The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
MONTGOMERY PATROLMEN
 STILL ON COUNCILS GRIDDLE

whom he had failed to appoint could not possibly give the city thelr best service under existing circumstances, while the men. who are old in the service and who were reappointed are too much interested in the outcome of the matter to pay their closest attention to duty.
 orbes Wanted Committee.
 Alderman Forbes brought out the point that the Chiefs list did not state thaf the policemen met the requirements of the city charter and on this account there should be committee of investiga- ton. sssss 5 VI
 Alderman Jackson said that from the nrst he had tcontended for a sneedv organization of the police department. put under present conditions he thought sary.
 Alderman Forbes favored a committee invesugauon if for no other purpose man to show the deposed officers that the Council was doing all in its power to see justice done.
 Alderman Kohn said that a committee investiEation would take up the time of the committee. the time of the Council. would disrupt the police department and would be decidedly bad for the city. He wanted to go on record against 1t.
 Alderman Sullivan saw no reason why. If an old officer was deposed and a new one put in his place. there should not be an examination before the committee to ascertain their relative Qualifications There have been new men on inc Mont. gomery police force. he. declared. who. if they were blindfolded and taken out to Boguehomme could not find their way back to the police station. Why should such man. he asked be nut on inc force In preference to a man who had served the city nearly two decades. How are you going to find out wheth- CT he knows the way back to the sta tion! asked Alderman Gunter.
 Biindfold him and see," retorted the Alderman from Ward 6.
 Gunter's Pointed Declaration.
 Alderman Gunter said that there was an apparent undercurrent throughout the Council that the Chief is manipulat- ing the appointments for political or oth- CT mercenary purposes.
 Are we aiming our arrows at the men appointed or tho man who appoints7' hc asked with considerable fervor "If ak the man who appoints, let's shoot to hit. If Chief Gerald manipulates his depart- ment for political purposes let's impeach him. Don't let the men appointed and whose daily bread depends on their po- lice service suffer. If any Alderman has reason to believe that Chief Gerald IS manipulating his department for political purposes let linn state those reasons so that the City Attorney may be instructcd to institute impeachment proceedings. This Council has more to do than to play to the grand stand or the galleries"
 Alderman Sullivan said that he was in the Council to do what he conceived to be his duty.
 T don't play to the grand staKd any more than the Alderman from ward IL he said: ''I want to see right and justice done and as long as can raise my voice I will endeavor to do so.''
 Alderman Kohn moved to table the Sul- hvan amendment raising an Investigating committee. and the motion was lost
 Ayes-Presldent Mcintyre, Aldermen GunteT. Strauss. Lobman. Kohn, Ryan-6
 Nays-Aldermen Forbes, Grifflth, Coins Jackson. Maddox, Roemer, Ruth, Sulli- van, Teague-0
 Alderman Strauss moved to amend by striking out that clause of the Sullivan amendment which save the committee authority to investigate why the deposed patrolmen had not been appointed. The motion was carried by a viva voce vote.
 The motion was. on motion of Alder man Strauss, amended by inserting in- structions to the committee to report back to the Council at a special meeting next Wednesday night.
 Alderman Gunter moved to amend by confirming the appointment of Mounted Patrolman J. A. LaPrade. The motion was lost.
 The motion as amended was then adopted. tt-
 Previous to adjourning. President Mo Intyre announced the special committee as follows: Aldermen Ryan, Jackson, Sullivan. Grifiith and Rohn.
 No appointments were confirmed by the Council.