The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-02
WARD SEVEN GETS PRIMARY SuburbaniteS Come Into
 Their Own. WILL CHOOSE ALDERMEN Hard Fight Made Against It
 in Council. Jackson Ordinance Adopted After MT. sullivan Had Presented Legal
 opinion--Election Within
 Two Weeks.

l Citizens of Ward Seven. Montgomery frontier, the suffering suburbanites who have been styled the Filipinos of the city government, have come into their own. The Council last night, | with no votes to spare. agreed to per init Ward Seven to noId primary to nominate It's representatives in the
 The primary is to be held within two weeks as the Council will eleSt the two men chosen by the primary. at lts next | regular meeting two weeks hence 1 This concession to the suburbanites was gained only after hard fight in the Council on the jackson resolution sought to allow the citizens of Ward seven to vote for their two Aldermen. The fight on the successful ordinance was made by Alderman J. J. Sullivan who declared 1t was illegal and pro- l posed to have read an opinion prepared by Gordon Macdonald of Montgomery l sustaining his position.
 | The opinion was not read ana Alder pose of denying the suburbanites voice in the selection of their repre-
 Gist of Jackson Measure. l Tn the early part of the meeting | Chairman Gunter of the Judiciary Com mutee handed in the Jackson resolu- | tioh providing for Aldermen from Ward with a favorable but qualified
 The Jackson resolution which has been before the Judiciary Committee for the past month, 1t will be recalled | Is, it pledged the Council to elect the two Aldermen from that ward who should be chosen by a primary, II Montgomery to conduct a primary SC that the sentiment of the voters in | that ward upon the subject of Alder men should be ascertained. | T,.At afa TRnnrt nl favorably upon the resolution but amended 1t so that the election by the Council should be at the next regular meeting of the Council two weeks the meanwhile a primary might bt held in Ward : and the nominees oi the primary should be elected by the
 The repor. of the Committee attract ed but slight attention. There was nc discussion of 1t at all. It was adopted unanimously and without discussion. | Wanted to Reconsider.
 Later in the night Alderman Sulli- van moved to reconsider the vote by which the Jackson ordinance relating to selection of Ward ' Aldermen was passed
 The Alderman from Ward 6 addressed the Council. He said if the vote was reConsidered and the ordinance was re- ferred back to the Judiciary Commit tee. he would be able to show that the ordinance was illegal. He said he would be able to show by q competent attorney that the selection of the All derman from Ward 2 by a primary would not be legal. '''-"
 will the gentleman from Ward give us the name of that lawyer?" ask ed Alderman Jackson.
 | "I do not care to do so, now" re- piled Alderman Sullivan.
 Continuing his remarks Alderman Sullivan appealed to the Council to re- consider its action. He said he had n In n tnr TA 1 xxs care. he said, who was selected to rep. resent Ward ', but he wanted it done regularly and legally.
 Alderman Forbes called attention to | what he regarded as a defect in the wording of the resolution adopted by the Council. No provision was made for holding a primary, he said. and the Council might face dilemma when the nominees were presented to the Council.
 When was this resolution passedY p asked Alderman Forbes
 iivaR. R"'sn'' answered Alderman sul-
 Then must have been asleep like Alderman Sullivan" said Alderman Forbes.
 He said he wished to second the mo- ton of Alderman Sullivan to reconsider the vote because he thought no ar rangement had been made for a pri-
 Alderman Sullivan presented a long | asked to be read
 Maddox Reached for Hat.
 Alderman Maddox reached for his hat HIS
 Its nearly twelve o'clock and I'm going home if you're going to read all of that he said.
 The legal oplpon was withdrawn and Alderman did not go home l Right here Alderman Roemer paid | his respects to Alderman Sullivan for withdrawing the name of the lawyer l calling his attention to a similar in- | cident in the Council SC me months ago | when he, Alderman Roemer had been criticised for withdrawing a name. | The sixth ward Alderman merely | smiled at adroitness os Mir. Roemer
 The Sullivan motion was put on its l passage
 1 Alderman Roemer moved to table it | and a tie vote resulted the motion to table being lost.
 Alderman Sullivan bristling sup | pressed emotion jumped up and said | that in justice to himself and the law | yer. who wrote the opinion he would give his name It was apparent he said that there were members of She | Council who desired to drag the name | of this lawyer from his lips. ~ Continuing and after whispered GOV ferences with Alderman Gunter a c | Alderman Lobman, Alderman Sullivau said that the opinion was written by Gordon Macdona!d. to whom he paid a | warm tribute as~.n attorney.
 The motion to reconsider the vote was then lost by rising tie vote. anu the incident was closed,
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