Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-11

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4 Den3ocrotir + T,ac;slatnre hoI 5esto1yod
u,1on tbem as 4 nurelv nn.nortisan \
cansilerltion and treated II as ! nrize ~
~ awardad for ranl. nartisanshir, IL snd
eervicas rendercd n HE Rennblican
marty
Whom the bill autborizinr the boord
n elect ~ own secretarv wa before the
General Assemblv II was held forth bv
he members If the hoard that in th5e
eyent If III nassarn tbe nosit;on wonld
hc given IL Mr. n r Frazer Who bad
shown hy vears ~ accantable eervica h;e
nacnliar {ifnesa for tbe res,onsibie and
in,nortant dnties Of tbe offica Had II
mot been for tbis understanding the bili
would not have hean nassad When II
came ia tbe election however DR.
Walos was the onIv PennhIican ,nan,. .
ber who attemnted Ia maintain the in
tegritv of me board bv yoting for
Frsasr rbe otbnrs nnitad IN giv;ng
tbe oflica tn the assistant secreterv of
the M Pcnublican committed soielv as q
reward for his Marty services IN tbe
frandnlant registrat;3n forged tax m re-
ceint mill at Seventh and Market streeta
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IL Was5S O'Clock When the Board OF
Health met IN adjourned session, tor
the purpose Of electlng secretary; All
the members were present and Secre-
tary Lee was on hand, although ne had
everything closely locked up except
some sheets OF paper, upon which to
Keep minutes OF the meeting.
Or. Springer opened the ball by say
ing that as the situation gave promise
Of trouble the board ought to have legal
advice before proceeding 1urther, ana
ne moved that the opinion OF the city
solicitor be asked Tor.
Ills motion was not seconded and Or:
ohoftildge promptly moved 10 proceed
to the election Of secretary
AT TINS point secretary Lee wanted to
put In word, his object being TO pre-
Of the board il attempting to elect his
successor az TINS tllne.
But President Wales cut him short.
"You are not a member of the board" he
said, "and have no right to speak"
A list Of applicants for the office of
secretary was read by DR.. Shortlidge,
together with various letters recon-
mending them. Those he mentioned
We're Charles II. Vary, John II. Gra-
ham, w. @. r. Colquhoun, Harvey B.
Wiley, Jonathan B. Roberts, Joseph Il.
Miller and Fitzalan 0. Bennett. Letters
especially recommending Colquhoun
were read from William II. Pierson,
Samuel ii. Knox, Philip @. Church
man, solomon Hersey and others.
Df. springer mentioned Cornelius b.
6tlnsoh us an applicant, anu hhally Dr
W ales mentioned u. Is. frazer. Or.
Shortlldge formally placed Colquhoun
IN nomination.
Before beginning TO ballot Dr' Snort
lidge moved that MIR. van Trump be
made secretary pro tenn, despite the tact
mat secretary Lee was present. me
motion was adopted and Mr. Van
trump Kept the record OF the ballots,
which resulted as follows:
Colquhoun. 2 2 8
Frazer .'..'........t......2
6railam' ,5ra '....'.,'.'.....''.'1 l
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~ ales man declared WI. Coiqu-
noun alily elected ana inc secretary pro
lem, on motion Of Mr. Coyle, was IN
strueted to notify hlm OF his election.
Inc board then adjourned.
Drs, Wales and springer voted for
Frazer throughout Mr. Coyle voted
for John II. Graham until the sixth bal
lot, when he Joined DR.. shortlidge and
Mr.. Van Trump, who had been steadily
voting for Colquhoun, which gave the
latter the three votes necessary to an
election
LEE WILL MAKE A FIGHT.
During all these proceedings Secretary
Lee sat at the table, with smile Of calm
assurance upon his features. "When
the courts decide that have been legally
!" he said after the meeting,
"I will quietly yacate the Office, and not
before.''
Lees plan is simply TO hold on to the
office ana force his successor or the
board to adopt legal means 10 eject him.
He has changed the combination Of the
office safe. and also holds all the kevs
which he will refuse to give up. and
thus the records are vet in his posses
sion. ON the theory that he holds the
Invaluable "nine points Of the law" he |
will let his opp6nents do the fighting |
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