The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-10
THE CITY ATTORNEYSHIP
WILL MR.. MEREDfIH'S RESfGNA.
TfON BE ACCEPTED2
President Caskis Opposed to IL and
Number vi Other Mealbers Agree
With Him.

The resignation OF Mr.. c. " Meredith as
Guy Attorney swas a mucn discussed SUD
Ject yesterday. parucuiaf.y among tno
members OF the Council and boata OF
A.uermen, whose duty It w.il 10 10 NIL
nis paasr.
a ..N,. many of the members OF both
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l.On oI air. slcrcdtln.
VANS IL ACCEPTED.
ON the otnyr n.lIlu lnrve OF iodr mcm-
Dcrs, VINO we're intcrNivwcu, sa.d ths' ~
Mas eslucnl ~ tneir minus from feauihS
.1r. Alvrcuiln > iottcr taal IL Was hi' oe
sire that MS resIsnatlon shVuiu 10 p'o"'p.-
ly accepted, anu tney na4 no uOuVt pot
,u..t ne wouid refuse 10 relsun me position
even A. me Councl. snOl.I refuse 10 az
eept his resignation. .,..
IL WAS tnousnt. that President Iufpin
would nayo issued call yesterday io'
ioint mceuns OK tnc twO branches Oh thc
Common Council at an carry od'e' .so
stcn action was taken, but II Was unoIii-
c.a.ly reported, however that a metIns
w,..d DC mead AcAt MONDAY week Aot INC
purpose ol acuns upon tno rcs'e'ia.'o"'
\ number Vi names VI prominent h'S"-
/ n,,ua lawyers nave been mentioned III
Nessrs. julian Bryant. jackson Uu!' d.
| NJ. smi.h. Jr., anu ". .. 5Selton- MI.
Bryant mas sent the following letler 10
| The Times.
MIR. MEREDITH SHOULD REMAIN.
| LaitOr o. The Iinis' r,....
| Sir.-The report appearing in me lineS
! this morning OF Mr.. Neredith Fes's
! nation OF the City Attorneyship and MS
! nrobable successor" makes IL appva'
| mar an, 4 candidate sor the oihce De-
fore Mr.. Merediths resignation mas oee.
accepted. Such Is not the case 90 no
ia mat the Council will accept me
! resignation. and do ho' ln'"@ ,,ooI
! should do so. Mr.. Meredith Is too eoo
an officer. one peculiarly ht ana suiteu
for the place. for the city 20 lose ms ser
Vices at this time. 1900 r-N-,~,
opers whose names have been M
.oned and who have not SAID that they
,.or,a decline the Office II rendered them'
sro aIessrs. l.. o. Wendenburg, ;. ,. T.
Patteson. and Ii. Il. Pollard. IL Is 700
aarIv as vet to foreshadow who tne
mantle OF Mr.. Meredith VIII iaii uDo"'
nrovidcd his resignation IS scceoteo.
/ Mr.. Meredith mas been 'liF A'lo''-0'
since lSs5. and none OF his .t'1
I have had 10 work as he mas hAa 10 o..
Many Of his friends have wonderea wn'.
J attraction the office g 81. .250 salary had Tor
a man Of his ability and repu.a.''n IN
.o,,btellv. financially. he would have
! ~, f,r better Of u have been free
fr,m the office. There f. no cisDutihL
| the fact that he has fought for the Guy
In nonv cases in which. had he not peei'
! Citv Attorney, le would have been em-
nloval on the other side. and out OK
some of them made, perhaps, his yearly
salary. .-,,,,,,,
MIR. CASKIE'S VIEWS.
Mr.. James Caskie. president or the
Common Council was seen at MS resi-
dence. No. north Fifth street, last
MINT ia regard to Mr.. Meredlths res
irnation. Mr.. Caskic said that he had
not as yet had an opportunity 10 iear'
the feeling Of the members Oh the Iouh-
ou AS 10 the acceptance or rejection OF
Mr.. Meredith's resignation. lie Lao
heard a number of the members OF the
Council express their opposition to us
acceptance. and large number OF the
citizens OF Richmond had expressed a
similar view In the matter. said MT.
Caskie:
Il think Mr.. Meredith Is wrong In
his position about Candidate Bryan. 5tiii
do not question Mr.. Meredith's mo-
tives. | have the highest opinion OF
him. both as man and as a lawyer.
and I think his place as City Attorney
would be hard TO ill. lie has performed
the duties Of City Attorney with great
satisfaction. | do not think the city
OF Richmond could afford 10 dispense
with his services especially at this time
AS TO the political question involved.
do not see that this ought TO have any
influence now, as the split in the Demo-
cratic party took place after the present
Council went into office. / think the
refusal on the part OF the Council Ia
accept Mr.. Meredith's resignation might
bring the two branches OF the Democratic
party nearer together For these rea-
sons I am opposed TO the Council ac-
cepting Mr. MersJi.ns resiyraiion."
ACTION SHOULD BE POSTPONED.
Mr.. IT, A. Hawkins. when seen last
night. said:
"The resignation of Mr. Meredith
comes I'm the heat OF n political fight. and
think action should be postponed on n
for some time. The condition OF affairs
does net warrant any hasty action. Both
gold and silver men have said and done
things which they will regret when
this cruel war Is over"
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