The daily gazette., 1879-07-11
CITY COUNCIL.

REGULAR MEETING-THE PROTEST OF
THOSE WHO OPPOSED STREET COMMITS
sIoNER LYNCH's ELECTION "A PLEA
FROM MEssRs. b BANCROFT SONS.
City Council met in regular session
last evening, President Lichtenstien in
the chair.
After the reading OF the minutes for
regular meeting last Thursday night, and
before they were adoT ted, Mr.. Chandler
said some explanation was necessary in
regard to the motion made on the morn
ing of July 4th to adjourn TO meet on
that day. As the minutes read, Council
on that occasion adjourned sto meet on
July 18th at 10 o'clock" The motion
in all the newspapers read, "to meet to-
morrow, Saturday morniDg) at 10 o.
clock" the motion being made at ESQ a.
NJ. He thought some change should be
made. Mr.. Guthrie said he had made
the motion on that morning, ''to meet
this Oath of july morning at 10 O'clock"
On Mr.. Paynter's motion, the minutes
were so amended that the motion to ad-
journ read in Its proper form.
When the minutes of the stated meet.
ing of Council on Tuesday evening, July
7th, at which the offices OF Street Com
missioner, Clerk Of the Market, &C., had
been filed, were read, Mr.. Price stated
that before the minutes were adopted he
had protest against the action of Coun-
Gil at that meeting, which he desired to
read and have placed on the minutes.
He then read the protest which is as fol-
lowe:
WILMINGTON, DEL, July 10, 1879.
To the President and members of City
Council:
GENTLEMEN We, the undersigned,
members of the City Council, desiring
to place ourselves upon record In refer
ence to the late action of Council in the
matter of the election of the Street Com
missioner, on the evening of July 7th,
1879,. in VIII ch eleven members did in
open and gross violation of Rule Four
teen, (Which says: "Every member who
is present when q question - stated
from the chair shall vote thereon, unless
excused by a vote of two-thirds of the
members present, or unless he be direct
ly interested in the question, In which
case he shall not vote allow Mr.. Louis
P. Lynch, q candidate for the Office and
member Of Council from the Tenth Ward
to cast ballot, and we are forced to the
conclusion, by all the circumstances sur
rounding the same, that his vote secured
his election; and IN order that there shall
be no misunderstanding about the mat
ter. or loop-hOle for violators of law to
escape the responsibility Of their acts,
setting the law and time-honored usage
at defiance, we hereby certify that we
voted on the final ballot Is follows
For Francis McCloskey-Paynter and
Hart.
For E. II. Hoagland- Adams, Down
ing, Jones, Price, Chandler, Evans,
Wood and President Lichtenstein, max
| ink ten votes in all, and as there were
| twenty-ons votes cast, we are forced te
the conclusion that Mr.. l.. P. Lynch
voted for himself, and the other mem.
bers who sustained him in the vote are
responsible for the sramplng of Rule Il
under foot, and having the Office Of
Street Commissioner illegally filled, a.
at present In this matter we earnestly
protest against this violation ofthe rules
| and respectfully suggest that the rules
are to be the law governing this body
until they are properly amended or re.
pealed, and as they were adopted will
calm deli liberation. SO they should be- re-
pealed or amended, not ruthlessiy OF
violautly set aside a. of no effect (wher
iJ suits our convenience) insthe heat Of
passionate debate, or to advance parh
san measures where they interfere, OIL
for the purpose of advarcing any per
sons or persons ambition oraggrandize-
ment; but should be lived up to unit
they are amended or repealed In accor.
dance which Rule %, which reads q,
| follows: "These rules may be tempo.
rarily suspended by unanimous consent
but shall not be repealed altered o.
amended, 1nless prepared in writing
two stated meetings before adoption
i ~, H. ~ = =
| the members er Council" seH
Because VS. firmly believe that II Rul
! Il 10 null and void, and Of no effect, an