The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-12
CITY COUNCIL WOULD
 NOT HEAR MIR. CHAMBERS

before the Council and he wished to have any light thrown on the situation that could be thrown by MT. Cham | oers. He advocated the suspension of the rules. And then Sullivan! The Alderman from the Sixth. with flashing eyes. threw himself into the fray. He de- clared that if Alderman Coins did not
 want to hear Mir. Chambers as a mcm- Der of the Council he had that right and that 1t was not courteous for the Alderman at large to endeavor to achieve the same end, after being
 turned down on the original proposi- ton. Sullivan Speaks i7ointedly. What good Is 1t going to dor ask
 ed Mir. Sullivan, If MT. Chambers does speak. Every man in this Council
 knew how he was going to vote before he came here tonight and speech-mak-
 ing's not going to change them" T don't care whethed a high tension,
 not" MT. Sullivan went on. T don't know anything about that part of this ordinance. All I fnow Is that the
 Citizens Light. Heat. & Power Co. is gomery. know that they have caused the light bills to decrease every month they've been in business. Competition IS the llIe vUI trd0e tnu TOT one am uOt
 going to be stopped In the course know is right, on a mere technicality. Don't you know what Mir. Cham
 bers Is going to tell you: He's going If you were to ask me my opinion on beeradded the Alderman. who deals in beer, don't you know that I would tell you that the beer I sell is . the best know that if I was employed by another brewery the next day I would
 say that their beer ,s the best on the market? Why, its common sense.'
 AiderAan Kohn said that he meant | no discourtesy to Alder man Coins but l that 1t was a courtesy that detafnly
 should be shown to Mr- Chambers. He the representatives of the Citizens Light Heat and Power Company had to | say. but had turned deaf ear to Mir.
 cause at the last regular meeting of the l Council the light question was deferred | to special meeting for the express
 purpose of hearing from MT; Chambers | a man to stifle competition but he did l not think 1t equitable for the old com l pany to so to the expenses of moving | their wire for the benefit of tho new l President Mcintyre here said that un- | der the rules the'CouncflHt wuold re- quire a unanimous vote to suspend the | rules and as Alderman Coins had ob-
 of time to continue further debate. Committee Of the Whole. | Alderman Kohn withdrew his motion 1 for a suspension Of the rules but moved | that the Council retire into a committee l of the whole to hear from MT. Cham
 bers or any one from either or both | light companies to speak. | Alderman Sullivan again put on his ! gloves and got busy.
 Gentlemen; he said grayely "at
 anybody but MT. Chambers. now we 1 want to hear from everybody. We'll | probably listen to speeches for twenty
 four hours at this rate" ] Alderman Kohn's motion was lost by { the following vote.
 | Ayes-Gunter. Jackson. Forbes. Grif- l filth. Teague, Kohn.-6. l Nays-McIntyre. Coins, Lobman, Roe | mer, Ruth Ryan. Strauss. Sullivan.-S. Alderman Gunter speaking with visi- 1 dle earnestness said that the Coun-
 ell had acted shamefully and had acted Alderman would never think of with | satisfaction. They had practically in- | vited Mir. Chambers to come before the | Council and now they had turned him | down.
 Its a beastly shame!' he concluded | with wahmth.
 Alderman Sullivan said that he had
 always noticed when anybody was in
 the minority. what the majority did | was. a beastly shame" | Alderman Strauss said that he had | simply voted aRaidHt the proposition | of Alderman Kohn because they were | propositions to beat around the bush. | Alderman Lobman thought the mat l ter had been aired. Ho wanted to
 vote.
 Amendments Introduced. Alderman Kohn introduced an amend ment providing the word "all" be in- l serted. where the certain poles were | provided for in the ordinance. Later | after further investigation of the or- | dinance. he found that his point was fully covered in another section and l withdrew his amendment He later introduced another amend 1 rnent, providing for the stringing of
 low tension wires. (which are here | after to be strung.
 \, Alderman Forbes objected. saying | that this would practically. he pro- | vidtng for a different manner of
 stringing the wires of theVtwo com
 nanies and would be class legisla- | ton.
 After hurried consultation with MT. Chambers. Alderman Kohn with | drew his amendment.
 | The ordinance was then nut on its
 hnaI massage and passed by the fol- l lowing vote.
 Aves-McTntvre ,+sorbes Coins Kohn.
 Lohman. Ruth. Ryan. Strauss. Sulli-
 Nays-Aiderman Griffith. Roemer Teague.--3.
 Alderman Gunter and Jackson de-
 clined to vote on the grounds that
 the Council was not properly orga- | nized.
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