Daily Republican., 1890-04-17
7BIRD EDITION
NO ELECTION.

NO ELECTION.
city Council Throws Out the Fame Hose
Volatile Combination Party Of the
Fame Hose DID Not Answer When
Their Names Wore CaIisd--CouuclI
Decides That There Was No Election.
Another large crowd was present at the
fourth adjourned meeting Of the City
Council last night to consider the returns
III the Fame Hose Fire Company. Thore
being IN alarm OF fire at Ninth and Tat
nall streets, there was = rush Of nremen
to the fire, but ~ there was no need for
lba'r services til y soon returned.
resident Farra then stated the object
OF the meeting. after which Samuel 8.
Harris came forward and was sworn tina,
he was ont who voted for the Robinson
ticket 1t the late election for chief eng.-
neer and two assistants OF the FIRE de.
pArtmeut Mr.. Harris made the tilteth
member OF tho fifty two who swore that
tLey voted for Robinson.
President Farra them called over three
times the name OF Alexander E. Cloud,
Lewis Peeky, James NJ. Dickerson, Hugo
y. Bourbon, Alexander Wh!tcraft, @. q.
nmi,h and q. H. Neidermaier, but none
Of them answered to their names.
A. +. Messick, clerk Of City Council,
vas sworn aud testified that he had ma /,
nut summons tor the persons :named and
given the ssme to the bailiff OF Council.
". y. Kelley. ballitf of City Council,
vas sworn and testified that he had de-
lIvered the summons at the homes of the
per. ons named.
The chair announced that Council had
soiihed The Witnesses interested to be
present, and AZ they had not appeared,
Council must consider the evidence ali
IN.
Mr.. Mccall offered the following reso.
luiion;
Resolved, That the returns of an
slection Tor officers of the Fire Depart.
ment held by the Numbers of the Fame
Hose FIRE Company, No. l. and which
return has been made TO the Council
duly signed by tho officers holding the
same. and certified under the comp,ny's
seal, be counted according to the face of
the return IS one vote for Alexander II.
Cloud for Chief engineer for the ensuing
term, ono vote Tor Lewis Peeky for ii st
assistant engineer and one vote for
James ". Dickerson for second assistant
engineer Of the Fire Department for the
ensuing term"
Mr.. Dillin offered the following resoIu.
ton as substitute:
eRe.olvej, That the return made TO
the Council OF the election held On April
8, A. d. 1890, in the hall OF the Fame
licse Fire Company, NJ. l, for CHIEF
engineer and for first and second assist
ant engineers OF the Fire Department IL
false and fraudulent, and is not such u
true return OF the votes cast at said el.c-
zion as Is contemplated by Law; AMI shat
said return be aud the same is hereby,
by reason OF Its false and fraudulent
character. rejected, thrown out aud not
counted"
Mr., Dillin moved the adoption OF the
substitute.
Mr.. Mccall then reviewed the case at
some length aud said he believed that
Cloud, Peeky and Dickersou were the
choice OF the real active tlremen of the
IRE department, for chief engineer and
assistants, and he did not believe that
Council should force upon the depart.
nent men whom they did not select and
men they did not want to rule them.
Anybody who will take ths trouble to
examine into the matter will lind to
what side the real active fremeu be-
lsnged. The opposition hal secured
the country over and had brought men
from Philadelphia, from Csntrevlllc,
aud other places to vote who had for
gotten that they were mente era until
they were asked to come here and vote.
Tho lame, the halt and the blind hal
been gathered up, but these were not the
men the city depended upon to put out
Hires. mot three Ia ten Of them were
active firemen.
Mr.. baugh also reviewed the question
and said that he was combination man
and In favor OF the ombiu .tlon ticket.
In six OF the companies there was
no dispute about the vote. Cloud
had three and Robinson had three,
In the Fame Hose Company two
tickets were run. lie would have liked
to see the combination ticket elected.
They had regular returns in regular
order signed by their election otfi corr.
But here were 81 men out OF the 9S votes
cast who were qualified that they voted
the Robinson ticket. No matter wi ether
ahey were &C i've trcmen or not, they
were members of the company and had
~ right to vote. and 81 10 q majority OF
". That 10 all plainly shown. | would
have preferred to support the combina.
Ton ticket but conscience dictates that
must vote that the majority shall rule
and when the time comes / will have e
cnst my vots for the RI biuson ticke
because 1t received majority OF the
votes cast.
Mr.. Mccall again urged that effective
ness aud active iremsn should make d
difference and they are the men who
should rule.
Mr.. Sharkey refuted the idea that
those who voted for Robinson were no,
active ilremen with very few exceptions.
Mr.. Chambers referred to the proceed
ings OF the regular convention At which
Cloud, Peeky and Dckerson were nomi.
mated. That should have been equiya
lent to an election with honorable men
aud no honorable Zen would go back OIL
their seal alter having accepted the re
port OF their Delegates to the convention
There might, he said, have been som
mistake by these men who swore the
voted for Robinson. One man wa
brought In to this Council chambe
blind by man nearly Ms blind Ms him
self aud he was examined In regard |
che ticket he voted BY blind Cit
Solicitor, pretty blind trio to prove II
ticket voted. Nj. Cham bers said lie III
not intend at = previous nesting to as
Mr.. Barbsr II be could read. but VIII,
he intended to ask Barber was, If h
did not tell Hugo +. Bourbon that b
had voted for Cloud and then 60 b.foi
William IL. Lee sud make affidavit I
voting for Robinson. lie firmly bell We
shat Cloud, Peeky aud D!cksrson ha
been elected.
Mr.. Roberts claimed the right to
heard Ms an honorable man without be
1ng bounded and scurtilized by part