The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-13
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NEW BOARD OF COUNCILMEN Or
CANNED List NIGHT.

the Board, j. O'RIeara Member OF
Board of Finance, and James b. MAJ
tin Assistant City ClerIs-Anthony
CarrolI's Petitions Cause Oratory-
Concurrent Action Concerning super
visOrs-Other Business.
The board of counclmen met for the
first time last night and organized by
electing j. Edward Miller president Of
the board for the ensuing year, Edward
j. O'Meara a member of the board OF
finance, and William j. Campion page
James B. Martin was reelected assist
ant city clerk.
The board was not called together
until S:45. Three Of the democratic
councilmen had not appeared yet at 9
O'Clock, and as that left democratic
majority of only two present, on advice
of some of the leaders the calling to or
der of the board was delayed in order
to wait for them. The three members
who were late were Messrs. Douglass OF
the Fifteenth ward, Stein of the Fourth
Ward and Brown of the Seventh ward.
councilman Brown appeared finally and
the board was called to order by May
or Driscoll it having been decided to
wait no longer for the absent members.
Acting under section 1874 of the ordi-
nances Mayor Driscoll called upon Coun
Gilman Dawson of the Tenth ward, the
senior member in age, to preside until
"a president of the board was chosen.
Nominations for president We're then
made, Councilman Conlin nominating
Councilman Miller, democrat and Coun-
Gilman Chase named Councilman R. A.
Tyner, republican. vote was then
taken and resulted as follows: Miller %,
Tyner 49, Messrs. Tyner and Conln were
named by Chairman Dawson a COM
lnittee to escort the president to the
chair. In taking the chair President
Miller made brief remarks, thanking the
board for his election. Edward j.
O'Meara, democrat, and Henry Hillman,
republican, were nominated for men,
bers Of the board of finance The vote
stood, OMeara 20, Hillman 10. William
j. Campion and Hawley w. Lincoln
were nominated for page by Councilman
Conlin and Councilman ]. ]. Walsh re-
epectively. In nominating Master Lin
coin Councilman Walsh called upon the
democrats to be magnanimouS and give
the republicans one office in the board,
page if nothing more. His appeal fell
on deaf ears, however, and Master Cam
pion was elected.
For assistant city clerk James B.
Martin, democrat, and Olin W. Hill, re-
publican, were nominated. The vote
was, Martin %, Hill q. On motion of
Councilman Rice of the Ninth ward Mr..
Martins election was made unanimous.
"a resolution was then passed authoriz-
ing the president of the board to APP
point joint standing committees and it
was voted to adopt the rules under
which the last board acted A petition
was presented, signed by Justus S.
Hotchkiss and others protesting against
the granting of the petition Of the Fair
Haven and Westville Railroad company
for permission to lay double tracks on
~Ehurch street. The petition was re-
ferred to the committee on railroads
and bridges
Several petitions and communications
were received from Anthony Carroll and
the question of their reference to COM
mittees gave opportunity to the new
cOuncimanic statesmen to let cyclones
of bottled-up oratory out, and they all
grasped the opportunity with a result
from which even old Boreas could have
learned points.
The first petition from Mr.. Carroll
was one asking for hearing on his
claim for salary as weigher of coal for
the department. of education. The al
dermen at their last meeting voted that
this matter should go to a special COM
mittee to which all subsequent commu-
nications from Mr.. Carroll should be re-
ferred. Councilman Tyner last night
spoke against the creation of a special
committee to consider Mr.. CAROLS pc
titions, saying that to create a special |
committee for any individual would be
establishing bad precedent. Council |
man Keane spoke in favor of referring |
the matter to a special committee, say |
ing that if public affairs had been prop |
erly conducted there would be no need |
of considering such a petition now, and |
Ut would not have been possible to ap- |
point a man to position and then pre- |
vent him from filing the duties of the |
position and from receiving his pay He |
said that the matter was a special one |
and should be referred to a special COM |
mittee to see what are the defects in |
the city government which allow such a |
state Of affairs Councilman Chase |
spoke against reference to special |
committee. Councilman Maroney moved |
to concur with the aldermen in refer
ence to special committee and it was
SO voted.
Other petitions received from Mr.. Car
roll were as follows For an investiga-
fion as to whether or not the corpora
ton counsel has refused to advise the
board of finance concerning the legality
Of bills against the city, concurred in
to the special committee; petit
tion for investigation as to the rights
IF citizens to examine the books Of the
police department referred to commit |
tee on ordinances, but later, on recon-
sideration moved by Councilman Walsh,
referred to the special committee; a
communication calling attention to the
appointment by the board of education
II the superintendent of schools for a
term of five years, and asserting that
the contract was null and void under
section 46 of the charter, and asking for
a special committee to investigate and |
.eport back referred to the special COM
mittee: a petition for investigation of
~ ra1o+iops eyiStinu between the street |