Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-23
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL
The Revised City Chartor-A Gum
bsr or sessiOns Passed Las
Night
The second special meeting Of City
Council, for the consideration Of thu
revised city charter was held last even
ing, with President Conrad In tn,
chair.
Mr.. Stevenson offered . resolution
instructing the City Solicitor to ascer
tain the lowest price at which the city
could purchase tho water rights on the
Brandywine, at the south long race,
The resol ntion WAS adopted.
Mr.. Quinn had an extract from an
editorial which appeared in yesterday
Gazette read. The article spoke OF
Council as "hypsrcritical body, and
commented on the delays In acting on
tho new charter, caused by so much
useless discussion. Mr.. Quinn not
fully understanding the word, labored
under the misapprehension that the
writer had called Council q hypocriti
cal body and said that he thought il
Ill became man who had bsen chair
man OF a Finance Committee which
had misappropriated 10000, to speak
In that manner.
Mr.. Quinn WAS very indignant, and
was proceeding ~ make short work OF
the Gazette and its editors, whom Mr..
Garrett interrupted him to inquire II
the word was not Hypothetical. " Mr..
Quinn said 1t WAS no., II WAS "hypo-
critical and he considered 1t An in
length, and whom he closed Mr.. Steven
son inQulreA.if there WAS anything
about hypocrisy in the article.
President Conrad, who had been ex-
amining ths article in question, said
the word objected to WAS not "hypo-
critical " but hypercriticai, and he
thought the gentleman from the Second
ward was n little mistaken about the
meaning.
Mr.. Quinn replied that it did not
make any differeace about the words,
~ both conveyed the same meaning.
Mr.. Blake asked for tho correct
definition Of the word, and diotionary
having been brought from beolerk's
room the required information was
given, and Mr.. Quinn's ind ignation
subsided.
Council then prossedea to the con-
s!Geration o! the new charter, and the
President stated the motion was to
strike out the llth section.
MIR. Talley said that no WAS absent
last Saturday night, and unless some
good reason WAS shown, he would vote
III opposition to striking 1t out.
Mt. Paynter opposed the section and
would vote 10 strike 1t out, unless the
City Solicitor, or Mr.. Patterson, could
convince him that no one would be
elected Mayor except man who was
learned In law. As matters row stand,
he was opposed to placing so much !
power in any mans hands, who like the |
Mayors we have been having, knew !
nothi0g about law.
Mr.. johnson was in I avUr Of adopting |
the section AZ Il eta nds and ho did not |
think that here need be any fear that
tho power so conferred would be abus-
ed
He would have been willing 70 Rive
The Same power to the Mayor who had
preceded the present incumbent, AZ he
considered him an honest man, and he
did not think anyone could say any
thing different Of the present Mayor.
Mr.. Baily said that when the matter
was before Council last Saturday night,
no had asked to be excused fromvoting,
but since then he had given some atten-
ion to the matter, and found that the
section was the same AZ that In the Old
,harter, with the exception of those
" ho are to compose the court. He was
n favor Of tho section and would vote
against striking it out.
Several other mem bers spoke on the
ubject, aad Mr. Paynter again opposed
he adoption oft. He said that ho had
lothing against the present Mayor, and
vas not AFRAID to trust him, but we did
lot know what kind OF n man we might
lave in the future, and for that reason
!e was opposed to conferring 80 much !.
'ower.
Mr.. Patterson asid that the members I
i'd not understand the nature Of the
action, and II they intended to strike a
ut all the sections in the charter re- \
atm to the Mayors Court, they would
eprive him OF police powers. This
sotion did not establish q Mayors ,r
'ourt, bot only gave him concurrent !
with such court. II this
ectiOn was stricken out, 1t lett the II
layor without authority, and hs would D
OF have power to move against any OF.
,rsss which might bo committed. Mr..
'atterson spoke for some time In an G.
arnest, forcibe manner, and was evi. 4
snliy annoyed with the 0ppO5ition to X
10 section.
Upon the question being put the
was lost, by vote OF Ia q,
, Z, those voting nay being Messrs -
ALLEY, Beecher, Eastburn, File, Gar
,tt, Gcuoo, Moore, Taley, Smith,
ohuson, Mentor, Mil!er, Stevenson X
nd Conrad. Messrs. Blake, Denney,
IcKenna. Newell, Payuter, Quinn and N
haw voted aye, lie
Mr.. Beecber offered a resolution to
10 effect that the reviSers OF the char o,
II should, if they wished, bepermitted Q,
speak on each section ~ 1t was read, r.
I'd that members should be limited to u
70 minute speec'ss. ~
Mr.. Quinn moved To lay it on the ''
bic, and after some discussion the
solution was Withdrawn. 6I
section II was Ie2d and passed with
It debate. Al
Section - provides tLnb " The Mayor
ay be removed by q vOi5 Of two N
irds OF Jhs whole Council, The rea- -'
ys for the removal shall be sntered -.
tho Journal Mr.. PayDter offered !"
amend by inserting latter Il fair and
,partial trial." and the section as
nsnded was adopted. ev
Section IA, providing for the estab- sh