The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-29
COUNCILMEN IN AN UPR0AR
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 that any action on issuing bonds fol | Crown street be declared void. He saiC
 that no one would buy such bonds. He
 would publish the fact broadcast that
 they were void and would personally
 enjoin their issue
 l Mir Walsh thought that all issue of 1 bonds voted while he had been in the J board was void, because he did not re- ! member of a two-thirds vote of all ab-
 sent and present being taken on such | issue.
 MT. Tyner said that the motion was
 foolish one. concocted by two very
 foolish men and arranged for the pur-
 pose of defeating the will of the peo-
 pie. He said "The records of the last | meeting disclose the fact that there was not an opposing vote when the mo- 1 tion for the appropriation was voted on and passed The gentlemen knowing less than they do tonight accepted the will of the majority and allowed the
 order for bonds to go through. When the gentleman from the Second at tempts to bulldoze us into believing
 that the board took illegal action he
 knows full well that we acted legally
 This motion was conceived in iniquity
 by the gentleman, who presents it for
 the purpose of using up time and de-
 featng what has been done during the
 past year.
 Chairman Miller announced that the
 record did not show that a majority of
 those present and absent voted for the
 appropriation, and that the clerk could
 not attest that such majority did vote for 1t.
 An aye and nay vote was then taken on MT Chase's motion. When on the roll call the names of the members from the outlying wards were reached, and it was apparent that those gentle men would vote against the motion, MT Keane raised the point that they could not vote on the question Mr. Tyner asked permission to read an opinion from the corporation counsel on this matter, but objection was made Chair man Miller said that the opinion could be read, but that it would have no weight with him in regard to the ruling that he would make. He said that the corporation counsel changed his opin- ion in five. minutes after seeing the mayor He said: q saw the corporation counsel Saturday morning and received from him an opinion that the members from the outlying wards could not vote. While l was there the mayor came in and called the corporation counsel out He was gone a few minutes and return ed with another opinion"
 MT Tyner read the opinion, which was to the effect that the members from the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards could not vote on the question at issue. Councilman Miller ruled that they could not vote The vote on MT. Chase's motion was as follows: Ayes -Messrs Chase, Bohn, Gallagher, O'Meara | keane, lGrff, Magoohan. Cartier, Bur- ton, M. Rice, Johnson, Walsh, Holiday. |
 Nays-Messrs. Hllman, Beecher. Mead r. J. Rice, Knollmeyer, Maroney. Cyner, Rowland. Gerner, Dawson, Cro- 1 lin, Greenfield, Rowe, Casey, Bradley If the Twelfth ward
 Before this vote was announced. an lppeal was taken by MT Tyner from he ruling of the chair that the mem ,ers from the outlying wards could not | 'ote. MT, Miller ruled that these mem 'ers could not vote on the appeal, The 'ote on the appeal was IA to IA, a tie, which Chairman Miller dissolved, sus aiming his own ruling A storm of rotests went up against this action. nd MT Tyner held that the tie vote ustained the appeal Councilman Ma oney moved to adjourn, but the chair Tould not entertain the motion. A ozen members jumped to their feet 'ith yells of adjourn! adjourn" F. Rice and some others put on their ats and started for the door, MT. Rice that they couldn't get fair lay. In the midst of the uproar hartman Miller put the motion to ad lurn, but few heard it as nearly all le members were on their way tn tha DOT. MT. Miller declared the meetinp djOurned Earlier in the meeting on motion of | IF. Chase 1t had been voted that when 1journment was taken it be to next { evening. It was thought st night that the mayor would call nother special meeting for tonight in , der to force the board if possible. to 'eak the deadlocks on paving orders Id pass some through in concurrence ith the aldermen.