Daily Republican., 1879-07-05
The city council Hitch.

! know the cause for this extraordinary
action, any more than that it is strug-
gle for the Office of Street Commissioner,
which has become plum OF three
years standing, by Mr.. Lynch, a mem
ber of the City Council. No doubt Mr..
Lynch would make an excellent officer
if elected, but there is a strong growing
opposition to person coming into
Council as member for two or three
terms and then claim one Of the best
city offices as a recompence for services
rendered. The excellent social quail
ties. of Mr.. Lynch have made him gener-
ally popular with his party, but not with,
standing his qualifications two Demo
cratic members in the City Council.
Messrs. Hart and Paynter, members
from the Fourth Ward, emphatically
say they will not vote for him. In com,
ing to this conclusion they say they
would have no hesitation in voting for
Mr.. Lynch were he not member Of
the City Council, but while he is a
member of the body they cannot con-
scientiously support him. The defec-
ton of these two gentlemen, who on
this question vote with the Repub'i-
cans, makes a tie in the City Council,
| and was the occasion of much bad feel
| ing amongst the Democratic brethren
on Thursday nights session of Council
which extended until three o'clock on
Friday morning. The effort of the ses-
sion was to elect successor from the
Ninth Ward to the vacancy caused by
the death of Col. Rowe.
The whole of Thursday night and
Friday mornings session, was spent in
fruitless balloting, to elect Dorman the
vote each time being a tie. Wearied,
and some Of the members having pared
and gone home, the Council with the
requisite number left to transact the
business they We're engaged in, adjourn
ed until 10 o'clock TO. MORROW morning,
which, as it was then O'Clock on
Friday morning, many of the members
understood to mean 10 O'Clock on Satur-
day morning, and left with that impress
sion. Here was an advantage which
the quick eye of Mr.. Guthrie caught,
and, it is said, going up to the Clerk,
he got that gentleman to insert "The
Fourth of july" after the word "to-
morrow" Messrs. Paynter and Har,
and the Republicans not knowing of
the alteration which had been made,
were, Of course, not ON hand when
Council met yesterday morning, and
the pair between DR.. Walton end Mr..
Jones being annulled by the former no.
tifying the latter, the Democrats drum.
med up the requisite number to consti-
tute quorum, when with railroad
speed Mr.. Dorman was elected and
sworn into office, without any inquiry
as to his eligibility. This little tran
saction gave the Democrats a majority
OF one, including Mr.. Lynch himself,
who is expected to remain and vote for
himself for Street Commissioner, and af.
terwards resign. To this the city ordi-
nances present all etfectual bar, by
saying that no member of Council shall
vote upon a subject in which he is
personally interested. Mr.. Lynch being
intere sted in this question, it is rightly
claimed that he cannot vote for himself.
If he resigns there will be one short of
the number to elect, while Messrs.
Hart and Paynter hold out against Mr..
Lynch. The meeting Of City Coancil
this afternoon, is probably to reconnoitre
the position, and if one of the opposite
side is caught mapping, to accept Mr..
Lynch's resignation and elect a sue
cessor, which would give him a clear
majority of one and insure the election
of Mr.. Lynch as Street Commissioner
but if this cannot be done the pro.
gramme will no doubt be for Mr.. l.. to
remain in Council, vote for himself and
afterwards resign. The election by
Col. Lynch voting for himself would be
in direct violation of the City ordinan-
ces, and would afford sufficient grounds
for an injunction, which, it is said,
would be served on Mr.. l.. prohibiting
him FROM exercising the duties Of Street
Commissioner. As the election j., to
come off on Monday evening next and
there being no other time set for the
election, there is OF course great ankle
ty upon the subject. In case of the
failure to elect Street Commissioner
on Monday night next, it is said the
present officer, Mr.. Hoagland, who is a
Repu blican, would hold for the whole
three year term.
The sun WAS excessively hot yester-
day, and was particularly severe on a
prominent police officer, who had the
next thing to an attack of coup de soliel,
or something else. An exclusive diet
of cold ice water is a bad thing in hot
weather, but total abstinence from
water is worse. We are informed that