Evening capital., 1905-07-18
NEW COUNCIL GETS BUSY.
Short And Busy Session Held Last
Night, But No Election
Is Made.
WILL CHOOSE THE OFFICERS
NEXT MONDAY.
Members State Positive Views Upon
The Saloon Question-New
Committees.

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At its initial meeting last night the
new city council did not take up the
election of its minor officials bit upor
| motion set next Monday night, July
"a, as the date for this election. ol
| caucus, if such be necessary.
When the application for liquor Ii
cense of William j. Stewart for a new
saloon at the corner of Clay and Wash
| ington streets came up the new men
bers of the board took occasion tC
state their respective positions upon
this important subject. Mayor Douw
stated that he wished TO make known
his positin for the next two years upon
the saloon and liquor license question,
and that he intended TO stand by his
present position. He said that in al
cases he was going TO oppose new
liquor saloons and where there were
already plenty of saloons in a local.
ity he proposed TO vote nay for new
places. The only case in which he
would vote for an additional saloon in
Annapolis, he said, would be in the
case of a new and big hotel. where
the need of a license was necessary to
conduct the place.
Mr.. Frank A. Munroe, the Republi
can alderman from the Second ward,
stated that the liquor license question
was one of the planks of his platform,
upon which he had been elecetd and
that he intended to follow practically
the same line as that laid down by
Mayor Douw. The application of Mr..
Stewart by a vote of seven in the neg
ative, Alderman Baer not voting.
Immediately after the meeting was
called to order the Mayor appointed
Counsellor Riley and Aldermen
Strange and Il. III. Thompson special
committee to canvass the returns of the
election officials in the late municipal
election and, upon motion, ten min
ute recess was taken to give the com
mittee time TO prepare their report.
This was done and the report of the
detailed return was made to the board
at S. 10 o clock.
The minutes of the last meeting OF
the old board were read and approved
and the annual report of the various
city officials were received and referred
to the proper committees. The bills.
reports and other matters reported by
the old committees of the previous
board were, at the suggestion of Mayor
Douw, again referred back to the new
standing committees for reports so
that the Council might know more
intimately what it was dealing with.
Mr.. Joseph Armstrong appeared be-
fore the board in behalf of himself
and other residents of Franklin street
to request that some action be taken
in the matter of the present sewerage
system for that street, which he said
was source of great Inconvenience
and menace to the health of the com
munity.
Just prior to adjournment Alderman
Frank III. Thompson rose to question
of personal privilege, and explained
his position regarding the report pub
lished in the Capital of yesterday af-
ternoon regarding the proposed scheme
to make him treasurer and Mr.. Ber-
nard Wiegard alderman from the Sec
ond ward TO succeed him in the board.
The Alderman said that he bad been
elected to the Council for two years
by the voters 70 his ward and that he
intended TO serve out his full term if
he lived and had no intention of en-
tering into such a deal. He stated,
however, that the basis.fOr the report
possibly lay in a conversation in which
the matter had been discussed, and
the plan outlined in the Capital ad-
vanced. This conversation, however,
he said, had merely been in fun, and
he had no idea at the time nor had
now any intention of entering such a
deal.
In other circles. however, the plan
was evidently taken quite seriously, as
the information upon which the ac-
court of yesterdayiwas based was fur
nished by prominent member of the
CITY Council and was generally dis
cussed about the streets.
Before adjournment last night Mayor
Douw named the following standing
committees for the coming term of the
new board:
Finance Counselor Riley aud AL
dermen f. II. Thompson and Baer.
Streets-Aldermen Strange. Linthi-
cum and Munroe.
Fire Department-M Mayor Douw aud
Aldermen Linthicum, Munroe and
Strange.
Market House-Aldermen Linthi-
cum, f. II. Thompson and I. a.
Thompson
Electric ghts-Aldermen +. II.
Thompson, Strange and Baer.
Ordinances and By- Mayor
Douw, Counsellor Riley and Alderman
Munroe.
THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTION
EXPENSES.
The claims of the registration off
GERS, amounting to $2i. including a
bill of J. Oliver Martin, clerk of the
Superviors of Election for furnishing
a list of the registered voters of the
CITY for SS1 and the bill of Fl. 7. Lev
lev for verifying same, of $50, were
ordered paid. The returned judges of
election each received IS and the
Judges and clerks each received 81 per
diem amounting in the aggregate to
1881.
Counsellor Riley movedithat the reg.
istration officers each be allowed S24
for their services, which was granted
Alderman Strange moved that the
extra charge of 81 by John J. Levy foI
returning books TO clerk be not allow.
ed, which was adopted.
The claims of each were then passed
and ordered paid.
ORDERS PASSED.
The following orders were passed
Alderman Baer-That the sum of g;
be appropriated as a contingent FUND
for the use of the city commissioner
adopted.
Alderman Baer-Tbat the sum oi
1925 or as much as necessary be appTo
uriated for the use of streets during
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