, 1876-04-29

declared shey should stop down aud out, and ne
wAa dtapoae cd 10 do 10. Tho movement to postpone
"a. .mp, 70 sog aaos q he r.n.sesSn OF M:
The cauvnsa ought 10 be completed Monday
night
Aid. Fitzgerald rhA surprised that An intolli-
gent gcns'sman like tho lsas nposkaf should
lake auch q position. II the gentleman did not
wAnt 10 ataE. be Was Al liberty TO 70 It any mo-
mont. For bis part. he wished tbs buslncss to
ba atra!ghtsned up befotc ths ne" Alderman
came in.
Aid lIiidseth wss surprised that certain gan.
tfemcn. usually quiet and unp'ctentloAa. Should
na1e one kick for po!1tica! buncombe. To ret
out a. sucl an earis pef'od: when IN paht rohts
they we're allowed four or ase " eelts 70 psepafo
obtain ior ali lime. such a prop
oh.sion waA simply " bunkoist buncombe." II
vas unpleasant 10 listen 10 tbs speeches made.
II Rcntlemcn we're 70 anxious to get out Why
didn't they 30: tho now mon. ought not 10
come III like rabblc. tut should be escorted to
thcir seat1 llko gentlemen IS heretofore
said tho gentleman 1ni rom &c i'e Third Ward had
clear Intellect On .ono subjects. but 10 should
understand that il ho {str. Case) was elected for
certain time he would star until It expired
whether 10 liked or diAl1he1 y. lie did nos sea
who lad absorbed I'll the cioqueuco Of tllls and
psBt generations {IiidEeth}, xnd hs did not
ese Why, sl1is attempt shpuld bo made
E,un,, t. ptolon,s .,a,s,. 'ho e1':enro Of tns
| porsonal objects, TAia, however, would proba-
| bly, be discovered haxt slonday hight. II .he
| aiRoatures which wore ~antsug vera not III on
| MONDAY DO would rot want to adjousn any mora
thsn anybody else. but thcy had had ample tmo
to complete tho cangafs. aud the i'rnt Monday
| In May MA In hia opinion tho psoper tlma for
them 10 Yacate tlolt aea:s.
AID. Waterman sald no one would .cerse tho
representative OF the Eighth Ward (IllldtethJ OF
| taking lunlcoubo: he could uoser hn guilty of
anything OF tho kind. Tho queetlou had been
asked why those who wore anxio,ie II step dowa
ana out atood rot upon tue order Of going
| hut wsnt. lilo for ono would gladly
hAyo done TO- but lie ie!s compolIed TO rennn 70
watch thuse people who we're des;rous OF doing
buAineas which tho voters in .hunder.toneH had
declared thoy did not want them 10 DO. The
peop!o demanded that everything should bc
placed iu sne lands Of their new Representa-
tiYes, and he desired that they should do the
work and bear tie responsibility. lIa had been
opposed from the outset to doing anything but
ca1vassug tue rote All The bus!neea doue that
evening WAS in Opposition to his dehre. aud lie
would naye prevented 1t ii there had been any
legitimate wny Of doing 40. II they had any re-
Epect for tho law, ftr public opinion, aud the!T
aucceasors at tho earliest possible moment.
AID. Fitzgcrald-1f no had lad any respect
fer public opinion Nc would Aayo ntcppc.l down
and out BIZ months ago: tLaughter1
ought to have done 50. appS luis just a. tic
public applied 1t. tReuewed laugher.l
Tho Chairman: said. as ho understood :he
charter, il provided that after the election tue
roturns should be Immediately canvateed. The
Counc had proceeded in accordance Nith that
proriaion, aud had got through With ,bo can-
vass. but had nscortalned that signatures
wore wanting TO several q tho returns,
euro those Bienatures. It WAS tho duty OF tho
Counc, either to eivo tho Judges aud clerks Of
election tho privilege OF correcting tho returns
Or to refuse to canvass them. The Board Of
Canrassers geuethly gave aucb All opportuuitS,
and he considered it no moro than proper. Tie
: Alderman from tho Twcfth moved that tic COM
plotiou Of the canrass DO mado the special order
for Monday. ovcning. That, in biz judgment,
| Was 10 accordance with tho spirit of tile charter
and any motion to postpone further waa GER
tainly not in accordance Herewith, and the
Chair, Notwithstanding tho opinion Of the Law
DopArtment, would ruIe against tho latter mo-
tiou. II tho returns wese not corrected by
Monday night it would then b. in order to con-
cider whether tho capyGss aliouid be further
| postponed. The motion to be disposed Of WAS
that of Aid. Waterman to mako the canynBa tho
special order for MonuaT egensug ue1t.
AID. CAMPBELL
ssld he lad been a little surprised atnce tho
election to eco tue unsecm1y haste with which
some gentlemen Ind desired TO dissolve the
Council rs a mob would dissolve. He did not
take 1t tint tho election fur new Coun-
oil, under tho peculiar circumstances OF which
tho gentleman spoke, waa ali Indication that tho
poopo desired auytLnS but that the Ordinary
mode should ba followed, lie did not think that
tho election Indicated, or that the Intelligent
people Of the city expected. that ths Council
would proceed ip All extraordinary way to make
the canvass. tbs a1igenclcs Of tho city weta
not such aB to comtel them to sit all night auL
tho us1t day until the CANVASS was conlpieteG
aud spread on the record. and then for them e
take thetr hats aud run. That was absurd. Ter
taia gentlemen, however, had indicated thu
that Was tho proper course to adopt. Tno'
were not snppoaeu to net like school-boy.
stealing apples In easc Of this kind. lIe va.
10 fnyor OF getting through just ~ quickly ~
possible IN the ordinary way OF doiug busiuess
There was q number of nruinances penuine
which might bedisposed Of before the new Coun
Gil cama in aud he was certainly not IN favor o!
| leaving any uniiAhad business CT hand.
Amidst some confusion, Aid. Fitzgnraid movet
to adIourn. The motion WIS carried, aud the
Council broke up.