Daily Republican., 1888-04-27
City Council.


The special COMMITTEES appointed TO
Investigate the beer drinking ut the
police rooms on ths night OF April 2,
presented the following report:
"The special committee appointed by
Council TO investigate the charges OF
beer drinking In the police rooms on
April Z, 1883, respectfully repors as fol
lows: The committee was called to
eether on the evening OF April 10, at
1850 O'Clock. Tho testimony OF Officers
Carey and Grier was first taken. They
testified that they saw beer and drank
the samo in tbe police rooms.
Saw the following police officers at In
stitute Hall meeting who should have
been on duty bsAts: Officers O'Harra.
Crumlisb, Russell, Shields, Shannon,
Ahrens, Mcguire, Durham, aud Ser
geauts McVey and Cannon.
AZ your committee had NOT the Au.
thority to compel Witnesses TO testify,
they failed TO procure the evidence
necessary to locate this breach OF digoi-
plins and order. Not ot9ithstanding the
IL ufluenoe and embarrassment brought
TO bear upon the Witnesses by certain
| parties, sonr committee believes that
tue responsibility OF this breach Of good
behavior should rest upon those Of
superior authority. Your committee
further believes that tho Mayor Is aolely
respoLsiole for the action OF his subor-
dinatss, and had he acted promptly up
on the drst intimation or the Outrage
and dismissed the offender, 10 would
have been an act OF justice TO the limo
cent who now bear the edium. Your
committee also believes that the pri-
mary cause Of this trouble was that the
herein named ofiioers were absent from
their posts OF duty"
The report was sigued BY Messrs
Quinn and Cfam sers, but Mr.. Hessisn,
fused 10 sfix his name.
Mr.. Quinn moved that the report bs
adopted, when Mr.. Hession said that
while he agreed with the greater part Il
the report, he had refused to sign IL be.
cause the majority of tho committee
had brought into the iuvestiR CATION some
things that did not belong to It, "The
great and only Newspaper between the
bays," had alleged that he did all In
his power to hinder the investigation,
and no did not caro- whether Euoh an
assertion was made by AEmAn or =
newspaper. rs II iB absolutely false.
| hr. Baynard gAid he thought 1t
would be well TO receive and file the re-
port, Aud no offered m amendment TO
that effect.
Mr.. Hawkins wanted to see 1t spread
on the minutes, Otherwise the report
would be lozt, and 10 six months the
whole affair would be forgotten.
Mr. Q1inn said the committee had
bean very much hnmperod and inter
fered with In the prosecution of their
work by certain parties, who persisted
In telling the Witnesses not 10 nuewer
vital questions. II he would hIve had
the power delegated to oomH isteee In
other oitiEs, he would certainly have
committed some OF these Witnesses for
contempt. He had tried to oond net this
Investigation fairly and squarely, as he
had no ffiendB to reward or enc mies to
punish. neither wBs he seeker after n
%, 600 year Office. He believed that,
rs body, the present police force 10 As
good 40 any this nity has ever had, and
1t was not right thA: all should sutfer
for the actions Of the few. AZ far ns the
beer drinking is concerned the Mayor is
the responsible party, and he alone 10
to blame.
MIR. Hession asked Mr.. Qalnn II be
knew who had the beer taken TO the
police rooms, and he replied he did
Mr.. Hession then dared him TO tell,
whom Mr.. Quinn said he was informed
by Assistant Engineer McFadden that
htB son WAS In the rooms of the Noes
Rose Assembly when Sergeant McVey
knocked at Ihe door and raid there WAS
q keg OF beer for the members.
MIR. Quinn said that he waited upon
young McFadden, and he said thst he
would appear before the COMMITTEES and
tsll all he knew about IL, bus when no
WAS summoned he failed so come
When his employer was asked about
the matter, he said McFadden had been
psTsusdet TO rem Ain away.
MI Heesion: "Dp you say know
any Thing about thht beer, or who
brought 1t there2 Because II you do
you state what Ia absolutely false "
Mr.. Hession was about 70 continue
when Mr.. Quinn said:
"Sit down sir; have the floor. 1
have not SAID, neither do believe, that
you either know or hnd snything to do
with that beer. I do not believe that
you know any more about 1t than |
do"
This disclaimer aeemsd to satisfy Mr..
HebHioB, aud after Mr.. Quinn Rad
again charged that the witness had
been jerry tampered with
and intimidAted he took his seat.
Mr.. Chambers said the committee
had been greatly interisred with in the
investigation by mir. Hession, who, on
several occasions, instructed them not
to answer important questions. He,
however, supposed that Mr. HeGsion
thought he WAS doing right. and he had
no Tight to question HIS motives. The
majority OF the committee thought the
beer drinking was bnt the seauel 10 the
meeting at ths Institute, and that there
fore 1t came within the power OF she
COMMITTEES to investigate 1t nlHo.
Mr. Bower inquired Ii the officers
who had admitted having neglected
, their duty and drank beer at the police
ro0ma were still on the force.
In reply, Mr.. Chambers gaid that as
far as he knew they are. 1t was report
Cd in the newspapers that they had
been suspended, bat 80 thoir names sp.
pear on the payroll, credited with q
fnll months pay, he supposed the
Mayor had only given them O vacation
for day or two.
hr. Morton, an q member of the Po.
Hos Committee, said there had NOT beeu L
any oMoiAl notification OF their suBpen
sion.
Mg. Sharkey said he thought tht
) Mayor was the ouly one TO blame Ii
this mnttsr, bus rs he could rot se,
what good 1t would do to adopt the rs-
pors, he moved thHt tho further oonsid
eration OF the matter be indeanitslJ
1 postponed. Upon vote being tAker
the motion was lost by 10 Maya to I
n ayes.
mr. Norton said that he had not In
tended AAying anything on this matter