The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
GRACE FOR COUNCILMEN.
NO IAN IF THE ~, 100, 900 HILL or
RECORDS BONDS PASS TO-DAY.

President GuERepheimer Fixes II u
with Contractor Pierce'E Lawyer
and Tnmmnny whip Goes Out for
the Lncking Notes-No Fines, Maybe
II the Council votes, at its meeting to-
day, to authorize the Comptroller to issue
bonds to the amount of 81, 1905 900 to pay
for the new Hall OF Records, II Is probable
that no Councilman will be sent to Jail for
contempt OF court An agreement prac-
| tically to that effect was made yesterday
between Acting Mayor Guggenheimer and l..
| Latin Kellogg, attorney for John Pierce,
| the Hall Of Records contractor. The Act
ing Mayor sent for Mr.. Kellogg about three
| o'clock yesterday afternoon and asked him
| not to apply for warrants for the arrest
of any Councilman under the order signed
by Justice Fitzgerald on Monday afternoon
| until after the meeting Of the Council to-
| day.
| Mr.. Kellogg wanted to know, II he con-
| sented to defer making the APP LEGATION for
the warrants, what assurance the Acting
Mayor could give that the Council would
| authorize the bond issue. Mr.. Guggen-
heimer replied that he could, OF course, give
no definite assurance, but that he had rea-
| son to believe that the bond issue would be
authorized to-day, and that Mr.. Pierce
would soon get the money due him. Mr..
Kellogg finally promised to apply for no
warrants until after to-day's meeting
Having received that assurance the Act
ing Mayor Immediately sent out Tammany
whips to talk with the boiling Councilman.
At 4:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon, he had
got word that the whips had secured enough
nd yptn tn ba Io, iug,,
1t was understood that the following Coun-
cilmen had agreed to vote for the measure:
Charles II. Ebbets. Brooklyn; William J.
Hyland, Bronx; Bernard C. Murray, Bronx;
George II. Mundorf, Manhattan.
or these four, Ebbets and Mundorf were
ILL., and did not attend the meeting OF the
Council at which the bond issue failed to
pass, and the mandate of the Supreme
Court was disregarded. Mr.. Hyland has
not voted for any measure for some time,
on the ground, 1t Is said that he felt he
was being unfairly treated by the leaders
OF the organization. Mr.. Murray was one
Of the contumacious five. Only two were
lacking at the last meeting to authorize the
bonds The understanding yesterday was
that. il the bond issue is authorized to-
the 500 fines will be RENTED.
Counclmen Bodine, Richmond: Brce,
Manhattan; Christman, Manhattan; Hyland,
Bronx; O'Grady, Richmond; and Van Nos
trand. Queens, the six who were not served
with the peremptory writ OF mandamus at
the same time their colleagues. appeared
before Justice McAdam in Part H., Special
Term, of the Supreme Court. to show cause
why they should not also be adjudged in
contempt of court. The case was put over
to Thursday.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Blandy
wrote to William J. Kelly yesterday that.
in contempt proceedings in reference to the
authorization Of bonds for the purchase OF
the plant OF the Long Island Water Supply
Company, which came up on August II, the
Corporation Counsel would not permit the
Councilmen to appear by private counsel.