Daily Republican., 1879-04-04
tog 20 out WITH" Mr.. Moore made sever.
al speeches, but the foregoing sinbodiss
the substance of all Of them.

~ bpt0Cuos, Out tHo lOTkoluB omuoAic
the substance of all Of them.
Mr.. Taylor oontsudsd that th1 Stree
Committee and Street Commissions
had full power and the matter ant
therefore the resolution was useless
He hsd no ffisrds TO rswaSd nor che
mics 10 "punch," either.
| Mr.. Norton had no friends to reward
nor enemies to punch" but II thai
"dirt" was Of 50 much consequence
he wouldn't mind having . little Of l,
sent over Eleventh street bridge.
To this Mr.. Rowe (ths contractor)
asssnted with nod, and Mr.. Moore
called Mr.. Norton to order. (Laugh-
ter.)
Mr.. Townsend, chairman Of the Street
committee, feared nobody's criticism;
he had no friends to reward nor enc.
mics to punch"
Mr.. Guthrie forgot tell whether he
had any friends to reward or enemies
to "punch. but lie knew there was
other business Of importance to ba
trans acted, and therefore he moved On
ind ranits postponsment Of tho qucs-
ton.
Mr.. Merton called the previous ques
tion on the motion to indefinitely post
pone.
1t took the chair some time to ex.
plain to Messrs. Moore and PAyater the
effect OF calling the previous question.
The yeas and nays on the previous
question we're at last called with tho
following result:
Yeas. .kessrs. Adams, Guthrie, knight,
Lynch, Norton, Rowe, Wood and Mr..
Presidents.
Nays, Msssrs. Chandler, Dow ling,
Hart, AcGlinchey, Moore, Paynter,
Price, Taylor, Townsend, Walton
10.
The point of order being raised BY
NJ. Tay lor that debate on q motion to
indefinitely postpone was ont Of order,
the point was sustained and a vote was
taken a. follows:
Ayes-Nessrs. Adams, Guthrie,
Knight, Lynch, Norton, Rowe, Town.
send, Wood and Mr.. President-9.
Nays-Messrs. Chandler, Downing,
Hart, Mc(iinchey, Moore, Paynter,
Price. Taylor and Walton--9.
The question to indefinitely post
rons beng lost, Mr.. Payuter insisted
that the street comm ssioner 10 heard,
but Mr.. Norton again raised the
previous question OH Mr.. Paynter's
original resolution.
Msssrs. Paynter and Moore grew con-
siderably excited under the call Of the
previous question, the first ntimatinE
that there was disposition to choke
of the debate.
The President said that Council
should study its own rules, he had on
ly to enforce the rules they made for
their own government.
Mr.. Moore expressed himself entire
ly at sea and did not know what he
was voting for.
Mr.. Paynter too said it was "ter-
rible mix.up," and wanted to know il
the Street Commissioner would not bo
allowed to explain.
The chair said that motion for the
Street Commissioner to explain would
be IN order If the previous question
was voted down.
The vote being taken on the previous
question, it was adopted, when Mr..
paynter's resolution was passed by the
following vote:
Ayes--Messrs. Chandler, Downing,
Hart, Mc(ilinchey, Moore, Paynter,
Price, Taylor, Townsend, Walton and
PresI Ident LicLtenstein-l1.
Eays-Msssrs. Adams, Guthrie, knight,
Lynch, Norton, Rove, and Wood-7.
After the adoption of the resolution,
the Street Commissioner, on motion OF
Mr. Paynter, was heard in explanation
OF his connection with the affair. He
said that if anything was wrong, it
must be with the Street Committee or
with Council. He got his instruction
as to where the dirt was to be placed
from the chairman Of the Street Com
mittee, whom he considered, represent.
ed the COMMITTEES, they having refused
to instruct him, he Instructed the
bidders tina: the dirt should bs put on
Chrlstiana avenue, between Head
street and the rolling mill.
Mr.. Taylor and Tow nsend both made
personal explanations, the former stat
ing that hs never had any intention Of
casting any reflections on the Street
Commissioner.
Mr.. Guthrie offered an ordinance au-
.horizng the issue of City bonds to pay
the floating and unfund.d deb. Of tho
city amounting $l45, 900 according to
the act recently passed by the Legisla-
ture. The ordinance was read first
and second time.
An ord.r was directed to be drawn
in favor OF Frank A. Taylor, Treas
urer Of the Board of Education, for u,
1886
George W. Bush petitioned for the
extension ofvatsr pipes on Bnttonwood
street.
A letter was read flom Il. B. Frazer,
clerk of the city council asking the bail
III of city council, be uniformed as the
police now were at the expense OF the
city, as his duties lad increased with
cut adequate pay.
The police and miscellaneous pay
rolls were ordered to be paid during
the evening. The first amounted to
sl56G, ,GS and the latter to $ll9l, ,26.
Startling News.
We do not claim to have the largest
store in the State, as several others do,