The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-02
NO WHOLESALE CHANGES.
ALL SORTS OF RUMORs ABOUT RE
sIOVALS OF CITY EMPLOYEES.

INV hAa- vi I'll Aa4AA ~ 4 -
Mayor Myers says That Nothing Of
the Kind Is ContempIuted-Iie
Notifies Chief SIeDcrmott That the
sunday Laws Must lie EDfqFeea
and the Chief Instructs the Police
AccOrdin EIy-A Clean sweep AT the
Quarantine station-No Firemen
Yet Dismissed.
There were constant rumors yesterday
Of sweeping changes 10 be made in the
IRE and police departments under the
new ordinances for the cortro, o. these
departments. one rumor was that seven
men had been discharged from TIE fire de-
partment without cause and later In the
day the number reported 10 have been
discharged was stated as high as fourteen.
Some parties were so positive or the sub
ject that they were able. as they thought
TO give the names Of the nremen dis
charged. There was also a rumor that
several members OF the police force were
10 be notified Of their dismissal last night
A Morning News reporter saw Mayor
Myers late IN reference 20 these reports.
They are without foundation" he said.
'There have been no changes made to-
day in either the FIRE or the police depart
ment and none have been ordered. There
will be no sweeping changes made al any
time in either Of these departments. Some
changes will no doubt sbe made later on,
but they Will be made after due consider
alton and for good reasons.
NrrF~c lTUUneL IN az
Chief Puder's office al fire headquarters.
Assistant Chief Mcguire was on deck. he
was asked about the reported changes.
There have been no changes recommen-
ded so far as know and know that the
chief has recommended none. While the
new ordinance gives the chief power 10
recommend discharges without cause, do
not think men viii be dismissed without
cause. The new ordinance fills the bill ~
cases where men are generally worthless.
but against whom no specific charge can
be brought. The beauty about the present
state of affairs is that the chief is now the
absolute head OF the department During
a large part Of the time IN which he has
held Office. he has been hardly moro than
a figure head, and yet was held res ponsl-
BILE for all the shortcomings Of the depart
ment. Men whose appointments had been
secured through political influence telt
that they were Independent of the chief
knew that they could not be discharged
unless direct charges were brought against
them and the charges strongly backed up
Things viii be different now"
You fellows played the mischief con
tinued Mr.. Mcguire, when you stated that
only a few applications had been made for
places in the department. As soon as the
boys saw that they begun to rush In their
applications. We have received eight here /
to-day Chief Puder has some in his /
pocket, underst and that Alderman VIII /
link has some and there are more at the /
city exchange and they are still coming !
in"
Ex-Assistant Chief Mouro says he has |
no intention Of going into the dray bust !
ness as reported. He has made no busi-
ness arrangements as yet.
Mayor Myers sent a letter to Chief OF
Police McDermott last night, notifying
him that the laws regulating saloons, and
especially those with regard to Sunday
closing, must be enforced, and instructing
him to notify the police and TO read TO
them the ordinance on the subject. Chief
acted accordingly, and before
the night squad went out last night he
read them the mayors letter and the ordi-
nance. He will do the same thing with
the day squad to-day.
1.-THE ordinance will be enforced by the
police" said Chief McDermott to a Morn
ing News reporter. II shall instruct the
police to look out for Sunday liquor sell
ers, and when l say look l don't mean
that they shall wink the other eye when
they pass a place Of this kind"
1t was reported that Alderman Hudson
had announced his intention Of inToduc-
ing an ordinance to abolish the office Of re-
corder of the police court Alderman
Hudson said, when asked about the mat
tel, that he had merely said joNingly, to
some of those who were kicking over Re
corder Wilson's reelection, that the only
way to get even was 10 do away with
the recorders office altogether. It had
not occurred to him to introduce an ordi-
nance on the subject, he said.
Mr.. Marvin O'Neal resigned his position
as stenographer In the clerk Of councils
office yesterday to accept similar posi-
ton with the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad. Mr.. O'Neafs resigna-
ton was rendered of his own accord. Mr..
1danucy had assured him that their was
no danger of his removal and was reluc-
tant OF accept his resignation John Flem-
ing, Jr., was appointed to MI his place
Al clean sweep has been made Of the old
quarantine employees. Those discharged
are Charles Carroll. and Timothy Sull-
van. engineers on the wharf Francis M:
Barr, engineer, and John Healy, mate of
the Theckla.
The faithful may have more grounds for
kicking and the Clean-sweep Reform Club
be given an additional boom If the report
that several aldermen have taken de-
cided stand against cleaning out the od
employees in their departments for no
other reason than that jobs were wanted
for other men, is true. One alderman
told Morning News reporter that he had
prevented the discharge of several men
in a certain department under his charge,
by simply putting his foot down and de-
claring that it should not be after the
men had already been notified of the dis
missal by the superintendent. He saw no
reason, he said. why good men should be
discharged to make room for new and
inexperienced men, simply because their
Jobs were wanted by political partisans.
TO SUE ANOTHER COMPANY.