, 1879-03-19

oENHnAL sCnrnlsE At tLls CONDUCT.
Tile chict subject uf conversation nmnng Re.
publican Aldermen AMI otilcr officials Of the
City Government, nnl nmonu politicians gen
erally. Yesterday, was wlnt they caleh the cx-
traordlnarY conduct Of AID, Tulcy, rs presiding
olleeT Of tho Cnunclf, In making ,lp the Special
Committees On Judges Hntl CLERKS 0f Eicctlnn
Monday evening IN tle peculiar way In whcl,
he dill t,-apIulntlng three I)ttnucrats mid two
Republicans. Adj Tuley's Republican friclstls,
WIN elected him to the Councl! year ago over
the regular Republican candidate frn1n
a strongly Republican ward, said TINT
,thry never tlrcuur.l lint hc could
fly uny possibility hive teen guilty Of s,,ch nar.
'tisan cantlurt ns that which he .lispayrl1 Mon.
day nEEht.-hc, Il representative Of Republican
ward, ekctcsl by Republicans ns presiding oIlCpr
uf II Republican CounvIl,-whcn he look a.!van-
tngc oG thu courtcslrs, extended to htin " uut
three Democrats on this E!cuslon Committee,
aud a'so. runtrary tn nll parliamentary law n,,
to The eoirtcses of nil parliamentary ltutics, to
p,lt thc mover Ut tho motion, AID. seaton-tie
gentleman who moved tu' appointment ri the
It, ltwas their opfn1on, nu thryGxprcaeelli It will,
the grcutcst freedom, tint this art uf putting Il
maturity ot his partisan friends III th1s Com
,n!ttee to report tho intlTrs nnE clerks Of cleo
thing Of which they hn,l neser ttnnelned that hu
wou!tl hayu hccn guilty. They had meyer sun-
posud they said, tt,the would have carried
partisanship tn s1irh oll extent lis tlat.
ness among his Republican friends who
a %s fSs%' tte 5 sG less tn btts2sss 9as' nos ''s
thu Republican members Of tho Council,
they had intrustc.l to hin. T!e Council was n
Republican body. even though Republican VOTES
llatl elected Democrats from The First, Sccnn
Third, Fifteenth. sixteenth. and Eighteenth
Inst election a,,i eyory consideration Of courtc-
sy, Of fals pfay, nl,ll non.partsaIlshp demanded
tint tho Co1nnl'ttcu to be app0tltnL by him
should hare had on It n majority Of Republic
aDs.
The only excuse whtet, was made for hin by
any Of thosn with wn,n the rcporter talked WIS
TINT ho Ind lunked upon AID. Phelps In tlm
light Of Republican,; that Is tn say, rhclns.
&fougil Dcnlorral, hayfsIt. t,ccn clcctc by I,e-
pubIIcnn votes nnh representing q strongly Rn.
publican ward, Mr.. ,Tuley conceived that llo
tFlleps) wns baund hy tliose facts IL net with
the Republicans, nral would do su, IN see!1ig
that they were rcpresentcl rs they sl,naltl hu
upou tho election Noar.!s. But even slcy found
no cxclse for his conduct IN putting AID. Sea-
ton nt the foot instead OF Mt tho head of tho
Special Committee.
Outside Ct tte Council there wa thc sumo
general feeling OF surprise that Aid. Tulcg. tho
representative Of strougly Republican, ward,
put into Ills place III tho Council BY Republican
voters % accontlt uf the clnlltlcnre which they
lad in him, should hay.. hrted Ia n way whIr}i
secne! cal :ulateI to forfeit that cunt'denru and
power, by faIr means or fnul, to sccliro wnt-
ever advantages ilc coiltu ior hts pnrsy In sI,u
coming contest. Uu,csa he cnu1d explain lfs
co.lact satEefaetorl!y, thry saiA alc i.ad lower
Aid. Tu1cy nceompllslIcs nothing, However,
by his move. fur ony of his Democratic az.
nointecs is fair cnougl. to appreciate tic posi-
tnot tfrht AID aF,f.,Hrov o,,, ,f tt,o .1,ro,