The daily gazette., 1883-02-23
QUINN AND COLD AIR
DECLARING HE DIDN'T SAY IT
ROSE.
PAYING FOR PoLIo8MBNS AID.
Council, After n Spirited Debate. Decides
to Pay Charles n. Groves for Election
Riot Injuries.

i
able report on the petition of Charles n
Groves for the payment of S47 for injurie
received at the row at the Third ward poll
on the day of the general election. TIL
report was adopted and Mr.. Beecher move,
that an order be drawn IN favor of Mr.
Groves for S47. Mr.. Quinn opposed tn
motion.
Messrs Bailey aud Paynter made an ex
plaRation Of the case, By which 1t appcare,
that police officer had called upon MI
Groves to assist him in making an arres
and while rendering this help he was strucl
on the head, knocked senseless, and con
fined to his bed for week. Both gentle
men said that at the meeting of the com
mittee beld Wednesday night, when th,
committee met to hear the other side no on
| appeared, and ample notice had been given
Mr.. Blake declared that the committed
| had not been given ample notice In which Il
| get evidence from people who did not think
Groves claim should be paid, and desired
that the matter should go back TO the com
mittee and notice of the meeting be given
some days before II was to he held. He
moved 10 refer back to the committee.
| Mr.. Garrett made an eloquent speech, de
claring that there was no use for any further
consideration of the case, aud he thought
that the bill should be double what It was.
i
will have the Council flooded with claims oil
this kind. He knew Of 15 such cases.
Mr.. Eastburn favored the reference OF the
! matter back to the committee, as In his
| opinion this case would settle number oi
| others.
THE FAULT OF THE "MoDELs."
Mr.. Blake attacked the action OF the CON-
mittee and said they had only examined two
| witnesses, who were the policeman and the
man who was hurt. He declared that the
| riot was the fault Of the policemen present,
| and ifthey had done their duty there would
have been no trouble and there would have
been no need for the policemen To call on
Mr.. Groves. Mr.. Blake, when the chair
said he thought he was out of order, said he
had been choked off the last time the matter
was up, and he desired tosay that the riot
was the fault Of the "models."
Mr.. Garrett raised q point of order, that the
gentleman was off the question.
The Chair-The gentleman only wants TO
let of little steam; let him alone.
Mr.. Blake insisted that he was on the
question, and It was the truth that hurt the
gentleman from the Seventh ward. He
(Garrett) knew what the police force was,
and knew if they had done their duty order
would have been preserved at the polls
After some further talk the motion was
adopted, Messrs. Baugh, Blake, Denny,
McKenna, Newall, Quinn and Shaw voting
in the negative.
The Chief Engineer reported IL men EN-
ployed; payroll, S2iS.
The Street Commissioner reported six
men employed under him; payroll, $l6.43.
The Water Registrar reported having col
lected $G5, ,331.62 In water rents during
January.
The City Treasurer reported $6s, ,15l.2o in
bank.
Gawthrop Bros. petitloned for permission
to place an area-way on the sidewalk at
Fourth and Shipley streets, and lay drain
to the City Spring, being about to erect a
new building there; the Fame Hose Com
pany petidoned for their fun appropriation
in one instalment; Charles Lewis petitioned
for lamp ct Elliott avenue and Washing
ton street; Nathan Leiberman for grading
on Dure street Rear People street; John
Davis pctitioned for water pipe on Cellar
street.
Mr.. Garrett introduced an ordinance es-
tablishIng the grade of Tatnall street in the
Ninth ward. Read twice.
The Law Committee offered substitute
for the ordinance to raise $50 900 to pay to
the Board Of Education. The substitute
was Offered simply in order to recite a
preamble setting forth the passage Of the
recent act at Dover, etc. The percentage
blank was filed with ~ per cent. and the
| ordinance was passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Tallcy the Finance
Committee was instructed to prepare certi-
fcates of Indebtedness, attested by the
proper city officers, and deposit them In tho
| Union National Bank On motion OF the
same member an order was directed To be
| drawn in favor OF the Board of Public Edu-
cation for $40, 900 If the certificates Of in
| debtedness are accepted by the Union
| National Bank.
Mr.. Quinn called up for third read
| ing the ordinance transferring $500
| from the incidental appropriation
to the Treasurer of the Board OF
| Health. He moved TO amend and make the
sum $500. Mr.. Beechcr moved to amend by
adding that the money be used to pay the
vaccine physicians. There was a good bii
of talk and Mr.. Garrett In fiery burst of elo-
| quence declared that the Board of Health
| had offered grand insult To the dignity OF
this Council by appointing two other vac
| cine physicians. The speech was laughable
| for IFS grave seriousness and high flown
ideas. Finally the subject was indefinitely
postponed.
sTATEsMAN QUINN MAD.
| 1t was at this juucture and during a lull
In the proceeding that Mr.. Quinn, who had
been less conspicuous than usual, arose TO .
| question of privilege, and read from the re
port Of the Council proceedings of Tuesday
nights special meeting, as published in the
GAZETTE, the following extract
Mr.. Quinn insisted upon asking ridiculous
questions and making absurd assertions, tiatly
denying points of engineering set forth by Mr.
| Herring. who has made the study Of sewers
life work and been through 100 miles of suof
Drains in European cities. As sample Of Mr.
| Quinn's scientific information he declared tina
| cold air, being the heaviest would. rise. whil'
| warm air being light would nix. Then, upo,
| looking at the lnap. he remarked aside to Pres
| dent Conrad. thai the drainage ian up hill. nc
cording to the drawing. lie also thought tina
when the Almighty lets the rain drops Q
ter than either the Street Committee or Stree
| Commissioner, and declared that he was deas
against sewers His continued ontbursts o
knowledge became very trying and tlresOme u
all present.
Mr.. Quinn then went on to say that h
wanted to be treated fairly and In this b
had been misrepresented. II he had child
who would say such a silly thing about cold
air rising he would dash its brains out Mr.
Quinn went on to refer TO the 'owl's roost
and the dictionary given him by the GA,
zRTTR, and he said that the GAzErTR's re
porter (applying a nick name to Mr., Hlll
Of the GAZETTE staff, who reported Mr.
Quinn on Tuesday night, had either mis-
construed or wiliully nisrepresented him.
Mr.. Abele then arose and said that he wal
compelled TO agree with the reporter, Mr.
Hill. The GAZETTE had correctly reportet
the indignant gentleman from the Second
ward. lie [Mr. Abelel had noticed wha
MIR. Quinn said aud the report agreed viii
his recollection perfectly.
TAfter Council had adjourned a numbe