Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-10-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


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E"efe possible to get In, Wednesday evening
might have concluded that political meeting
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Moo'' nave e"Ftilsea 'iat IL "as sess'oh OF tho
| City Council. There was an entire absence
| of that dignity and deeoum whic,
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s"'" 'ouies "e NuPpossa 10 opseiVe. ln
stead, the crowded hall WAS res ssled
with personal explanations, ordinations ant
denominations, ryite!ui thrr,gts and ations
OF malignity, winch had different eilects upor
different people. Republican members, of course
enjoyed tho travail Of their friends on tho Other
side, while they must have been surprised al
come of the disclosures of monstrous pro
| positions OF political .rlckery Democratic mem.
bers bowed tneir heads as ii in shame that thei,
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public gaze while the audience, eurgng ant
Jostlng iu the Jam, with persons standing up IL
| the chairs and IN tile wlndows, applauied with 8
spirit which the repeated cautious OF the Presi,
dent could not repress. The situation was in
| deed trying one for President Llchtensteiu, but
hc Spuia NV "cii Hfoiu Nuht Nelit
majority OF the Council and the audience being
80 thoroughly in sympathy with it.
immediately upon the opening of the session
Mr. Taylor sent 70 the clerks desk the opinion
Uy to sss oI hG r
oessor to Mr.. Hyds. ' Tie document was : so@s 9a
what lengthy in its review of tho law bearing
upon the and the citation of its authorities,
but resolved itself into two propositions which
were accepted as governing the case lst That
Council must elect Chief Engineer at the first
session in October aud 2nd, That an election
held at any adj burned meeting prior to the next
regular stated meeting is full and satisfactory
compliance with the requirements or the char
ter and ordinances.
The President then directed that tho ballot
ing be proceeded with, but before the balli could
begin Mr. Mclntre, who had nominated Peter
U. Furry, withdrew his name at the earnest re-
quest of that gentleman, he said. and nominated
Char. L. b. Smith for the position. hIr. Hayes
nominated Allen Ruth, and Mr.. Ford John Ruth.
When the ballot box was handed TO Mr.. Far
rell for his vote he rose to q uersoual explana-
ton. He said that there is an ouinion In the
minds OF some people that might makes ripht.
and that it VIVA because of tllis belief that ha
should proceed to Justify lis course es Layinp
been dictated ty conscience and fer tLa hest in
terest of his party He did not know he said
that lis bump of cnmbatiyeuess was more de-
yeloped than that of most men, but he felt il to
be his duty to stick To HIS co,rse with tho neri
uacity with which he had done. having been s,so
d--Ii badly disappoiptcd in the cancnsm ~ Ue
then went on to disclose the caucns secrets.
| telling how Inc had been sighted. even snnrned
| by q the Democratic party,n (hr. Hsyes1 in tbe
| latter's efforts to retain M. Uvde,
because, lie said Mr.. HYDE had made
| il TO the interest of Mr. Uaves to
| keen him IN .l,nt n,sition. lha vary tir.t ma.
| ton In the first caucus by which An eifort was
made lo nleIge ali nreaent co t,o snnrn,t of the
| noriuee MIR E,lrreil cI,sractarizaa a.. an insul,
becanse it wa. dome 10 secnre lila reLentinn nj
Mt. uyde, He did not object 10 Mr.. Farra. and
| even iiamed him. bnt lie said that other. IN thf
| caucu. smoke of him as A Union Assessor ejectef
aguinst a De,uocrat, as being arbitrary and Alto
| pstber tnn biy for lila bnn,. Nr tsvnter IL,
Said. was lie ouly man Who tbsn simmer.
| ted him in lila a3yycacy of AIR Farra MD he
Mr.. Farrell said. was forced TO rise and say h,
.pouldn't hear that man 1Farr.. ! lied on un,
longer" she is a nat opl UemOcrstm and wor
thy of Democratic suppolt
In this strain Mr., Farrell cortiunea for a hal
hour. nrobabIy. getting IN the sii,,ht which h
had reee,-oA .rer, sar. Maye- i" tne Ho-,S,v
Committee; making an impassioned appeal t
the Democratic sboring men all about him
charging Mr.. Hyde, with tue connivance OF BIZ
Hayes, with employing three cololed men to on
white man Oh tho new basin, and i've eolore
men TO one white man in the LAYING o
plpe. Finally he reached the nomination OF MI
McIntre by vote Of seven out of the eleve
Democrats in the caucus, related Mr.. Hayes op
position to lin, told of the selection of Peter U
Furry and how six Democrats had pledged them
selves to his support, but when Council met the
all went over under the living of the Democrat
ic party" aud aired tho proposition that Bay
ard, Whiteey, Lore and Reynolds should seec
the candidate. After au hours talk like this Ii,
sat down.
Mr.. Hayes then arose and said that when
member arises to reveal the ins and outs OF bis
party his own hands should be clean. T" Now ,
said he, that man (FarreD laid great stress Oh
the genuiueness OF his Democracy, and vet IN
the late election he was riding about in his ware
| to elect Republican Applause. Had it beei
me would have hung my head in shame rathe
than come here and make such an expose OF
my ignorance" lie then read from sill
| furnished by Mr.. McIntire to show that of thu
employees Of the new basin lis are white ant
| 10 colored. hir. HAYES said he was not ashamed
of his course. The position to be filled ho re
garded ss All important one ard it would be
sorry day for the Democratic parry, he said, il
this trouble Ii not healed up.
Mr.. FARRELL admit 1t will be a sorry day fol
"tho Democratic party" (Mr. uaycsl
MIR. Hayes-ii the Democratic party had
majority in tlis city of SEQ or 1909, which | an
sorry it has not, 1t would go down in a year. Ii
then passed to some personal matters in refer
epce to Mr. Farrell not the secrets of caucussea
he said. for these he had too much honor to re-
veal, but in Committees and in Council And q
one proposition which he deemed monstrou
Mr.. Farrell he said, actually did propose tina
tho laving of water pipe be stgppea in the 81
ward until August noxt, and that when it s thel
resumed every man who works on the lob mus
be required to board in the ward These ar
the things which Mr.. Hayes said compel lin {,
hold aloof from this man, as he could not sub
MY 70 sue,i uaii"g'e pul DOSES. Mr. rarreii
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