The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-19
THE COUNCILMEN ADHERE
no PREVIOUS ACTION IN PASSING
SPRINKLING ORDERS.

They Voted by Two-Thirds Vote Las,
Night to Pass the Orders Over til,
Mayors Veto-The Action UnavaiIing
However-Opinions Expressed by Va.
rious Members-Vote Was 3I-s.
The street sprinkling matter was Civ.
en- another airing al the meeting of the
board of councilmen held last night and
the lower branch of the common council
instead of following the lead of the al
dermen voted by a two-thirds vote to
adhere to its previous action in passing
the sprinlxling order, the mayors veto
Notwithstanding. The order passed di-
rected the director of public works to
buy the necessary apparatus SO that the
work could be done by the city instead
of by contract That portion of the or
der directing the purchase of apparatus
was vetoed by the mayor and the alder
men at their special session voted to
sustain the veto.
When the matter came up last night
Councilman Keane moved that the
board adhere to it's previous action the
veto Notwithstanding, and his motion
was carried by vote of 81 to g. thirty
being a two-th thirds vote.
The vote was as follows: To adhere
Messrs. Hillman, Beecher, Rice, Knoll
meyer, Bohn, Harris Keane, Stein, Erff,
Magoohan, Cartier, Maroney, Maley,
Benton, Brown, Howland, Gerner, All
ing, Walsh, Holiday, Dauson, Reichel,
Bronan, Greenfield, Casey Bradley, Hop
kins, Mcclure, Keeler Barnes, Doohan,
Rausch-31.
To sustain the mayors veto-Messrs.
Mead Chase, Gallagher, O'Meara, Ty
ner, M. T. Rice, Johnson, Dauson-s.
After the board had been called to or
der by President Miller, Assistant City
Clerk Martin read the mayors commu-
nication explaining his veto of the
sprinkling order.
Councilman Tyner moved that the
board concur with the aldermen in eus-
tanning the mayors veto. Councilman
Dawson seconded. Councilman Maroney
moved to amend by passing the order
over the mayors veto. President Mill
er ruled Mr.. Tyner's motion out of or
der as he said, mo definite action has
been taken by the aldermen"
Councilman Keane moved to adhere
In passing the order, the mayors veto
notwithstanding. Mr. Keane then ask
ed the privilege of speaking in regard
to an article concerning himself and AL
derman Donovan with reference to the
street sprinkling matter. Mr.. Keane
said that he and the alderman had call
ed upon the director of public works and
asked why, notwithstanding the fact
that the common council in voting
against having the eprinkling work done
by contract, he had hired contractors to
do the work. He said that the director
flurried up and acted highly indignant |
when this question was asked. Mr. |
Keane said: "When we left the direct
or's office I asked Alderman Donovan |
why the director furried up and the al
derman said: "a hit bird always fiut-
ters.'"
Speaking further Mr.. Keane said: The |
article speaks of the municipal lobby, |
and want to say right here that any |
thing that + can do during my year here |
to overthrow the municipal lobby, I will |
do. I think that the municipal lobby is
the curse of American politics to-day. |
Right here in New Haven those who
put in the highest bids are awarded con-
tracts My interest in this whole mat
ter is to save money for the city. In re-
gard to the mayors Veto happened to
be here as spectator at the aldermen's
meeting in the latter part of June, and
Alderman Chillingworth came in and
said: The mayor would like to see you
Mr.. Brennan &c. F. Brennan) and you
Councilman Keane in his office" We
went in and the mayor read over the or
der for purchasing sprinkling apparatus.
The mayor said that he was going
ways to construe as man
datory the order to sprinkle the streets
but he could not see that it was man
datory to purchase apparatus. I told
him that it was mandatory on the COM
mon council to provide way to do the
sprinkling and that it had so provided
I then explained to him what we meant
by apparatus" In the middle of this
Mr.. Chillingworth asked
what would the mayor favor. I refus-
ed to consider the conference meeting
Of the street sprinkling committee but
the mayor said that as the sprinkling
act did not become a law until July /
he would be Obliged to veto the order if
It came to him. Now the only grounds
he gives for his veto is that he don't
know what is meant by the order to
purchase apparatus, that he don't know
what is meant by the word apparatus
Let us vote to adhere to our previous {
action the veto Notwithstanding {
Councilman Tyner said that he, as a I
republican, asked the democratic com
non council to sustain a mayor whom. {
hey had 1auded to the skies. He said. s
They come in here and say that he has
1ot good knowledge of what is best
'or New Haven If you are going to
elect officials in the city, stand by them.
Here you are, majority of you demo-
rats, and you say, Yes, we elected a
mayor, but he knows nothing Cen
lemen, will you as democrats uphold
he action of your chief magistrate, also
democrat? Sustain the veto of your
mayor; he is doing the best he can for d,
,our city. Postpone this sprinllling
much longer and you will be the laugh
ng stock, not only of New Haven, but
# every other city in the country" .,
Councilman Stein thought that the
members should not listen to the advice
f. the member from the Eighth re- :
publican, and sustain the mayor. He ,
aid: Don't yield to our republican
riends We have democrats enough |