The daily gazette., 1883-04-04

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| three members being absent, the call for the
meeting was read by the secretary.
Mr.. Talley thought the chairman Of the
Legislative Committee had better explpin
the object of the meeting.
Mr.. Beecher read portion of letter he
had received from Speaker Bates, as follows:
"Ws worked through the first % sections
of the charter In Committee of the Whole
The principal amendment involved WAS the
| substitution of municipal Court In lieu of
the Mayors court and Judicial powers of
Mayor. We go on tomorrow morning.
would be glad to have the committee look
over the amendment fully, and wish Coun-
ell had given them full powers so that they
could accomplish, as | believe the amend
ments would meet the approval of the
gentlemen Of the committee"
Mr.. Beecher then went. to say that the
Legislative Committee had never met the
Committee on Municipal Corporations in
Dover, no matter how much they had tried
to do SO. Mr.. Cooch, the chairman of that
committee, always said that just as soon as
Mr.. Bates amendments were brought in a
meeting of the two committees would be
held. The Legislative Committee had no
right to make amendments as the charter,
as a whole, had passed Council with
out a dissenting voice. Much complaint
had been made, and especially by Mr..
Paynter, who has been on Legislative COM
mittees several times before, of the treat
ment the legislative committee had received
In Dover. Common courtesy might have
let the two committees have consultation
before action was taken. All the committee
knew was through the papers.
The Second ward member wanted to
know If Solicitor Turner did not have an
audience with the Commit ee on Municipal
Corporations.
Mr.. Beecher said he had, but he, Beecher,
had forgotten to mention this fact. Mr.
Turner had said he had met the committee
| and he had offered some kind Of an amend
ment In regard to the Mayors court.
The Second ward member stated that he
| had been TO the Legislature three times on
committees from Council, but he had never
heard of a committee being treated so dis
courteously As the present one had. The
| City Solicitor had been sent to Dover to see
| to the passage of the charter. He waa not
sent there to offer amendments. Some
weeks ago Mr.. Turner had said "The
damn charter will he all torn to pieces "
| He believed the charter was to be amended
and passed for the benefit Of the few.
Riders had been tackled on to provide for a
| water commission, police commission and
a police court. 1t was the duty of the com
mittee to stand by their action. One plan
of the amendment was to carry the
| City Solicitor and City Auditor over one
month
Mr.. Mention wished TO know If there was
| any question before the house, and upon
being told that there was not, made a mo
tion to adjourn, which was lost.
Mr.. Talley was surprised at the action of
the Municipal Committee. There were, II
was true, amendments offered at Dover to
| which he was not opposed. The charter had
been passed by Council as purely business
transaction without a thought of politics
being in 1t. Some kind of a resolution
should be passed or Council should resolve
itself into a Committee of the Whole so al
to talk the matter over and see what could
be done.
The member from the Second ward OBJ
ljected to action of the Committee on Muni
cipal Corporation and spoke against thu
| establishment of municipal court. HI
also stated that the City Solicitor and City
Auditor were In Dover almost all the tim,
and he would make the charge boldly an(
squarely that these two gentlemen wer
working solely for their own interests.
4 Mr.. Blake said the gentleman from tn,
Second ward was talking all buncombe
Only three weeks ago he had been complain
ing of Mayor Wales court and the heav,
fines imposed. The Second ward gentleman
was like weathercock, and his opinion
|
Finally Mr.. Bailey moved to appoint
!. committee to draft q suitable resolution l.
send the Legislature.
, Mr.. Blake said the committee of Counci
had tried several times to meet the commit
tee at Dover, but had failed. He didn'
blame either committee He put all tn
blame on Mr.. Bates, who was permitted b.
the Committee on Municipal Corporation
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, wrong. If the committees had met it woul
1 have been different In regard to the pas
sage of the charter by Council the vote the
was not unanimous. At the final pas
sage the vote was 20 to .. o.
| two sections there was regula
party vote. 1t was hardly worth while t
send the whole of Council to Dover, as wa
suggested. The Legislative Committee wa
capable of transacting its business If 1t ha
the proper show. If Council could Civ
the committee some Instructions 1t might d
' something. If the committee had bee
given power to add 10 or strike out it woul
be better. There was no chance to blam
g the committee.
The Second ward representative remarke
that the committee had gone to Dover an
obeyed instructions. Some members of th
city government had gone to Dover and ha
n been invited into the sanctum Of the Legi
lature, while Councils committee had bee
b snubbed.
" Mr.. Bailey's motion was carried the cha
s appointing Messrs. Talley, Mention, Mile
E Moore and Quinn, the latter In the place
y Mr.. Baugh who asked to be excused.
sr recess was then taken to give the commit,
s. an opportunity for consultation.
At $40 the committee returned to II
~ Chamber and presented the following res
% luton as the result of their consultation:
- ResoIved, That this Council adhere to its d
\, | cision as expressed In Its vote upon the cl
VI charter when before this body, and respectful
r request the members of the General Assemb
Ye to pass the charter as presented TO that bod
r. but, If amendments be deemed necessary, the
"a that such amendments be submitted to y
=" City Council for an expression OF opinion
fore being acted upon by the General Assembl
Mr.. Blake called for the yeas and nays q
=, the adoption of the resolution, the call beil
n seconded by Mr.. Moore.
m The vote taken resulted as follow
ee Yeas-Bailey, Beecher, Eastburn, File, Ga
hv rett. Grubo. johnson, McKenna, Mento
4. | Miller, Moore, Quinn, Talley, Conrad-1
C. Nays-Abele, Baugh, Blake, Denny, Newe
by shaw-6.
er Mr.. Talley strongly favored the idea
ed the whole Council "swooping" down
sr. the Legislature to ses II consulate
could be had that way with the Commit
on Municipal Corporations. AS many
an the members might go TO Dover as felt Ii
vs. 1t, TO pay their own way so as to add
more expense to the city. He wanted