Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-05-10
CITY COUNCIL.
NO DETECTIVES FOR MAYOR
HARRINGTON.
No Money for Street and Sewer Depart
ment Yet, Not II Council Can Helm
h-Proposals for Patrol Wagon
APolice Matron Wanted.

Nlt) SVuucl nui long eNtenup0, iull
OF business and siicy session last night.
Al the members were present except
Mr.. Bower.
MIR. Forrest, from the Committee on
Law, reported the ordinance TO regulate
lieeases for shows and performances as
| containing nothing contrary to the ordi-
nauces and law, and the report was
adopted.
A real breeze was stirred up by Mr..
Baugh presenting bill OF S25 to pay the
Fire Committee s. for each member for
attending the fire engines test, and ask
ing that 1t be paid.
Mr.. Hawkins lit on the bill at once, and
said that the committee was not entitled
TO cent more than 30 cents piece. 1t
was an outrage to pay each member of
the committee IS. 1t had better be paid
TO the tiremen. Mr.. Quinn, speaking
foothingly to Mr.. Hawkins said the gen.
leman from the Seventh ward could
| hardly expect a man to spend the day
from 8 O'Clock In the morning until In
the evening Tor so cents. Services when
given Tor nothing were hardly ever ap-
pIeciated. He would not give his SER
vices to the city Tor less than 81 an hour,
and did not think that even Mr.. Hawkins
would care about going out into French
street and walk up and down from
| Eleventh to tie Brandywine forty times
for fifty cents.
Mr.. Hawkins said he wanted to obey
the law; what was the use of law Ut less
It was obeyed? The tctis were no use
any how, and only resulted In wearing
out the apparatus and in tearing up the
street. 1t was nothing but stealing TO
pay this money.
Mr.. Quinn, still eoothlngly speaking to
| Mr.. Hawkins, said times were not like
they used to be when The (Hawkins) be-
/ longed 20 fire company.
"But the law, the law, how are you CO.
ing to get over thatl' put In Mr.. Haw-
klns, "you are spending this money with
out any semblance OF law"
MIR, Quinn said time was money and
don't oar1 anything about your time
there is the law, said Mr.. Hawkins.
Mr.. Quihn-The gentleman from the
Seventh ward gets his dollar meeting
for attending Council.
did you call the roll as each engine
was brought out ard charge dollari
get my pay according to law, you don't,
eaid Mr.. Hawkins.
mr. McGoHigal here put in word ant
said the gentleman from the Seventh
ward was about right. The charge wa
too much and he would oppose It.
MIR. Chambers thought that the bill
should bs paid.
The ayes aud nays being called, til,
bill was ordered paid by the following
vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Ayars, Baugh, Beale
Chambers, ColGy, Davis. Dillon, Forrest
johnson, Mcbride, McKenney, Moore
Roberts, Quinn, Ryan, Sawdon anC
Whlte-l1
| Nays-NIessrs. Hawkins, Mccall, Nc
GonigGtl, McMeuamin, sharkey, She;
and President FaTa-7.
The city treasurer reported the balance
In bank 10 the account of current ex
penses, SSO,O64 06; park FUND, Si27O4
Received OF K. p. Moody, $500; NJ. j.
Mealey, $500; VIM. b. Hyland, S760.
| Mr.. Baugh presented the following
resolution, which was adopted and i
copy ordered sent to the Street and
Sewer Department.:
| wv hereae, At meeting held by the
] citizens of the First ward on May 4, a
resolution was adopted requesting the
| representatives of the ward through the
City Council against the removal by the
Street aud Sewer Department of that old
landmark known rs the Fourth street
| spring, and
"W hereas, as now used It Is not any
expense to the city, but is q benefactor,
as can be vouched for by hundreds who
eau be seen at all hours OF the day or
night using the cool beverage that nature
provides for The poor and rich alike;
| therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the City Council ask
the directors not to take any further
measure In lite removal until the citizens
l hold lar nd InN
mlttee to SOC the directors and state their
objections 10 the adjustment OF the
| spring"
| Mr.. Cham ers presented petition
from c. W. Howland, the Harlan 4
Hollingsworth Company, and the Law
and Order Society, asking Council 10
make an appropriation to enable Mayor
| Harrington to appoint two detectives to
be used to compel a compliance with law
and TO prevent crime.
When the petition was read Mr.. Cham
bers NOV d its reference TO the Law Com
mitiee with instructions to frame and re
| port an ordinance in consonance with the
| petition.
Mr.. Quinn moved the indefinite post
| pon ement OF Mr.. Chambers motion.
| Mr.. Quinn said be would Tot Civ Z.
power to sneak thief to go around like
s'euth- hound prying into other peoples
business. He was willing to give the
Mayor any power desired to enforce the
laws In legitimate manner with the re-
cular polce:force, but these private de-
tectiyes are IRON the very slums ofsociety
and are nothing better than dirty ours.
The petition authorizes men of the worst
character to go around like thieves at
the midnight hour.
| MIR. Quinn kept on until he had ex-
haust,d the vocabulary of bad names on
detectives and then subsidized.
| MIR. Chambers said that the condition
of society requires something OF this kind.
Every honest, upright, moral man would
be- benefited by the prevention of crime.
The United States Government has de-
ttctives, and they are not held In such
bad repute. Large CITIES and cities smaller
than Wilmington have detectives, ard
there 10 Ito obi cljon to them there except
from the lawless element One detective
can do more work than all the police.
The latter are known by their c!oihing,
and their presence is an admonition not
to be caught 1he petition is signed by
our best citizens and business mtn, and
that much respect should be shown them
a: to treat their request Goprteopsly.
He could not for the life Of him see
why dt tectives should be called thieves
for bringing lawbreakers to justice, and
he could not understand how any body
having the true interests Of the city =.
heart should oppo.e this measure. II
there is anybody in this Council who hold
their seats by tie edict of the lawless ele
ment, They of course will oppose this
measure aud vote against 1t. Send the
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