Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-23
MAYOR BLANTON TALKS
HIS VIEWS ON a HAUCH-DHs-
CUSSED NATTER.

He Thinks Dsr. MurEhv's Re
marks On Yesterday About the
Bin do InJusiice to the Mayor
Rnd board.
Mayor Blanton this morning dictated
the following to THE CITIZEN:
''In regard to the statement of Chair
MANI. d. Murphy in yesterday's CITIZEN.
1 think it does the Board of Aldermen an
injustice, as we'll as myself. AS soon as
l was able on Monday l went to Mr..
Murphy's Office, about IL O'Clock.
found Mr.. Murphy in the private Office
of Tucker & Murphy, with A. A. Feather
ston and Jas. II. Loughran. revising and
preparing list of magistrates to be for
warded by Mr.. Murphy to the Legisla-
ture for appointment for Buncombe
county. l asked Mr.. Murphy for
the bill he had prepared, and he
my Office about 1 o'clock for the bill.
asked him, in the presence of Messrs. F.
A. flaming and Max Marcus to keep the
bill till Tuesday afternoon, to bring be
fore the Board of Aldermen. This he de-
clined to do. then asked him to leave
the bill with E. d. Carter. This he also
declined to do. I then insisted that he
should leave it with some one that it
mig hit be brought before the Board. l
stated to Mr.. Murphy that it was nee
essary that the full Board should be
present, and that it should be submitted
to them. l stated that we could get the
bill off Wednesday, it would reach Raj
eigh on Thursday in plenty of time, and
there was no necessity for his taking it
away. He still insisted on taking the
bill with him on Tuesday to Raleigh as
| he expected to go on that day. l told
him it would be impossible to get full
meeting of the Board earlier than Tues
day, and that would be early enough
| for any emergency.
II then asked him why he assumed to
be the special custodian of the bill; that
| l had not been consulted. neither had
any member of the Board. He said that
| as chairman of the meeting he would
| take charge of the bill. On Tuesday
afternoon at the time OF the meeting of
| the Board Mr.. Murphy was in town but
| was not present, and could not be found.
although l sent Chief of Police Mcdowell
| to look for him.
1.-The bill was forwarded on Tues,
days 2 o'clock train. before the mee ting.
| l had no knowledge. neither had any
member of the Board of Aldermen. Of the
for warding of the bill, until we saw Mr..
| Murphys statement in THE CITIZEN.
| Neither do we know what the bill, as
Forwarded by Mr.. Murphy. contains.
| "Mr. Murphy stated to me this morn
ing that the bill was introduced in the
| House yesterday. AS it only reached
| there yesterday at Z o'clock, there must
be some unnecessary push about the
| matter. The bill may be in exact con-
| forInity with the requirements of the
| meeting. but this fact is not known by
the Mayor or the Board of Aldermen,
because Mr.. Murphy was not at the
| meeting"
No quorum.
There was not quorum of the Board
of Aldermen present this morning at the
meeting announced In THE CITIZEN yes
ter1ay, for the purpose OF discussing the
bill sent to the Legislature for the amend
| ment of the charter of the city of Ashe-
willie as recommended by the mass meet
| ing of the people.
Messrs. Mcdowell, Starnes, Leonard
and Baird were present. Mayor Blanton
did not put in an appearance. ]. D:
Murphy and E. d. Carter, who prepared
the bill, were present.
| Mr. Murphy stated to the members OF
the board present that no action of his
in connection with the whole matter had
been intended as discourteous to any
one; that if the members of the Board oi
Aldermen present had any suggestions
to make, showing that the bill as pre-
pared had not included all the recommen
dations OF the mass meeting, or that II
did include something not recommended
| by the mass meeting. he would telegraph
such suggestions to Raleigh at his owr
expense, and request that they be in
cluded in the bill when passed.
| After waiting for the appearance o
Mayor Blauton until 1880. the meeting
adjourned without having taken an.
action or making any suggestions.
|