The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-29
PUZZLED HOW TO VOTE.
WHY THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T
ADOPT TIE EASTERN TIME.

The Aldermen Want More Time to
Look Into the Matter - Alderman
Bailey Calls Attention to One of the
Ways the Council Does ThinRs-The
Board of Trades Resolution to Hurry
Work on the Public Building In
dorsed.
The city council failed to adopt eastern
time last night because the aldermen didn't
know how TO vote.
When Clerk Rebarer had finished reading
she ordinance, Alderman Carson, its
author, moved that action be postponed
until the next regular meeting, as he IN
derstood some of the members had not
made up their minds how to vote upon IT..
Did you say the aldermen have not made
up their minds about itr' asked Alderman
Haines.
''Some of them. I said" replied Alder
man Carson, and before any more time
questions could be asked Alderman Myers
seconded the motion, and it was carried.
The meeting was q short one. The coun-
cilmen present were Mayor McDonough
and Aldermen Harris, Cam. Haines, Car
son, Bailey, Harmon, Mcclure, Mye and
Reid. Il has been Alderman Carson 5
habit almost invariably TO move the adop-
ton of the minutes Of the previous session
as printed soon as Mayor McDonough
called the board 70 order. the understanding
being that each alderman had already
read the printed slips without discovering
any errors. But last night he was strangely
silent Mayor McDonough turned to him
expecting the usual motion, but Alderman
Carson was as dumb as the sphinx. The
mayor waited probably minute and then
turning to the board remarked: "As hear
last session, l will request the clerk to read
them"
he HADN'T READ THEM.
ut has always been Alderman Carson's
privilege to make that notion" responded
Alderman Haiues.
"And / always accept the honor when
have read them y replied Alderman Carson
shut this time l have not"
II suppose you have all read the minutes"
said Mayor McDonough, but none Of the
aldermen had.
'Mr. Clerk, please read the minutes Of
the last session, ;" said the mayor, but Just
as Clerk Rebarer picked up the long non
psreil printed sheet Alderman Myers moved |
the confirmation, some other alderman sec |
onded It, and the long room of the exchange |
probably for the first time, witnessed the |
strange :, ocesdng of a board of aldermen |
confirming something with which all had |
admitted they were unfamiliar.
There was a little tilt between Aldermen |
Harmon aud Bailey about favorable re- |
port on the application Of William Diers to |
build a stoop to his house on Bolton street. |
Alderman Bailey, as a member Of the street |
and lane committee, challenged the report |
on the ground that tue committee had never
been called together to oct upon the appl !
cation
Alderman Harmon, who is chairman Of !
the committee, replied that he had con- |
suited a majority of the members and had |
secured their consent, and also told Mr.. |
Diers TO speak 10 Alderman Bailey about
the matter.
"Thatdoes not make it right" replied
Alderman Bailey 1T is your duty to call
the committee together TO act upon such
applications, and you did not do SO in this
instance
II have explained the matter to you i" re-
torted Alderman harmon. lyon have the
privilege of filing minority report If you
desire, and vote against the application If
you want to-
WANTED ATTENTION CALLED TO 1T.
Alderman Haines took a hand at this
point be agreed with Alderman Bailey in
the position he took and wanted him to
submit a minority report but the alderman
declined, intimatlng that his only desire was |
TO call attention TO the manner of N akinR
the report.
When the vote was called for the.report Of
the committee was unanimously adopted.
=, Inc ordinance granting permission to
Matt O'Connell to erect frame house on a
lot less than forty feet front on Hall street.
near Montgomery, was taken up on its sec
ond reading and caused little discussion |
before being adopted. Alderman Bailey |
eald he introduced the ordinance at Mr. |
O'Connell's request, aud believed it ought |
TO be adopted III view of the fact that the |
council had recently granted the same priv |
1lege to Mr.. G. H. Dorsett
Alderman Haines announced his inten-
tion to vote against it because he believed
the passing of such ordinances wrong In
principle. The proper thing TO do, no said
would be the adoption Of a general ordi
nance covering the subject, and not have
special ordinances every time anybody
wants to do a thing which is forbidden by
some other ordinance. The granting of the
privilege TO Mr.. Dorsett referred to by
Alderman Bailey was as wrong, he argued,
as the one under discussion.
AN OLD QUESTION up AGAIN.
Alderman Bailey reported that he had on
q previous occasion tried to have general
ordinance PASSED, but it was voted down.
and it was the understanding then that each
case should come up separatey.
Twas opposed then to tho present ordi-
nance, > said Alderman Bailey, land | am
still opposed to It. think it is unreason-
able to ray t1at q person canaot erect a
frame house on a lot less than forty feet
front, when many people cannot afford TO
buy one that size, aad often cannot get
such lots"
Alderman Carson backed Alderman
Bailey. lie said the precedent had been
established in tie Dorsets case and he con
sldered one man entitled to the same rights
as another.
Alderman Haines demanded a yea and
nay vote and the result was as follows:
Hess-Adernen Bailey, Harmon, Myers.
he'd Harris Cam and arson.
Nay-Aldermau HaineS.
The health and cemetery committee
which had ch7rge of the petitions of various |
parsons for compensation for articles Of |
furniture, leCding, etc. estroyed hv ordsr |
OF he health authorities in cases of Infect |
ious diseases, recommended the following |
amounts to be paid in full settlement of ali |
claim
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