The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-27

BY vote Of % to one. Mr.. Gerrish alone
voting against its passage.
The order having come to the aldermen,
Mr.. Mannix criticised IL. on the ground
that under the oorapromiss too much was
being paid BY the city for lights. lie also
criticised the length Of time specified 10y
the compromise, holdi nR that one year
contract was long enough. He hoped that
the aldermen would adhere to their FORM
or sction and not agree to the con1pro-
II mise.
Aldermen Merrill said that he should
vots against the order He was aware
that In the PRESENT situation compromise
was necessary. But he deemed the pro-
posed arrangement unfair. He had tiled,
In spite Of the prejudice excited TO re-
main fair. He realized the difficulties
under which the conference committee
had acted. But he must cay that their
proposition In effect said TO one company
that 1t could light one half the city on
terms proposed by the other com pany.
This was wrong. Also the lines OF divis-
Ion running through Congress street.
would force the erection OF an extra line
Of poles on the westerly side Of Congress
street. This would be unfair to the peo.
pie on that sid g Of the street, where there
were poles en- ouRh already. Also the pro-
visions providing for cancelling the con-
tract gave ioopholes for bringing the
question into politics, as result Of which
the contract might be taken away from
one company or the other. Mr.. Merrill
said that the fair way was to ask for new
! bids, and not try to please both compa-
MES.
Alderman Moultop said that the COM
promise was no more satisfactory to him
than to the gentleman from Four. But
that was Inevitable In all compromises
If this were not adopted the quarrel and
trouble would continue. Therefore he
J should vote for the compounds, as Afford
ing an honorable settlement.
Alderman Lamson said that be had
been In the city government four years,
and this was the most dishonest order he
! had ever seen. The new company were
bound to have contract anyway, honest
ly or dishonesty. Then Mr.. Lamson
said: at seems to me that this board
has lost Its sand. (Sensation.) You
Ia liz compromise. The lower board
Lnmson went on to show how futile
compromise would have been at the time
of the Civil war and argued that 1t would
be equally futile now. Therefore he OPP
posed the order.
Mr.. Mannix again took the floor and
, attacked the compromise. He said he was
not partisan Of the Consolidated oompa-
, ny. but the thought year contract pre-
ferable. The rate proposed in the com
promise was too high also. The vote was
then taken and the compromise was
| adopted by the aldermen by vote OF
to 4. as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Sprague, johnson, Dow,
J Moulton and Frye-5.
Nays-Msssrs. Mannix, Merrill, Smith
and Lamson-4.
So the long fight was ended. AS Mayor
Robinson announced the vote the audi
ence hustled out; and soon the city faith
era were left to the solitude of session
without spectators.
t Mr.. George Brown remained however,
not the mighty somnambulist of a
vanishing Dream as some thought he
would be, but the happy beneficiary of
t what he considered victory.
HIRAM WOLF NOT ELECTED.
, The aldermen came down into joint
session to elect constable. Mr.. Conuol-
10y nominated Mr.. Hiram Wolf, who
made the seizures the other day In three
saloons but who found after he had done
so that he wasn't constable. Alderman
Lamson askei II the man nominated had
= Paid q fne for selling liquor that day in
II IT, de-
D seizures" said Mr.. Connolloy. Mr.. Lam
!, SON said he should vote against him II
he were the map.who paid the fine in
: court. vote was taken and M. Wolf
was defeated by a vote Of 23 to z.
> MR.. GOUDY SPEAKS AGAIN.
After the big fight on the electric light
, ing question was over Mr.. Cloudy asked
the privilege of addressing the council
No one objected and he proceeded to re-
, ply to some statements made against him
, in the board OF aldermen by the gentle
man from ssven and the gentleman from
eight He said that Alderman Smith
had called him liar In the aldermen's
; room. Mr.. Goudy thought that this
! was very ungentlsnanly thing for MIR.
Smith to do. "I have not INDUCED in
, any personalities in this matter" said
Mr.. Cloudy. 81 simply referred to one
member OF the board OF aldermen.
II he considered that 1 referred
I to him it was his own Interpretation of
} what said. Thank God the common
council has had the manhood to stand up
like men and vote for the city's interests
! and tonight the citizens Of Portland have
; won great victory.
Mr. Cloudy went on to score the GENTLE
man from ward seven and compared him
> to "Puddenhead Wilson" when Mr. Ger
IRISH asked for permission to speak.
MIR. Gerrish said that he begged to be
excused from listening to such statements
and he was excused.
Mr.. Cloudy then proceeded to score AL
derman Moulton whom he said had his
lun f.lx.. ,aJ hot 30