The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-20
BOTH SIDES OF COUNCIL sErro.
Mayor Myers and MIR. Saussy Explain
the Matter.

Mayor Myers and MIR. Saussy Explain
the Matter.
The little affair at the City Exchange
night before last in which MIR. J. r. Saus-
sy, Jr., was the central figure, was the
cause of no little comment yesterday Mr.
saussy explains in the Morning News
that he was not attempting to present his
case without the consent of the Mayor or
Council, but was simply insisting on his
right to be heard. The friends and the
opponents of the administration natural
ly seized upon the incident and Mr.. Saus-
sy was in receipt continually yesterday of
congratulations from the latter and chill
ing glances from the former.
MIR. Saussy was in receipt of consider
able sympathy because Of the fact that
he was refused a hearing after an unus-
ually long wait in the Council room. Many
other citizens have experienced these de-
lays under this and former administra-
tons and they are inclined TO think Mr..
Saussy had good grounds TO protest May
or Myers was asked obout this phase Of
the matter
"The session of the committee last night
was much longer than USUAL" said the
Mayor I'VE gave some time to hearing
Mr.. D. B. Lester and his attorney, Mr..
Oliver, upon the Vernon Shell Road
Company's petition, and further time was
occupied by MIR. Osborne in support of a
petition of the Bill Telephone Company.
Besides there were several other matters.
The members of the board do not waste
time in gossip in the committee room, and
as a rule these conferences rarely ex-
coed a half hour. A meeting of the Com
mittee of the Whole is usually held sew
eral days beforehand to pass upon mat
tiers referred to that body and such
meeting was held last week"
Mayor Myers remarked that Mr.. Saussy,
being a lawyer should not have taken ex-
ception to such O delay as il is not an
uncommon thing for the lawyers to wait
days and even weeks to get hearing
in the state courts, and to be frequently
put off from one day to another. City
Attorney Adams, who was present, re-
marked that the City Council was the
most expeditions court which he had any
acquaintances- HE was inclined to think
at times, he said that the public business
was dispatched with TOO much eXpedi-
ton.
Mayor Myers said he did not care to dis
cuss the incident with Mr.. Saussy. The
latter, he seid, had thrust himself upon
Council without waiting for an invitation
to do so. and was entirely out of order.
The Levi matter was still pending and
Alderman Thomas had a resolution 10
present, but Mr. Saussy ignored his call
to order and persisted in going ahead with
his statement. Under the circums tarces
there was nothing for him 20 do, bur
to call upon the marshal to intervene.
The complaint of the city against Mr.. j.
w. Mcintyre on account of building.
owRd by him on Broughton street, which
the fire superintendent charges to be in
a dangerous condition, and a menace to
public safety, is set for a hearing al I
o'clock this afternoon Mr.. Saussy is
Mr.. McIntyre's attorney and will repre-
sent his client at the hearing.
In the statement to the Morning News
concerning the affair before the Council,
Mr.. Saussy says;
at is a matter of regret to me that the
humiliating occurrence at the meeting Of
Council should have been deemed Of sufh
Client importance TO appear in the pub ic
print. The notice, as contained in the
Morning News, while in the main correc-.
does me an injustice. 1 am described s
insisting upon the trial of my case after
II had been decided to postpone the hearing
and that I was proceeding with my argu-
ment when the presiding officer ordered
me to sit down The case had been brought
to the attention of Council and a statement
had been made that inasmuch as the city
attorney was absent the case would have
to go over. 1t was here | announced that
l was ready to go on and objected to a
postponement and was in the midst of my
argument, stating the reasons why the
case should not be postponed when l was
ordered to sit down l appealed from
this on the ground that ! was addressing
COUNCIL as a body and had the right TO
represent my client aud urge any legal
objection to postponement. Without volt
ing for me 10 conclude my remarks and
without submitting the question TO Coun-
ell for its action. the presiding officer I'M
dertook to dispose of the case on his own
motion and used the exceedingly discour-
teous language as stated in your columns.
There is hot a gentleman in the city who
would have submitted to the indignity
without comment, and / have really no
apology to make on that score.
Since. the adjournment of Council l
think j have discovered the secret of the
whol.. trouble When the trial Of DR.. Levi
had been concluded there was some little
delay in order TO give Alderman Thomas
an opportunity 10 write the resolution OF
censure 1t was during this interim my
case was called and the statement was
made as to postponement l interposed an
objection. j was facing the presiding OH
GER Mr. Thomas was across the table
from where | stood and was somewhat
behind me so that + could not see him.
IL seems that he had finished writing his
resolution while / was addressing the
Council, and was ready to present the
same. The presiding officer without COM
municating that fact TO me. or giving me
the slightest intimation that there was
any other business for the immediate con-
sderation of Council. gave his peremptory
and discourteous order.
81 viii not stultify myself by making
any further statement as to what course
would have been pursued by me had the
proper and parliamentary treatment been
accorded. / have no fear Of the conclu-
sious 10 be formed by those who are &C
quainted with me- II Is only that those
who do not know me may have an oppor-
tunity TO Judge Of the circumstances as
they appeared that trouble you"