Evening journal., 1891-07-17
CITY AUDITOR CHOSEN.
HARRY Il. BiLLANY ELECTED TO
SUCCEED JOHN A. MICHEL.


Read First Time sketoh of the New
city Auditor as a Marshal OF Ropeaters
The regular meeting OF City
| Council was held last evening The
Finance Committee reported favorably
on the petition of the Board of Port
Wardens asking for an appropriation Of
10 900, and an order was drawn in favor
of the board for that amount This
committee also reported favorably on
the petition of Samuel Guthrie asking
for the refunding of 30 overpaid capita
tion tax, and an order for the amount in
favor of Mr. Guthrie was drawn.
The Law Com mittee returned the
checks for the payment Of salaries to ex-
Registrar Lee and Registrar Colquhoun,
which Auditor Mitehsll had refused 20
sign, and recommended that the city
auditor bs instructed . sign the checks
An opinion of the city solicitor was also
presented in favor Of this course On
motion of Mr.. Dannenberg, seconded by
Mr. Magee, the city auditor was directed
to sign both checks. City Treasurer
Adams reported balance in bank to cur
rent expenses $5s, $50 So; special deposit,
$41, ,453 50; John Mealeys collections
amounted to S13, 975 Edmund T. Nit
chell. Jr's SIT $50.
Edward F. Curran's petition for the re-
turn Of So overpaid taxes, was referrsd
to the Finance Committee. A communi-
cation signed by franklin B. Cotton and
others, recommending that q special
officer be placed ia Eighth street park,
was referred to the Police COMMITTEES.
committee, consisting of Messrs.
Dannenberg, Ratledge and Griffin, was
appointed TO audit the accounts of the
Street and Sewer Department A com
muuication signed by Edwin Fl Bayley,
chairman of the Sinking Fund Commits
sioners, asking for q speci i ordinance to
/ be passed providing for the renewal oi
| certain loans as well as the borro wing OF
500, coo for the improvement of the
streets, was received aud filed, and tae er-
dinances, of which notices had bsen given
at last meeting were read first time,
also by title and preamble In answer r.
Mr. Murray. President Benson stated
that certified copy of the act to i'm
| prove the streets was In the hands Of ths
city solicitor
On motion Of Mr. Magse a special com
mittee was named to look al the property
on the northeast corner of Fifth anc
Walnut streets with the view Of having
it condemned
On motion of Mr. Cotton a check fol
| 50, 1913 05 was ordered to be drawn il
favor OF L B Jones. secretary of tn,
Board of Education, for the usua
monthly appropriation A check TO
| $764S0 IN favor Of Edmund Mitchell, Jr
for commissions, was ordered to b
drawn.
On motion Of Mr. Cotton, Council wen
| into a nomination for city auditor. Mr.
! Cotton nominated Harry a. Billany anc
Mr.. White nominated John A. Mitchell
Messrs. Mcvey and Griffin we've ap.
pointed tellers The result was as fol-
lows u q Billany. z; John A. Mitchell
5. Mr.. Billany was therefore declared
elected Council then adjourned
The newly elected city auditor. Harr,
/ a. Billany, is 80 years old and a Della
wBrean by birth. He was born in viii
mington in April 1859 He ATTENDED
Professor Reynolds academy, and aftel
leaving school learned the printer
trade He afterwards became book
keeper for Robert Henderson OF Phila
delphia. and reliDquished that position Il
start the South Chester "Plainspeaker
in partnership with Samuel 9 Pan
coast, who Is still editor of the paper
Two years later the partnership was dis
solved and he came to this city He wa
for a time member Of the firm of Barr
Billany g. Co. of Philadelphia Last De
cember he became a member of th,
Diamond State Printing Company and 4
now president of the company. He wa,
one of the organizers of the Young Men.
Republican Club, and has been for si,
years chairman Of the Fifth Ward Re
publican Club.
The rank and file of Wilmington Re
publicanism do not favor Billany for tn
position, The general party feeling is ii
favor of Milton ii. Shippers, ex cit,
treasurer, and who was defeated at tn
late Republican nomination for tn
treasurership by Joseph K Adams
Along in ths early sos Billany mar
shaled a gang of thirty to forty Della
ware negroes to Chester, Pa, to vote at
Delaware county fall nominating election
The negro leader of the repeaters wa
Andrew r. Henry, who served as le te
carrier in Wilmington under the Gram
administration. Henry f. Pickels, Jr.
formerly of Wilmington, but now Com
missioner Of Public Moneys at Santa Fe
New Mexico is also alleged 10 have beel
connected with the scheme. Billan
was not sharp enough for the Cheste
police, for he and a number of his tool
were arrested for illegal voting an
placed under bonds. The Chester Repuh
licans were evidently not anxious to pun
ish the Wilmington offenders, for tn
cases never came to trial Billany wa
recently arraigned before Judge J Fran
Ball Of Wilmington on a charge o
illegal registration, but the matter wa
dropped
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