The daily gazette., 1877-05-04
FEecfsn0 a Board of Health.
A QUESTION OF FcouNcILMANIc coURTEsY-
THE RIGHTs oE MINoRITIEs AND THE
POWER OF MAJ0RITIEs.

QUESTION OF CoUNcILMANIc coURTEsY-
THE RIGHTs oE MINoRITIEs AND THE
POWER OF MAJoRITIEs.
Last night being the time fxed by law
for the election of mem bers of the Board
Of He ltb, blythe City Council, the COM
mittee appointed to nominate members
made their report. The report contain
ed the names selected by the Repu blican
caucus on Wednesday night, as follows:
First Ward-H. NJ. Mullen, VIM. L.
Glenn.
Second Ward-Morris Weldie. Ezekiel
Bennett,
Third Ward-Thos. Darlington August
Bickta.
Fourth Ward-Allen Smith. VIM. Nor
row.
Fifth Ward-Peter Mccullough. Allen
Gawthrop.
Sixth Ward-Dr. L. Kittinger, Henry
H. Hawkins.
Seventh Ward-Leona J. VanKleck,
Joseph c. Seeds.
Eighth Ward-A. B. Bailey, John T.
Summons
Ninth Ward-Dr. E. G. Shortledge,
Bayard II. Munston Yr,.
Tenth Ward ueo. r. Roberts, Myles
Burke.
Mr. McGlinchy hoped the minority of
the committee would not be held res
ponsible' for the names reported. He
| thought it AN imposition to appoint men
on committee and then treat them
with disrespect.
| Mr.. Taylor said that although a mem
Ter of the committee he did not sign the
report. the committee was not called
| together until an hour previous to the
meeting of Council, and then the MN
ority were simply shown the report and
asked how they liked the names. He as
serted that himself and his colleague
Mr. Townsend) had the right to name
the members of the Board from the
Second Ward as they were responsible
to the people of that Ward. The minori
ty of the committee, he said were not
treated with the courtesy due them.
MIR. Pickels, in responsive, SAID that
the majority. in all legislative bodies,
were responsible for the actions of the
body. Members of Council, he said, dc
not simply represent their own wards
all the same rights and privileges. Il
the minority had been allowed to select
names they might have named obnox-
ious persons, and then the Republican
majority would have been leld respon.
sible for the selection.
Mr.. Taylor-Were the minority RiveI
an opportunity of suggesting an!
names?
Mr.. ckels- Yes, this evening, at 6:3,
o'clock.
Mr., Taylor-O Oh, no; the report of tn
committee was then already made ont.
Mr.. 'Pickels-That was only the list o
the names. .4..
. MIR. Taylor-It was the report. 1t wa
: headed I'VE your committee" &c.
Mr., Pickels-It was not a report unit
it was signed by the committee:
; After some further discussion NJ,
Paynter moved to amend the report b
adding the names of Wesley Hickma
: and Isaac G.. Saxton to the nominees fo
/ the Fourth Ward. Adopted.
= Mr.. McGGnchy said that in mis- remark
he simply desired to place himself o
record as having no part in selecting TIA
4 of the Board of Health He did nc
v presume the minority could force an
d names on the majority. bnt he did cor
Y tend that they should be treated wit
g respect, and not be considered as mer
a puppets
Q Later in the evening the Board c
r Health was elected. the members beiu
Q tie same as reported by the majority
the committee: The votes cast in opp
= sit on were as follows:
FIRST Ward-Ex-Governor Packard,
Ex-Governor Chamberlain, l.
! Secoud-Wm, P. Windish, 4; Joshr
|. Baker, 4.
rhird-A. Bierman, l.
Fourth-Wes Hickman, 6; Isaac {
Saxon, 6.
d Seventh-Julius Caesar, l.; Mark Ar
tony, l.
Eighth Socrates, l; Cato. l.
Ninth-Wade Hampt IN, l; Demosth
g, mes. l.
. Tenth-Wm. M. Tweed, l.
The new Board will meet on Mondf
night next for organization.