The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-10
ALDERMEN KISSED
An Uproarious Scene in the PhiladeI-
 phia Common Council.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
The Coming Meeting at St. Louis Expected to Be the Biggest Gathering of the Kind Ever HeId-The Mary
 land senatorship.

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 $40, GOO, GOO. All day long the 132 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 7s to 5e to give away for 30 years this immense property. A scene of great confusion followed.
 shame some one in the gallery shouted and there came in moment such 3 storm of misses as had ueser been heard in the council chamber CT Philadelphia before. tBriba-talers. some pne shontqd and this WAS fol- lowed br cries of robbers "thievesn and periurers Tn vain President Hartman pouaded hls gavei on the desk in an attempt to secure order He finally called ap0n the police and a dozen or more officers ran into the gal eries. but no sooner was one man eJeeted than 0rherT LOOK lp tile cry. Many oi the e9aaeilmea who had voted for the measure were alarmed. They befo9k tbem Ives to the various snte-roems and taea loft The city hall II seus over half an hour before the galleries could oe cleared
 Convention fer s3oad Roads.
 ST IoUls Nov 70 -Fhe meeting of the good roads state convention to be held n this city the latter part of the present month is expected to be the oigge gathering of fhe kind yet held, and the proceedings will De of interest fo ali wbo are eoncerned about good highways. It Is admitted that the chief drawback to securing good roads is a lack of reyenGe County conrts are confined to very marrow limits by the constitution in the matter of levy ing road taxes, and on two occasions within the last l5 years proposition to amend the constitution has been voted down. The meeting will endeavor to find some general plan for road improvement ont 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 a 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. A great multiplicity of suggestions will be offered at the con- vention, as even the farmers do not agree very well ,on the subject of im- proving the highways. One plan that has been tried in the east will be brought to the attention of the con yention. It consists of steel bed of sufficient width to fit 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 it has not vet invaded the west.
 The Maryland senatorship.
 BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 10. the list of candidates for the United States senate to succeed Mir. German, 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 A few weeks ago, when the republican cam paign in Baltimore city was in serious shane because of no funds, Mr. Bona parte is said to have come to the res cue with the needed $25,O0O, after other senatorial aspirants had refused to put up cent. Mir. Bonaparte IS known to have the senatorial bee Tn his bonnet. He is no halfway man ana the delivery of the money, 1t IS rella- blv stated. was made with the ex- plicit understanding that the manage ment was to throw him its support TOT the senatorship.
 Gov. Lowndes will be big factor ID the fight. despite the effort to belittle his boom. He will have five and prob ably six votes of Alleghany, three re spectively of Garrett, Calvert and st. Marv's and the vote of Senator steven son Archer Williams, of Harford The governor has an immense patronage tc dispense, some 4,000 offices. All Mary land appointments are for two years only and this will be mighty lever in his behalf.