Evening journal., 1897-05-04
NEWS OF NEW CASTLE
COUNCIL RESENTS 1T.
Denounces the Action of Ger
tain Citizens as an Affront.
A BLIND FOR THE LEGISLATURE


NEW AMENDMENTS TO OLD CITY
CHARTER WE'RE PREPARED
AND REPRESENTED TO BE
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR NEW CAS-
TIES FRIENDS.
City Council held an Indignation
meeting last evening at the mayors Of
fee
President Lambson stated that the
meeting had been called to take some
formal action on certain legislation
now pending at Dover amendatory to
the city charter. He declared that the
amendments had been prepared and
submitted by certain individuals in the
city without any submission to the
people. IL was time for City Council to
express ITSELF when at a recent mass
meeting, the people declared in favor
of an entire new charter and against
any amendments to the old charter II
such a procedure is allowed to go un-
noticed individuals can go on indeh-
nitely tampering with the citys busi-
ness The people had elected the present
! Council to protect their interests, and
he had assembled Council to express its
sentiments and submit them to the
| Legislature.
Messrs. Clewell and Cooper suggested
that Council place itself on record in
resolutions.
Mr. Pagan stated that the people had
not asked any individuals to busy
themselves in proposing amendatory
/ laorfaIaffAt, Of ha Ind
vduals had planted their guns against
the new city charter, which the Legis-
lature had seen fit to kill. The people
wanted an entirely new charter be-
cause they understood it., they didn't
want any amendments, because they
didn't believe in dealing in green goods.
Messrs. Cooper and Harrington ad-
mitted that they had not read up on
the amendments, but It looked as
though somebody was saying:
You don't know what you want; we
do. You cant have what you want,
simply because you want it,"
Mr. Clewell claimed that the taxation
clauses of charter were not improved
by the amendments. The plan to elect
inspectors seemed only a slap at the
mayor and his power of appointment.
Mr.. Frazer offered a memorial to the
General Assembly, but these resolu-
tions were deemed too harsh under the
circumstances, and the following me-
mortal was finally drawn up:
"To the Honorable, the Members OF
the General Assembly, of Della
ware.
. |. "A bill has been submitted to your
honorable body emhodying certain
Z changes and amendments to our pres
ent city charter. We, the members OF
the City Council of New Castle, Del.
beg leave to protest against the bill fol
= the following reasons:
First. IL 1t unauthorized both by
the chosen representatives of the citi-
b zens, the City Council, and by the citi-
= zens themselves, and has not been
Z publicly submitted to the people foi
I their opinion.
I cover nothing but what is fully pro
(, vided for In a general way in the ole
charter.
0 Third The City Council, under it!
present charter, has power under ,
D state law to appoint a Board of Healtl
d with full powers.
r Fourth. Our city is fully protected
q by horoughly-equipped volunteer
p fire department, and no change in thi
r. direction is desired by the citizens.
r Fifth. The only amendments anC
S changes demanded by the citizens an'
d taxpayers were contained i'm the new
+ charter lately reported unfavorahly Il
J. your honorable body. This instru
ment was agreed upon by the citizen
i at q public meeting held to conside
Il the measure, the City Council concur
IT ring completely in the changes as sug
3 gosted in the charter as submitted.
u 1--WE, the City Council Of New Cas-
tie, Del, believing that the interests o
e the city can best be served by an un
n favorable report on the bill. respect
fully request the same.
JOHN r. JAMESON, President,
"FRANCIS PAGAN,
CHARLES II. CLEWELL,
WILLIAM W. COOPER,
ROBERT H. HARRINGTON.
K ATTEST: c. Edwin Eckles, clerk