Daily Republican., 1881-05-27
McMENAMIN'S METTLE.
HE SHOWS 1T AT COUNCIL AND
INITIATES CONKLING.
The Eighth Ward Councilman Re
signs From All Committees.
other Business Done
at Council.

new business and offered his reSignatio
as member Of all the Committees h
was on. The grievance of the Eight
Ward gentleman is not of long stand
ing. Some time ago when the REPUB
LICAN agitated the matter of cleal
streets, and urged that the Street Com
missioner increase his force, it was as
certained that Mr.. McMenamiE was th,
power behind the throne, and he mus
first consent to such an increase
In fact it was found that Mr.. McMen
amin ruled the Street Commissioner
with rod of iron. Finally the street
cleaning force was increased. Since
then it has leaked out that Street Com
missioner Lynch had mortally offended
Mr.. McMenamin by doing something
he did not want done. The Eighth
ward wrath WAS nursed. On Monday
night Mr.. McMenamin called a caucus
of Democratic counCilmen. The caucus
endorsed Mr.. Lynch. Still the Eighth
ward wrath was nurSed, and so ut COun-
ell last night Mr.. McMenamin, after the
small boy styleuf, f,if-you-won't-do-this.I-
won't.play, resigned from all commit
tees as stated. The action took every
one by surprise.
Col. Taylor was in the chair at the
time. He called Mr., Mention to preside
and took the floor.
Mr.. Blake heartily moved that the
resi- snation be accepted.
Col. Taylor objected. Mr.. McMena-
min was bound to share the duties and
labors of Council, and it would be un-
fair to other members. He hoped the
would not be accepted. 1t
was like the Conkling business. The
Gentleman from the Eighth ward, be-
coming angerei at one committee, re-
,ignS from all.
Mr.. Rodney desired to have an eXpla.
lation from Mr. McMenamin.
This brought Mr. McMenamin to his !
Get. He never speaks loud, and on this
occasion excitement made hiStOne more |
ndistinct All the members crowded |
round him to catch every word. His
grievance was the action of, the caucus
# Democratic members held to consider
he trouble between him and the Street
Commissioner. If Council would not
uStain him rs Chairman of the Street
he wouldn't serve on that or
ny other committee.
At this point Mr.. Blake withdrew his
lot4ou TO accept the resignation.
Merris Taylor moved to lay over two
lonthS, by which time new committees
Ould be formed.
Mr. MClenamin here emphaticallY
eclared that the resignation might be
ccepted at once,as he would have moth
x more to do with the committees.
Mr.. Paynter thought the resignation
lght to be accepted so that the vacancy
luld be filled, because it would not do
} have the Street Committee without Il
ead
"Allow me to ask the gentleman" ,
id Col. Taylor indicating Mr.. McMen-
min, "why he resigns from the Open t
x Street Committee, also"
81 do so because | have objections to
IG gentlemen ON that committees was ;
T. McMenamin' reply. :
The motion to lay over for two weeks
as lost by u vote of 10 to 10, and the
SignatiOn was then accepted. Mr.. 1
Jwnsend, the second man on the Street
was ordered to act as chair 0
an. During the debate several hints
ere thrown out FOR McMenamin to re
IN from Council altogether.
OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS. n
Reports on the following petitions u
re made favorably on that of the X
'ard of Health, asking that cutters be '
tshed every Wednesday and Satur- u
y favorably on that of John Bleyer, 81
paving Rodney street, from Second I;
Third ; favorably on that of S. A. u
ice, for water pipes, at Front and %
non streets ; tavorably on that of u
orge w. Bush, for the coal contract. II
IN answer to query of the Board Of "
.alth, Council declared that it was u
, duty of persons owning property to I"
,p the cutters clean in front thereof
Nhe City Treasurer reported Il bal 1t
20 of S14, ,791. .9S in bank the Chief ..
gineer reported 81 men employed in u
Water Department., pay roll, III
9.5S; the Street Commissioner re- vi
ted 30 men and II teams employed, NJ NJ
, roll, $137.59 I'll
EDITION and communications were re-
ved and properly referred as follows
from Henry Carr, asking for water
| and A streets from John S. Bee To-
!, to have curb set and cutters laid
east side of Claymont street, be- Jc
zen A and B streets from George Ph
Bush asking that the bed of Union 80
,et be reduced from so feet in width Al
60 feet in width; from Benjamin vi
Inter, for water pipe on Franklin Pr
,et between Linden and Maple
,ets; from John McLoughlin, for
lamp on Seventh street, between
nroe and Adams streets; from resi-
is on French and Fourth streets, to
e those streets watered in the sum- Co
: to allay dust From Board OF wi
nth, to abate nuisance at Ninth and the
I'D streets, Lombard and Sherman prt
cts, and requesting that council com DIRE
street commissioner to desist from w
,tying vegetable scrapings on the lily
cts from Joseph l.. Carpenter, for rec
er pipes at Brown and Wright raC
cts from w. Ii. Swift, for curbing fre
paving on north side of Fourteenth IA
ct, between Walnut and Poplar
cts; from Stephen w. Cloud, to
g Liberia street brought to grade ,
Nttl DCObU dut lLlhSoih ooiSbpo rl1
n G. A. Rodney, to have curbstone me
on Tenth street, west of Franklin. me
on Broom street, south of Pennsyl- we
ia avenue from Thomas McCorkle, pr,
curbing ON Kirkwood street, above Io
tn from Patrick Taggart, for water TO
, on Buena Vista street, south of oh
ldever avenue.
little breeze was created over the
int of communication from John ,
avery asking that a committee be wv;
ointed to investigate the action Of W., Wv.
Opening Street Committee in award n;. Us
the contracts for work on Adams w. w.
West streets and Shallcross and y. ~
Din avenues to some ono else when nr nr;
vas the lowest bidder. pa
motion being made to lay the COM
on the table Mr.. McMena- =
raised great opposition and insist
hot n noInmittee should be appeint- cuI