Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-14
The Temperature, To-day.
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The water Engineer Contest Ended.

ALLEN RUTH ELECTED AS A COMPRC MISE CANDI
| DATE-ME. FARRhLL, FIRST DEFIANT, ''cRowSt
HIS POLITICAL RIVAL WITH ANOTHER LAUREL y
| INCIDENTS OF THE sTRUaGLE-soME SORRY PIC
| TUREs OF DEMOCRATIC GUARDIANSHIP OF THE
| POPULAR INTERESTS.
Astranger dropping into ODD Fellows Hall, il
it we're possible to get in, last evening, might
readily have concluded that a political meeting
or party convention was being held He never
would have surmised that it was session Of the
City Council. There was an entire absence
of that dignity and decorum which
such bodies are supposed to observe. In-
stead, the crowded hall was regaled
with personal explanations, ordinations and
-crlminstions, srteful thrusts and accu+ lions
| OF mallgnity, which had different effects upon
| different people. Republican members OF course,
enjoyed the travail of their friends on the other
| side, while they must have been surprised at
| some OF the disclosures Of monstrous pro-
| positions OF political trickery Democratic mem
bers bowed their heads as If in shame that their
caucus secrets and party plans were barred to the
| public gaze while the audience, surging and
| Jostling III the jam, with persons standing up in
| the chairs and III the windows, applanded with a
spirit which the repeated cautions of the Preai-
| dent could not repress The situation was in.
deed trying one for President Lichtenstein. but
he could not we'll avoid tolerating what went on,
a ma jority OF the Council and the audience being
80 thoroughly in sympathy with it.
Immediately upon the opening of the session
Mr.. Taylor sent TO the clerks desk the opinion
| OF City Solicitor Cummins OIL the right Of
Council to elect at an adjourned meeting a euc.
cessor to MIR. Hyde. The document was some.
what lengthy in its review of the law bearing
upon the case and the citation of its authurities
| but resolved itself into two propositions which
were accepted as governing the case lst That
| Council mnst elect Chief Engineer at the first
| session in October and 2ud, That an election
| held at any adjourned meeting prior to the next
regular stated meeting is full and satisfactory
| compliance with the requirements of the char.
| ter and ordinances.
| The President then directed that the ballot
| ing be proceeded with. but before the ba.l!n could
begin Mr.. Mclntire, who had nominated Peter
| U. Furry. withdrew his name at the earnest re-
| quest OF that gentleman, he said aud nominated
Char. L. u. Smith for the position. Mr. Haves
| nominated Allen Ruth, and Mr.. Ford John Ruth
| When the ballot box was handed to Mr. Far
| rell for his vote he rose to personal e1plana-
| ton. He said that there Is au opinion in the
minds OF some people that might makes right,
and that 1t was because of this belief that he
should proceed to justify his course as hayin
| been dictated by conscience and for the best in
terest OF his party. He did not know, he said,
| that his bump OF combatiyeness was more de-
| yeloped than that Of most men, but he felt it to
be his duty to stuck to his course with tho peril
nacity with which he had done, having been $50
| d n badly disappointed in the caucus" He
| then went on to disclose the caucus secrets
telling how he had been slighted, even Hpurned
BY " the Democratic party (Mr. Hayes in the
latter's efforts " retain Mr. Hyde.
because, lie said, Mr.. Hyde had made
| it to the interest of Mir. HAYES to
| keep him IN that position. Tic very first mo-
| ton in the first caucus by which an effort was
made to pledge all present to the support Of the
nominee MIR. Farrell characterized an insult
because it waa done To secure the retention of
| Mr.. Hyde. lie did not object to Mr. Farra and
| even named hun, but he said that others in the
caucus spoke Of him as a Union aesea=or elected
against a Democrat as being arbitrary and alto
| gether too big for his boots Mr. Pavnter. he
| said was the only man who then suppor-
| ted him III his advocacy Of Mr.. Tafra, and he
| Mr.. Farrell said, was forced to rise and sav lie
| couldn't hear that man (Farra) lied On any
| longer, she IL nat onal Democrat" and gor-
thy of Democratic support.
In this strain Mr.. Farrell continued for a half
| hour, probably, getting IN the slight which he
| had received from Mr. Hayes in tho HOSPITAL
Committee; making all impassioned appeal to
| the Democratic laboring men all about lin,
| charging Mr.. Hyde, with the conniyance Of MIR.
Hayes, with employing three colored men to one
white man on tile new basin, aud five colored
| men to one white man in the laying OF
| pipe. Finally he reached the nomination OF Mr..
| Alclntire by vote Of seven out Of the eleven
Democrats in the caucus, related Mr.. Haycs' op-
| position to Ln told Of the selection OF Peter i
| Furry and how ELK Democrats had pledged them
| selves TO his support but when Council met they
| all went over under the ewing OF the Democrat
| ic party, and aired the proposition that Bay
| ard, Wniteley, Lore and reynolds should pelect
| the candidate. After an hours talk like tins he
| sat down.
| Mr.. Hayes then arose and said that when a
| member arises to reveal the ins and outs of b
party his own hands should be clean. Now, !.
said he, that man (Farrel) laid great atress OH
| the genuneness of his Democracy, and vet in
| the late election he was riding about in his ward
| to elect Republican Applause.1 Had it been
| me would have hung my head ia shame rather
| than come here and make such an expose of
| my Ignorance He then read from "A slin
| furnished by MIR. Mclntire to show that Of the
| employees Of the new basin llS are white and
| IS colored. Mr.. Hayes said he was not ashamed
| OF his course. The position to be filled he re-
| garded as an important one, aud it would be a
| sorry day for the Democratic party, he said if
| this trouble Ii not healed up.
MIR. Farrell-l admit it will be sorry day for
the Democratic party tMr Hayes.)
Mr.. Hayes-If the Democratic party had n
majority in this city Of $50 or 1000, which am
sorry it has not, it would 20 down in a year He
| then passed to rome personal matters in refer
ence to Mr.. Farrell, not the secrets Of caucuases
he said, for these he had too much honor to re-
veal, but in Committees and i'll Council, And az
one proposition which he deemed mon.trnus
Mr.. Farrell, he said, actually did propose that
the laying OF water pipe be stopped in the 9tl
ward until August next, and that when it IL the N
resumed every man who works on the Job must
be required to board in the ward. These are
the things which Mr. Hayes said compel him to
hold aloof from this man, HI he could not sub
init to such "damnable purposes. MIR. Farrell's
language upon the floor OF Council last Thurs.
day night WAS also severely criticised, and Mr.
Hayes expressed his pleasure at the opportunity
he WAS afforded to show the man up.
Mr.. Farrell replied in half hours speech
about the episodes i'll his life-his promotion
from n mule-whacker iu the army to tho full
| charge of h vast amount OF commssary stores
under Phil. Sheridan, his marriage, soraething
about his dog "Bran" or "Fran'' or some such
name, his conduct touching his refusal to sup
port MIR. Walker in the late election and then
with voice swelling to the stentoran and with
stamps of the feet III impassioned style he
announced his readiness ''to do no again when
any man cuts me because OF my nationality or
creed. Let this hypocritical snake who chooses
to arraign me put 1t i'll his ppo and smoke it,"
This effort was trying to the lungr, and with a
voice Of exhaustion he ''opened the budget
and told how MIR. Hayes had proposed on the eve
of election to prevent every Republican from vo-
ting.
Mr.. Hayes-Who had not right to.
Mr. Farrell continuing raid he could not begin
to tell half the duplieity which had been prae-
ticed because there was no one to watch affairs
In this little tilt the sympathy of the audience