Evening journal., 1914-08-28

night at Second and Poplar streets.
Several candidates were present aId
made addresses.
resolution that would make It plain
that General Wickersham's RECON-
mendations would be carried out He
was informed that he had just voted
to kill an amendment to that effect
He then refused TO vote for the orig
inal motion.
Mr.. Kane moved that action be de-
ferred for one week, but the members
wanted 10 settle the matter at once.
Might Appoint Sore Feet.
Mr.. Grantland still insisted that
resolution should be adopted to COM
pei the commission to appoint good
men, as General Wickersham had sug-
gested, and that he had believed the
original motion did that
President White explained to him
that the defeated amendment had re-
quired the commission to appoint such
men as General Wickersham had
recommended. Without the amend
ment they can appoint any sore feet
they see fit to appoint" said Mr..
White
This statement nettled Mr.. Bowers.
who asked Mr. White why he did not
say plainly that the commission would
appoint "sore feet"
Mr.. White explained that he did not
think the commission would appoint
such men. but they could do it if they
desired under the original resolution.
The original motion was then put TO
vote and was defeated by a vote of
to 5.
/ Councilman Stover then made an
other motion, which practically en-
| bodied the amendment which had
been defeated, although not in as
many words. and this motion pre-
vailed. Mr. Kane being the only
member TO vote in the negative.
! May Retire Policemen.
After this had been disposed of Mr..
Stover announced that he wished TO
take up the case of two officers who
have been III for several months and
drawing full pay. He said so far as
he knew Patrolman Frank Kane has
been i'll for seventeen months and has
drawn in the aggregate $3.50. He
called attention to the presence of
the police fund and did not think IL
was right that a man should be off
duty year and a half and receive
full pay.
President Bowers pointed out that
a man had to be in service 25 years
before being eligible to the police
pension fund. He told Of the visits
made by the police surgeon and at
times the officer appeared TO be better
and at other times worse.
Councilman Haney brought out the
fact that three years from now there
will be about thirty-fodr men on the
force who will be eligible to the
pension list. Mr. Bowers stated that
this is true He said that I'm about
two more years about thirteen men
will be eligible and about twenty
more on the year following Il was
stated that the money available fol
the pension list might not be sufi.
cient to carry all these men. al.
though all of them are not likely tC
take advantage of the pension. Mr.
Bowers remarked that he expected q
good many of them would take ad
vantage Of it. as he knew that sew.
eral we're waiting for Il now Nc
action was taken on the subject.
The resolution as adopted by tn,
body regarding the traffic squad waI
as follows:
Whereas, Section 6 of an act Of tn,
General Assembly of the State O
Delaware, entitled an act to provid
for a municipal Police Commission
for the city of Wilmington" passes
e April IS, 1898, provides that. amon
other things, "The said Board of Po
! lice Commissioners are hereby au
thorized and required immediatel
upon entering upon the duties of thei
] office, to appoint, enroll. and emplo
permanent police force for the cit
I of Wilmington which polio
force may be increased by the sal
- Board from time to time, provide
2 there is passed by a majority vote q
! the City Council a resolution rec
" ommending the same" and
Whereas, In May, 1914, Commis
, sioner /. p Wickersham, representa-
] the said Board of Police Commission
ers, appeared before the Council, a
the committee of the whole Council
T, and requested the appropriation {
funds for the maintenance of
, mounted traffic squad of seven add
! tional policemen. giving the ideas {
! the Board of Police Commissioner
regarding the qualifications and dutie
y of said traffic squad, and
Whereas. The Council Of Whining
J ton believing that the appointment {
such a squad is a public necessity. a
requested by the said Board, there
7 fore.
BE II resolved by the Council Z
Wilmington: That the Board of Pa
; lice Commissioners be. and they here
, by are authorized TO increase the pc
: lice force of the city of Wilmington b
! the appointment of the number Z
e additional men named above. and
S accordance with the request OF tn
: said Board as outlined by its repre-
d sentative. Commissioner Wickershan
a at the time above mentioned"