The sun., 1899-04-19
SHY OF INVESTIGATIONS.
TiMMINY ALDERMEN START AT THE
SHADOU or ONE.

Won't Even Let Committee Look Into
Municipal Ownership of Franchises for
Fear u win Look Too Far-Looks ms ~
Tamniany Would Not start n Back-Fire.
Alderman McInness Rep. BROOKLYN was re-
sponsibe for the only row at tbs meeting OF the
Aldermen Yesterday and his part in IL was so
innocent that he was aston ished at tho muss
he had stirred up Mr. McInness had prepared
resolution calling for the appointment OF q
special committee OF seven Aldermen. four
belonging to the majority and three to the
minority. to look up the subject Of municipal
ownership OF plblic franchises. In drawing
the motion he used the word Investigate"
Alderman Mccall. the TammAny leader.
hearing the dread word when the clerk read
Mr. Mclnness's resolution moved at once that
the resolution be sent to the Committee
Law. Alderman Oke objected to the resolu
ton because 1t did not provide for the appoint
ment OF CIT en- the COMMITTEES. MIR. Mcln-
motion 40 a. to provide for a CIT member.
a. Alderman Bridges, after having the res2lu.
M and 'ht ne s had nS
provision empowering the Municipal Assem-.
blv To- buy or build gas plants He regarded
Mccall introduced last week as political bum
comhe and lie urged the members o read the
NJ NJ Okie rose to point OF order that Mr.;
Bridges was not speaking to the motion. and
ms1 HnedSTnE n s. saS ant when none was
7 ain't sail ono word about a gas plant"
SELF retorted rte 'e" Mr, okie. 10 " t"' ''' '''"'
When the gentleman says | ana gas plant
se know Tnst ns ns eooI %d as ME-
fqf Hs s se Rnsn 20 so auf Ss ooI eyss ssn
MI Mccall SAID that when the resolution
was introduced he thought that II was lokee:
seriously he must speak in benali Of the ma
tee in the city now; continued Sir. Mccall, aid
No, Democrat is afraid of that committee"
find out we do not care about. but II we have
This committee appointed IL will be Il confess
sion that we are afraid OF them: The gentle;
three Of the minority OF the committee. Who
ever heard Of such committee? AS my
sion for them. Mr. McInness may think that
don't care for them. but do as much as him.
We don't want any more Investigating ON
Mr.. ,McInness tried unsuccsssfully to ex-
plain that the investigation which his resolu-
ton. but Mr.. Mccall wouldn't be convinced
that it was not a scheme to hurt Tammany.
Mccall called up his resolution indorsing the
Croker municipal gas bills. but allowed it 10
bers wanted to go to n ball game The ad
Iournment was taken at 3 o'clock two hours
before the noardS usual time 20 break up.
In the Council Mr. Hester Dem. Brooklyn
made his seventeenth ATTEMPT to have j. j.
Hughes appointed an Assistant Sergeant at
Arms. President Guggenheimer WIS opuosed
to the appointment on the ground that the
Council ha. too many employees already. The
other members OF the body went to Mr. Hes
ters assistance and voted to give an Office to
Mr.. Hughes, The board voted TO concur in
tie Board Of Estimate 5 APPROXIMATION of $685.
Last week MI. LEIGH ,iiep,: Brooklyn) at
tempted To get through the Council AN ordi-
nance allowing a Brooklyn dry goods firm to
build tunnel under Fulton place. Mr..
Goodwin Tam. opposed immediate cousilcra-
ton and Mr.. Leich tod him that by way of
recprocity he would block some measure Mr..
Goodwin was Interested in. Yesterday Mr..
Goodwin presented an ordinance changing
the name Of Ful ton place to Reciprocity alley
Ii was referred to the Committee OH Streets
and Highways and will probably be reported
iavOrably next week.
The students in school for girls and four
women from Boston visited both chambers OF
the Assembly Yesterday and also called on
Mayor Van Wyck and President COogan.