The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-12

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when the Measure viii Become
Operative.
As predicted it would. common coun-
Gil in special session last night refused
to concur in the amendments to the
appropriation ordinance and sent the
measure to q conference committee.
Select council, which meets one week
from tomorrow night, will, under the
rule, appoint a similar sized committee
and the two will get together to settle
the disputed points. II is possible that
the upper branch may hold special
session this week or early next week
to appoint COnferrecs, but there is
again a possibility that they won't.
The Democratic common council, 1t
is concluded, is responsible for this
additional delay and there is no reason
why the Republican selectmcn should
break their necks tightening the bur
| den of the opposition. AS a first step
| towards liberal concession and compro-
mise, which must be the watchwOrds
| of the conference, President Nealis Sc
| lected as the conferrees from the low
er branch five Democrats and he would
| have a difficult task to select five
| scrapper ones. They are James j.
| Grier, Morgan Sweeney, NJ. f. Gilroy,
j. f. Noone and j. j. Flanaghan.
After the minutes of Mayor Balley's
| Joint convention had been approved
| without protest, President Nealis de-
clared the purpose of the meeting and
| directed Clerk Mahon to proceed with
the reading the amendments.
While he was engaged in this task
| the Republican members, nine in num-
Der, quickly withdrew and retired to
the committee room at the rear of the
| chamber Shortly after their retire.
ment President Nealis discovered that
there was no quorum and ordered a re-
| cess of ten minutes. Before that time
had expired the Republicans were back
in their seats and the reading Of the
amendments was again proceeded with.
When it had concluded President
Nealis announced that the question be-
fore the house was on the passage Of
the amendments. A roll call was made
and the motion to concur was defeated
by strict party vote, nine ayes to
| eleven nays. Mr.. McGrail, Democrat,
from the Twentieth, was the absent
members.
MR.. GRIER'S MOTION.
Mr.. Grier forthwith moved to pro-
ceed to the appointment of a conference
committee of five. The Republicans
voted a vociferous nay and demanded
a roll call. President Nealis directed
the clerk to proceed with the call of
the roll and incidentally asked il the
gentleman from the Seventeenth, who
made the call for the ayes and nays
would explain the position of the mi
nority. Mr.. Keller was just waiting
for the opportunity and he proceeded
to explain in detail.
I'VE feel" said Mr.. Keller, that we
should concur in those amendments.
We are acting in childish manner. l
am opposed to many of those amend
ments made by the select council, but
rather than hang up the city finances
any longer / am satisfied to swallow
them, good and bad as they are. At
the most it is only a matter of a few
hundred dollars. There is no sense in
tieing up 100000 and blocking the
city's treasurer simply because a man
up in the North End or over in Hyde
Park or up in Petersburg wants g
couple of hundred dollars and some
other man doesn't want him to have
It. There should be no further quib-
bling. We should act the part of bus
mess men and treat this matter from
a business standpoint"
Messrs. Noone, Gilroy and Flana-
; CHAN by personal criticisms and other
weak attempts at refutation tried tc
smother Mr.. Kelers logic, but he came
back at them again along the same
, line. and left them nothing to same
! upon, except their original poor eX-
, cuse that they didn't propose to give
In to a select council
Mr.. oliver followed with an echo ol
Mr.. Kellers sentiments. He sail HI
| was opposed to the associated chari
! | ties bill and other items in the or
dinance but he was willing and ready
to swallow it as 1t was that the city''
business might be no longer hlndered
Mr.. Keller said there was no as
; surance that the conference commit
, | tee would ever agree on an ordinance
} or, if they did agree that it would bt
| | satisfactory to councils, Common
council has 1t in its power now, h
. said, to settle the whole difficulty b!
passing the amended ordinance.
. MR.. NOONE's QUESTION.
Mr.. Noone asked who was respon
sible for the existing difficulty.
SulIlllOH COuHClli dlSNtlGu MI
Keller.
There was a chorus of vehement de
malls and such CALCULATIONS as "YoI
G are wrong, and you know it," but Mr.
Keller didn't know that he was wron!
by any means and proceeded to shov
that he was far from being wrong.
= wasn't it the common council tina
f tore up the ordinance after it cam
V from the estimates committees?" h
/ asked Has not the select council tn
$ same right to amend as we have?"
!, Mr.. Gilroy broke in at this juno
[ ture with the speculation; wonder /
= the honorable gentleman from the Fiji
p teenth, who las been parading hi
8 honesty in the newspapers lately, viii
say it is right or just to take none.
from his neighboring ward and appl,
1t to his own"
e Mr.. Oliver promptly replied that h
r was not party to the amendment
: which took money from the Fourteenth
e end gave 1t to the Fifteenth. Further
!, more he did not approve of it,
5 There was a whole lot of furthe
quibbl!ng and speeches, but none o
them succeeded in winning a singl
vote one way or the other. After ev
, erybody else had finished Captain Moi
lectured himself and everybody els
for the way councils are acting. "Ther
are many families suffering throug
nm a nOnSnnSp." said the a In