The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09
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. would pay for certain work along It's
risht or way. The work was done by the
| county. he stated. but the road had refused
10 pay the bill The chairman OF the
. board. he said. had never published those
I matters out Of courtesy 10 the chairman
/ OF drainage.
The crowning act Of horror In the
. history Of The drainage" Chairman Dale
added. lis the condition OF those twenty
I one poor suffering convicts. who are now
. lying in the hospital, and"
That matter Is now on trial." said DIT
Charlton, and no commissioner has
] right 10 express an opinion with regard
I 10 IT,"
'it don't make any difference" Chair
man Dale said, 1T occurred in The drain
age work. NOW let's see where courtesy
Y comes in, in the doctors department" he
remarked. referring 10 COMMISSIONS
I Charlton. "He has made some mistakes"
Are you through with me?" asked Com
I missioner Carson. Everything you have
mentioned has been published. You, per
haps, have not been sought extensively by
I reporters, but you talk bitterly at anv
rate ] have never done anything in NV
I department without the written consent Of
the members OF my committee. / am tired
OF one man power. You say, or infer,
/ there has never been much wrong in other
departments. II IS because, no doubt IN re
has never been much OF anything done In
I other departments"
Where did you get the authority"
/ Chairman Dale said, Ito ruin a good road
out here2"
/ Commissioner Carson explained the mat
I ter that Mr. Dale referred TO and said the
I action taken was In case OF an emergency.
and by authority of the other members
Of the committee.
Have I not treated you with courtesy.
DOCTOR" Mr.. Dale asked.
! Yes" DR.. Charlton replied
There has been too much courtesy"
7 Mr. Dale sad. There has been TOO much
money spent Take for instance the item
I of clothing In the changing department.
/ In 1882 the amount paid out for clothing
was about 1920, in 1893 It was between
s. 700 and S2s00 while In 1894 IL is likely
| 10 be between $500 and S29O0."
Some OF the commissioners thought this
was devating from the question before
them. Commissioner Charlton stated
that he had never gone into the newspa-
/ pers with any of these matters
/ well. you have spokesman" Mr..
Dale said.
/ 81 always speak for myself and not for
| Others" Commissioner Carson said.
Let's see" said Chairman Dale. He
I then quoted an article I'm which Commas
| sioner Carson stated that Dr. Charlton
/ had not been treated with proper cour-
l tesy in the hospital matter as ne had not
| FIRST been consulted with regard TO it.
other things connected with the depart
I ment, Chairman Dale said. had not been
/ published. There had been too much
courtesy. There was then some discus
/ sion with regard to two orders Tor mate
/ rial that had been signed after Capt Dill
/ Ion resigned as clerk, one by Mr.. Dale and
/ the other by Dr. Charlton. II was ex-
| planned that they were signed in cases OF
/ emergency there being no clerk Of the
/ board.
Il want TO assert right here"
/ Chairman Dale said, that the
/ public has been suffering from
/ the chairman. Sometime ago the county
/ engineer was purchasing supplies for the
/ county. This matter was afterwards
/ placed in the hands OF the clerk Of the
! board. The county engineer had no right
| after that time TO buy supplies. Some
time after that l saw that Mai. Blandford
was charged with some tents He was
/ given a discount of 10 per cent on the bill,
but find that we could have secured the
/ tents at one-half what he paid for them
even with the discount Now the question
is, who got that 10 per cent on former oc-
/ casions."
Il directed Mai. Biandford to purchase
/ the tents" Commissioner Charlton said.
! Il do not believe the tents could have
been purchased for such an amount as
| YOU mention. But you are getting off
] the subject"
NO" Mr.. Dale said. II am not getting
/ off the subject. A claim of discourtesy
. has been made and / assert that there
! has been too much courtesy. Thousands
I OF dollars have been lost to the taxpayers
/ OF the county through my courtesy"
[ Chairman Dale then had the bills and
price lists brought in to show how the
tents could have been purchased at a
! lower price as he had stated.
81 want to make "A notion" Commits
sioner Charlton said. that the action of
/ a majority of the board in
| giving the county's proxy to DR.. Brun-
! ner for the election of the board of man
ayers Of the Savannah hospital be dis
approved and declared null and void"
just then the matter of voting the vote
proxy was brought up again. When he
was asked about the matter, Mr.. Saussy
said he did not know there was to be
any proxy.
Have l the right" asked Chairman
Dale, ITO give proxy If the institution
honoTs it?''
Mr.. Saussy said he wished 10 modify
his opinion with regard 10 that matter
He said he doubted whether one dele
gated TO cast a vote could delegate that
power 10 another.
Chairman Dale set the discussion at
rest when he brought out a small bit Of
paper on which We're the signatures of
! Commissioners Kehoe and Chaplin. This
was like bomb when he read 1t before
the board. The commissioners had not
given him the countys proxy, but had
specifically authorized him TO give the
proxy to DIR. Drummer. He had not Cele-
gated to some one else a power that had
been delegated to him, but the majority
Of the commissioners had agreed TO give
DR.. Drummer the county's proxy to vote
at the election. The question as TO the
countys right to vote was entirely an
other matter. This written consent of the
commissioners that DIR. Drummer should
cast this vote entirely settled the ques-
ton about the proxy being given. and no
more was said about it. Chairman Dale
said in explanation that he was unaware
that DR.. Charlton was connected with the
hospital
DIR. Charlton said he had not been speak
Ing as q trustee OF the hospital, but as
a commissioner. He was not connected
with the hospital in that capacity, he said.
After Mr.. Dale had read the written agree
ment Of the other commissioners, Mir.
Saussy stated the board gave him the
right 10 give DIR. Drummer the proxy, and
he had the right TO DO so.
Then, there was nothing Illegal about
Il. but 1t was discourteous," remarked
Mr. Dale, rather interrogatively.