Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-28
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
Necessary At City Government Mestins Monday
fight Over Election Of Officers.

The secon,! regular meeting of the new
city government was held Monday night.
As lively time was expected there was a
large attendance of the members. The
mayor and all the aldermen were present
ausl all ba, two Of the council; Messrs. r.
W. >imaonds of Ward and DIP. Hewin-
Of Ward : being the only ahsentees. Mr-
Hesins !. seriously i'll being threatened
with typhoid.
There was thander in the ar as it vas
expected that the matter of elect'ns an ss-
..ssor AMI Awarding the unli,ilsl plum'
remaining you'd BIZ settled. Bat the bosses
discerncl iangvr in the air ard fought bard
to avoid a joint convention The result
Of the wrangie was that practically 10 bust
mes, was transacted Only two orders being
passed.
one appropriated from tine contingent
fund @l7j for Seth Williams Post &. \. K
to AL in the proper Observance OF Memo
rial lay
The other appointed a special committee
Of five Al, rmen Martin and Wight,
Councilmen Moore of Wari 3, Prescott of
W ard and Saunders OF Ward to inquire
into ib" matter of the salary to be paid the
lit, treasurer and collector Councilman
Dudley Of Ward VAS first appointed Is
chairman on the part of the council, but
declined this as all the other efforts that
have been made 10 make INN share the re-
-pon.ibllitics with the Democrats.
The fun AMI fighting began in the alder
men room " hen Mr. Randall suggested
that the two branches should go into joint
convention How this thought frightened
the bDsses and their lieutenants, several of
man Martin and moved that the board post
pone the consideration of the matter until
the next meeting. TN the vote il was
noticed that Aldermen Blaisdell. Martin,
Ayers and SpaulIing were in the majority
and Aldermen Iovejoy. Randall and Wight
were in the negative.
Then the matter of clectng supcrin-
tendent of bury ing grounds was brought up
Alderman Blai-'lcll presented the petitions
OF Edward Gritiiu and James T.. knight for
tho place Mr. Martin put in the name Of
George A. Cony IN finished speech. Mr.,
Randall seconded the nomination. Alder
man Ayers put in the name of Ambrose
Church ON the ballot Cony got } votes
Lovcjoy. Martin and Randall, Church
the same number Ayers, Wight and
SpaultlngJ and Knight but tBlaisdelI.
Upon motion of Mr.. Randall it
was unanimously voted that the
matter be settled by authorizing
the mayor to cast the deciding vote.
The mayor voted for George \. Cony,
Then in spite of the lost vote and without
reconsideration a second ballot was ordered
upon which Cony got I votes and Church
the same, Biasdell changing from knight.
pom motion of Alderman Martin the mat
ter was put over to the next meeting
Later Alderman Randall instituted Il vigpr-
ous kick claiming that Cony was elected
on the ground that the mayor hal an equal
.laA concurrent voice in the matter with the
board The members struggled mighty
with the question but it was too much for
them and was IL # Undecided.
Alderman Martin introduced an order
that the election of city officers be brought
up at the ne xt meeting which should be held
On Friday at 80 +. NJ,
Alderman Wight fought the motion Wig
orously, saying that the assessors began
work on Saturday and that the new one
womb not have time to qualify. Alderman
Randall called attention to the fact that the
m ,tler was put over once because the Dem
o,rltic caucus could not settle the matter
aud that this was again the only reason for
DELAY. The yea and nay vote on the matter
was rs follows: Yeas-Lovcioy. Blaisiell,
Martin, Ayers and Spauliing Nays
Randall, Wight.
Petitions and remonstrunces in regard to
the condition of Sewall, Court, Green and
Min streets and for sewer on Mill street
were received aud referred in concurrence
Councilman Dudley introduced a joint
order that the two branches go into joint
convention forthwith. The council passed
it bv a large majority hut the aldermen
voted to non-coucur. 1t was returned TO Oh"
council and and it was moved that the
council rgcrdc aul concur; this was lost by
liz vnte. i to Il, AMI the council insisted
and srnt il back to the aldermen. The
boarI then ASKED tor COMMITTEES OF con
ference aud the mayor appointed Loveloy
and Spaulling on the part of the board.
tia, council Joining Councilman Harvey,
Shaw and Till.on. After consolidation
the committee reported unanimously i'll ia
vor Of Il Joint order for meeting Wednes-
iav night. when joint convention should
he held.
The aldermen accepted the report and
passed the order, but in the council the
fight was kept up, the yeas and nays being
ordered, The vote stood Yeas-Pierce,
Moore. Michaud, Tillson. Saunders, Shaw
Prescott. Harvey -. Nays Holway,
dudley, Taber. Lewis. The meeting
then adjourned to wednesday at 80
o'clock