The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-12
ALDERMEN KISSED
An Uproarious Scene in the Philadei-
phia Common Council.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
The Coming Meeting at ST. Loui.. Expected
to Be the Bigge.t Gathering OF the
Kind Ever Held-The Mary
land seuatorshlp.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1O.-Amid jeers,
| eatcalls and Kisses, which the police
vainly endeavored to prevent, the COM
| mon council of the city of Philadel-
| phia yesterday voted to give away the
most valuable property now owned
by the city, namely the gas works,
worth at least SO, 900, 900. All day
long the 1872 men comprising the lower
branch of the city legislature had sat
in their chamber while some of the
members spoke bitterly against the
proposed legislation. Finally Mr..
Van Osten arose and moved the pre-
vious question. The question being
ordered, the roll was called and the
vote stood 1s to 81 to give away for
30 years this immense property.
scene of great confusion followed.
SHAME" some one in the gallery
shouted, and there came in moment
such storm OF misses as had never
been heard in the council chamber of
Philadelphia before. ''Bribe- takers"
some one shouted, and this was fol-
| lowed by cries of robbers, " thieves"
and ''perjurers.7 In vain President
Hartman pounded his gavel on the
desk in an nttem pt to secure order. lie
finally called upon the police and a
dozen or more officers ran into the gal
leries, but no sooner was one man
elected than Others took up the cry.
Many of the councilmen who had
voted for the measure were alarmed.
They bctook themselves to the various
ante-rooms and then left the city hall.
1t was over half an hour before the
galleries could be cleared.
Convention for Good Roads.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. l0.-The meeting of
the good roads state convention to be
held in this city the latter part of the
present month is expected to be the
biggest gathering of the kind yet held.
and the proceedings will be of interest
to all who are concerned about good
highways. 1t is admitted that the
chief drawback to securing good roads
is a lack of revenue. County courts
are confined to very narrow limits by
the constitut ton in the matter of levy
ing road taxes, and on two occasions
within the last Is years proposition
to amend the constitution has been
voted down. The meeting will
endcavor to find some general
plan for road Improvement out
side of the old method of relying upon
the revenue. The plan is to work con.
victs on the public highway. Many
advocates of good roads think that
law should be enacted compelling
farmers and others who use heavy
wagons to have them provided with
wide tires, SO as to prevent the cutting
up of roads. great multiplicity of
suggestions will be offered at the con
vention, as even the farmers do not
agree very wen on the subject OF i'm
proving the highways. One plan that
has been tried in the east will be
brought to the attention of the con-
vention. 1t consists OF a steel bed of
sufficient width to 6t the wheels Of
vehicles, and thus obviate the neces-
sity of SO much macadam being used
Many claims on behalf of this new
| plan have been made, but 1t has not
| yet invaded the west
The Maryland senatorship
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov 10.-In the list
of candidates for the United States
senate to succeed Mr. German, a man
whom some knowing politicians think
will carry off the honor is scarcely
mentioned for the place. He is Charles
j. Bonaparte, the well-known Balti-
more lawyer and reformer, and grand
nephew of Napoleon the Great few
weeks ago, when the republican cam
paign in Baltimore city was in serious
shape because of no funds, Mr.. Bona
parte is said to have come to the res
cue with the needed $685. 900, after
other senatorial aspirants had refused
to put up a cent Mr.. Bonaparte is
known to have the senatorial bee in
his bonnet. He is no halfway man and
the delivery Of the money, it is relia-
bly, stated, was made with the ex-
plicit understanding that the manage
ment was to throw him its support for
the senatorship.
Gov. Lowndes will be big factor in
the fight, despite the effort to belittle
his boom. He will have five and prob
ably six votes Of Allegheny, three re-
spectively of Garrett Calvert and St
Mary's and the vote of Senator Steven
son Archer Williams. of Hartford. The
governor has an immense patronage to
| dispense, some 1900 offices. All Mary
land appoin tments are for two years
only and this will be mighty lever
| in his behalf.