, 1874-01-13

abilities. but by doAtro to koop tho prosont in. m
Aid. 0nllcston oal'oi Aid Boluffuor to ortlor-
ho was not speaking to tito question.
Aid. Hcluirnor sud that waa "too tilin," and
tllon moved tho confirmation Of tho appoint
meMt.
Tho Chair ruled that Aid. Camphell'a motion to
plaeo on flo wau out Of order. Tbs thing ought
oft.
Th,,s supported, Aid. schatrnor proceeded to
urgo the claims Of DR.. paoli, upon whom atain
waH sought to DO placed.
the mastor for two weo1s.
Aid. Dixon understood that A!d Schnffnor'a
motion was an amondmont to AID. CampbelB.
Aid. Aiahr did not believe TINT thoro was any
amendment on tho fJor.
Tho motion to postpone wns lost by vote Of
I yqaB md % nays. Aids. Rnitly, N. b. Bailey,
Woodmhn. and Kehoo voting III tho Affirmative.
Aid. Richardson, as Chairman Of the JudteiAry
Committee. resented tho rnannor In which tho
Commtttoe's report waa troated by tho refusal
Of It. 1fo Ind intendod to vote for DR.. paoll,
but Ind now changed Ills mind.
AID. sohaffner thought tho gcntloman alto
gother too aensitiye.
aupposlng tha. stigma would DO cast upon DR..
poRli bY tho Commttteo's report. When mnn
entered political contest he must expcct to ret
scratched . little, and this sort Of thing was 80
common that no disgrace attached to it. He
understood ono objootiou to Dr.. paoi WA that
his ol!icc. Ho had boon told TINT an arrangc.
nlsnt was nlreAdy made for younger
physician to perform Dr.. Paoli'a duties In caao
na o6 a s ny a m 10 on DO
aud not BY election to offices which could not
DO tlllcd by tho party chosen. 11o was III favor
Of employing Young 1nen who could do tho
Aid. a1nhr aaid that DR.. paolias was Just as
" sufficient aud helty" as ho was twenty years
Aid. woodman said t,o understood TINT 4 lady
was to be appointed DR.. pnoli'a assistant, aud
that sho Ind already secured the Pledges of
various Aldermen OH TINT ground aionc.
Aid. Cullorton'a objections to Dir. paoli wore
that bis prnctice waa too large to permit him to
attond to the duties Of tho Office. It waH tho
duty Of the City Physician to Wait the police
stations daily. This waa not done.
The Chair said that all tho incumbent did was
to ylslt tho House Of Correction aud tho Small
Pox Hospital.
Aid. Cullorton said this waa precisely wtat ho
referred to; q physician should bo appointed who
would attond to his whole duty.
Ald. Dixon said the Council lad nothing to do
with tho assistance proposed to bo procured by
the City Physician, Us he paid for it out Of his
own pocket.
Tho motiol, to confirm DR.. Paoli was lost by
tho following vote:
Eckhardt, SIahr, Stout. schaner LeneacGcr, Brand,
Lynch, corcoran, Jonaa-14.
O., ,Say'7hlo,nar9on sl,l WarFsn Etzgeral Hckerng.
dreth O'Drian, r. Il. Bailey, Woodman, Kehoc, White,
Miner, Heath. Moore, Campbell, Quirl, Cleveland.
Cannon, and Murphy-23.
THE BOILER INSPECTOR.
The report Of tho Committee On Fire md
Water was received On the subject of the nom-
ination of Thomhs H. Hamilton. az Boiler In
epeetor. Tho Committee report tl,at he is not q
eompetent pernon, and recommend that tho
nomination be not confirmed.
AID. Schafrnor moved to concur In the report.
Aid. Hil1roth spoke OF Mr. Hamilton US u per-
feet gentleman, and ono woll qualified for his
position.
AID; Pickering moved to placs tho report on
file. Tho motion prevailed.
Aid. Corcoran moved that the nomination ho
not confirmed.
Aid. Hildreth moved to confirm tho nomina-
ton. Tho voto on tho motion waB as follows:
1tas-Rishardsen, Warren, Dixon, Fitzgerald Bid-
Cannon Drau Gynch, 5onas1@S '''' A'nsas'0F'
lertoa, " d baiiey, i. Il: Bailey. wesdnsa. Heath,
Moore. Campbell. Eekhardt, Mahr, schafner, Muir
ply, Corcotan-17.
At the request Of AID. Dixon, the Clerk read
over the voto as takeu, and then announced the
result ln the usual way "Ayea, 90 !. noes, IT,"
Aid. Dixon shouted "Ald. Reidy wants to
change his votes" but Aid. Reidy shook his head
AnQ tld not change.
Then Aid. 1l. B. Bailey arose and said ho de.
sirod to change his vote.
There were cries of "Too late! You can't do
1t tho vote Las boon announced
In the midst Of the confusion which prevailed
the Mayor was heard to declare that tue no!nina-
tEon waa confirmed, although very few heard it.
A motion to adjourn waa put and carried, but
nearly tho entire body Of Aldermen remained
behind, to learn the result Of tho vote on the
nomination Of Doilcr. inspector. They lockod
around tho Clerks desk, md discussed tho quos-
tion in babel Of voices, some claialing thns tho
nominee had been confirmed, while others were
equally confident that he lud not. The all-im-
portant question was: Did Bailey change his
vote beforo or after the announcement by the
aa Gser ssr hsn ihs1 l. nat9u mas not was COM
ti7aed, for 1t III rule Of all
loriuiative bodies that O vote maynos bo changed
after tho result IL announced, and 1t il alao tho
custom aud rule Of all Legislative bodies that tho
tho result Of the calling OF the yeas aud nays.
The City Clerk remained firm III his adherence
to tho record and to tho fact, and recorded Bal
ley's vote among the nays, taking caro- to state
III the official record that tho Alderman arose to
change his vote after tho result had been an
nounced, and that theroupon tho Mayor de-
clarea the nomination to bo confirmed. So reads
the official report Of the proceedings.
Mayor Colyu, after the Council adjourned,
declared hia intention to issue commission to
Mr: Hamilton al Boiler inspector, though It il
uudoniably true that. according to the record, ho
las not boon confirmed by tho requisite 81 af-
ilrmatiye votes. Several Of A1r. Hainilton's sup-
porters confesB that he wns squnroty defeated,
and admit tint, oven in caao tho Mayor should
iHsuo his commisson the act would bo Illegal
and OF no effect, md no one could be compelled
to pay fees to him as Boiler Inspector. Others
Of Ills Aldernanio friends dispute the record and
everything elae which shows Lis defeat, and, az
the case now stands. 1t la q most interesting
muddle.
ADJUSTMENTS.