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Tho Committee OIL judiciary reported, recon.
monaIng tho confirmation OF Louis Wahl aB n
memocr re- ot tho Doard Of Public Worlts..
~, A'd: Mhlte moved that It be rofcrred back to
AID. Dixon moved that tho nomination bo
Tho preyioua question was ordered, and, on
tho motion to confirm tho only negatives wore
s rnoao , o. tnl, aldermen ildroth, oDrlon. Wood
AID: Wooduan explained hs vote hga!nat
Carter rotatnod.
-, Az; Aildrcth explained his vote against Mr.
Wahl by anying ho could not understand how
Aldermen could voto for man aB tho inc,im~
bent Of oilo Of tho most responsible positions In
tho Government, who had confessed to
Achomo to porjuro Aldermen and uoud them to
Jail. ~'
Ala. Riohardson-Ho noyor confessed paying
q dollar to any Alderman. Do you know Of any
one who got my Of tho money?
ALL. Hildroth satl he waH not q mombor Of tho
V2a1cli ' q TINT tlmo He proceeded to say TINT
man.
AID. Richardson objootca to such language III
IMPROPER. Thoro was no testlulony that VAIL
bribod my Alderman.
bug!eman, aud the testimony was sufficient to
sond an Alderman to jail. How could Alder
mon voto for man who would tempt md bribe
them, aud lead them down to tho jill. Perhaps
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AID. Cnmpbell explained Ills voto against Mr.
Wahi. It was ovidont TINT there was o schomo
to crowd through tho nomination, and
Mn something ,tiIg appeared to be wrong sud rotten.
who paid money for bribos, no matter what ha
soe,al a.' standing was. Such things must not bo
at tho timo when Messrs. Wahl and Otis ap-
pcaTed and urged an advance on tho Ford con-
Aid. Moore asked how It was that AID Camp
boil had slgned tho report recommending t'lo
AID. Campbell replied l,o had signed the rc-
port hastily, and rogrettod it afiorward. lIo
had forgotten tho bribery busnoBs. So had tho
Mayor, whose duty It WIS to lavo withdrawn tho
nomination when tho facts woro presented to
hia notice. Mr. Wahl stood before Tho people
4 woro St. Paul linaolf, with mass Of corrup-
tion on his buck, ho would oppose his confrma-
tion.
Aid. Richardson inquired what ho would do
with st. Petor, who onco fell.
Aid. Campbell said he was not discussing st.
Potter. To confirm Mr. Wahl would DO to in-
dorso hs acts of bribery. Corruption led to tho
fall Of Nomo.
Aid. Richardson suggested shat the caek'ing Of
Aid Campbell thought IT quite probable that
some such influences had boen exeEtod in behnlf
Of Nr. Wahl.
CAPT, HICKEY.
Ihc report OF the Committee on Police, re-
commencing the appointment Of III. G. Hickey
"a Captain of Police, noxt camo up.
AID. Schaffnor presented minority report
only fow WordH,-in which ho recommended
TINT k1r. Hickey be not confirmed.
AID. Dixon moved that tho minority report DO
laid ovor aud published, but subsequently with
drew the motion, for tile reason that, II it wore
done, action could not bo talson on tho majority
report.
a motion to adjourn was lost.
Tie previous question was ordered, and the
Chair got into lnudalo rs to whether it ,7as on
tho lnajority or tho minority report that tho
question REQUIRED. Aid. Schatfnor helped him
out by withdrawing the minority report.
Tho voto on tho question Of confirmation was
then taAon, as follows:
ftds-Ischardann, Foley, Warren, Dixon, Cooy,
Fitzgerald, Schmtz, Nely, McC!ory, Cnlertof,,
bailey III. D) uildroh O'Hren, Bauy IT. FL Clark,
Quirk, Eckhardt, Mahr, Mc9rath, Stout, Lengncher,
cannon, Murphy, Drand Lynch, corcoran, Jonss-27,
Nays-sidwell, Pickering, Stone, Woolmau, Moorc,
Campbell, Cleveland, schafYnor-B.
So Capt. Hickoys nomination was confirmed.
Aid. SchaIner'a objections to Capt. Hickey
woro that thore ought 10 be Ut least ono Amori-
can olice-Captaiu. Ha wanted Capt. Hickey
back on the South Side.
AID. White gavo notice that on next Monday
night, no would move to reconsider tha vote BY
which Louis Vail wns confirmed.
AID. Dixon movcd to reconsider the motion BY
Which Mr. Wah1 was confirmed.
AID. Sidwoll moved to lay that motion on the
table. Tho motion prevailed, and the Council
thon adj djourned.