The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-09

He -fIrt her. remarked that compromises
were sometimes necessary IN our BUDGETS,
and that as the Sinking Fund would lose
nothing by this compromise, and 1t was
imperative to pass Il budget this one
appropriated $l,;a52Sa9), my action as to
the S10000 transfer was proper.
L replied that / could not remember
after an interval OF five years the rea-
son which actuated me in all the motions
| had made that his explanation might
be the correct one, but that there must
have been some other good reason, as
the conference budget which reduced the
| $4,000 to 100000 had passed the Common
| Council unanimously, and among those
who voted for it We're certain prominent
business men, who. like myself. were
| earnest defenders of the Sinking Fund
Mr.. Mccarthy said that he was only
| Interested in showing that his state
| rnent as to the records were true re-
peated to Mr.. Mccarthy that mis- state
| meut as TO the records was true, and
| he then left. saying that the matter was
| closed so far as he was concerned, ana
! that he would not refer to 1t again
In view of this remark, voluntarily
made in the presence OF 1.1r. August, hJ
| a man with whom I was on good terms,
! and who il the same Academy speech
| lad mentioned ny name with approval.
! nv surprise may be imagined when. a
| week afterwards at Il late hour Of the
! night, I was handed his dodgc-.
SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM.
| II he had come or written to NE, as
| he should have done and gwen me the
/ name Of any man who claimed that l
| had stated to him t!at Mr.. Mccarthy had
! made a false statement about the S10,GGU
j transfer I would. have cleertully and
| quickly gone to that man and told i,im
that [ had no intention of making such
/ a..charSe against Mr. Mccarthy
1 Instead os pursuing this manly course,
lie .is@suent 70. nearly q week and then
attacks nc by means OF inucndoa IL 4
/. dodser.
! IT may be proper FOL. me TO explain why,
| when Z first met Mr. IcCarthE, [ was
| so positive that I mad never made the
| motion to transfer the $4,000. and also
what was the effect OF the motion.
1 When I first met Gtt. Mccarthy l was
| under the; impression that it was claimed
| that the motion vas made about two
years ago. and when the burset was first
/ presented 10 the Common Council, and
1 tEat the stfggestio;. OF the reduction of
! the $4,000 balance due the Sinking Rand
! to $4,000 had originated with nue. IN
/ order to nave the budget passed by the
4 Common Council.
It@w not until my second interview
with Mr.. Mccarthy, when he showed
4 me- the records, that learned that the
+ $40 600 balance was in the budget when
/ first passed by the Common Council ana
that the Board of Aldermen, having re-
fused to concur, and q conference COM
! nittee appointed, that the proposition to
reduce the $4,000 by $4,000 had not first
j come from me. but was substitute for
a motion to reduce it by so, 0Gu.
/ Under these circumstances, 1t does not
strike me as remarkable that. knowing
my. earnest desire TO protect the Sinking
I! Fund, I should, after an interval OF I'VE
] years, with no record to refresh my
j memory, though I had hunted for such
! arecord. that | should have insisted most
strongly in my first interview with Mr.
i Mccarthy that he was wholly mistaken
In his statement made at the Academy.
EFFECT OF TIE MOTION.
Now what was the effect of the notion.
/ Iia the Sinking Fun1 suffer from ir1
Tbs records of the. Shining Fund Com
,n,ssioners shcw thai on January %.
1897, the day l first took my sea. Us, !,
commissioner, Mr.. Mccarthy was ais,
I PRESENT, and addressed Tie commissioners
.tt length IN regard To the SINKING, 4 una.
md that at that meeting ninety DAYS
was given the city. 10 pay tEis SAM. s.r.-
rt1. with interest at 4 +, per cent.
The ninety days had not expItefi Nh
April 2, 1897, when the conferences budget
with the $50. 001 item sf SinIsin;, Fun.l
i balance was passed, and y;nsns that TIM.
ssatl expired Without tte $Ig,GtsJ ii;,yIn..
been paid, Il "a He'd meeting of tt.e Sink
ing Fund Commits ioncrs " ~ had o.s ..s..s-
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