Daily Republican., 1883-01-24
In that journal, but the amendment
WAS not seconded.

III tuhL JOurHbi, put lRs smenulnei
was not seconded.
Section 81, providing for the punish
ment Of any inspector or assistant IL
lspsctOr Of an election who may l
tguilty OF fraud, was approved.
Section 81, which prescribes tn
sourse 10 be adoDted In the event Of
failure 10 hold an election on the da,
named for that purpose, WAS also adop
ted
Section IS, which makes it an otfens
punishable with fine Of Sl5 for AM
persons to refuse TO accept an office tt
which they have been elected, Wal
stricken out.
Section o., giving Council the power
to re-distriot the city, by dividing the
wards, not ofteaer than euce In Ave
years, was read, and Mr.. Beecher NOV.
ed that 1t be approved.
Mr.. Quinn WAS opposed to the section
~ 1t opened the Good gates OF corrup,
tion, and any party GOULD "jerryman-
der" tho city to suit their own pur.
psses. For his part, he intended to vote
against It, as be would not trust his
own party any further than he would
the other side.
Mr.. Paynter could not see much Oh
lection to the section, as he did not
think that any party woald take ad-
vantage of IL for their own purposes,
although in close wards, IL would be- a
great tenn mptation.
President Conrad called Mr.. Mention
t9 the chair, and said that, although no
had not had any intimati0D Of such a
section being inserted until he saw the
printed copy, us had read it with q
great dea of satisfaction, and would 60
still further and insert provision to
tae effect, that no re-districting should
te dOna by the present Council, aud
would thus leave it with tho people.
Hs instanced the Third ward, aud
thought 1t should be divided. Mr..
Blake wanted to know why, and Mr..
Conrad replied, "On account of the
large number vo'iL2 st one Iplace. -
"Oh. thought you meant about the
riot, said MIR. Blake.
Mr., Patterson said thst there were ,
number OF reasons why the city should
be re-districted, and done by tho Coun,
Gil. 1t would decrease tho number uf
persons at each roIi, prevs2t frauln-
lent voting and crime, as where few
persons vstsd, all would bo known and
be opportunities for illegal voting
greatly diminished. He also thought
that the people Of Wilmington are in.
telligent enough to govsrn this city,
without submitting their municipal At
fairs to the men from the Dogs Of Sus-
sex or the woods of Ken. counties. W &
pay q majority Of the taxos, and If We
are unable to pass on this matter We are
incapable Of seli-goverD ment
Mr.. Patterson also remarked that the
gentleman on the other side (rsferriug
to Mr.. QIinI), mad, with his peculiar
said that if this section
was passsd, we would have iarrym"nd-
erinG, but ne would submit, that aG-
rording to Webster the word wa,
"gerrymandering,' and meant cor-
rupt division for political purposes.
he spoke for some lime, and copclu.
sively showed why the power to rs-ds.
trict the city should be vested in Coun-
Gil. Mr.. Quinn in reply said that he
had not besn educated at college, aud
the gentleman for bis corr &C.
tion OF his, the speakers, mlspronuncl-
alton.
He again opposed the passage of tho
as he was sure it would be used
for partisan purposes.
After remarks by Mr.. PayBter and
M. Turner, the ayes and nays were
called, and the section approved by the
following vote : Ayes-messrs. Bailey,
"a ~ hIlr H.
son, Mentor, Millel, Moore, Smith,
Taliey and President Con
NAys--Messrs Abele, Baush,
Blake, Denny, McK-nna, Newell,
Paynter, Quinn and SAaw--9
Council then adjourned until 8 o'clock
this evening.