The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-18
NEW ALDERMEN STILL ON RACK Council Again PoStponeS Their Election. '&' f s'Ts 'G,.as t.t VI 70 DIR. SAUL FILES PROTEST
 Holloway and Thompson are Yet Out of Fold.
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| >~-------~S t@E h The Council, may elect Messrs Thompson and Holloway at its next regular meeting and again It may not The Judiciary Committee of the Coun- ell Is going to investigate the election the. assertion having been made by Dr. s. H. Saul the defeated candidate. that more votes were cast at the Bellinger Heights box than there were qualified voters in that district. The City Coun- cil may therefore take one of the many courses. Messrs. Holloway and Thompson the choice of the voters of the new ward. will be kept cooling their heels on the outside of the Coun- ell chamber for at least two weeks longer and 1t Is. within. the range of possibilities that. the Council may re- fuse to accept the verdict. of Mondays primary. M f ss
 At any rate. the Council has ordered an investigation any many things may come of an investigation. The only thing that Is certain Is that Messrs Holloway and Thompson the nominees of Mondays primary are not members Of the City Council yet and that 1t will be two weeks at least before they can enter the sacred portals.
 In the primary Monday Dr. S. H. Saul was defeated receiving eight votes less
 
 the primary was certified to the City Council by Chairman Charles P Jones of the Central Council which had been charged with the duty of con. ducting the primary. At the regular meeting of the Coun. ell Monday night although the certifi- cate of Chairman Jones had been re. ceived the Council decided to post. pone the formal election of Messrs Holloway and Thompson until an ad- journed meeting last night. Protest of Dr. Saul. At last nights meeting the clerk primary. He then read the following communication from Dr. s. H. Saul tc the Council:
 Montgomery. Ala, Aug. 1T. 1904. ITO the Honorable City Council ot Montgomery:
 "Gentlemen:-T have the honor to request that before you enter into an election of aldermen for Ward Seven as indicated by the returns from the pri- mary held August 15. 1904. and sub mitted to your honorable body by the Central Council. that you delay said election until your Council can ascer. tain if said Primary was lawfully and legally held and that there were nc illegal votes in said primary.
 As one of the candidates in said pri- mary. have every reason to believe that theree were more yoteR cast in tn Cloverdale and Belltnger Heights end of the ward than there were legal voters In said district. I have further to inform you that upon application by telephone to the Chairman of the Gen. tral Council in the early morning of August Is, 1904. I was informed that the poll list which desired to see, to- gether with the ballots had been burn. ed the night previous. ss
 Your honorable Y body will readily see that all evidence of any irreRulari- ty which I may. have been able to es. tablish by this list had been destroyed
 Yours respectively.
 'S. H. Saul"
 Roemer's Pertinent Point.
 As soon as the reading of the com munication had been completed Alder man Roemer said:
 MT. Chairman, I move that the Council now go into the election of two Aldermen from Ward Seven. The City Council has gone on record that 1t will which was held Monday. The City Council directed the Central Council to conduct this primary and certify the result to the City Council. This has been done and I move that the Council now proceed to elect those nominees" !"
 Owing to that protest" said Alder man Sullivan, T do not think that the Council should go into this election now We owe 1t to the citizens of Ward Seven that the protest should be investigated. We owe 1t to this par ticular citizen of the ward who de- serves some consideration. He simply QGkQ that hn ho AaIS the primary has been investigated"
 Alderman Kohn moved that the com munication be referred to the Judicia- ry Committee.
 Alderman Forbes moved as an amendment to that motion, that the Judicary Committee should report within thirty minutes.
 Before the amended motion was put upon it's passage Alderman Kohn ex- plained that his motion was not to delay action upon the election of the aldermen. but to have the protest in- vestigated.
 Alderman Ruth was opposed to the motion.
 'rhe protest" he said has no busi- ness here. If a protest was to be made 1t should be made to the Centra Council. The Central Council has made its certificate to us and we should elect these men,"
 AdrOitIy wOried Resolution. Alderman ,Kohns read a portion oi the Jackson resolution which declared that the Council would elect the nomi- nees voted for by a majority of the qualified voters .'in Sthe primary" The report of the Judiciary Committee upon this resolution; which report was adopted by the Council, was not read | during the meeting. The report. stated that If primary should be held be- fore August 18th the City Council would 'elect the nominees of the pri- mary as certified to by the Central Council"
 Alderman Jackson. as the introducer of the resolution, said that when the Council Scame down to bedrock the Council was committed to the election of the nominees of the primary. sThe Council had decided to leave the oues- ton to the people and the only way the will of the people could be ascer- tained was through the regular chan T am iof the opinion" said Alder man Jackson, that Dr. Saul should have made his protest to the Central Council. As for me, I am prepared now to vote for the nominees of the primary"
 The amended motion was then adopt ed. the Judiciary Committee retired and the Council recessed for thirty minutes.
 On its return the report of the com