal
Now The gentleman had gone himself and
drvulged the secrets Of the ballot in this case
Mr. Magruder. DULY far as myself is con
Crrned, and that in the presence Of the Board Of
Aldermfn, and not outside TO private individuals
Mr.. Ward went on to declare that he never had
In bis life voted vote that he was afraid OF
ashamed 70 avo~, aud therefore he had at the last
nesting, from FIRST Ia last, written his name or
every vote which lie cast He then proceeded tc
defend Mr. -Bayliss, holding that he was wei
Known in this community, and bore as high Z
character for integrity as any man in this Board
that the duties Of the Commissioners were arduou,
and dlfnceIt, and they received no COMPENSATION
for performing them, aud yet they must be im
pugned and oyerh3uled by a set of men who wcr,
alone interested in this slight raise of the rent q
the stalls. = ~. :
Mr.. Magruder thought this language ratheI
peculiar coming from gentleman who last wee
signed report which averred that the stall rent
WIRE good deal more than slightly raised Til.
sPca keT, after COMMENT ny on the frfnarks of Mr.
u. d0te IN matt e. q,
MI Bayliss, If, as was anticipated, the Mayol
should take the extraordinary measure of renoini
mating the rejected candidates. Hi, reason hs
was willing TO state openly-Mr. B. could moi
give civil answer TO anybody in the market and
the speaker thought the Board had already had !
COED example here this evening of the sort o.
spirit manifested by him in relafl on to this
Dir Ward was surprised to see the gentleman
or any one else listening to all the rumors whiet
Interested parties had set afioat concerning pub
lie Officer who had manifestly done Lis duty, and
that was all that could be urged against him. II
The SPEAKER had believed all tue stories be heard
about the gentleman when he was running for
Mayor, he 1.-THE spedker) should not have worked
So n1rd for him as he did ~
Mt MagrHder made some further remarks and
coI,ended that the Journal was right and could
NOT 0e corrected.
Mr., Donoho desired the 9uestio on to be disposed
Of H. commended that at the last meeting seven
members OF the Board had voted for the con.
ILnatOn OF MI Bay liSS, and that nlista Ike ought
70 be corrected. W.T. s'FI.- =
luOu0nI THIS an Idle waste OF
public time. and moved to lay the whole snbiect
on the table, and called the ayes and noes on the
n"tiOni but at the request of the Chair he with
drew the ca1i for the ayes and noes b.
tzMr. Dove then stated that In his opinion tbe
Beard had an andoubted night TO correct tbeir
JoaIEh II they found error had been com.
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Mr. Magruder contended that there was no mi 8.
hke, that he could go before grand Jury and
swear that six votes were cast In this hoard
asdnst The confirmation Of MIR. Bayliss at its las,
meeting l--r. a. - - -
.rMr Huntington stated that as far as he was con.
cerned he would state that he had voted against
tne continuation Of both Bayliss and Orfne and
W ue Mayor should renomin nate them he shouId
vote against them again. He thought il there
hdd been any mistake, or wilful missouri the
Secretary should be sworn He did not like to
take any action In the matter in the absence OF
The SECRETARY, and he therefore moved TO Law the
wnoIs nltLEf OH the table ~' -
MI Clark thought that il the hucksser had
9eeh unfairly dealt by. they had their proper re-
ufess- ne. for one, WIS ALWAYS ready "a af.,rd
ssaen, any reasonable redress they asked for He
wcuds STAT as IT was general confession dav he
had voted Tor Mr. Bayfiss and against mr. Orme
dhd II u!fe Was AN unjust assessment of the stalls
The hueksters could easily be Undermined for IN.
undue taxation. ioi 'iie
Mr.. Price asked if the journal could he amend /.