Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-09
HYATrsv1LLE BOND ISSUE
Special Meeting to Consider Question
Held Last Night.

Specla1 Meet1ng TO COnS10er 9Qe0t1On
Held Last Night.
Special Correspondence. Of The Evening Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md, February 8, 1893;
special meeting Of the board of town
commissioners was held last night, in pur-
suance to call signed by Messrs. Walker,
Miller and Aman. In the absence Of Mr..
M. " Tierney, president of the board, Mr..
Walker was called to the chair.
The purpose Of the meeting, Mr.. Walker
stated. was to pass resolution favorlng
the amendment of any bill presented to
the legislature with reference to the bond
ing of the town and the construction of
water works and a partial sewerage, so
that the adoption Of these measures could
be either ratified or rescinded by a majority
vote of the legally qualified voters of the
village.
This resolution was objected to on the
ground that yesterday. during the water
works hearing before the Prince George
county delegation at Annapolis. ac-
count of which was published in last
nights Star, such resolution was tackled
onto the bill about to be presented to the
legislature. Mr.. Walker thought. however.
that the board should be put upon record
as being impartial alike to the advocates
and opponents to water. sewerage and
bonds, and the resolution was declared
passed.
Some little excitement prevailed when
Mr.. Miller nominated Mr.. Walker as a
member of the committee of seven who
have charge of the matter of legislation
at Annapolis. Clerk Carr stated that Mr..
Tierney had already appointed Mr.. Clar-
ence Wilson, and that his name had been
placed in the bill as q member of the i'm
provement commission. When the question
was put Mr.. Aman refused to vote, and
there being only one active member of the
board present besides the chair the mo-
ton was lost.
Mr.. Walker, yielding the chair to Mr..
Aman, proposed resolution disappearing
of President Tierney's action in assuming
to appoint a member on the water board
until an effort had been made succeeded by
failure, to elect such member. This reso-
luton was carried, and the meeting ad-
journed, amid storm Of discussion.
When seen by Star reporter last night
Mr.. Tierney expressed his surprise at the
action taken.
The meeting was wholly unnecessary
and uncaIled for" said Mr.. Tierney Re
garding this resolution, have this to say:
At the regular meeting of the board l en-
deavored to have a vote taken relative to
the election of member on this commit
tee. Although 1 held the meeting until 10
o'clock. they refused to vote. In view OF
the fact that the bill had to go to the leg
islature at once, and that a majority of the
board had already consented to Mr.. VIII
sons appointment / exercised my prerog-
alive to appoint, and thereupon made Mr..
Wilson member of the committee. An
effort was made to have the board elect
this member and that effort failed, and it
was not until after this that l appointed
Mr.. Wilson.
THE whole scope of this meeting IS SIM
ply ridiculous. for the matters therein dis
cussed have already been settled by the
appointment of a gentleman to serve with
others on the committee, by the placing Of
his name in the bill and by the amend
ment made to the bill, leaving the question
of bonds, sewerage and water to vote Of
the qualified voters Of the town. The per-
sons calling this meeting are the ones who
blocked all action at the regular meeting
of the board, when all the members were
present.
The matter forms the main topic Of con-
versation here today. and heated discus
sions have taken place.
The announcement in The Star last night
that Senator Clagett would introduce the
bill asking authority for the issuance Of
So. 600 worth Of bonds for the water and
partial sewerage proposition was greeted
with general satisfaction here last night.
The advocates of the improvements de-
clare that they are perfectly willing to sub
nit the question to a vote after the pass
age of the bill, and the opposition forces
say this is all they desire.