The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-23

THE CORPORATION EIGHT.HoUR BILL.-Thc
following is the report submitted by Mr..
Meorc In the Board OF Aldermen last Monday
evening on the bill amendatory OF the act for
the appointment OF Commissioners OF I'm.
proyements, and prescribing their duties;
This bill is objectionable because II tshould
become law II would abolish the contract
system as respccta n large proportion of the
work OF the corporation. An experience OF
periods In other cities, has demonstrated the
fairness, Justice, and economy of this system,
which, when properly administered, is Impair
tlal as regards competitors for work, Just to-
wards taxpayers, and a wholesome check
upon extrayagant and corrupt expenditures Of
The bill under consideration would remove
the safeguards incident to this well.tried sys-
TEN, and substitute therefor an experiment
which would impose no restraint upon exeeu.
ronage.. In the employment OF men, horses,
carts, plows, harness, Sc, as authorised by the
bill, and In providing for superintendencc and
payment, they would have the widest latitude
for the indulgence Of personal and partisan
| feelingj and while the public interest might
thus be sacrificed to selfish purposes, the In
NOTED. The limited revenues Of the Corpora
| tion necessarily impose limits to expenditures
for laboring work. Only such sums as can be
voted to the opening, grading, and grayellng
| OF streets. Under the present system the labor
| ers receive nearly the whole expenditure on
this account, while under the proposed change
| q large proportion would be bestowed upon
| favorites, as superintendent, ovcrseers, sc.
| Instead of single commissioner In each ward,
there would be many assistant commissioners
and other .overseers, whose pay would make
| the cost of superintendent almost equal to
| the cost Of actual labor. Your committe
cannot recommend any measure SO liable to
| abuse.
The bill proposes, In addition to the abroga.
tion OF the contract system-only - far, how
ever, as relates to the work OF common or un.
skilled laborers-to adopt the eight-hour sys-
| TEN as the rule OF employment. In this re-
spect the passage Of the bill would confer no
new benefit on the laborer. 1t neither pro-
| poses to increase his pay nor lessen the period
| OF his toll, as at present regulated. The last
council showed Its appreciation Of the maxim
that "the laborer 10 worthy OF his hire by
| establishing the eight.hour system, and allow
ing under II liberal rates ofpay. The laws es.
tablishing those rates and the eight.hour sys-
TEN are still In operation, and as no new en-.
moral influence In its favor which might be
supposed to result from any act OF this cor.
| poration, your committee deem II impolitic
and unwise to interfere with that law at the
present time.
For tho reasons here stated, and for another
| reason involving the legality OF portion OF
| the bill, which 1t Is unnecessary to discuss in
this report, the committee recommend that the
bill do not pass. WIN. w. MOORE,
JONI II, ELvANs.
PoLiCR MArTERs.-Ofcet ofrutt, OF the
Seventh precinct, arrested Antoine Begazzi for
committing an assault and battery on Thomas
Manning. Justice Smith fined him three dol
Richard Bell and Leon Soloman were taken
before Justice Smith by Officer johnson, OF
the sanitary company, and the first named was
required to pay 81 and the latter 81 for creating
| q nuisance,
John Hunt was "ruu in" by oficer Stinch-
comb, OF the Fourth precinct, for being dsOr-
DERBY and making threats of violence. Justice
Morsell fined h i'm three dollars in the frat case,
and held him to security to keep the peace.
ored, before the same justice for committing
an assault and battery on William L. Baker.
He gave security for court.
| Augustus Edwards and Thomas Evans were
arrested by Otilccrs Parker and Guy for keep
ing dogs without license. Edwards was fined
one dollar and Evans two by Justice Morseli.
Officer Homer of the Fifth precinct, arrested
violence towards Matte Reed, and he was re-
quircd to give security to keep the peace by
Justice Hazard,
Win BsIks was "run In l." by Oficer Roth,
OF the same precinct, and he was fined IS by
Justice Harper for indecent exposure.
otiiser HnSsman, OF the he. :, SECOND on precinet,
committing an assault and battery on Phila-
mcna Hart He gave security to keep the
peace.
u. Lockwood (colorcd) WAS srraigned before
Justice Lynch, in the Eighth precinct, by
Officer Duvall, OF the county, charged with
cutting wood from the premises OF Thomas
fault Of the payment Of s5 fine.
OHicer Sprague, of the same precinct, ar.
rested John Meyer i3s computing an assault
The following amounts of tines were i'm
posed In the various preeincts; First precinct
Fourth precinct, eli; Fifth precinct, sll; Sixth
precinct, -; Seventh precinct, -; Eighth pre-
einct, IS; sanitary company, ~. Total, SIS.
CoSsERvArIyE Army AND NAVY UNION
This organization met last night at their
headquarters, 39I Pennsylyani avenue, near
Four-and-a-half street, Colonel Allabach, pres.
ident, in the chair; Captain Chiffon, secrc-
tary.
The nomination OF Colonel G. II. Snow which
WAS recommended by the committee on mem.
bership as an honorary member, was unani-
mously agreed to.
Captain McKeene then offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously agreed to:
RcSoircd, That the thanks Of the association
Kind offer in rendering the ospItaiity Of Iii
hotel to Sergeant Bates, while In this city, and
we, therefore, place his name upon tho list OF
honorary members. The committee on the re-
ccption OF Sergeant Bates thrn made a report,
which was received, and the committee dis.
charged
executive meeting on Saturday evening. All
members are earnestly invited to be present
The meeting then adjourned
ARREST or A FuGIrIvE PROM JusrIoG.-
About II o'clock last night Detectives Clarvoe
and Bgley, with the assistance of Oncer
Spraguc, arrested James Jackson, who is a
fugitive from justice from Annapolis, where
he was indicted for larceny. He left there on
last Monday, having been previously bailed.
| Information was Immediately communicated
to Detectives Clarvoe and Bigley, who insti.
tutcd measures for his arrest. They "piped''
him Off to tho house OF Mrs. Brooks, on Gap.
itol lIill, and after surrounding the house De-
tectyc Bigley entered from the rear. Jackson
attempted to escape by the front door. He was
seized, and q scuilic cnsucd, whcrcupon Clar-
voc and SprAgue came to the rescue, and he
was taken in custody. Several charges were
preferred against him for larceny, and he will
be taken to Annapolis to-day. Great credit Is
due to the vigilant detectives, Messrs. Claryoc
and Bglcy for the prompt manner In which
the case was worked up.
SIXTH WARD REPUBLIC AN CLuR.-The Sixth
Ward Republicans assembled at the Mission
Chapel, Tenth street east, between A and II
south, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of
reorganization, so as to be more effective dur
ing the coming campaign.
The following named gentlemen were chosen
officers for the ensuing year! Joseph 5. Mar
tin, president; Henry Better and Charles Dy-
son, vice presidents; A. l.. Adams, secretary;
NJ. Shinar, treasurer.
James q. Dulin and Charles +. Lathrop were
chosen delegates to the Chicago Convention,
and Carey W. White and Henry Better were
chosen IS alternates.
There was appointed acommittee of twenty
to attend to the work Of registration, and 4
large number OF persons then appended their
names to the club roll.
The club will hold an adj ourned meeting thls
evening.
MORE TALENT SECuRED.-Mr.AndrewD Dunn,
formerly at Teel's tailoring establishment,
Baltimore, Maryland, can from this day be
found at our place, On account of the liberal