The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09


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until the eleventh hour to make such a
request.
At least the FIVE commissioners should
have the right to state whether they APP
proved such an action or not, and do
not see anything TO Justify what was
done"
MIR. saussv then stated ne told the chair
man he could not vote without the author
it, OF the board, but that ii was not nee
essary to call a meeting In order to get
this authority, as It was a ministerial
action, and majority Of the members
of the board could act in the matter.
1t seems to me-" DR. Charlton said,
that it should have first been ascertained
whether we had the right to give such
proxy, and all the members should have
been notified Of the matter Mr.. Chair
man, you have insisted on courteous action
In this board on previous occasions. on
certain occasion you took offense be-
cause matter was brought up before
your committee had lrted on IL and
withdrew from the b ug."
Mr.. Dale stated tina he retired from
the meeting on that occasion because the
meeting was a special one called for an
other purpose and he dld not think II
should transact any other business.
Il feel in this matter" DIT. Charlton
said, shat the minority of the board has
not been treated with the proper cour-
tesy, and ! claim the right as a COM
missioner to be consulted on all important
matters"
Important matter" Mr.. Dale said. as
a very indefinite term. When l purchase
a pauper coffin do you want me to
consult your
That's committe matter" DR.. Charl-
ton said. would you not consider an
election in which more than $4,000 of
property and other matters are involved.
an important natter"
Il thought best TO act In the manner
said.
THE proper time was not given to
the consideration of the matter" Dr.
Charlton said.
Did your proxy act?" asked Commits
sioner carson, las you would have done?"
Ihat / decline to say" replied Chair
man Dale. Il am responsible for that
The question is, have 1 done anything
wrong?"
Il asked the question" said Commits
sioner Carson. because of the great
amount of talk that has been going on
about the matter. 1t seems to me that
the emergency you speak of has only ex-
isted since the last city election. The
proxy given was by yourself and Commits
sioners Chaplin and Kehoe."
when the matter was brought to my
attention. said Commissioner Chaplin,
| Il was of the opinion that there ought TO
! be change in the management OF the
| hospital The management is too ex--
travaeant / saw the names Of those who
were 10 be voted for, and I agreed to
| let the vote go that way"
commissioner Kehoe then explained
! his position in the matter. 1t was about
| u o'clock he said when he went into
! Mr.. Dale's Office last Monday Mr.. Dale
! then told him that the election was to
! come off and asked him If he would vote
the eountys proxy. He declined to do
So but agreed TO give the right to vote
/ to any other member of the board Mr.
Kehoe then spoke Of Mr. Dale's having
| telephoned Commissioner Carson but
/ he was unable to get him at his office
Chairman Dale then started on another
line; Il am getting tired of this question
/ of courtesy" he said. Commissioner
! Carson has been filing the papers with
talk about courtesy and If any one has
! the right to complain on that score it is
the chairman of this board For a long
time the board got on very smoothly, with
/ the exception that the chairman of drain
| age complains that the chairman Of the
| board is not courteous When a gang of
! convicts was placed on the Buckhalter
road to do some work. the chairman of
drainage said the chairman of the ord
had put all the convicts on that road The
chairman of the board denied this, as did
also two members Of the board and the
clerk. This part was true and what was
said before was not true"
In the matter of courtesy Commits
sioner Carson said. Il alluded to your
having withdrawn from one of our meet
ings."
II explained that matter Mr. Dale re-
piled, and no discourtesv was intended,
don't think it is proper for one member
of this board to abuse another in the news
papers The abuse all comes from one
source"
| Mr.. Dale then took up some matters
which came under the drainage depart
ment of which Commissioner Carson is
chairman. He referred TO one trunk
on Or. Reeds plantation having been put
I IN three separate times, after which Dr.
Read had to have the work done
himself, and said that DR.. Read
now had a claim against the county
for bad work on his place, amounting to
about SLIGO. The Perry Bros, he said
were suing the county for damage to their
lands, ana would likely have a case for
false Imprisonment when the charges
against them in the city court were ad-
justei In their favor, as they probably
would be. He then took Up the matter
of the ditching of the Vernon shell road
which has brought about claim for
damages to the amount Of 5000 against
the county. There were lawsuits, he
said, with almost everybody touched He
had been Informed by the chairman of the
drainage committee. he said, that the
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