The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-06

ground that the fire department were SUI
coordinate municipal officers SO much as
he did on the ground that he didn't be-
lieve in the increase of salaries. The
motion to lay on the table was carried, 8
to s, Mr.. Merrill of Ward not voting.
Then Mr.. Kehoe called attention to the
fact that the rules required every mem
Der to vote unless excused, and that Mr..
Merrill had not voted. President Nc
Gowan quickly saw the point, and said it
was well taken, and that he would call
another vote on the question. Mr.. Chute
asked the Chair if he had not already
declared the question in the affirmative,
9 to s. The president said eyes, but it
was based on an error of the clerks in
making the count. Quite sharp discus
sion ensued on this point, but finally
the president insisted on taking
the vote over again, Messrs. Pencil and
Chute Directing. The vote to reconsider
was then taken and prevailed, 10 to s, a
strict party vote.
When the Mayor and upper board
| joined the Council in joint convention,
the president stated to His Honor the
Mayor, that the board desired to explain
to him the circumstances why they
| should like to have him withdraw his
of Ward explained that when the sala-
ries of the other members of the depart
ment were raised at the beginning of the
| year, the salaries of Hose No. 6 were not
raised by inadvertence, and justice de-
manded that the error should be recti-
| fed. The Mayor replied that his reason
| for the veto was the fact that the rules
| and orders forbade any addition to the
appropriation bill after it was once
passed. MI. Randall asked if the rules
| couldn't be suspended by vote of both
boards and the appropriation made. The
Mayor said they could, but it must be
| by a two-thirds vote. Mr..
Merrill said the money was
in the appropriation and that no increase
would be necessary as the committee
| figured on 1870 men in the department. at
| $40 apiece increase, and that would in
| clude the No. 6 Company, and how they
| were left out he couldn't tell. Alderman
| the money. Messrs. Rines, Simpson,
| Little, Chute, Webb and Randall all spoke
| of the payment of this increase as a mat
| ter of justice.
| After the dissolution of the convention
| Mr.. Webb introduced an order to sus-
pend the rules and pay the company the
| increased salary. President MCGOWAN
| thought this would be a discourtesy to
the Mayor, unless he first withdrew his
veto. Mr.. Webb disclaimed any discour-
tesy and said they had already voted to
sustain the veto, and that the Mayor
himself had admitted that the course the
order proposed was the only way to get
at the desired object. A motion was
made to have the clerk see the Mayor
and ask if he withdrew the veto and it
| was voted down. Then Mr.. Webb's mo-
| ton was laid on the table on motion of
Mr.. Howe, 10 to s, a strict party vote.
Other Matters.
Mr.. Dunn offered a petition for cross
walk on North street. Referred and
sent up.
| Business from the upper board re-
ceived concurrent action.
Thesauditor's report was tabled as Mr..
| Merrill said there was an error in it ac-
| crediting $1,000 expended to the cleo
trical appliance committee instead of the
police.
Messrs. Tibbetts, Kehoe and Randall
were appointed the committee on the
part of this board on the order for the
purchase Of Back Bay flats.
IN JOINT CONVENTION.
VIM. Skerrett was elected a weigher of
coal, j. III. Mountfort and G. L. Brackett
surveyors of wood, and Cornelius A.
Mannix a surveyor of granite