The daily gazette., 1883-01-23

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The second meeting Of City Council Il
take action upon the revised city charter
which was first taken up for consideration
on Saturday night, was held last evening
At the close of Saturdays meeting a moti0f
was pending to strike out section IL of th,
revised document.
When the roll had been called Mr.. Stev
ensen presented a resolution which he re
quested Council 10 take action upon. Mr.
Quinn had no objection to the resolution
but thought, unless 1t was very important, Il
should not be considered, inasmuch as the
meeting was solely to consider the charter
He was told that 1t was Of the greatest i'm
portance, and he thereupon withdrew his
objection and the resolution was read and
passed as follows:
Resolved, That the City Solicitor be in.
structed TO ascertain from the owners of the
water rights along the south long race the
very lowest they will dispose of said rights
for, to the city, and report the same to
/ Council at the earliest possible date.
| A slip containing the editorial upon the
action Of Council, in yesterdays GAZETTE,
was read, at the instance of Mr.. Quinn, by
the clerk. The member from the Second
| ward then arose and took the writer of the
| article to task and objected to the article,
but the following sentence In particular
Had this been the case it might have been
passed upon by this highly hypercritical
body by the middle of February, and thus
| allowed the Legislature some time for in
vestigatlon and intelligent action"
He did not think that any action of Coun-
| ell could be hypocritical and no member
| ought to be accused Of hypocrisy In regard
to the passage or adoption of the new
| charter. "The writer of the article" he
concluded, with more earnestness than in
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crisy home to his own cloven feet and pay
back the 500, 1000 spent by him as chairman
Of the Finance Committee" He, Quinn,
didn't want TO be charged with hypocrisy at
all.
Mr.. Stevenson wanted to know If the
article said anything about hypocrisy in 1t.
If 1t did he couldn't see it.
Mr.. Garrett wanted to know II the editor
Of the GAZETTE was running this Council"
and asked If the word was "hypocritical" or
Hypothetical" A burst of laughter cut
him short and he sat down confused.
The clerk, at the suggestion of Mr.. Quinn,
re-read the Objectionable editorial, empha-
sizing the word "hypercritical," which
seemed to have paralyzed many of the
members, and Mr.. Quinn insisted that it
meant Hypocrisy, repeating it several times
aloud.
MIR. Blake asked that the chair explain
the word.
The president, however, said he would
rather be excused, but finally read the word
and its definition from a small dictionary,
whereupon Mr. Quinn, after trying to give
the same sound to the two words he had be-
come entangled with sat down and gave
1t up.
The president then stated that the motion
10 strike out the section was in order
Mr. Talley saw no good reason for strik-
ing out the section under discussion. He
didn't know what the trouble was as he
wasn't present at the first meeting of
Council. He would vote against the sec
ton unless 1t was fully explained to him.
Mr.. Paynter said 1t could make no differ
ence to him whether the section was passed
or not, but he would vote against it. If the
City Solicitor would prove to him, however,
that good man would always be elected
Mayor to carry out the laws, he would vote
for the section. 1t was q long time since
the city had Mayor wh0 was ft to sit as
both judge and jury.
Mr.. Beecher thought, inasmueh as two or
three members were absent at the last meet
ing,it would be well to have Messrs. Patter-
son and Turner explain the section.
Mr.. Paynter said 1t was the fault of the
members themselves If they were absent, aud
It was useless to lose time having 1t ex-
planned again.
Mr.. johnson explained that 1t was i'm
possible for him to have been present on
Saturday, but he was willing to have good
laws put In the hands OF good Mayors,
whom 1t was the duty of the people to elect.
Mr.. Taliey was certain no fault had ever
been found with the same section In the old
charter, and yet, as he was absent on Satur-
day, he would vote against 1t, unless in-
formed what 1t meant.
Mr.. Bailey had refused to vote, on Satur-
day, on the section, as he didn't understand
1t and wanted information on the subject.
It wasn't well to vote "unless you knew
what you were voting for.o The same sec
tion was Ia the Old charter.
Mr.. Garrett favored the section, and If
any one didn't like the decision OF the Mayor
they could appeal. The people OF the city
had elected a good Mayor, and would no
doubt do SO again.
Mr.. Paynter declared that, so far as he
knew, no one on his side of the house had
word to say against the present Mayor.
When he spoke before he had more refer
ence to the future.
j. G. Patterson, ESQ, one of the revisers,
with permission of Council, explained at
length that If the section was stricken out
1t would be advisable to withdraw the whole
charter. To disturb the section was strike
at the entire police system of the city. 1t
touched the police power of the Mayor as a
committing magistrate. If the section was
killed and the Legislature should pass as
amended the Mayor would have no power
at all, even If an unlawful act took place
| directly in front of the City Hall. AS
/ reviser he, Patterson, was entitled to be
/ heard, as the revisers were responsible for
| their work. The section was perfectly re-
| liable, but there was gross misapprehen-
sion in Council regarding 1t. To destroy
| the section would ruin the charter, which
might as well be thrown In the fire.
Mr.. Talley proposed to strike out the
words Concurrent and "the Mayors court
OF in the first line Of the section, but moth
ing came of his suggestion.
The yeas and nays were called upon the
previous motion to strike out the entire sec
ton, the vote being as follows; Yeas-Blake,
Denney, McKenna, Newell, Paynter, Quinn,
Shawl; nays-Bailey, Beecher, Eastburn,
File, Garrett, Grubb, johnson, Mention,
Miller, Moore, Smith, Stevenson, Talley,
Conrad-l4.
On motion of Mr.. Garrett the section was
then adopted as originally read, as follows
SEC, IL, Tho Mayor shall have concurrent
| Jurisdiction with the Mayors court Of all
oifenses which shall be committed within the
city against any Of the laws, ordinances, regula-
tions, or constitution of the city, and 10 punish
the offenders, as by the said laws, ordinances,
regulations, or constitution Of the city, are, or
shall be prescribed. The Mayor shall have the
same authority that justices Of the peace for the
county ofNew Castle possess, and process issued
by him may be executed by the constable, OF
| the police officers of said city. Process by thu
said Mayor, may be directed to the sheriff oi