The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-22
No City Physician Yet Chosen by
the Council.
THIS WAS A WARM SESSION
DIR. w. Il. Alvey, the Nominee
Gets I'm n Tight place.
ASSISTANT ENGIiEEn OUT

The called meeting of thp council
last night To elect city physician
was very lively and aud an hour and
a halfs wranglc resulted In q draw.
Since DR.. W. T. Alvey was nominated
I'm the caucus II has been claimed that
ne Is ineligible and not OF the same
political com pleXion rs the council.
To investigate this, the election was
deferred tom Monday night, and for
further inquisition was again last
night postponed. All thc members
except Mr.. Jones were present
TIE official bonds Of Chief lloycr
AMI VIM. Suddcth were ratified.
Tho mayor stated that the Fidelity
and Deposit company had withdrawn
frum Assistant city Engineer Lyons
onicial bond.
The mayor stated further that he
and tho chairman had investigated
Tho matter and aSccrtaincd that no
asond was rquircd OF the assistant city
engineer. II was thought advisable,
however, that bond hc required Of
the assistant, or the city engineer be
compelled To stand responsible for his
assistant.
Cart Fowler said IL was obviously
q defoct in not requiing bond
Councilman Elliott said the bond OF
the engineer now was only $1,000,
while that Of the assistant was Al, 800
and that OF the sewerage Inspector
Sl.soO. He thought the city engineer
should be required Ia give e., 30 or
s3.OO.
CITY Attorney Lghtfoot said rs the
position of assistant was not an Office,
either elective or appointiyc. no bond
was or could he rclurcd. The office
would have to be made elective before
bond could he required. The mayor
made similar statement.
Councilman Fowler smiled and said
that ssmc of the fastest and best
horses had a little habit Of running
on" which spoiled them. lie couldn't
see the necessity for having any as
sistant during The winter months, as
the weather would be- such that little
work could be done on sewerage.
Councilman Davis moved to amend
the original motion by dispensing
with The services of an assistant
engineer.
CHARGES MADE.
Councilman Ezcll wanted TO know
what charges there were against Mr..
Lyon. He had heard none.
Councilman Davis replied that he
had no personal knowledge of Mr..
Lyons being under.the influence Of
liquor, hut had heard 50 from respon-
sblc persons.
Tho mayor said there was no ques-
ton rs to. Mr.. Lyons condition on
ono or two occasions.
Councilman Fowler then called the
attention Of the mayor to his inaugu.
raj address in which he said "sobriety
was TO be u cardinal virtue among the
city's officials and employees, and sald
the mayors supervision extended %
the assistant cnginecr-to every on.
cial-eXcept councilman.
The mayor pleaded guilty.
The motion 10 dispense with the
services of the assistant prevailed by
vote Of Ia I.
The election OF city physician was
next on the program. DIR. W. 7. Al
Vcy, the caucus nominee, was present,
and stated where he had been since
1893. He said that lie had claimed
this as his home, and that he was n
democrat He had few alidavits 20
corrobOrate him.
Councilman Ezell said that Dr. Al
vcy admitted that in 1895 that he
registered at medical college rs resi-
dent of EliZabcthtOwn in 1897 as a
resident OF Huntsville, Ala. lie said
DIR. Alvey claimed ne had never had
any other voting place but Paducah,
but that he had never been able tC
find where he had ever voted at all
that there was no record that he hao
never been assessed here since h,
claimed Il as his residence; that h'
could show where DIR. Alvey haC
claimed he was a republican; tina
DIR. Alvey had claimed he registered
here and voted here in November
but he could find no record Of IL tina
he thought there were other candi
dates about whose eligibility and com
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