The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-25

! A OehInafks representing lh6 CITY At
/ torney, for an opinion as 70 the meaning
/ of the rule.
Mr.. Denmark said II was the duty of
| council to pass upon its own rules, 0ut
being called upon to give an opinion, 1t
was that the motion and notice Of Alder
man Myers carried the question over to
the next meeting.
Mr.. Myers said he had the opinion of
! Hon. Pope Barron, Col Garrard and 9TH
/ ers, all Of whom agreed in the opinion OK
/ pressed by Mr.. Denmark.
/ Mr.. Denmark said his opinion was given
| doubtingly, as he had not previously had
/ an opportunity Of considering the subject.
/ Gentlemen. what Is your pleasure?"
/ said Mayor McDonough.
/ Alderman Charlton said there was no
/ need OF taking action upon this matter
| Immediately, and the next business was
! proceeded with. Mr.. Charltons second
| ordinance changing the terms of the city
| officials from Immediately after their cleo
! ton in January to Jan. l, was read. An
! amendment to the ordinance, consisting
/ OF the insertion of the words, with the
salaries now paid" by Mr.. Charlton, was
accepted.
Alderman Myers again called for the
/ ayes and nays, again voting aye, and
| Alderman Screven voting no.
Il make a motion TO reconsider" said
| Mr.. Myers as Clerk Rebarer announced
the vote.
THE ordinance has been signed" an
nounced Mayor McDonough There was a
/ tremendous burst of applause from the
Tammany men.
Alderman Myers contended for his no
| tice. He was on his feet, he said at the
moment the clerk announced the vote.
Mayor McDonough held to his decision
| that the ordinance had become a law.
| There was great excitement. Alderman
| Myers somewhat exctedly requested per-
mission to retire. II wish to say that my
reason for retiring" he said, lis because
do not desire to participate in an un-
lawful election"
Alderman Screven also requested per-
| mission to retire. Their brother aldermen
| seemed to prefer that they should remain,
but their retiring was consented to.
Aldermen Myers and Screven left amid
| the Kisses of the Tammany crowd. Con-
| siderable confusion followed their retire
ment, and it was sometime before BUSH
| ness was resumed.
| Alderman Charlton conferred with the
| acting city attorney, Mr.. Denmark, and
with Mr.. Davis Freeman and Mr.. w. w.
Mackall, who were also present. The con-
| ference lasted sometime The subject of
| discussion was evidently how td get
| around the point made by Alderman Ny
ers on rule IA. 1t was finally decided to
! proceed with the election under the new
| ordinance, on the ground, so it is under
| stood, that obedience to its rules is not
obligatory upon council, the object of the
| rules being to expedite and not to delay
| business. As there was no further dis
cussion of the legal points of the question,
| however, the crowd was left in doubt as
to the views of the legal gentlemen.
! Mayor McDonough announced that the
| regular order of business would be re-
| sumed. 1t was announced to be the cleo
ton of officers. The first office for which
an election was held was that of clerk of
council. There was ouly one applicant,
= n
but the ordinance requiring that all Of
fcers be elected by ballot, the ballots
were prepared and cast. Mr.. Rebarer
was, of course. unanimously elected.
Maj. C. S. Hardee was reelected city
treasurer in the same manner.
Mr.. r. ]. Wade city marshal, was re-
elected lkwise.
There was only one applicant for the of
fee of city engineer, the present incum-
bent, Col w. J. VIM, the application OF
Mr.. Percy Sugden having been with
drawn. resulting in Col Winn's unani-
nous reelection.
The chief interest centered in the cleo
ton for chief of police, for which there
were three applicants, John Green, w. S.
Rockwell and G. B. Pritchard. The cleo
ton resulted as follows:
Green, s; Rockwell, /; Pritchard, l.
The result was somewhat of a surprise
to the friends of the two latter gentle
men, who thought it possible that Chief
Green might be defeated. or that, at
least, their candidates would make a
stronger showing.
There was an outburst of applause
when the result was announced.
Assistant Chief Of Police owen Reilly
was reelected without opposition.
Mr.. John Harrison was reelected mes
senger of council without opposition.
Mr. s. b. Adams was reelected city at
torney without opposition.
Mr.. II. E. Wilson was unanimously re-
elected recorder in the same manner.
Mr.. j. II. X nnickelI having withdrawn
his application for clerk of the market,
Mr.. ]. p. O'Brien, the present incumbent,
was unanimously reelected.
Mr.. r. c. Kennedy was reelected har-
Dor master without opposition.
In the same manner DR.. w. F. Brun-
ner was reelected health officer without
opposition, as was Mr.. e. E. Cheatham
superintendent of the scavenger depart
ment.
There were three applicants for keeper
Laurel Grove cemetery, George w. Alley,
H. S. Haupt and A. B, LaRoche. The bal
lotng resulted as follows: Haupt 6, AL
; ley 3, LaRoche l. Mr.. Haupt was for
. merly keeper of the cemetery, but was de-
feated two years ago by Mr.. Alley. lie is
a popular young man and has many
= friends who will be pleased to hear of his
: election.
, For keeper of the pest house there were
two applicants, NJ. A. Fahey and B. F.
Kappel The ballot resulted in the unani-
Gus reelection of the present incumbent,
t Mr.. Fahey.
| For the three city physicians places there
T were eight applicants, Drs. NJ. T. Davis,
]. G. Jarrel and W. e. Comm, the present
incumbents, Drs. c. II. Colding and f. H
Bloodworth and Drs. S. p. Lloyd, S. c.
l snelson and w. c. Smalls, the last three
colored.
Each alderman voted for three candi-
? dates The count showed the following
result:
, Comm 9, Jarrel G, Bloodworth G, Davis
s. Coldlng 4.
Drs. Comm, FARRELL and Bloodworth
a were declared elected.
/, The announcement Of the election for
, chief fireman created a ripple OF ex.
] element. The applicants were w. B.
! Puder Adolph Fernandez and John r
Cullum. The vote resulted as follows
Puder Q, Cullum 0, Fernandez /.
The failure of Mr. Cullum TO receive
any votes was somewhat of a surprise
: | TO his Tammany friends. There were