The daily gazette., 1875-10-08
/, ALL NIGHT SESSION FAILS
To BRING HIM FORTH.
to,tv-one Fru'tiess Ballots
..omD,s 10 Elect n Chief Engi-
Ihe .r,ne water Department

4 1
1l Cn,' nenaitment, Adopted.
Maze McIntire said that he had receiv
Mt Ma caucus nomination for Chief
rneer, VIM but he held the interest OF
!sn Lps sry dearer than whatever claims
u. u ..ssrr:onal sr feeling he might entertain:
q q. would sacrifice all his personal
ne t,ros to the interest of the party. He
clai"Ji i1 his nomination did Aot suit some
Sam ,hors of Council who are Demo
lie,l,I Nleis or pretend to be, and the efo.e
,,aroived all his claims and minated
Peter U. Furry.
nr ey nominated Samuel Candy.
A Mr. Mc.dena.hin nominated Daniel
Mr Farrell, excited y-'Mr. Repor
.or nlcase hote the man who nomina-
4 ted Frrra. 1.,
4 anpoint te.lers.
THE fist hsllot resulted as follows:
4 For Samuel c. oy, l0 votes,
4 For Dannel Farra,
4 For Peter U. Furry,
Necessary to choice, II.
The second and third ballots resulted
the same. .
4 stMr. McTntire moved to postpone the
eaIcc,ion until an adjourned meeting of
"A Counci, to be held Friday evening.
"A Mr. Lynch suggested au adjourn
4 ment uatll Monday evening.
Mr.. Farrell said the Ordinance re.
ouired the election of the Chief Engi.
necr at the first meeting of Council in
October An adjourned meeting
would be bona fde additional meet
ing, and if the election is postponed
Mr. Hyde will hold over, which is
what some Democrats want him to
do.
The chair decided that the Chief
Engineer could be legally elected at
an adjourned meeting.
A fourth ballot was taken with no
change in the result.
Mr., Paynter moved to postpone the
election until Monday night.
Mr. johnson said the adjourned
meeting would cost the city $2l which
was hardly the economy promised by
the Democrats.
Mr. Farrell echoed this sentiment.
Mr.. McIntire said the election of a
Democratic Chief Engineer would
save the city more than $21.
Mr.. Paynter's motion was lost by a
tie vote 10 to 10.
Mr.. Farrell said he had eaten no
supper that evening but was prepared
to stay and fight it out.
Mcssrs. Hayes and Paynter express
Willingness to vote right straight
along until noon next day, or even
the next night,
The fifth and sixth ballots were
taken with no change in the result
when,
On motion of Mr.. Lynch Counci
postponed the election of Chief Engi
neer, and elected "A Registrar, asrepor
ted in our Council proceedings. 4
number of bills were then read, ant
on motion of Mr.. Johnston, the ballot
ing for Chief Engineer was resumed
Six additional ballots were taken
all similar to the first six.
Mr.. Lynch renewed the motion /
adjourn until Monday evening.
Mr., Febiger said that by the term
of the Ordinance regulating the matte
i the legal time for elccting Chic
4 Engineer was the first meeting
Councilin October.
A The motion was lost by vote of l
toS.
Mr. Mclntire moved to take reces
Tor one he II until II AS o'clock.
MIR. Ford moved to amend by NAL
ing the recess two hours. Accepted
Mr. Johnson moved to amend b
making it three fourths of an hou
Lost
The motion to take recess for tw
hours was then adopted, and Counc
temporarily adjourned.
THE MIDNIGHT SESSION.
AT As o'clock, Council resume
itssession, and ballotted unsuccessful
anumber of times The ballots we
interspersed with motions for adjour
ment and recess, and various motto
to excuse certain members from W
ing
When the 34th ballot had been ca
without any changes recess was TAX
at 800 O'clock, for half hour.
EARLY IN THE MORNING.
Upon reassembling, Mr.. Johns
referred to the fact that the child
One OF Ine members \nr. L oiuJ
dead and asked il some measure cot
not be adopted to relieve him from
tendance at Council until after the
neral.
After some discussion Mr.. Und
wood agreed to pair off with Mr.. Fo
Messrs. Taylor and Downing also pail
off, and all four left the Council cha
ber.
More ballots followed, the vote sta
lug, Candy, 8, Farra, z, and Furry
Dilatory motions followed each OF
in quick succession, and the sess
soon extended into the morning.
Still the battle waged fast and
ious, and five o'clock found the Co
Gil with forty.one Intellectual ball
and the disputed question of the
erence between recesses and adjol
ments still unsettled, Mr.. Far
wanted the City Solicitor called II
decide whether an adjournment VIC
not affect the election of a successo
Mr.. Hyde, and legally qualify
gentleman to hold over for ano'
year,