Evening journal., 1914-02-27

tItlk tue f'fNNr ana once WllIN i'fl-i-
dent White nsked for his opinion ln5on
point he replied that be intended 20 hold
his ammunition ~ store. After some
discus sion upon various points the c0m-
lntico drow rp its report which called
for the adoption vi the resolution which
the majority members had voted for on
Wednesday night.
II was long fifteen minute rrces-.
but when Council finally rcconycncd Nv.
Draper offered the report and moved for
'te adoption. On TIE question uiou 'he
motion Colonel Statcr niscd objection
TO the report on the ground Cha, IL nas
not 'ho report of ihc committed of Tire
whole .gu n had not been signed on tho
night tho committee r.et, and also called
attention 60 the fact ihnt committed
of the whole meant the entire body OF
Council. whereas on The preceding night
two members had been absent II nas,
therefore, not committee OF the whole
es oil The thirteen members had not
been there.
President White admitted tho strength
Of The latter argument. but after some
discussion Colonel Stovcr, with smile
Withdrew his objection. Couneilmuu Me-
1oldrick thon offered tho minority re-
port as @ substitute report and moved
for its adoption.
There IS iu u-o rchasaipg what said
last night" he said. "Thrrs if a move.
mcnt ON foot in Wilmington io0sing 60
the bpildiuc w of the city, s certain
body of men have devoted "a alral deal
OF time aud money 10 push the city go
the front. BY condouing suth ar'ions
us this mon My. bowers s guilty OF
would BE- slappng those mcu 90 the
free. J simply want t1 n.N Council 20
slap these meu in the fave.
u believe tli's man h absolliclv gull
iN.' continued Alr. McGoldricls. Il have
reached this conclusion after going carc-
fully over the eyc,dpnee. How amy mnn
can po over ihe syidrnc, and hen come
IN here and say nc rs not guilty uf IN
competoney g. more than | cau see. The
taking of advice front suhprdiuute
shows mc'heiency. The man at thu h,al
should rule The men lower down. II you
look for efficiency yot don't want 10
lool, at the lower end hut start at the
head aud 90 jiyIt down thr line"
Colonel Stoser was granted the priv
ilcgc ul ,he lu'r p" feel trifr lone
SOME here tonight he said with smile.
~ feel as though had been atfanlcl
upon q desert island and my shipmutos
have all deserted me. was elected u-
"a Republican and as stated last nignt
! intend 90 roWan onr. viii uphold
a Republican oiiicipl as long a. hc does
the right thing. This isn't matter oil
politics, jts matter Of what 10 MY way
OF thinking j. square deal. Ii the
conditions had been reversed aud tlc
same objections had been made against
a Protestant. Wonld feel called upon
TO rectiiy those conditions. and ] would
be justified i'm doing IL. ] have bosed
my stand and opinion entirely on the
testimony that has been submitted and
have no personal feeling in the matter.
! have been criticised from certain quar-
icrs within the last day. 10 il said
that haze turned over to the Demo.
Gratis. hope they can't find anything
worse than thar 10 sny against me. We
have got 60 80 on record tonight either
for fair pay a square deal and eiiicien.
cy, or Go support q mnn simply becnu1e
we wan, 60 uphold him. Any man who
shows that trait OF character and who
allows questions OF that kind TO inilu-
encc him Que way or the other is not ilt
20 hold public office
Mr. McDemott urged the members
10 listen 20 what their constituents have
10 say instead OF the lobbyists in the
room who have been bringing pressure
TO bear on certain men, Certain mem
hers who are going to vote TO suit the
wishes OF some one who has "a powerful
influence" he declared.
Councilman Haney declared that
when e came 10 charge OF inefti-
cieucy they had samples OF IL right in
Council. He declared that when GER
tain people hunted for candidates for
Council they looked for some one
they could handle. and did not want
one who Is fearless. He declared that
be was not one OF these. as he had
always endeavored 10 be fearless and
upright on all matters. He explain
ed that he did not mean physically
fearless. but moral courage. II, ar
none OF them" he declared earnestly.
al honestly believe that pressure has
been brought To bear upon these
men. I understand that prominent
Republican member Of this Council
will announce himself as a candidate
tor a county office very soon, prob
ably within week. hope that has
no hearing on this ease. J would
hate 10 think that he was Influenced
in that way"
President White stated that there
was no strings tied to him. but that
his Judgment was his own. There
has been no pressure brought 10 bear
on me-" be declared.
None of the other members desired
10 speak so the vote upon Mr. Nc
Goldrick's minority report, calling
on Mr.. Bowers TO resign. was taken
and II was lost by vote OF TO T.
Mr.. Draper's report. upholding Mr.
Bowers and dropping the Bowers
Whitcman controversy, then was car
ried by the same vote.
After the squsbble was over and
the Draper report was adopted.
Colonel Stover made few remarks
upon this report. pointing out just
what It consisted OF.
Colouel Slower FIRST pointed out
that the report started out by stating
that "most Of the allegations in the
said letter from Mrs Whiteman are
I true" and that further on in the re-
port was the statement that the
J language used by Mr.. Bowers was
! unfortunate. unwise and indiscreet. "
I Colonel Stover pointed out that the
majority had agreed TO this by their
own statements embodied In the re-
: port aud that by adopting the report
they had gone on record as uphold
ing 40 Official who at the same time
they admitted had used unfortunate,
unwise and indiscreet language.