The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
Why Mt Stfatford Vas Not
 at the Meeting.
WILL FILL MR SCOTT'S PLACE
Police Commissioner Mobley Thinks New Member Should Be In Accord With the Policy of the Pres
 ent Administration.

The situation in regard to the election of a police commissioner to succeed the late Commissioner James Scott has not changed since the meeting Tuesday night.
 In reply to the charge of Chairman Ru- doiph that he was acting cowardly, Com missioner Stradford said yesterday after noon that hc did not think it worth while paying any attention to this state ment, that every one who knows him knows 1t is not so. He said he was not In favor of holding the election unless the people of Birmingham knew who were the candidates and that he was in favor of Their being announced one week before the meeting at which the seventh member was to be elected. That if the opposition would announce their men, or man, one week in advance, he would be at the meeting and vote. When asked who he was in favor of as commissioner he gave the following names and said he was not pledged to vote for any one of them, but would place all of them in nomination. R. w.
 
 Lazarus and J. N. Cunningham. He then asked that the opposition be re- quested to make public their men.
 Commissioner Stradford further said that his family was in the country and that he had stated to the commission early in the season that he could not leave them alone at nights and there fore could not attend the meetings.
 Rudulph and Mobley Talk.
 Afterwards Chairman Rudolph and Commissioner Mobley were seen in the formers office and asked if they would name the men they favored. Dr. Mob ley declined to name any, saying he would do so at the proper time. Chair man Rudolph said that if the matter had come to a vote Tuesday night he would have probably voted for P. c. Ratcliff. Both stated that Commission CTS McCary, Rudolph and Mobley had six or seven men In view, any of whom they would be willing to vote for. MT. Rudolph said he was willing to consider any man that the minority would name, provided he would support the administration on the basis on which
 
 which Is called a law and order admin istration.
 He said several meetings had been held in the afternoon for Commissioner Stradford and that no election was yet held
 Commissioner Mobley said:
 We are perfectly satisfied with the situation at present We are all present at the meetings and have a quorum, and MT. Rudolph Is in charge when there is no meeting of the board and carries out our policy"
 MT. Rudolph confirmed this statement saying he had no objections to the situ- ation remaining as 1t is. except that he thought 1t the duty of the board to elect the other member.
 MT. McCary's Statement.
 Commissioner McCary made the fol- lowing statement:
 An attempt has been made to make capital out of the fact that was absent from a meeting some time ago and that this had caused friction. My absence was the result of the postponement of the session from the hour first set at the re- quest of one of the members of tho board. the late time interfering with an engage ment with the board of trustees of the Elks and a contractor who was figuring on repairs for tho building. I got through as soon as possible and went to the meet ing of the police board. which bad ad- journed just before I arrived. however I never miss a meeting, and felt that my good record along this line would be an excuse for the board 10 walt n short time.
 'I was present thirty five minutes af- ter the hour set. was on my way to the meeting at tho first hour called when was told by Mfr. Rudulph. chairman, that 1t had been deferred at the request of Commissioner Parker and Mir. Strad- ford's statement that he would not at tend until MT. Parker could be there. The late hour conflicted with my other en- gagement. Three other meetings have been called to transact this business at which no quorum wan present.
 we feel that it is incumbent upon all the board to elect a man in Mir Scott's place who will stand for the policies he stood for in life and who win uphold in every way the hands of tho present po- lice administration. It has been and is now our purpose to urge the selection of such man. and ns we are acting for the whole people, 1t seems our duty to put in a man who will in every way be in sympathy with the present condition of affairs relative to the enforcing of the city's laws
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