The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-19
NEW CITIZENS
TO HAVE NO SAY
Ward Seven May Not Vote
For Aldermen.
MATTER AGAIN DELAYED
Declares Council Has More
Sense Than Voters.
This Remarkable Utterance BY MIR.
sullivan-City Fathers Also Fails
to Give Relief From Negro
Car Nuisance.


ular semi monthly meeting of the City
Council of Montgomery last night that
there would be opposition and strong
opposition to allowing the citizens or
Gently approved redistricting ordi-
nance. to choose the men. who are to
represent them in the City Council.
Alderman Sullivan in speaking Of the
matter said that IL the fifteen mem
bers Of the council did not have sense
enough to choose the right sort of men
to represent the people of the new
ward. the fifteen aldermen should step
down and out.
Evidently 1t will be the foreign pol
icy of the council to deny citizens of
the newly acquired territory any voice
in their affairs until the next election.
When the committee on judiciary
was called Alderman Gunter said that
on account of the absence Of ma
jority Of the members of that COM
mittee from the city, he was not pre-
pared to report on the jackson ordi-
nance governing the manner of select
Ing the two aldermen from Ward 7.
He asked for further time and moved
that the committee be allowed to re-
port at special meeting.
Alderman Ruth wanted the commit
tee to report at the next regular meet
ing. He said that the ordinance could
not be passed at a special meeting and
he saw no necessity for IT..
Alderman Gunter objected to the
matter lying quiet Until Tue HcAl
regular meeting. for at that time"
said the Alderman from Ward l. AN
alderman will surely ask for further
time"
Sullivan Against Juburbanistes.
Alderman Sullivan arose to speak
in favor of the Gunter motion. but soon
drifted into the merits of the ordi-
nance. Seizing a City Code the big
Alderman from Ward 8, said: Like my
colleague from at large, Alderman
.IackAnn nuRht nv thIy
book. This book says all vacancies in
the council shall be filled by the coun-
Gil. And here they come with a
scheme for the people of Ward to
nominate their aldermen and the coun-
Gil to elect the nominees. Now. con-
tend that we are authorized to elect
whom we choose and l want to go on
record as against electing any man.
| nominated at d primary in Ward 4.
unless we choose to authorize such
a primary. 1 believe that the fifteen
men In this council have enough sense
| to know who will make the citizens of
Ward a good alderman and II we
haven't we should step down and out"
The committee was authorized to re-
port at a special meeting.
Maddox Wants Ward 8.
Late in the evening. close to the
hour OF. adjournment a new council
product. Ward s, stalked into the
| chamber.
Alderman Maddox asked permission
| 10 introduce an OTulIldHCe. 1ne OTul-
nance provided for and fixed the boun-
| daries of Ware s.
When the Cssrk read the title, the
Council started. Alderman Maddox s
porate limits of the dead municipality
| of West End, and the measure provides
| for the wards as arranged under the
| redistricting ordinance otherwise to re-
main unchanged.
| AS soon as the ordinance had been
| read. Alderman Gunter arose to a Ques-
ton Of personal privilege. He said
| that this was the most marvellous
over a man. In the room of the Redis-
| tricting Committee, he himself had in
| troduced exactly the same provision
but Alderman Maddox had said, What,
cilmen?" and had voted against the
proposition on an aye and nay vote.
| Alderman Gunter said he favored the
| measure. but he wanted to know did
Alderman Maddox have the interests
| of the city at heart or was he working
in some other interest when he intro
| duced the ordinance.
Alderman Maddox replied that he had
not favored giving West End a sepa-
rate ward until the redistricting ordi-
nance had been adopted and then he
saw no other remedy to the situation.
| The ordinance was referred to the old
| Redistricting Committee.
Postponed Other Matters.
The same spirit to delay important
matters, as displayed in this matter,
was noticeable throughout the Coun-
ell meeting. The ordinance providing
that all streets whose sidewalks were
paved under the baby bond act. be
graveled free of cost TO the property
owners, was postponed. -Four Alder
men are absent" was the reason given.
| The Washington Park car abuses, to
| remedy which two ordinances have
been framed. met with the same fate.
| Alderman Kohn had a minority ordi-
| nance and Alderman Sullivan said tha Z
the matter ought not to be taken up
| in the absence of Alderman Kohn
| Alderman Jackson said that improve
| ment had been made in the service on
the line and that the Council could af-
ford to wait until a larger attendance
| could be secured