The herald., 1898-03-18
THE NEW CITY CHARTER
COUNCIL PASSES PRELIMINARY
ORDINANCE
Fifteen Freeholders Will Frame q
Charter-Delegates Meet and
Adjourn at Call Of the Chair

council held yesterday morning Judge c
c. Wright submitted a communication
from the charter committee. appointed last
week, consisting Of John +. Humphreys
c. c. Wright. H. w. Frank. H. w. OMel
veny and William ]. Hunsacker. II
urged the necessity of calling an election
for the selection Of fifteen freeholders fol
the purpose Of preparing a new city
charter.
The present charter was adopted wher
the city had but about one-third of Its
present population and considerable less
territory than at present. and under the
present condition 1t is inadequate to defin.
itely fix and determine the responsibility
for a proper administration of municipa
affairs.
The proposed new charter looks to the
consolidation of such city and county Of
fees as are now performing similar func.
tions, whereby expenditures would be
greatly reduced; to remedy the unsatis.
factory results of the present method OF
selecting the board of education. and also
to regulate the contradictory provisions
of the law with reference to the granting
of franchises.
On motion of Mr.. Nickel, the rules were
suspended and the ordinance was adopted,
after which the council adjourned.
The delegates from the various political
and commercial bodies of the city selected
to bring about the election Of new char
ter met last night at Fitzgerald Music
hall, South Spring street. There was not
a very large representation of delegates
owing to the heavy rain.
TII loo Of ho NIT yrh fCt
had called upon the council in the fore
noon reported what it had achieved, and
that the council had passed an ordinance
of intention to call an election.
Mr.. Mead thereupon stated that mas
much as the council thus far had only
passed a preliminary ordinance, it would
be improper to select the list of free
holders at this stage before the offices had
been created. He moved an adjournment
which was carried by 4S ayes against 19
noes. The meeting was then adjourned
subject to the call of Chairman Patterson.
Following are the names of the delegates
and the organizations which they repre-
sent:
Republicans-CharlesH H. Toll, ]. M. Crit
fifth, Jacob Frankenfeld, Jake Kuhrts,
Fred Fisher, Thomas Goss. F. q. Teed,
c. H. Mcfarland. F. NJ. Wood, ]. ]. Ma
lone.
pemocrats-Wiliam Mead, George Pes
sell, NJ Marsh, NJ. W. Conkling, W. E.
Keller, J. F. Humphreys, A. w. Fisher, I.
Dockweiler, Earl Rogers. J. Ross Clark
Populists-W. H. Wheeler, c. Severance,
F. Baker, P. K. Wood, ]. R. Rush. c. c.
Hawley. J. D. Bailey, R. E. Curran. E. L.
Hutchison, NJ. Carlson.
L. F. 3. C. G.-Charles Forman, H. w.
O'Melveny, K. Kohn, T. E. Gibbon, E. F.
c. Klokke, H. T. Lee, A. II. Naftzger, L.
W. Blinn, r. W. Burnham, F. B. Kellogg.
Merchants and Manufacturers Associa-
tion-G. H. Stewart, F. A. Gibson, H. w.
Frank E. f. Crandall. R. n. Bulla.
Jeffersonian Society-A. Kinney, G..
Furtsch, T. Creighton. R. Y. Mcbride, ].
B. Melville A. Ramish,. ]. B. Franklin, HI.
w, Patton, ]. F. McIlheney, R. w. Drom-
gold.
Board of Trade-John S. Thayer A. B
Cass l.. ]. Matthews, w. A. Phelps L. W.
Godin.
Silver Republican Club-H. T. Hazard,
J. L. Murphy, S. A. Carver, Jesse Water
man. w. c. Petchner, ]. N. Phillips. VIM.
Dodge, w. NJ. johnson, w. II. B. Hayward,
Colonel Berry.
Council of Labor-M. NJ. McGlynn, W.
Wilson, H. E. Martens, Charles Hesse, C.
E. Fisk, F. H. Gill, G. Cree P. Buchanan,
F. BenattL r. J. Colver.
Chamber of Commerce-W. ]. Hunsaker,
w. B. Cline, w. c. Patterson, F. Sabichi,
R. ]. Waters.
School Teachers Alliance-J. B. Millard
NJ c. Bettinger w. H. Housh, ]. A.
Foshay, C. L. Ennis.
The Prohibition and Social Labor parties,
although granted recognition in the COM
mite have not yet named their delegates.