Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-03

Brophy, Filling, Stanley, Gates, Nalh- CT and Beach.
 The sesSidn was remarkable for the effort made by the minority members of the board to make q move in the ui- fection of adjusting the difference be- tween the trolley company and the union men and the disposition shown by the majority to let them fight to finish. Aldermen Brophy and Murray ap- bealed to their brother members on be- half of the good name of the city to lend a hand towards bringing about beace and thus prevent possible blood EAed but all was of no avail. The resolution offered by MT Brophy hav ing referefice to this matter provided that comIaittee of seven be appoint ed. two aldermen, two private citizens, two members of the Amalgamated As s6ciation of Street Railway Employees, the mayor to act as the seventh man, Co confer with Manager Sewell and Attorney Burpee with view to bring Ing about some settlement of the strike. Tn presenting the resolution MT Bro phy said:
 A large number of people whom represent on this board requested me to submit this resolution to the board Of aldermen and endeavor to secure
 
 action is quite proper. We are the Representatives of the people of Wa terbury and it seems to me that we cannot be charged with exceeding our duty if we seek to restore peace and order upon the public streets. Per- haps we should have done this before 5nd if we had the conditions that Ob- tain at the present time might have been averted, but i'll any case I think We should do something now It is not my intention to pass upon the mer- it's of the questions at issue, but I, think 1 ought to say that the remarks of Mir Sewell, published in tu-days New York Journal, does a great in- justice to Waterbury. He says all the people up town Saturday night were hoodEuitlss II d5n't believe that fo be trues 1t 5s estIilfated that tt least { 15,0v0 were in tie dghter Saturday night < and I cannot believe that all of them were bad citizens. The trolley com { pany has received great deal from { the board of aldermen and now don't think it too much for tic aIdernien to request the company to hear commit tee representing this body. Something should be done to compel the company to obey the law and believe it to be the duty of this board to see that it obeys tire law. afn i'll favor of the trolley, but don't Want to see it ride rough shod over 50;0O0 or 6O0O0 people because the people won't stand it and anybody who thinks he is representing public sentiment and acting for the best interests of the community in ai- lowing 1t to do as 1t pleases is deceiy- ing himself. The cUfnpany has rights which should be respected and the peo- pie have rights which the company should not be permitted to ignore. All these things are having a bad etEert upon the public mind.
 Alderman Filling: q should glad. | lg vote to appoint such committee if I thought it would do any good, but if : the ministers and the business men failed to effect a settlement I faft to see what a committee appointed by this board could do It takes two tc arbitrate and we have been told that there is nothing 10 arDftrate.''
 Mir Brophy: Tt won't cost us any thing to try. I believe it to be oul duty and if we fail we shall have noth ing to accuse ourselves of. We have been looking on for the past thre, weeks without doing anything and think it time we did something now. :
 
 have tried harder to settle the troubl between the company and the men than the business men did but they could do nothing about it ant fin the end I believe they recommendet that all efforts to settle the matter b abahdoned.''
 Mir Murray: T quite agree with tn alderman from the first that the bust ness men did all in their power to set tie the strike but that they failed i no reason why this boafd should no try. We are the direct representa- tives of tfie residents of this town, tn highest tribunal in the city; s6 to speak and 1t seems to me that it is eminentl proper for us to do something at thi time. I regard it as duty which thi board should not shrink from to SC what can be done to change the COT ditions we have here to-day. Comin uptown tonight, for the first time i my life I felt ashamed that I was citizen of Waterbury Soldiers st. toned at every point and bav0fret thrust in peoples faces at every stel We should appoint this committee an let them see il they cain settle tht trouble and I hope to God they wi succeed.'
 Mir Filling (addFessing MT Brophy
 What reason have you to believ that the union would stand by an, thing rUmmittee from this boar might decide upon. Have you been see them or have they waited upo you and given you any assurance that effect? MT Brophy (sharply): ''No, but take the ground that this board shoul not wait to be asked to consider que tions of this kind As representativ, of the people we are within our lin, in taking the initiative in all thin; that pertain to the public good.''
 MT Beach: "I'm not opposed to a bitration, but it seems to me that a other committee would only keep
 stirred up. Perhaps we had bett Yet it alone"
 MT Murray moved an amendment fhe resolution that the chair name u committed This was carried. Goss appeared to like the idea of u motion, but remarked that in case fl x.1.z T. .I