The Portland daily press., 1892-04-05
Hicks. The aldermen receded and con-
CURED with this board.

Hicks. The aldermen receded and con-
| Cured with this board.
The City Stationery.
When the order came down from the
upper board suspending section 2 of the
| ordinances. by which the city clerk fur
| nishes stationery to the various depart
ments. and allowing the departments to
buy their own stationery during the year,
| the president ruled that by page 13o, sect.
3 of the ordinances, the city clerk IS re-
| quired to advertise for bids for all the
| city stationery and with the city AUDITOR
award the bids to the lowest bidder. MI.
Dunn and Mr.. Davis made briet remarks
| and the Council voted to non-concur with
the upper board. The upper board nom
| Cured and appointed a committee OF con-
| ference. This board adhered and the
chair appointed Messrs. Kehoe, Simpson
and Leighton as the committee.
| Then the fun began. Mr.. keh0e, as
| chairman of the committee of confer
ence on the part of this board, said the
| committee agreed, and that the alder
men would recede and concur with this
| board. Suddenly Alderman Gallagher
appeared and entered into an animated
whisper with the president of the board.
| The president then said there was mis-
| take. Alderman Gallagher, from the
conference committee, had not under
stood the matter, and the committee had
| not agreed. Mr.. Kehoe addressed the
board and said the committee did agree.
| Alderman Gallagher said it wasn't so.
| Mr.. Kehoe said the Board of Aldermen
hadn't sent back the papers, and that Al
derman Gallagher couldn't represent
them. The president said by the rules
and orders majority of each branch OF
committee of conference must agree,
and as the aldermens committee con-
sisted of but two, and one disagreed,
there was not a majority, MI. Kehoe
appealed from the Chair. The board
sustained the president, only two dis
senting, Messrs. Kehoe and Randall, ana
Mr.. Randall said he dissented because he
didn't see how the board could go behind
the report of its committee. Finally,
the president sent the committee back
to get a lucid report. They returned,
and Chairman Kehoe said his lucid re-
port was that the aldermen of the COM
mittee, after they had agreed to the first
report, were seen by the clerk and he
urged them to take a different view OF
the matter, and SO the committee would
recommend that the Council recede and
concur with the upper board and pass
the order, and the report was accepted
dIlu LuC OIU6I pdoSCd III OOdSoliSlioOs
The president said a like
order was passed April /, 1891.
The Rules and Orders.
There was quite discussion over cop
les of rules and orders for the board, be-
cause there were none known to be on
hand. But all at once the messenger
brought in number of copies OF the
rules and orders of the last City Council,
vi bo6 hnar, u0tn6 IN hQ 1ISp6
by this City Council, great deal of the
discussion became pointless. The com
| mittee ON printing was authorized to do
what they saw fit in regard to them.
Fourth of July.
Mr., Dunn offered an order that COM
mittee offve on the part of this board,
with such as the aldermen might join,
be appointed to urge upon the commit
| tee on appropriations, "a liberal appropria-
ton for Fourth of July celebration. The
order was passed, and Messrs. Dunn,
Knowles, O'Brion, Randall and Smith
appointed.
IN JOINT CONVENTION.
The letter of Sanford NJ Reed was read
resigning the office of fourth assistant
engineer of the fire department but he
remarked very ingenuously he would
take the second assistants berth. Alder
man Guptill moved that Sanford M.
Reed be nominated for second assistant.
Mr.. Simpson nominated George Z.
Barrows for third assistant engineer.
Alderman Stevens nominated Edward
| E. Rogers for fourth assistant.
Messrs. Reed, Barrows and Rogers
| were all elected.
i These other officers were elected, alder,
man Guptill throwing the vote of the
convention:
Weigher of Coal-Edward W. Dyer.
Public Weigher-O. w. Elbridge and Howard
Gray.
Constab esd. g. Sterling, Jacob a Graves
Surveyor of Leather-J. Z. O'Connell
Weigher of Coal, Lumber and Iron-Elmer E
| Andrews.