Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-21

Cullion was refused work by me because he was
Democrat, it is the blacklist kind of lie. Who
il in favor of giving the workingmen work
analyee the vote of council and you will see
who the men are who oppose the build
| ing OF the basin. Are they not the DEM
ocrats? Do they not vote upon every opportu-
nifty soli1ly against going on with the work? Is
tnot the Republicans who are voting steadily in
favor OF the workingmen? IAN applause which
the President endeavored to checl.l The Re-
| publicans have always been the friends of labor,
and the laboring men are finding it ont. Jap
| plause,l day or two ago, he saw placards
through the town announcing free excursion
TO Dover to form new society to protect the
Democrats from miscegenation. These are the
| principles of the Democrats They think more
of that than they do Of giving the laboring men
work. He was in favor of going on with the
| new basin, even If it cost $4,000 more by the
day than by contract, 30 that our laboring popu
could have work. AS one of the large taxpayers
| OF the city he would vote in favor of our own
workingmen to be employed without respect to
party affiliations, nationality or color. Zap
| pause.l
Mr.. Hayes did not oppose the building of a
| basin. He only wanted it kept out of a clique
who would use their power for political purpo-
ses. Only take it out of the hands of such men
and he would guarantee that every Democrat in
Council would vote for the work to go on. 1t
had been stated that G. H. Gallagher, Chief En-
gineer of the Water Department, had said he
would employ no man except he was Republi-
| can.
Mr.. Baker (interrupting) said the report was
| not true.
Mr.. Taylor the report is true.
| Mr.. Febiger it is not
| Mr.. Taylor: it is.
| The chair called to order and reminded coun-
Gil that the debate was only by unanimous con-
| sent of council and the privileges should not be
abused.
| MIR. Candy objected to any further privilege
being given, but at the suggestion of several
members he withdrew his objection, to allow
Mr.. Hayes to finish his remarks.
Mr.. Hayes, resumng, said that it looked as if the
whole management OF the building of the new
basin was to be left in the hand of the Chief
Engineer of the Water Department and
the force of hands employed would
be made to vote upon the 500 tax receipts
locked up in the safe of that department. The
work can be done as well by contract as by the
day. 1t is no trifing matter to add 5000, 900
more to our already accumulated debt of $780,
900. We are the friends of the poor man, but
we want the work to be given out by contract,
to give work to all poor men promiscuously.
VIM. M. Candy said the work en the new basin
ought to proceed. He had recently inquired into
the experience of other cities in building basins,
and similar works, and had found that their pref
erence was to construct the embankment by the
day. AT Hartford, Conn, the work had been
given out by contract aud the contract afterward
Cancelled and the embankment built by the day.
In regard to the removal of the top soil, and the
done by contract. He then offered an amend
ment to the ordinance in accordance with this
view.
BY an amendment offered by Mr.. Febiger, Mr.
Canby's motion was defeated.
Mr.. Adams warmly contended for the contract
system, and lnstanced its success applied to
the building of railroads, steam ships, public
and even private buildings.
Mr.. Plckels Not all done by contract.
Mr.. Adams Nearly ALL
Mr. plckels. Oh no NOT near nil.
Mr.. Adams Perhaps not Grace Church
Qaughter) but nearly every other building of
| Importance WAS built by contract, He was in
favor of giving it out by contract so far as it
could be, and he was in favor of everybody that
could work being employed upon it without re-
gard to race, color. or nationality.
Mr.. Candy offered an additional amendment
requiring the work to be placed under the sup
ervision of a non-partisan committee of citizens
under the direction of the Water Committee, and
| to be approved by two thirds of the City Coun-
Gil, and the hands to be employed without regard
| TO political sentiment.
Mr.. Adams said he could not vote for the
amendment. Non-partisanB are hard to find
and it would be difficult to get two thirds of the
City Council to endorse any action of said COM
mittee
Mr.. Febiger considered the amendment di-
rect thrust at the Water Committee, and if it
passed he and other members of the Committee
would Immediately resign.
Tho yeas and nays being called upon tho
amendment were as follows Yeas, Messrs.
Burke, Candy, Hayes, Lynch, Mcintyre, Taylor
6, Nays, Messrs. Adams, Baker, Febiger, Foulk,
Green, johnson, Murray, Phillips, Pickels, Rich
ardson, Underwood, and Maris-13.
AT this stage, Mr.. McIntire and his four Dem
ocratic colleagues entered written protest
against the action of Council upon the ordinance
without its reference to the City Solicitor,
and che manner of taking the report from the
Committee on Law
The ordinance was then passed by the follow
ing vote Yeas Messrs. Adams, Baker, Cauby,
Febiger File, Fouk Green, Johnson, Murray,
Phillips, Pickels Riohar dson, Underwood, and
Msris, IA.
| Nays, Messrs. Burke, Hayes, Lynch, McIntire,