The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-23
TIE BROOKLYN BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The Bell Ringing and Whistle Blowing
Nuisnnce-The Aldermen After the Election
nuds,,-ImuOrtnnt ActiOn.

The Bell Ringing and Whistle Blowing
Nuisnnce-The Aldermen After the Election
ssFrauds''-Important Action.
The Board Of Aldermen met Board OF City
Canvassers at three O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
Alderman Bergen in the chair. The chairman OF the
Committee on Election Returns submitted report
setting forth that they had completed their labors
They declared the rel election Of Mayor Kaibnesch
and Street Commissioner Robert Furey and the FOL
lowing named Aldermen and Supervisors
A,dermen-First Ward Charles Miller democrat;
Third ward, Abba r Thorn, republican,; Fifth ward
Jonas NJ. Clancy, democrat; Seventh ward, David
McGroarty democrat; Eleventh ward, Lemuel Bur
roughs, republican; Thirteenth ward, Henry Har-
man. democrat; Fifteenth ward, Andrew Cunning
ham, democrat; seventeenth ward, Charles b.
Elliot, democrat; Nineteenth ward Joseph p. Walter,
republican; Twenty-trst ward, Francis Weeks, re-
publican,
!S,tperrisors-Second ward, Robert Nelson, demo-
crat; Fourth ward, Edmund A. Kolmyer, democrat;
Sixth ward. Wm J. Osborn, democrats Eighth ward,
Charles L. Foley, democrat; Tenth ward. James
Duney, democrat; Twelfth ward Thomas Sheridan,
crat; sixteenth ward, Henry Wills republican;
Eighteenth ward, James Fletcher democrat; fwen-
tieth ward John W. Hartman, republican; Twenty
second ward, John Hall, republican
Alderman WHITNEY stated that the District At
torney desired permission to have access to the
returns, and moved that such privilege be accorded.
Adopted. The report OF the Committee on Returns
was then adopted.
Inc CHAIRMAN Oh lIle Law committee OUereu the
following
Resolved That the following sections be and hereby
adopted Of tue OF the city Of Brooklyn
srsrSos l. No person ring any bell or blow any horn
servants street. lane public place In this
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Der not exceeding ve under penalty of ten dollars for each
SIG 2. No person shall blow sound, permit be
city Of nndsr p Or
ten dollars for each and every offence.
Alderman CLANCY moved to strike out that part
which referred TO the bells, and the Alderman from
the Fourteenth ward to strike out the part refer
ence to the blowing of whistles. The motions aid
not prevail and the report OF the committee was
adopted.
Alderman WHITING introduced preamble with
the following resolution attached, relating to the
election frauds
Resolved That this Common Council accord their hearty
approval Of the manly and stand taken By the
ss 20 70 20 acssy % M sqa r ss hts the
viii result in the CONVICTION ali or opv Of th S ~
who have aided or ab-,ted them IN the fraud
1t was then moved to reduce the reward to $500.
when Alderman CLANCY moved to lay the resolution
on the table.
Alderman WHITING thought tnat reward should
the people, and would make IL q pecuniary induce
ment TO such as were In the confidence OF those
VINO knew. aided and abetted this fraud. One thou
sand dollars, he believed, was proper amount.
Alderman CLANCY thought that the majority OF
the Board would be willing TO have the matter laid
Alderman WHITING said that 10 delay in this mat
ter was to create the suspicion in the pupnc mind
that the Common Council were afraid to offer this
inducement. He hoped they would act with unan-
unity In this case. The public not be trined
with In this manner. This resolution IL simply q
proposition to bring corrupt men JUSTICE ana was
not party measure.
Alderman CLANCY did not say that he was opposed
to the resolution He simply asked that 1t lay over
for one week.
Alderman BERGEN offered series OF resolutions
as an amendment, OF which the following Ii q
COPY
Whereas fraud has been charged in alteration Of The
returns OF the vote for officers recent that
the figures designating the number given for
OF the officers TO be elected have in several
instances been written erasures and otherwise
altered and 1t Is suspected that the been done with
fraudulent intent; and whereas this Board execrang any
attempt ON the part Of individuals public cover
counenance fraud, and desiring exercise all the
vested 10 them By the lazy to guard protect
vote by ballot and the purity of the ballot boz;
Resolved That this Board will lawful
detect fraud in the returns canvasscd such
evidence they gather TO the District Attorney TO ass
him TO bring the Of The frauds
they deserve.
After some debate the above was adopted by vote
OF IL IN the Affirmative TO In the negative
The Board then adjourned for one week.