The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-20
FIVE OF THEM NANED
Mayor COnnell'S Nominees for Policeman
COnlImad by Select Council.
OBJECTIONS MADE TO Lewis
MIR. Fellows and Mr.. Lauer We're OPP
posed to Again Giving Him a Place
on the Police Force - They Re-
hearsed the Gleason AHair-Nomi-
nations Voted on Together-That
Proposition Was Fought.

Mayor Connell last evening sent into
select council the names of five persons
to serve AZ members OF the police force,
all Of whose appointments were CON
tirmod after a spirited contest.
The new patrolmen arsAlon2a b. Day,
Conrad Meinzsr, James w. Coleman,
Joseph Block and Thomas b LAWS.
In his communication accompanying
the nominations, Mayor Council stated
that he was influenced TO appoint
Mr.. Lewis by that gentleman's past
record of efficiency az u policeman. and
by the number Of letters received from
prominent C~itizens of thu West Side
and Central City. urging that the APP
pointment be made.
Mr.. Clemens, as soon as the MAYORS
communication was read, moved to
consider the nominations. Mr.. Fellows
moved to refer tho nomination of
Thomas b. Lewis to q committee and
Mr.. Manlsy amended that all the nom
nations DO referred. Mr.. Fellows
then gained the floor and made a bitter
speech in denuneiation Of Lewis.
Mr.. Clemens commended the past Of.
iciency of Mr., Lewis AS an officer dur
ing Il period Of eleven years ger vice,
although he did not wish to DO under
stood rs defending his participation in
the affair with Gleason. Mr.. Clemens
stated that he saw no reason for ref0r.
ring the nomination. MI. Manlsy saw
no harm in referring the nomination
of Mr.. Lewis. lu his Judgment all the
nominations should he referred.
WANTED EVIDENCE READ.
Mr.. Fellows asked that the evidence
which Mr.. Gleason gave before the
committee that investigated the Lewis
Gleason affair be- read. The request
WAS complied with later. The motion
to refer the nomination was voted on
with the following result.
Nays-Ross, Finn, Kelly, Clark. Roche,
Durr, Wagner, Clemens, Burns, Cornell
10.
Nays-Thomas, Williams, Schwenk,
Manley, Fellows, Kellow, Westpfhal. Lauer,
Chittenden-1.
The motion being lost, Mr.. Lauer
moved to consider the nominations
separately. Mr.. Clemens moved to
amend that they be considered to-
gether. Mr.. Lauer gained the floor
and said that he made the motion to
consider separately because he wanted
to vote against the confirmation of
Lewis. whom be severely arraigned be-
fore sitting down. He read u part of
the evidence given by Mr.. Lewis be-
fore the police investigating COM
mittee.
Mr.. Clemens and Mr.. Fellows got in
a few words and then the formers
motion to proceed to consideration was
adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Ross, Finn, Kelly, Thomas. vii.
liams, Clark, Roche, DUR, Wagner,
Schwenk, Fellows, Kellow, Clemens, Con-
nell-l4.
Manley, Westpfhal, Lauer, Chit.
teuden-4.
The motion to consider the nomina-
tions together was carried by q vote OF
10 TO 0:
Yeas-Ross, Finn Kelly, Clark, Durr,
Wagner, Kellow Clemens, Burns, Con-
nell-l0.
Nays-Thomas, Williams, Roche, Man
ley, SchwenR, Fellows, Westptahl, Lauer,
Chittenden-9.
Mr.. Clemens moved that the NOM
nations be confirmed. This was done.
Yeas-Ross, Finn, Kelly, Thomas, vii.
liams, Clark, Roche, DUR, Wagner, KEEL
low, Clemens, Burns, C%onnelI, Chltten-
den-l4.
Nays-Schwenk, Manley, Fellows, West
pthal, Lauer-5.
The mayors appointment of Terrence
B. Rafferty, to be inspector of the Spell.
man court sewer was unanimously
confirmed.