The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-11

SNAS 80 oAVohii6 0uOi
Was Only Way to Stem Torrent of
Debate.
Pitchfork arguments were crowding
one another thick and fast at the COM
mon council meeting last night. At
! the rate the business was being con-
! Quoted up to 10 o'clock 1t would be day
light before the ninth order would be
! reached. The Republican members put
| an end to the farce by taking their hats
/ and umbrellas and leaving. The ques-
| tlnn OF conculring in the select coun-
| CHS adoption Of the rules governing
/ the fire department was what caused
/ the ructions.
Mr.. Grier gave them a parting salute
in his most eloquent and disdainfully-
worded style about being oblivious Of
the duty they owe the citizens. He
threw this bouquet at them: "Mr
! Chairman, we as members of council
| are here to do our duty and those who
came to break a quorum should have
| their seats declared vacant. and men
should be chosen in their places who
| will do their DUTY"
| The Republican members remained
in the corridors until after the roll was
| 'N'iNbJ Which, Sllo"tu Only Ten llbHl-
bers present, and then the debate was
resumed outside with increased vigor
! Not all the confusion arose from the
matter of the fire department rules.
! When the resolution from select coun-
| Gil granting Donahoe & O'Boyle an ex-
! tension of three weeks in which to fin
| lsh their contract on the South Wyom-
! ing avenue sewer was read, there were
| dozen or more speeches
Mr.. Jackson was opposed to the eX-
| tension because it was taking SO day
out of the pockets of the taxpayers to
| pay the inspector for all the time thus
granted. Mr.. Oliver gave voice to SINH
lar sentiments. Mr.. Grier explained
that the contractors were delayed
through an Injunction served upon
, them when they first started on the
job; and. anyhow, the inspector does
not get pay except for the time the
contractor is at work, he said. After
much haggling the resolution granting
! the extension was ConcurreG in.
The heat of that elocutionary battle
in which the peoples rights were so
manfully expatiated upon had no more
than stopped sizzling when fresh
trouble broke out. The resolution
adopting the rules for the government
resolution was brief but the rules COW
cred forty-eight pages of typewriter
paper. A motion was made that the
resolution be concurred in.
MUST BE READ.
This led to the ruling by Chairman
Moir that the rules would have to be
read before they could be adopted.
Clerk Hatton started in on his
Commute job and when he was about
quarter through resolution was made
that they be referred to the fire de-
partment committee. The rules from
a to u, except a section which put
into the hands of the chief and the
board of engineer the power of Sus-
pending a member of the department
for drunkenness, neglect of duty or
, INSTRUMENTATION, were acceptable
enough to all the members, but Messrs.
Iizelman, Walker and Oliver antagor-
lHed the adoption of them on that ac-
count. Mr.. Zizelman declared against
what he termed an attempt to rail-
road the rules through and choke
them down their neck. They should
BE- referrerd to the fire department
committee, Re argued, and when re-
ported from there they would con-
tain nothing that would conflict with
the law.
He made the statement that there
are men or the board of engineers
who are not capable of making rules.
They do not know the difference, Il"
, said, between mate and Il female
coupling. Mr.. Grier asked him tC
name the incapable ones on the board.
\ vote was taken on the motion To
refer end it was recorded as follows:
, Aye-.Recse. Grifths. Walker. Xizelmau
- T.. f. Wenzcl jackson, e. T.. Wenze
5 ! Oliver, Keller Moir-l0
Nay-Gricr, Calpin, Gilroy, Monaghan
Coleman. T.. T.. Morris Cusick, Norton-S
chief Hickey was in one of the real
seats. He and Mr.. Zizelman mad q
: few sharp words i'm an undertone after
/. The vote was taken. The chief did moi
propose to lie down easily He had q
conference with Mr.. Wenzel from the
r ! Fourteenth ward, and after Shor
b, , while that gentleman made a motion
' | to reconsider the action of referrinG
the matter. Messrs. Reese and Guf
fiths experienced similar change q
heart and with the eight whose vOtr'
r are recorded above in the negative tn,
D three of them voted to reconsider anC
it was carried by the score of IL to :.
i A motion to adopt the rules was Gc
y, clarcd out of order by captain Moi
until the rules were read by the Clcri;
Nr. Hatton started in to read whe"
. he had left off before and while H.
/ was hunting the page the word wa
: whispered around and the Republican
. members left. Mr.. Reese had gpn
| oGt. however before the things cam
;, . ~ tlut pass. Nr. GrWths RENAME,
. behind for few minutes but ther
. was too much confusion. Some of III