The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-06
MAYOR TAYL0R'S VETO.
WHAT THE PEOPLE or RICHMOND
SAY CONCERNING m.
Some Opinions the Reverse of Compli-
mentary-Lease of the Gas Works.
Some Interesting Figures.

The veto hy Mayor Taylor or the oiul-
nances reducing the salary OF tho CITY
Engineer and other officials. ana the
unanimous passage OF the said ordi-
names ever the veto by the Common
Council VS. the principal subject OF
discussion on the street yesterday. Mayor
TAYLOR. when asked by Times reporter
what he thought Of the action OF the
Council said:
WHAT THE MAYOR SAYS.
81 am not surprised at anything.
am. as my message states. IN
! favor OF retrenchment. These Council
mon have been hit too hard. When 1
! cot through with them the people will
understand that 1 am thoroughly in favor
! OF reform.
| ~ want the city 10 live within lis
! means. and retrcnchment should 20 an
| along the line, and injustice should Doe
| done 20 none Even the Mayors salary
| should come within the retrenchments.
you can't tell anything about Coun-
Gilman until be votes I'm Mayor OF
Richmond. and ! shall continue TO go
along the same line, even " ! have 20
/ 60 back 10 selling herrngs'
"vyss the action Of the Council a sur
prise to you2" asked the reporter.
Not by any means. responded the
/ Mayor. II am not surprised at any
| thing these days. Fact of the matter
is that I would have been more sur
| prsed had the body acted favorably
"rbero was great unanlmity against
Won Mr.. Mayor" said the reporter.
Yes. that's a fact. But you see
| used 10 De a city father once myself. ana
! that fact does not annoy me. Nv ", ~
| ] was in the Board. / used TO Ike 20
! be- ina the minority, even it 1 was very
tIi4.c you any reason to regret hay
ins sent the MESSAGE was asked s,.
Hon5f. Wis had made it stronger.
| You notice 1 say something about SUD
! stitltlg cheap negro labor. Wl-h
! had said Niger now 10y l.e W1s' ID
| ofic. before writing that message. in-
| steal of afterwards. IT. would have ntrn
| rcd-h0t [ went up Co scc Ncd b-lr-.
and saw something ON his desk 'h''
| looked Ike the picture OF motel.
COLORED ALMsHOUSE.
d" Ned [ asked. what is thist ana ne
repll.d. That's the picture OF the
new Colored Amshouse.
What's 90 going TO cost asked.
Forty-nve thousand dollars Doe Tee
"Go up and see that negro hotel and
you won't think so hard OF me. ] uou
! believe ina reducing salaries $3.50" ann
I
pay little Boz taxes. .,
4 want retrcnchment just as hu,h
as any body. but ] want consistent I'-
troucbuanf That Council has poem
sore ON me ever since 1 vetoed the COLI
ored -aru0ry measure ana from ho"
on | am going 90 make 10 uNtis lo.
that body Tie members WIZ NHu .u",
two can play at amy game th1l o'''
up befOr. they get through
In partInl the Mayor said: $50 np
ana Sec nat colorcd hotel Ned I,dtes
| Is drawing and YOU for one, VIII thinN
kindly Of NY veto.
A'''1'' MIR TURPIN TALKS.
Rut little was discussed ON tho streets
Yesterday except tho Mayors veto ana
the attempted lease OF the Gas olhs.
Tho Mayor message received ih' laI-'al
| share of attention. however, and but few
vcre found who had kind word TO say
! in its behalf.
| the first seen.
~ think Dick TAYLOR is % good. honest
man." he said "but his message has
nothing whatever in it. IL is perfectly
ridiculous. in other words. / think he had
better cOudne himself 10 the two-line
messages with which he has heretofore
favored u.s..
II haven't time % discuss that message
this morning" said COL John ID. Purcell.
president OF the Good Government League,
with a Sly twiukD IN his eye.
Mr. James Bahor member OF the Board
Of Aldermen from Jackson Ward. said
that he preferred not to talk about the
veto just now. "Fhcn the time for ac-
ton comes ] viii Dee heard from ON the
floor OF the Board he said.
Capt IT, $ Brock the newly-elected
member of the Boaid from Monroe Ward.
| had nothing 90 say about the message.
Air. Horace a. ID wilkins. member of the