Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-21
ARE FOR BRYAN
NEARLY ALL THE CoUNciLiEN
DECLARE FOR THE TICKET.
NO POLITICS IN THEIR ACTION.
All Deny That the Vote on Mr.. Mere
dith's ResignntiOn Reelected inc
.posi,ion of Members on the Cur
rency Question"


The Richmond Times Of yesterday
said that the action OF the joint session
of the City Council in laying the resigna-
ton of City-Attorney Meredith upon the
table by a vote of "A to q indicated with
some degree Of accuracy the position OF
the members of the municipal government
on the currency question This was
not exactly the view taken of II by the
gentlemen who did the voting, or by the
Dispatch This paper stated that the
result had no political significance, as
majority OF those voting AYE were
straightout Democrats. Not less than
seventeen OF these gentlemen are known
TO be for Bryan and sewall, while 81 is
said that one or two OF the councilmen
who ware opposed to tabling the resig-
nation purpose voting for Palmer ana
Buckner on November Sd.
The members claim that they voted
on Monday night with a view Of serving
the best interests Of the city. They say
thar they exercised no partisanry what
ever. and. as far as could be learned py
a Dispatch reporter yesterday the sole
question CONSIDERED was what was
best 10 be done under the circumstance
Relow is given the vote upon the nouOh
to table NIr Meredith's resgnation
Aves-Nlessrs. Otway 5. Allen, Burton
C,,,fchius Hardwicke, Moore. Starke,
Vsuehan. Branch X. Alien. Bloomberg'
briggs. Ebel, Foster, Gunst. Harrelson'
Hobsons Jones. John j. King, Mospy'
Rountree Stokes. Tanner, Wake Wal
Noes-Bahen. Blake, Carter. John NJ.
King. Montgomery, L. NJ. Noble. smith'
Snead Zimmerman, Iurplh' blanAa'
CottreH. Hawkins, LaWder' slliier'
Neale. Charles r. Noble Pollock Nndieh'
williams, Witte. Woody.
WHAT THE COUNCILMEN SAY.
The Dispatch yesterday, with view
of ascertaining If the vote rejected IN
any manner the currency position OF Ihe
members. called upon a great many OF
,h, r,ar,bere and obtained. as far as
nossible. a poll as to how they stand IN
tbe national race this fall The news
patherer failed 10 find but one man, save
the two Republicans In the Council, VINO
IL out and out against the Democratic
ticket.
MIR. Otway S. Allen. upon whose mo-
tiou the resignation was tabled, Is
staunch supporter Of the regular noini-
nees. -.
Mr. Reuben Burton, when seen by the
Dispatch man. said jocularly: NoDody
knows how I'm going to vote. III Ten
Won. I'm going 10 vote the Democratic
ficket-there isn't but one Democratic
ticket. | don't consider the Palmer anu
Ruckner ticket a Democratic ticket MI
Burton added that there was nothing po-
Iitical I'm his vote on the proposition 10
Law the resignation on the table.
sI am sure" said Major Sol. Cutchihs'
chat the only thing which actuated me
I'm voting as | did was TO serve what
regarded as the best interests OF the CITY
I was a sound money man prior 10 the
urinary held here, but since the ChlcaBo
| convention nominated Bryan and SeWali
have been for them, and SHAH vote LOT
them on the Sd OF next month.
President Caskie. of the lower Dranch,
who is for Bryan and Sewall, said: ANY
one is In error in supposlnS tnat thoa7 th.
who voted to retain Mr.. Meredlth lhui-
| Gated thereby now they "ouiu '''0
November Sd"
Mr. q W. Hardwicke said: "A state
mont that my vote last night indicates
| how 7 shall vote next month is perfectly
| groundess." "a
Mr.. Joseph Wallerstein, Bryan ana
| sewaIl man. when seen, said: Il believe
| that almost all the members VINO voted
| IN table Mr.. Meredith's resignation are
! free-silver men. | voted as | did because
| l believe that this is no time to make
cbans in this most important position.
Mr. Julius a. Hobson: Il shall vote tne
/ entire silver ticket. There was no pom
| tics in the vote
ARE FOR THE TICKET.
Mr.. r. T. Briggs: THE intimation that
nv vote last night defines my position ds
| for gold is erroneous. I voted 10 reIuse
/ Mr. Meredith's resignation because pe-
| ueve such a course for the best Interests
~ the city. | know that almost all the
| men who voted as l did are for the resu-
lar Bryan ticket
Alderman Moore is a Republican. and
therefore exercised no political predliec-
| tion in this matter in tabling the reslgna-
/ tion. - Wy ,rar,or
and T. A. Harrelson said that they dld
| NOT care TO make any statements turthei
thau that their votes had been cast WIN
ont any sort Of regard for anything eXcep'
the interests Of the city.
Nessrs. Starke, Vaughan, Ebel, roster
cunst Bloomberg. Jones. John j. King
and Mosby are all straightout Democrats
and discarded politics for the nonce when
thev agreed that Mr.. Meredith's resisha'
tion should be laid upon the table.
| Nessrs. Wake. Rountree, and Stokes
| were not seen.