Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-21
BREEZY TOWN MEETING.
Radical Changes Made in the Matter 0 n.k E.l aaE-

Outdoor Relief. .'5.... .-.
 Town Clerk McMahon called the town meeting to order last night shortly after 8 o'clock Moritz Grelle was chosen moder- ator. -,....
 Judge Root started the ball by reading, the report of the special committee ap- pointed to look into the method of outdoor relief. It was long and exhaustive re- port and occupied over an hour in reading. At it's close it was accepted. An abstract of the report appears in another column.
 The question of raising funds for the erection of hose house and police station in Waterville was indefinitely tabled. on motion of Fire Commissioner Hynes.
 The matter of having the selectmen TO- quest the Waterbury Traction company to place their tracks on the west side of the turnpike from the city corners southerly to point near the South Brooklyn school bridge was also tabled, on motion of M. F. Connolly. r''~l+"
 Attorney Terry remarked that the re- port of the committee had been accepted, but not adopted and he passed up the fol- lowing votes
 "Voted, that the report of the special town committee on public poor relief be accepted and the recommendations con- tained therein be adopted, and that the votes and resolutions accompanying the re- port and contained therein be passed, and the selectmen are hereby directed to carry said recommendations, resolutions and votes into effect.
 "Voted, that the committee be, and they are hereby. authorized to procure the pub lication in pamphlet form of 2,O0O copies of the report for public distribution and that the town pay the cost of said publica- tion.' Emmet Riordan rose to point of order as there was motion before the house on the matter of widening the Naugatuck turnpike. The chairman said the motion had not been seconded.
 Here pandemonium broke loose. Every body seemed to be shouting and trying to attract the chairman's attention. Finally Dr Hayes secured the floor and moved to adopt the report of committee. MT Terry told him that this was embodied in one of the votes landed up by him. Dr Hayes then withdrew his motion. Mir Terry ar- gued that the report was lengthy and re- quired much food for thought. He hoped the meeting would vote to print the re- port It was adopted. The first motion on adopting the report was then read. D. F. Kelly moved to table the matter, in order to read 1t thor oughly. This motion was buried out of sight. The original was then put and de- cided carried by the chairman. Cries of 'doubt it" were heard but the chairman simply remarked: "I don't"
 The following vote was put and passed without opposition:
 "Voted, that the bill of the committee for their cash expenditures, itemized as follows: Cash paid to H. w. Atwood for searching records and obtaining data, $10; postage and stationery, S2.25; travelling expenses, $2.37; total, S14.62, be paid by the town"
 The matter of finishing the work on the turnpike below Smith & 4riggs' factory was tabled.
 This seemed to be all the business of the meeting, when Miles F. Connolly created another tumult by making a mo- tion to rescind the adoption of the com mittee's report. He said that he wanted to read the report intelligently and digest it.
 M. J. Brzezinski shouted "This is no free lunch"
 Michael O'Connor: "There is nothing in the report, only what is for the benefit of the taxpayers. No sane man would ob ject to it.
 Dr Hayes spoke enthusiastically in favor of the report. The committee had spent much time and trouble in preparing the re- port and it should be adopted. He also praised the store-room project as on orders old goods were given by many of the stores.
 M. F. Connolly did not doubt tLat the committee had done good work, but they were not infallible.. He spoke for the poor people he said.
 Judge Root warned the meeting to be mindful of who was putting the suggestions against the report. He knew Dr Hayes was taxpayer and he knew MT Connolly was not. This is a taxpayer, report and non-partisan.
 MT Connolly retorted that all were tax payers and suggested that each one present paid as much as the judge.
 Mir Terry brought up a point of order that Mir Connolly had not voted in the af- frmative and could not move to reconsider. MT Connolly said he had. The motion was put and lost and the meeting adjourned amid confusion.