The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16

was ready to answer questions.
NJ. j. Scanlan asked why the Council
stopped the electric railway after letting it
get as far as Ma n and Centre streets.
Mr.. Lamb answered that the road was
stopped because it did not comply with the
ordinance.
Mr.. Scanlan said that his object in
signing the call for the meeting was to get
the road running through the lower part of
Main street as well as the upper part
b. j. Yost arose and asked "Will you
please state who offered you the block of
stock ?'
Mr.. Lamb answered, II won't tell you"
A why-not murmur passed through the
audience.
Mr. Yost then said to the audience
Now, gentlemen, this gentleman states
he was offered block of stock to do
certain things; now let him make it clear
to the people. Cunning to Mr.. Lamb By
whom were you offered that block of
stock 2'
Mr.. Lamb again refused to answer
Mr.. Lamb and Councilman Holman got
into a discussion as to whether or not the
latter voted to have the electric road paved.
Mr.. Holman said he voted for paying and
the minutes OF Council would show it.
Mr.. Lamb said he didn't.
Mr.. Yost took the platform and stated
that the people who called the meeting had
been treated unjustly. That the audience
had been dragged away from the real
isue. MIR. Yost raised storm by making
this statement NOW, gentlemen, you
have elected 10 Councilmen. You have
a perfect right to expect justice from them,
but from what has been said here tonight
you have perfect right to believe that the
whole Borough Council is nothing but
set of seamps"
Councilmen Coakley, Gable, James and
Lamb were upon their feet in an instant
amid an uproar, but order was finally re.
stored and Mr.. Yost was allowed to pro-
ceed.
Before leaving the platform Mr.. Yost
stated, in answer to vigorous questions by
the four Councilmen named, that his re-
marks were based upon MIR. Lambs state
ment that there had been bribery and al
tempts at bribery.
Mr.. Lamb said he did not say what Mr..
Yost said be did and voices in the audience
yelled Yes, he did" Mr.. Lamb said be
didn't
Mr., james finally took the platform and
stated that the Councilmen had acted rs
they did because they wanted to stand by
the ordinance and the roads and highways
committee was instructed to stop the work
if the company did not carry out the
ordinance.
James o Hearn, of the First ward, asked
of Councilman James did you make
these remarks; that if you had seven more
like yourself the railroad would never
come through town?'
Mr.. James: mo, sirl"
MIR. o Hearn: "Well, here is man
who can prove it,"
The man indicated, tn. Seward, stepped
forward and said to Mr.. James Didn't
you say to me, last Thursday, at about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, that if you had
seven more men with you that railroad
would never enter the town. 2"
Mr.. James answered: "Ill tell you what
l did say. l said that if there were seven
more men like me that railroad would
never 60 one foot past Dan. Brennan's
unless tdey paved according to the ordi.
nance.'
To this the ques.ioner replied, "There
was no such thing as Dan Brennan men
toned"
In answer TO Mr.. Cosetps question as
to why the road was not stopped at Dan
Brennan's, Mr., James said there was no
authority to act without specisi meeting
of Council and that when that meeting
was called seven members attended aud
five remained down stairs.
J. II. Pomeroy was the next on the stage
and arraipned the signers Of the call for the
meeting b, cause they did not appear and
speak on the platform. He defended "de
ate" He explained that the osth applied
TO the Councimen st the last organic alton
Of Council was according to law and he
had prepared it upon the solicitation of the
Chief Burgess. Before leaving the plat.
form Mr.. Pomeroy said, You can go
into the Borough Council and you can put
the slimy hand on four of them''-meen-
ing Councilmen, but not specifying the
four
jack Roberts moved that the action Of
the Borough Council be endorsed and the
meeting aoj urn, and Rev. Ii. g. James
wanted to move that the eight Council
men, in the sense Of this meeting, be
heartily endorsed"
Chairman Hollopeter said he could en-
tertain no concluding motion until some Of
the gentlemen who had signed the call for
the meeting had been heard. The gentle
men had pledged themselves to defrsy the
expenses of the meeting and the attendants
were their guests, hence they should be
allowed chance to speak.
Ex Senator NJ. c. Watson stepped to the
platform aud said the was one Of the
signers of the call. He suggested that the