The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-01
TO LAY A THREE MILL TAX

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 Continued from First Page) speaker, but he continued to speak, be- Ing heard only by those within radius or ten feet He said that since the meeting was called according to, the charter to lay a tax, a motion to ad- Journ before the tax was laid was out of order.
 Moderator Rourke managed to secure moment of quiet and said: while thls meeting was called to lay tax, It IS not obliged to do so.'
 yea and nay vote was then taken on My. CarrolPs motion to postpone, but owing to the large crowd present it was impossible to determine whether the motion was carried or not. Those vot- Ing on each side of the question shout ed as loudly as possible to make loud- CT noise than those on the other side, in the hope that the chairman might be influenced to decide for the side which made the most noise
 A vote by division was called for, and Isaac M. Ullman and James Logan were appointed tellers, In the mean NN--AN 'NNt eti U 4hSSetIlIly IOSS lO SEteth. Anthony Carrol raised the point of or der that motion to lay on the table was not debatable, and Moderator Rourke declared the point well taken. MT. Mccarthy, however, retained the floor and said: T know such motion is not debatable, but think that as 1 this is to be the last meeting of the district, let us not make a mistake. I ask MT. Carroll to withdraw his mo- tion."
 Mr. Carroll-"No, sir, will not take dictation from MT. Mccarthy or any other man." Charles H. Fowler-"If this motion for indefinite postponement is carried, doesn't it mean the closing of the schools?"
 In answer to this question yells of Question:" came from hundreds of threats. MT. Fowler, however, insisted that he receive an answer.
 MT. Troup--"This motion now before us is not debatable, and object to peo- pie here getting up like poll parrots to speak"
 Moderator Rourke then directed all who were in favor of MT. CarrolFs mo- tion for indefinite postponement to stand on the right side of the hall, and those opposed on the left, as it was inn possible to vote by ballot in such a 1 crowded hall The crowd separated, and Moderator Rourke declared the motion lost.
 | MT. Carroll doubted the vote as an- nounced. and asked what the tellers had been appointed for. He demanded count, and the division was again ordered and the tellers were directed to make count. Mr. Carroll was watching the tellers to see that every man was counted, when suddenly he espied Benjamin R. English, district clerk, assisting the tellers and yelled to him, "Who appointed you teller?"
 s. c. Fleetwood-''Who is running this meeting?"
 A wordy tilt then ensued between MT. Carroll and MT. English. In the mean time the tellers had finished counting, and the result of the vote was announc- ed to be 1a0 in favor of MT. Carrolls motion to indefinitely postpone and ITO against it.
 ! Maier Zunder next moved the previ- ous question-that is,. vote on MT. Ullman's motion to lay a three-nlill | tax.
 l Moderator Rourke started to put the question, but MT. Troup jumped to his feet and asked the privilege of speak ing.
 | MT. Ullman objected on the ground | that the question was not debatable
 MT. Troup contended that the vote to be taken was not on the previous ques- ton, but as to whether or not the pre- vious question should be put. Mr. Troup held the floor while arguments ! flew thick and fast. MT. Fowler at tempted to speak, but MT. Troup de- manded recognition, as he had the floor. He finally got 1t and said: 'T want to call the attention of the district meet l ing to the distinct contradictions in the city charter, which, more than anything else. make this confusion here to- night"
 | Here voice interrupted to ask what was the question before the house.
 Police Commissioner Ullman shouted that debate on the previous question was out of order.
 MT. Troup said that if the chair would decide the matter he would be satisfied l In the midst of the confab Mr. Hogan rose at the rear of the hall and said: ''As it seems to be the desire of this meeting that MT. Troup be heard on the resolution, in order to get the meeting out of the tangle, I move that all mat ters now before the house be laid on the table, that we may hear MT. l Troup.
 Moderator Rourke-"Mr. Troup both you and MT. Ullman will please sit down. l intend to run this meeting from now on."
 1 The chair was about to put MT Ho- gan's motion when MT. Zunder with drew his motion for the previous aues- l tion, and the chair decided that Isaac M. Ullman's resolution was before the l house.
 | MT. Troup now resumed his remarks, l having kept the floor since he was in- | terrupted by MT. Hogan. He said: '"The confusion here is made by the contradictory sections of the charter. | Section 107 makes it obligatory on this | district meeting to lay a special tax, | and section 113 gives the board of finance, now and hereafter, the power to lay a tax, which it has made obli- gatCrv on this meeting to lay. l am