Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-26
ONLY ONE WAS sLecTso.
The Council Don's Want Men Nominated
who VIII Not Serve.

VINO wiz ofFNc.
A Joint session of the City Council was
held last night for the purpose OF electing
a member of the Board of FIRE Commits
sioners from Marshall Ward in the place OF
q. Watt Taylor and a member of the
Board of Police Commissioners from Mon
roe Ward IN the place OF Joseph W. Laube.
The terms Of Office OF these gentlemen ex-
PRED June 3ist. and Ia accordance with
the city ordinances the Board of Public
Interests made nominations for the places
as follows:
For Fire Commissioner from Marshall
Ward - Messrs. q. Watt TAYLOR. G. ID.
Larus. and w. T. Hancock.
For Police Commissioner from Monroe
Ward-Messrs. Joseph w. LauDe, &. l..
Saunders. and J. E. Mckinney.
HABD TO Oct QUORUM.
The meeting was called for 9 o'clock,
but at that hour only handful OF council
men had put in appearances. Slowly the
citv's representatives assem bled. and IT
was nearly $50 o'clock when q quorum of
each branch of the Council were reported
present. Sergeant-at-Arms Ralston was
kent busy running around after council
men who had not responded to the sum-
mons. and President Dickerson was about
20 adjourn the body when Councilman
jackson. Of jackson Ward. sauutered IN
w:th tooth-pick III bis mouth. greatly e
the annoyance of many who had not been
to their suppers.
The body was promptly raped to order.
Me-srs. CarneAl, Ii. l.. Carter. kpps,
Griffin, Grooms, Guigon, Mcdowell, Muir
phy. Noble. Page. Seay, Vaughan, and
President Glover. from the Common
Council and Messrs. Bahen. Cary. Gum,
and Tanner. from the Board. were those
absent
MIR. Glover was reported TO be in Chi
capo and Mr. Vaughan OF on ali annual
cruise. Mr. Gibson. who had been absent
from the city tor several months, was
present.
The first matter taken up by the Board
was the election of a clerk TO the City
Treasurer TO I'LL the place Of Charles |:
Phillips, whose term of office expired
June 3lst. letter from Treasurer Chill
drew recommending Mr.. Phillips for his
old position was read and Mir. Phillips
was, upon motion Of MIR. Curtis. re-
elected.
The Council unanimously elected Hr Il.
Watt Taylor his own successor as a mem
Der of the Board of Fire Commissioners
from Marshall Ward.
EEBUBED THE BOARD.
The action Of the Board of Public Int
rest received some criticism when IT came
to electlng police commissioner from
Monroe Ward.
Mr.. TAYLOR spoke briefly, commencing
Mr.. j. f.. Mckinney for the place, and on
the FIRST ballot this gentleman received
SIX votes. thereby preventing the election
of Mr. Laube ali the other votes having
been cast for him.
MIR. Ferrlter stated that he knew Mr.
Mckinney neither sought nor would &C
cept the position, as MI. Laube was his
personal friend.
MIR. Allen SAID. while he did not desire to
crlcise the action of the Board OF Public
Interest in nominating men who would
not accept, he thought II was defeating
the very object OF the law IN regard 70
such matters.
Mr. TAYLOR asserted that he was voting
for MIR. Mckinney "a nm honest man and
not rs wooden man; he had been noIni-
mated by the Board of Public Interest and
he Taylor proposed to vote for hun.
Two more ballots were had with the
same result as given Icy the first. The
Council then adjourned, not having elect
cd police commissioner for Monroe
Ward.