The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-20
Common Council and Board Of Aldermen
in Joint Session Lay it on The Table.
TWENTY-FIVE TO TWENTY-POUR
Was the Vote, and by This Vote the Coun-
ell showed Its Appreciation of Mr..
Meredith and Dedped Its Position
on the Currency Question.

great clock I'm the tower pointed to the
hour Of the members were on their
way home, having agreed by vote OF
"A TO p TO lay the resignation Of Mr.. c.
V. Meredith. which they were called to-
gather to consider. on the table. The
recorded vote by which this decision was
reached was as follows:
HOW THEY STOOD.
Ayos-Messrs. Otway ;. Allen, Burton,
Cutchns, Hardwicke, Moore, Starke.
Vaughan. Branch X. Alien. Bloomberg.
Briggs. Ebe Foster, Gunst, Harrelson.
IoLson, Jones. John j. King. Mosby
Rountree Stokes. Tanner, Wake. Wal
lerstein. Caskie-2i
Noes-Bahen. Blake, Carter. John NJ
Kins Montgomery, +. NJ. Noble, Smith.
Sncdd Zimmerman. Turpin. Blanks.
Cotreil, Hawkins, Lawder, Miller, Neale.
Charles H. Noble, Pollock, Whalen, Will
liams. Wtte. Woody
The session of the caucus while short
was lively i'm the extreme. Intense feel
ing prevailed. and the result indicated
above defines with some degree Of ac-
curacy the position Of the members OF
the municipal government on the cur
rency question.
The Joint meeting was called TO order
about O'Clock with large attend
ance. the following members from each
branch being present.
Board of Aldermen - Messrs, Allen.
Blake. Burton. Carter, Cutchins, Hard
wicke. Jno. VI. King. Montgomery Moore
Noble smith, Snead. Starke, Vaughan.
Zimmerman. and purpln.
C0uncil-Branc h. Allen. Blanks.
Pioombcrg, Briggs. Cottrell, Ebel. Fos-
ter. Gunst. Harrelscti, Hawkins, Hobson.
Jones. John j. King, Lawder, Mosby.
Nclie Noble. Pollock. Rountree, Stokes.
Tanner, Wake, Wallerstein. Whalen.
Williams. Wltte. Woody. and Caskie.
city Clerk August read the call for the
Joint meeting which set forth that its
object was 10 elect successor 40 Nlr.
\. ID. Landorlin. resigned from the Do-
sition OF trustee i'm the Second School
district, and also TO act upon The rosis-
nation Of Mr.. @. Y. Meredith, city At
tornoy.
without further prelimlnaries the cleo
tion OF school trustee was gone into, upon
motion Of AR John NJ. King. and Mr..
Charles Eutzler was placed in nomina-
tion hv Mr. Gunst with few remarks
eulogistic Of tho gentleman mentioned.
The nomination was seconded by Alessrs.
Casl,ie. starke and Rountree. and upOn
n call OF the roll DE- was unanimously
elected
The .Ierk then read tho communication
from Mayor Taylor TO the Council lay
ing before it the resignation of Mr.. Mere
dlh. and also the letter 10 the Mayor
from the latter gentleman rendering mis-
resignation. The matter having thus
been brought before he caucus Tor ac-
tion Alessrs Otwa' :. Allen and Mr.
George mod. Blake arose simultaneous
MR.. BLAKE'S MOTION.
ct move" said MI Blake. that the
resignation Of Mr. Meredith be accept
ed"
and T move aa substitute" said Mr.
Allen. chat Mr. Blake's motion be laid
on the table
thts rerirnation would be accepted with
out debate. and 1 am sorry that such
viii not be the case
Afr. Blake then went on 20 state that.
while be admired the character ANA anil
ifv OF Mr.. Meredith. he and that gentle
man had always been ON opposite sides
~ every question. Back In lss2. said Mr..
piaka Mr.. Meredith had supported
Grover Cleveland. while he (Blake) had
..r was beaten" cried Mr. Blake. "and
cleveland triumphed. Now here
srorf time ago We find Mr.. Meredith n
oo,didafe for the position OF delegate 10
chicago as an advocate Of Grover Cleve-
land. but. thank God. he was defeated.
"rf had refused to support Grover
Cleveland. when he was nominated IN
1902 would not Mr.. Meredith nave cah
ed me n traitor" said Mr.. Blake ana
cav 7 deserved 10 be kicked OUT or me
Democratic party; yet now ne REFUSE" ~
slpport our nominee-the pureSt man VIZ
49,. u,,od since George Washngton-anG
saws he cannot vote for nm pectuSn ~
roe accented the nomination or the fop-
''t,,,s eirce he was chosen by the chi
80 convention. We have trusted me1
~ ,bose for ten years and they nave
nroved unfaithful" o,,o o,,1
NJ Rlake warmSi up as ne spoAv any
.ao,ned likely to continue MS po.'''Os- ees
,'aranone indefinitely. lie was CUT on;
ia,,oyer bv Mr.. WalIerstein. VINO -. 49,
"-.,o, "a the fact that fVe inlilu'1-
- ,,,as allowed by the rules 10 e"0N
,,or,her in debating motioh. ,h and
hri'iD' o,.ooted a perfect huoouD' a''u
,'sl,,t rurpin was asked b. reverb
-, ,vbat rules were supp"seu ~
..l,.,, -, tcint session of the two prahc.@'
- ~ CIV Council He replied tha'
,hore were no rules 80 far as ne knew
"a no was governing the BODY py tue
,.',ias ~ the Common Council and bodru
~ Aldermen combined. and would con-
ttn,,e TO do 50 unless there was opJsc-
tion. ., s,.,
80 have serious objections" declared
Mr. Carter. This gentleman then wen.
an "a state that he thought q body OF
,oen like that assemblage was compe-
tent 10 adopt rules to Govern Nselt.
The discussion continued fast ana
furious. the president adher!ng 70 MS
decision that the rules of each body COM
bined should govern the caucus, ana
motion was finally made to suspend the
rules. and throw down the bars 10 free
debate. The president ruled that IL wouid
require two-thirds vote 10 suspend
the rules. The vote was taken, and the
motion oyerwheln inely lost
GAG LAW CHARGED.
From the minority on every SIDE arose
r,nrm,,rs Of "gac-law." and several MEM
hers attempted TO take the floor to enter
protest
Nations and counter-motions were the
order OF the meeting for considerable
time. until finally Mr.. Caskie. who had
voted twice for free debate. called the
previous question. which was ordered.
thus shutting off debate.
BEFORE n vote was taken on the motion
Mr.. Allen changed II from lay Mr..
Blake's substitute on the table" to "lay
the resignation on the table" Mr.. Car
ter. thereupon insisted that this being
a new motion, II was debatable. The