Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-04

the council, as they seem to know
him and his tactics pretty well. Most
Of the aldermen paid little or no at.
tention to his talk, but he got an oc-
casional "snicker'' from the specta-
tors
Alderman Meyer took the floor ane
said that as nearly as he could re
member. Nj. Whites statement wa,
bordering upon the truth; that he
would be liberal and say that maybe
aae-fcurth Of it was true He sale
the ordinances of the city allowe,
ne mayor to reduce the police force
and that he wished that the mavor
would, but the mayor instead, did
7ot see fit to do so: that he had made
VI the appoin, ,ments that the law al
lowed him. Mr.. Meyer also stated
mat he would be glad to see some
II the force go; that there were some
who were not worth a dollar to the
oity. and "cleaning out would be
good thing. Mr.. Meyer said he
would not rehearse the Cuipepper
matter. but that he would say that
when Mayor Bell saw fit to appoint
Chief Culpepper he was opposed to
the mayors action, but before thirty
Jays had passed he was convinced
hat at last the right man was in
the right place, and that Culpepper
lad made the finest and most com
oetent chief of police that the city
has ever had, and that he (Meyer)
had been on the police committee
for many years.
Alderman Nichol then took the
floor. He began by saying that all
present knew Mayor White, and "ev-
cry one present knows that man May
or White is man who for years has
had the finger of scorn pointed at
i'm for The course he has run
Mayor White retorted: eyes, but
no finger of a fool has ever beeA
pointed at me- (Horse laughs).
Mr.. Nichol then took up the charges
made against Culpepper in Esq. Stew.
arts court and dwelt on the state
nent of Culpepper wherein he said:
"Fll plead guilty if you will "a
sess me light fine. in order to COM
promise the matter and get rid OF
it."
The court said that he would as
sess the lowest fine for the otfense
Of assault and battery, which would
be $50 When the trial came on
Esq Stewart only fined him 81, which
tende@ to show that the for "
charge could not be proven. A. 4er-
man Nichol made his point we'll, and
he is fluent and concise talker
Alderman Jordan, who sees a point
and clearly, made a talk at
ter the mayor had so sharply criti-
cised the council, and stated that the
mayor could go ahead with his pros
ecution of Culpepper; that he knew
the mayors tactics and that the may
or had been securing and scrubbing
the city during the past several days
in an effort to find some charge by
which he could again suspend the
chief. He also stated that less than
two months ago Mayor White was at
ter the aldermen with both hands in
the air trying to have the aldermen
confirm the appointment Of Culpep.
per, stating that Culpepper was the
best and most trustworthy and log.
ical man for the place. Alderman Jor-
dan then asked why the mayor had
a sudden change of heart.
It wss anticipated that the mayor
would retort to the effect that he had
discovered something since, br he
question completely f1oored him IN
he remained quiet.
Alderman Clements stated that the
mayor had appointed the police COM
mittee, and if he did not like their
style and report, why did he not ap-