Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-13

by the Chief.
The Council Committee on Fire De-
partment met last evening and gave an
other exhibition of reform as the
present Council understands il.
After the transaction Of a cOns;dera-
BILE amount of routine business, which
will be referred to later on, the Clerk
announced thar the APPOINTMENT Of
Robert Bowman, to fill the vacancy at
the Chemical engine house. through the
resignation OF Robert Cline, had been
returned by Council. and asked what
should be done with it. The Chief said
he had never received Mr.. Cline's res
lSnatiCn until two weeks ago. when
the Chair said he should have notified
the Committee Of il &c once. The Chief
said there had been no meeting of the
Committee but the Char didn't think
that made any difference, and under
took TO prove by the ordinance that the
Committee should be notified within five
days. He found when he read the or
diDance, however. that there was no
such provision IN the law, the provision
for notification applying only to suspen-
siOns. The Chair then changed his
point of criticism, and said that Bow
man had been removed and the Com
mittee had not been notified, but the
Ch!ef met this by saying that as he
had never appointed nor recommended
Mr.. Bowman, he could not have removed
him. This brought up the old question
of the appointing power. and the writ
ten ordinance governing the fire depart
ment was produced from the .vaulJ,
when .t was found by the Republicans
that they had been barHing up the
wrong tree all the tiT.e. At the last
meeting they were guided by an Ordi-
nance which hQf5 been repealed in 1883.
Sec. 4 OF thef new measure provides that
All employees shall be nominated by
the Chief Marshal. But they
shall have no power until confirmed by
/ Council"
When this had 6cen read there was a
pause Of severa, minutes, during which
the Republican members looked at each
other but said nothing Finally Mr..
Waterhouse enQu.red-What is before
us?
Mr.. Irwin-We've struck a snag.
Mr.. Zwicker laughed, but said moth
ing.
Mr.. Clat0r w:nked.
Then Mr.. Irwin softly inquired-Mr.
Chief. have you any recommendation?
Tho Cb:of said he had
Tban tbera was another pause dur-
ing which the Clerk suggested, soto
voce. that he had a couple of commu-
nications. The Republican members
were lost in deep thought, however,
and no notice was taken OF the sugges-
ton. Finally Mr.. Clator observed, IN
a reminiscent sort OF way
Il don't see why the Ccmml tee can't
do a thing when another committee
d:d it?' And this, n the face OF the
factthatthere had been new law since
the appointment OF Mr.. Herbert, under
Chief Dunnlag regime expressly 5IV-
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After q lot OF talk and beating about
the bush the CIerk READ a cohmun1ca-
t'cn from the ChieI, announcing lne
resignation Oh MT. OI.ne, ana Inc uoin4-
nation OF Joseph Daum 10 the vacancy
Mr.. irwin moved 10 ADOPT Mt. Cl@loT
moved 10 strike Dlum $ name on ana
Mr.. AWlcker seconded the notion me
ayes anu nays were calieu Ior anu MI
h3nne Went OUT. Inc vote was sus-
pended until he returned WAen me r.
suit was announced as -FOUR RepuOii.
cans IN I9VOr Oh Strlk.hS 'Ae mime Oh
1ir. Daum on ana TWO democrats III
FAVOR CT keeping II on
Chief Healy then nominated Stephen
Wa-erhouse 20 fill thevacancy and there
was a repetition OF the haSSIlnS on IN
pary ol 'Le n' g - ,,as
s1id IL iIoHeu 10 nm az Il .Hg'e W. "
sood CedI u poHllS' III IT, @nu e NJ
was rlsAt because .le see Ie'soH III
the acton OF tne hepuDl'cahS, III uue
face OF the explicit language OF the or
d.n2nce, was the Iact "h4t Ou.ei Ilea-
ly's nominations We're not Republicans.
The Committee tddled around Tor an
hour, endeavoring 10 find some method
Of defeating the law and beating the
Chief. As an instance OF this, the
Chair Solemnly announced that the mo-