The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-03
SENATOR MANLEY
OBJECTED TO HART
Mayor Bailey Was Compelled to With.
draw His Appointments.
DEMOCRATIC COUNCILMEN RILED
Claim Yhat His Honor ErOke Faith
with Thcm-.Thcy Refused to Make
u Quorum Until Assured Ihat No
Apo intments Would BE Read.
Routine business That Was Trans.
actpG.

AS announced in The Tribune Satur-
day Mayor Bailey sent no appointments
to select council that night. This was
not altogether his honor's fault. After
his interview with The Tribune repor-
ter he changed his mind and decided
to ask the select council to confirm
James Hart of the Fifteenth ward, FOR
patrolman, Thomas Cullen for food In
spector and permanent men for the Re
lief, Hook and Ladder and Niagara
companies.
There We're no particular objections
by the councilmen on any of these ap-
pointments save that of Hart but there
was a most decided objection against
that and for several reasons.
Some time ago the mayor. so the
councilmen say, agreed that he would
send in no police appointments without
apprising them and that where there
were several applicants for the same
position from the same ward they would
be consulted in making a choice. This
was not done in the Hart case, the
candidates cause being championed by
Councilman II. r. Fellows. Another
cause for complaint is this: When Pa
NtltIlluIi was itilloN'' icAi si'N
force it left the Twelfth ward without
representation in the police department
and Select Councilman Manley AYERS
that he secured Mayor Bailey's promise
that the next man to don the blue
would be David Clark of the Twelfth.
The sending in of Hart's name Manley
considered great aftront and he sWore
by all the gods, ancient and modern,
that Mayor Bailey will get no one ap-
pointed until he attends to the case OF
Mr.. Clark.
NO APPOINTMENTS THE CRY.
Saturday nights meeting was called
for general business and at O'Clock all
of the Republican members were IN
their place but the Democrats were
conspicuous by their absence. They
had caucused and decided upon
course of action and some were In the
city clerks office. others in the corridor
while several found their way into the
mayors Office and told their surginS
thoughts to his honor.
At s O'Clock Mr.. Chittenden came out
into the hallway and explained the ur-
gent need of holding a meeting as many
matters of great Importance required
immediate attention. He addressed
himself particularly to Mr.. Manley.
"There's a meeting next Thursday
night" said the senator from the
Twelfth.
Il know" replied Mr.. Chittenden,
but a number of the members will be
out of town then on their vacation and
we can't meet on that night
II I,a In hot
Manley petulantly. "we'll be here.
Now look here" said Mr.. Chittenden,
1--WE want to meet tonight, we ought to
meet; what do you fellows want, let
us know and well try and accommodate
YOU"
1--WE don't want any appointments
read tonight, that's what we want. The
reading of appointments means no
meeting"
well we can skip that order of busi-
ness" replied Mr.. Chittenden. Il think
that can be arranged all right and he
went back to the council chamber 10
consult with his Republican brethren.
APPOINTMENTS WITHDRAWN.
In the meantime the mayor had been
acquainted fully with the situation and
he agreed to withhold the contemplated
aupointments. At S.12 as the council
was about to adjourn because of the
absence of a quorum Senator Manley
led his braves into the COdncil cham
Der, shouting as he did so, Now you
can call the roll" 1t was done and the
following responded to their names:
Finley Ross, Wade NJ. Finn, j. j.
Kearney, w. j. Thomas, John T.. Roche,
NJ. f. Clarke, Fred ]. Durr, c. f. Chit
tenden, c. =. Wagner, James j. Manley,
II. II. Fellows, Adam Schroeder, NJ. j.
Burns, Thomas Coyne and George Sam
derson.
Mr.. Finn, chairman Of the police COM
mittee, reported that the time fixed for
the hearing in the case Of Patrolman
Joseph Bloch is Wednesday evening at
Z o'clock in the mayors Office.
The ordinance appropciating $3.50 for
the purchase of a carriage for Chief En-
gineer Hickey was amended to read
5000 The clause authorizing the joint
fire department committee to award
the contract for the wagon was sub
tracted from the ordinance.
In regard to the paving Of West
Lackawanna avenue. Mr.. Manley want
ed to have the ordinance amended be-
cause it called for West Mountain stone,
which. he said, was giving a monopoly
to that article. Mr.. Fellows Informed
him that there are several different