The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-04
PARK COMMISSIONERS
FIVE; MEN WERE ELECTED RY CITl
 COUNCIL.
Messrs. Glass, Charley, Lanier, Loeb and Wiley Chosen After Minority Was Crowded into . Corner.

| Frank P. Glass, F. P. Chaffee. c. A Lanier, Sr., Jasques Loeb and A. A Wiley were last night elected by the City Council the five members of the I Commission which is to have charge of | the parks of the city of Montgomery. | The members of the Park Commis- sion were elected over the parliament | tary protest of an active minority. The law providing for Park Commission 1 has been on the statute books of the city for several weeks. but a shrewd minority has been able to prevent the l selection of the Commissioners. The l election last night was held only after the two adroit parliamentarians of the | Council, Aldermen Gunter and kohn. l had thrown every obstacle they could | in the way.
 The persistence and perseverance of | Alderman Jackson alone surnounted these obstacles, Almost single-handed against the shrewd parliamentarians. who blocked the way with every trick 1 that the rules of the game allowed. The ] parliamentary battle con tinued i throughout a full hour. Alderman Jackson won his fight and the majority wrought its will in the election of the Commissioners.
 | ment to the Park Commission ordi- | nance, providing that the Commission could not ask the Council for any finan- cfal assistance until the first of Octo- Der. 1906. MT. Teague later wanted to withdraw his amendment, but the par lliamentarians objected and Acting Pres- | ident Forbes was at some trouble to unite the parliamentary knot.
 | Alderman Jackson said that it had | been charged in the press tha. on this question a shrewd minority. by specious | acts, had succeeded in staying off the election of Park Commissioners. | The minority, I see," said Alderman | Jackson. continues to use those tac- | tics. Why don't you meet this question like men? It takes nine men to pass an ordinance in this Council if you have the votes to stop this election. come out in the open and stop it. The action Of the minority in stopping this | election has made the Council appear ridiculous
 1 Alderman Sullivan said that 1t was not the minority, but the ordinance it. | self that made the Council appear ridic- ulous.
 | In replying to Alderman Jackson, AL | derman Kohn said that he had been in the Council several years and he was quite confident that he had met more strfous questions than the one before the Council, and had never fickered. Montgomery he said, had continued to
  mission. and he dared to say that the prosperity of the city would continue | even if the Council should not elect the members of the Commission. l At length. however, the previous question was ordered, the nominations l were closed.
 l MT. Jackson put in nomination for members of the Park Commission F. P. Glass and F. w. Jackson. Alderman l Holloway nominated c. A. I.anier and R. P. Dexter. Alderman Strauss nom mated Jacques Loeb and his colleague, Alderman Ruth. put in nomination F. P. | Chaffee. Alderman kohn put in nomi- nation three names. 4. A. Wiley. J. M. l Kennedy and J. c. Haas | It was explained that nine votes for | each member were necessary for an l election. The first ballot resulted in an election of the five members. This | ballot for the winners was as follows
 Frank P, Glass, II; Jacques Loeb, 10; c. A. Lanter, g; F. P. Chaffee, g; and A. A. Wiley, g.