The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-15
TIE B. P. W. BOUNCE.
What Some Prominent People
Think of the Movement
Depends Mainly sa ths standpoint from
Which il is Viewed.

STAR reporters were en- out this morning to
interview prominent citizens and get their views
upon the abolishins Of tho present Board of Pub
lie Works.
JUDGE NnsoE.
The first gentleman tackled WAS Judge Wilson,
who by the new bill, Is sig.n The power of ap-
pointing the new BoGTG. He said II won't say
anything; I'm going to keep my mouth closed,
take in eyerythng1 can hear, and then make up
my appointments. hsye not made up my mind
to appoint any particular petson, nor have been
approached by any set Of politicians as to whom
to appoint | will say this much, that Alex.
Sands is not my choice as the Commercial in
Inmates.
PROSECUTING tTIoESEY MURPHY.
1t is good thing fol ths R"publican party, but
bad for the taxpsyrs.
HON. j. ". rTTlaERALp.
It's a good thing. II rill save money for the
city 1t will make TIE new Board do what the old
Board ought 10 have done. Instead of having
host OF Street Inspector Supervisors employed
they will have to do the weLs themselves. The
present Board were required to do that each ID EN-
so.
ANTONIO u { AFFEEY.
It's the best thing that was ever done. That
Board is sci of autoCrQts and ought to have been
abolished The sane thing ought to be done with
the Police Commissioner. They are the rottenest
set OF men that ever convened together. and the
sooner they abolished the better 1t will be for
the city, Judge Wilson IL q man who will use dis
cretion in whom he epp'tnts members OF the new
Board.
NR. Z. G. RoYCE.
I expected it. but join EGLean told me that
there would be nothing dane against the Board
Ii had thought thai t,.eEa 'Tould have been any
trouble like this about it would never have tried
hn nh nd n..f
split milk. Everything Til come out all right in
the end. The bill ngy b feconSidered to-day
but that Is fosiorn hofs.
Mr. JOHN D. C4towRLL
Oh, ! don't care mucb. 1ut then II there is SO
much money to lie szTed by making the change it
should have been Ee2n before the election.
Mr.. D4vID BAKER.
It's done, and we might rs well make the best
OF it,
NE. J0H.I L. BEIL
wouldn't talk at all. Re ,ocked as cross as bear
with Q sore head.
NR. GzEsEEr
is out OF the city. AftsF hearing last night that
the bill had passed he let Immediately for Day
ton, Ohio.
Mr.. RIcYARD c. BONNER,
City Clerk, expressed his views as follows: "It
has always been my v!cv that the Legislature
e citiye and Judicial Departmental should be
distinct Holding N g view | have always been
csins the veto. as was ve2ted by law in the Board
of Public Works, and therefore have always op-
posed that feature OF the law. even 50 far as to
ask the Legislature to repeal that portion OF the
law. The Common CsnRol Of the city of Cincin-
natl as the Legislature CT the city, should alone
have the tinel say in rsoking the laws, which
whcn made should st,ad without power to the
Board, whose duty it is under the same to execute
IT, TO nave voice IN its passage. The
Council only makes laws, and claim that board
charged with carrying the same into effect should
simply have that duty 70 perform But as the
power OF approval ws1 vested In the Board, it re-
qllred four llelnbeEa &c approve. This was final
virtually giving into tie hands Of two gentlemen
the power to prevent anything taking effect that
the Council should rc.9. This always held to be
in the new law. l hops to see this wiped out al
so. The remaining features of the bill are but
slightly changed With tho exception of the Board
itself.
SHERIFF bG2GE WEBER.
The Sheriff said TIA. tae passage Of the bill was
confohnded Outrage. Tbs Republicans would
swamp the Democrats at The fall election. There
was tso msah party legislation oil both sides, and
this should be stopped. 'tte Democrats will see
in the fAf what the h.a viii amount TO. They,
the Legislature, should haTs passed the bill be-
fore the last eieetis2. Its good thing now that
there is no election coIa:Ig GA shortly-shat is it
is good thing fer the Democrats. Ed. Boyce was
fairly elected, and the Democrats should let him
have his paee after Gpendils his money
MR.. LEWIS G. EtHNARD
County Clerk, wss still IN Columbus and will
not come down here esitil he has in his pockets
the certificates Of appointments OF the new mem.
bers and OF course coula not be interviewed.
Mr. JOSEPH SSITEE,
Secretary Of the DemocEgto Executive Com IA ittes,
done. fhe Republicans ha"s been legislatng in
and out, and il won't hrTt he Democracy to do
the same. The VictocS should have the spoils
The passage of the bill viii do us good II will
frry1 f.,,t,. n
ticket We can't get any Republican votes any
how. Why shouidn ne do what the Republicans
have always been doing This proceeding won't
hurt us in the least nc1t sa!. tits good move"
Ms. CHARLES q. JENNER,
Clerk OF the County Commissioners and a Stanch
Republican, whispered in the ears of the STAR
pencil shower tho following: II am not strict
party man; never have been such in nay life, but
in the future will be so. 1t now depends on
Nose Wilson to make Tsslt popular with both
parties. If he sppoint5 The same old Board he can
walk into our Conven'ioD, take the whole pie and
ask lor anv position Le wants II he does his duty
we will indorse him unanimously. lie will be
.ne greatest man th IN a. tao G 1o2nty In political
sonally am sorry for poor Boyce. He was hon.
estly ana squarcly elected. and if Wilson would
reappoint him 1t wotld be the bigges. hit in his
life
Several other prominent politicians were button
holed by our reporter, sud they almost unan-
inlously said that the passage OF the bill was a
death-b.ow to the Democratic cause. The spirit
Of the bill was too plain and showed the snimus
Of the measure in suCh manner that no good
Democrat could in the fall vote for that ticket
MP. JAMES HALoNEY,
q prominent attorney Of this city, kicked against
the bill, and said that Judge Wilson'S appoint
ments (as understood FROM good authority would
be as follows:
Mat Ryan. 4years; Charles W. Rowland, 5 years;
A. C. Sands, years; Adam Best, / wear, and
Charles Hilb or simon Wolisten, 3 years. He fur
ther stated that Ed. Boycs would hardly have any
show for the place.
CORONER CARRICK
thought that according to his view of the case II
was a nonSensical move Oh the part of the Demo.
rmtsat this time The letter would find out the
truth of the same, and find that the Republicans
would enjoy glorious victory in the fall
Captain James Reggs, bis clerk, was Of the same
opinion.
John Gibbons, residing on Front street,
fell in Il fit at the corner Of Sixth and Elm