The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
NEW MEMBERS
 WERE ELECTED Holloway and Thompson
 Full Pledged Aldermen. DELAY SOUGHT TO LAST Unsuccessful Effort Made to Stop Election. Alderman Sullivan Opposed the EIcc- ton of the Nominees and Nom-
 mated pr. Saul Who Re- 9 ceived One Vote.

! At four minutes to 9 o'clock las night Messrs. J. Lee Holloway and N W. l.. Thompson, the nominees of the special primary held in Ward [, Au' | gust 15, became full fedged Aldermen
 of the city of Montgomery. The long
 and patient wait for their tardy recog-
 milton by the City Council ended at 1 that moment.
 For at that minute they signed the | paths of office which were administer ] ed to them by Alderman Leopold Strauss. Alderman Strauss, in addi- tion to representing. in part, Ward 2 in the City Council of Montgomery. bears a neatly engraved commission from the Governor of Alabama which clothes him with the power of a no- tary public.
 The suburban members were given seats immediately and invited to get to work. The first opportunity the new members had to vote came with the final vote on the ordinance to appro- priate $3,500 for the purchase of the new pest house. MT. Holloway asked l to be excused from voting on this and all other propositions that came up during the remainder of the meeting. saying that he was unfamiliar with l the questions. Alderman Thompson. however voted with this and every roll call.
 The new Aldermen were not given | their seats warmly and cordially. An other scare was given them in the last stage of their journey. Dr. S. H. Saul, the defeated candidate for All derman. sent In an affidavit declaring that loose methods prevailed at the Cloverdale box. Seven members of the Central Council signed a request to the City Council that the nominees be not elected until the Central Council should have an opportunity of meeting and Investigating allegations that had been made about the primary. But the Council remained firm in its re- solve to give the Ward nominees their tardy honor. The Judiciary Com mitteo recommended to the Council that the new nominees should be elect ed by the Council and the Council car ried out the recommendation. As soon as the roll had been called at the beginning of last nights meet ing Alderman Forbes moved that the regular order be suspended so that the Council might receive the report of the Judiciary Committee on the Ward [ matter and take such action as 1t might call for. The Council favored the proposition.
 The committees report was present.
 
 of Alderman Gunter. the chairman of the committee. It was signed by AL dermen Jackson and Mcintyre, the oth- CT two members of the committee. The report stated that one of the managers at the Cloverdale box was not a uIlalf- ned voter and that there had not been any system of checking off voters to ascertain if they had voted both at Highland Park and Cloverdale boxes. It was further alleged that the man agers had been lax in not administer ing the oath to doubtful voters.
 The report stated, however, that the Central Council had certified the re- suit to the council and that the coun- Gil should carry into effect it's resolu- ton of electing the nominees. No showing had been made that unuuali- fled voters had participated in the cleo tion.
 Alderman Sullivan was consistent in his opposition to the election of the nominees. From the outset he had ia . rored the council electing the alder men without reference to the voters of the ward. He presented to the coun- ell an affidavit signed by pr. Saul which repeated the charges which had been alluded to in the report of the Judiciary Committee. Dr. Saul asked that the election be held up so that he could carry >Se matter to the Cen eral Council.
 MT. Sullivan also presented to the council the following communication