The herald., 1898-05-10

was decided to hold the Broadway and
Third street tunnel bond election the day
previous.
Judge Wright prefaced his remarks by
saying that he had interested himself in
the matter to this extent at the request OF
many people, who had asked him to ap-
pear before the council and elucidate the
subject to them, as the great majority OF
the people saw it, and to urge upon the
members the necessity of an immediate
election. Power in the framing of the new
charter will be given to no especial party,
and matters will be so arranged that none
will have an advantage. If they wish. he
said any party may recede from the con-
vention and make their own nominations
independently. The council, he appealed.
should not let anything stand in the way of
calling an election soon.
Mr. Grider moved that the city attorney
be instructed to prepare an ordinance Cor
this election, but there was no second, and
after a pause of some moments Mr.. Toll
spoke.
The purpose Of a delay In the matter,
he said, was to have the expenses attend
ant upon this election of freeholders go
over to the next fiscal year, as there were
already plenty of election expenses for
this year. There would be no need to hold
an election until July, he thought, as the
legislature would have to approve the
charter after 1t Is framed. and it will not
meet until next winter. He suggested that
someone move that the election be held
after July 1st.
Mr.. Nickel favored the elections being
held 3ooner than next July, basing his ar
gument upon the assertion that, if left ur-
I'll then. it would come too close upon the
heels Of other elections, and mix politics
with a purely civic matter. So far as the
expense was concerned, he admitted, he
said that there was already much of 1t of
n similar nature, but STILL that should not
deter the council from proceeding in the
matter instantly, more especially in view
of the fact that the public wants and de-
mands this election.
President Silver thought that the tun-
mel matter should be of primary consider
alton and should come first, but he did not
finish what he had intended to say, be-
ing interrupted at this juncture by Mr..
Nickel, who had something more to say.
There was a vast difference between the
tunnel proposition and the election of free
holders, he volunteered and the two, so
far as Importance went, should not be con-
founded. The council owed it to the peo-
pie. he thought. to grant their wish in the
matter.
1t having been again limited that politics
might be badly mixed with this election,
and that politicians of an unsavory sort
may come in on it, Judge Wright said that
the charter should be so framed that the
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had provision made for them.
Mr.. Toll here looked at his calendar and
concluded that the two elections-tunnel
and freeholders-could be conveniently
held on days following. accordingly recon-
mending the 5th and 9th of July. Tuesday
and Wednesday of a week, as the date and
time. However. Mr.. Toll does not concede
a point easily, and. having previously as
serted the Importance of the tunnel bond
election over that of the freeholders. he
asked that on the first of the selected dates
the tunnel election be held, thereby giving
the precedence to it that he said it de-
served.
Mr.. Grider rose to declare he had now no
objection to July but he thought that the
public may want to know what the council
had done officially in the matter, and
moved that the city attorney be therefore
instructed to frame an ordinance calling
for an election for tunnel bonds on Tues
day, July 5th, and freeholders on Wednes-
day, July 9Th. and the council so agreed to
decree it.
The discussions in connection with the
matter were short and terse for such i'm
portant public concerns, and astonishing
when one considers the prolix arguments
that councilmen have frequently made on
trivial and minor matters.