Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-07
HERE'S TO BOTH SIDES,

Recorder to attempt to run or regulate
the city politics of Americas; neither is
it the purpose OF this paper to side
with the administration, headed by
Mayor Fielder and his supporters, AL
dermen Sherlock, Fort and j r. Hud
SOD, or with the other side, Mayor
Pro tenn Glover and Aldermen J. S.
Bolton and Joe B. Hudson.
These gentlemen were elected by
popular vote of the people and they are
amenable to the city tax payers for their
acts as members of the City Council,
and not to the Times
Lengthy and exhaustive Council pro-
ceedings are published each week IN
this paper for the information of those
interested, and if such official proceed
ings can be Judged impartislly and
without prejudice, patriotic thinkers
would return vote of thanks to the
Times Recorder for not making any
editorial or local comment on such a
conglomeration and middle as the
municipal affairs of this City has gotten
toto
The affairs of the City, as observed
by the tax payers from the discussion
in theiCouncil, are not in satisfactory
condition. There is lack of co-opera-
ton, to use no stronger term, between
Mayor Fielder, aided by Messrs Fort,
Sherlock and Jno. r. Hudson, and
Mayor Protein G. W. Glover, supported
by Messrs j. B. Hudson and j. s. Boil
ton, and an evident disposition on the
part of each to antagonize the other.
This pickering and fault-fnding, re-
sulting in strained relations between
the city authorities, bodies no good for
business-hke administration of city
affairs. Both factions of council should
view the questions which come before
them in the broad light of the citys in
terests; not from a selfish desire Of
personal triumph, each trying to out
| strip the other as to power and ultimate
control.
The T1mes-Recorder does not care tc
advertise the misfortunes of even an
individual, therefore has not considered
it good policy to spread abroad the
misfortunes of Americas and the d f.
ferces of the Mayor and City Council,
for each side claims to be right and act,
ing under the law. Able counsel has
been employed by both and long and
tedious legal fight can reasonably lie
expected.
In the meantime the people have
their redress. If these public servants,
elected by popular vote, haye not in the
opinion of the people discharged their
duties honorably and faithfully for the
best interest of the entire ublIc, there
is way of settling accounts at the
polls.
Surely 1t is not the province of the
Times to tell an intelligent
people their duty and inform them of
their rights in municipal matters of
this nature.
The public is we'll aware that the
present municipal row was brought
about by a difference of opinion as 10
how the Police Commission should be
abolished. Mayor Fielder, supported
by Aldermen Sherlock, Fort, and Jno.
r. Hudson, instituted proceedings
which are now pending, while Mayor
Protein Glover, Aldermen J, B. Hud-
son and J. S. Bolton sided with the Po-
lice Commission, at least as far as
refusing to becoming parties to the EN-
ployment of legal counsel to dislodge
the Police Commission in any other
way than by legislative enactment.
The expense of this legal fight will be
very heavy, which of course will be
maid out of the CITY fraasrru hr- ordar