The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-22


very little opposition to the license law. Tht
whole trouble had arisen from the fact tha
the city appraiser endeavored to make ner
chants estimate their business In advance
he had been Informed that the objections
the Chamber were grounded on that fact b!
some of the gentlemen who got up the recen
meeting Of that body.
Alderman Simonds thought that receiving
the memorial as Information was equivalent
to LAYING 1t upon the table, which he thought
was violation of the courtesy due the gen
tlemen who composed the Chamber OF Com
merce. He therefore moved that the memo
rial be referred to the committee on ways ane
means.
The Mayor said that he would have Council
consider the consequences likely to result
from granting the conference. The proba'
bility was that the granting of the conference
would be followed at the next meeting by o
petition from the draymen of like import to
the memorial, which would In turn be follow
ed by petitions from all classes OF business
men. He thought 1t was much better to dis
pose Of the matter at once.
Alderman Bowen thought, notwithstand-
ing the chances Of other petitions being In
duced by favorable reception of the memori-
al, that Council bad better not disregard the
request contained In the memorial. Any
class of citizens certainly had the right to Pc
tItlon Council about any matter, and he
thought 1t dangerous precedent to disregard
such petitions.
The Mayor protested against the proceed.
ings, as they tended to clog the financial
regulations of Council. The citizens were
paying up their licenses promptly, and the
effect of granting the conference would be 10
stop the payments, and the city would not be
able 10 meet the demands upon Its treasury.
Alderman Moran thought that the original
resolution covered the ground, as most of the
citizens had already paid their licenses.
The Mayor read over Alderman O'Nellps
resolution relative to the extension of the time
for payment OF the licenses.
Alderman Slmonds moved to amend 1t by
inserting the lst of February instead of the
25th OF January, which was adopted.
The resolution WIS then adopted as
amended.
Alderman Simonds then pressed his resolu-
tlon to refer the memorial to the committee
OF ways and mean, made as an amendment
to Alderman O'Nells resolution to receive 1t
as information.
Alderman Pelzer, as chairman of the COM
mittee on ways and means, wished to know
the sense of Council with regard to the hold
Ing OF the conference. Should the committee
consent or refuse to hold It?
Alderman Smith thought that the commit
tee should be instructed to bold the confer
ence. The gentlemen Of the Chamber only
wanted modification OF the license law.
That had been effected by Alderman O'Neils
resolution. He considered that Council would
be making good point to authorize the con-
ference. The gentlemen composing the com.
mittee from the Chamber were all!ot acknowl'
edged ability, and they might make some
valuable suggestions which Council might see
6t to adopt.
Alderman Simonds thought the resolution
alluded to met the desire of the committee,
and that they would 80 express themselves.
The conference would then be resolved into
simple interchange OF friendly feeling.
The motion to refer the memorial to the
committee of ways ard means, with powerto
act, having been seconded by Alderman
O'Neill, was then put and unanimously
adopted.
The Mayor read a communication from
George l.. Bust. Esq, chairman of the board
of iremasters, relative to the petition OF the
Young America Steam Fire Company for a
Temporary loan to purchase supply of hose.
The communication stated that the petition
was endorsed by the board, and recommended
to be granted, in accordance with the sugges-
tions of the committees OF conference Of Coun-
Gil and board, which proposed that the city
should purchase the hose needed by each
company, and that the companies should re-
nav The city in monthly lnstalments.
Alderman Sweegan professed himself as not
inlmlcal to the Fire Department. He had
been told by the chief that each company was
prepared to furnish itself, and he had been
consequently surprised at the petition of the
Young America. The impression had gone
abroad that Council wished to take all power
out of the hands of the board of flremastera,
which was false, and he was prepared to show
that the desire originated among the members
of the board. The president OF the Marion
Fire Company had approached him at some
previous time to have Withdrawn from the
board the power to pass its own bills for
payment. That the city was not dis
posed to oppress the Fire Department
was proved by the fact that the
new ordinance to regulate the pay OF the
department appropriated two hundred dol
lars more than had been expended for that
purpose in any previous year. If Council
would grant the petition for the Young
America, he advised that it should be made
an exceptional case, as otherwise 1t would
open the door for other petitions of similar
nature, whereas the appropriation for the de.
partment was fixed by the bill.
Alderman Voigt moved that the petition be
granted, which was adopted.
The Mayor read the following communlca-
tion:
CHARLESTON, January 20, 1873.
Gentlemen of Council-rhe property. own
ers and residents of that section of King
street, between Wentworth and Hasel
streets, are now making subscription for
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