Evening journal., 1890-04-17
THERE WAS NO ELECTION.
SO CITY Council Decides at Last Nights
Meetina-The Coordination Net Present.

meeting ON the Fire Department election
muddle last night. All the members but
Mr.. johnson were present. and the usual
large audience was also there with ap-
plause and Kisses. President Farra an
nounced the object of the meeting
Samuel S. Harris, the only remaining
witness for the contestants, was sworn,
and he testified that he voted the Robin
son ticket. President Farra then called
the names of the witnesses in support of
the returns; President Hugo f. Bourbon,
of the Fame Hose Company, Alexander
E. Whitcraft judge, and George Fl.
Neidermaier and g. G Smith, tellers,
but none of them responded.
Augustus +. Messick, clerk, and M. ].
Kelley, bailiff Of the Council, were sworn
and they testified that the men were no
titled to appear. President Farra said
that as no further witnesses appeared,
the inference was that the evidence was
all in and the matter was ready for
action
Mr.. Mccall presented the following
resolution, and moved it's adoption:
Resolved, That the returns of an
election for officers Of the Fire Depart
ment held by the members of the Fame
Hose Fire Company, No. l, aud which
return has been made TO the Council duly
signed by the officers holding the same,
and certified under the company's seal,
be counted according to the face of the
return as one vote for Alexander E..
Cloud for chief engineer for the ensuing
term; one vote for Lewis Peeky for first
assistant engineer, and one vote for
James NJ Dickerson for second assistant
engineer of the Fire Department for the
ensuing term.
Mr.. Dillln offered the following reso-
luton as q substitute:
Resolved, That the return made to
Council of the election held on April 2,
A. d., 1880, in the hall Of the Fame
Hose Fire Company, No. /. for chief
engineer and for first and second assist.
ant engineers of the Fire Department is
false and fraudulent, and is not such Q
true rsturn of the votes cast at said
election as is contemplated by law; and
that said return be and the same il
hereby, by reason of its false and fraud-
uIent character, rejected, thrown out
and Aot counted.
M. Mccall reviewed the situation
saying that the protesting parties had
| brought forward men who were lame
1 u
and asked whether these were the mel
who had charge of the fire service of tn,
city. He said that the side of right anC
justice should win, and he would there
fore vote for the ticket which the ACTIVE
fremen of the city wanted.
Mr.. BAugh said that he had favore,
the combination all along, and though
it should be elected, but when ffty-tw'
men swore thRt they voted for the Robin
son ticket. and only ninety-seven vote
were polled, he eeuld not but vote thai
Robinson, Kane and Green be seated.
Mr. Eharkey said that Mr.. hcCal
should not talk so Of the men who swor
before the Council, for they we're al
active nremen, or would be If they could
On last Saturday evening, at FIRE, nsn
of the combination Fame Hose member
were present, for they were holding
meeting,
Mr.. Mccall said he did not object +
the old men voting, but blind men an
men who lived in Philadelphia could no
extinguish the fires here.
Mr.. Sharkey stated that the protestin
firemen were the more active, and l
proof Of this said that only one of tn
combination was at the johnson Fore
Company's FIRE.
Mr.. Chambers said that some of I'll
members favored the combination ticke
first, but had topped through infuenc,
Any member who for popular favo
would shirk public duty was not fit for
} public officer
Mr.. Chambers made good speech Il
the Cloud ticket. He reviewed the fiel
and said that when the fremen decide
on officers in convention every honorab
man would stand by it. But few sor
heads held meeting and nominated se'
eral men who had not previously bee
mentioned. The speaker said in relatic
to Mr.. Barber that he had heard tina
when that man came down the stat
after voting he said to Mr. BourdC
"Well, / voted a Cloud ticket, and tn,
went across the street and made an afl
davit that he voted q Robinson tieke
The speaker thought Council could on
, vote for Cloud, Peeky, and Dickinson, al
5 thus get the right men in the right pos
, tion He prophesied that within TO
years the city would have a paid Fl
| department as an outcome Of the presel
: troubles.
The question was called on the subst
) tute, and the following aye and nay 70
n was the result: Ayes-Ayars, Baug
> Beale. Cotton, ColeY, Curran, Dsv
$ Dillin, Forrest, McKenney, Magee, Pc
:. kins, Roberts, Ryan, Sawdon. Sharke
$ Vandegrift, White, Farra-19. Nays
9 Chambers, Hawkins, Lawson, McCa
I Shea-5.
Mr. Dillin suggested that the preside
announce the returns and he did So sa
ing that as each man received the vol
q Of three companies, and the fourth col
1 pany was thrown out, there was
: election for said positions. On mott
g Of Mr.. Curran Council adjourned at s.
= o'clock.
|" Entertainment at. smyth Post.