The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-31
UTILITY Y0WNERSHIP.
Raises Fun and Feathers at
Municipal League Meeting
ATLANTA MAYOR BLUFFS
His Remarks Became So Personal That
Delegates Bolted From Hall While
He Was Speaking - Mayor
Dunno His Target. ..

Ounne his ia!9et. -.
: NiAlnicipal ownership Of public ut!..
. tiles was the question which aroused
earnest discussion at Thursdays ses
sion Of the League of American Munic-
Qualities at Toledo, Ohio. The conflict
OF views among the members whica
was so apparent was intensified BY
Mayor Dunno, Of Chicago, whose
speech in defense Of municipal owner
ship was the, feature of Thursdays
session.
- Mr.. DUNES address covered all the
points In, favor Of public ownership,
which he advocated in his recent cam
paisa for mayor, and he >~pressed
himself as being firm in the belief
that the people of his city, along with
citizens of other cities, would own and
control these public utilities.
Mayor Woodward OF Atlanta. who
was leading the fight against municipal
ownership, replied to Mr.. Dunno, hold
I ing that municipal ownership is =
sham. Before beginning his address,
] be turned to Mayor Dunno and said:
do not take remarks as personal"
and Mayor Dunno smiled and bowed.
J Continuing, Mayor Woodward said:
There are only a few men who
could successfully work out municipal
ownership, as most Of them could be
bought the same as in the political
arena- l know of only one, and that
man was Sam Jones. You could not
buy Sam Jones, and will pay him
tribute before I leave the platform.
But who can show me another man
Ike him?'
Il can," cried Hugo Grosser Of Ch,.
cago.
Where?" yelled Woodward.
"All over the country" vociferated
Grosser.
S We'll, there amt one in your city"
fairly screamed woodward. This
. brought a smile from Mayor Dunno.
z Cries of Throw him out" Shut hin
Arp." we're heard, and when quiet was
again restored, President Crolius cal.
toned Woodward to adhere to his SUBJ
ject, and not get too personal.
= Then Mayor Woodward told what
control he had over the corporations
in Atlanta. He mentioned Mayor Wea.
zver of Philadelphia and told how one
councilman in the city had admitted
to him that he resigned a position
paying ten thousand and accepted one
which paid nothing because he could
graft fifteen thousand a year. Then
Atlanta's mayor turned directly to
Mayor Dunno and said: Il am no DEM
agogue. and when the people Of Allan.
ia elected me they knew where to
find me. - -,
At this juncture delegate as:ec
him when he was going to mention
municipal ownership and tell why =
was not right. Turning to Mayor
Dunno, Woodward said:
"You made great play for votes
In Chicago on the hobby Of municipal
ownership and the people elected you.
But they will never get municipal OVID
ershtp and you know it."
why, have my corporations un-
der better control than either Dunno
or Johnson Of Cleveland, and as a
result all of the papers which We
have in Atlanta are fighting me-"
By, this time the uproar was general
Delegates shouted at woodward and
demanded that he be put out Or force1
.to talk business. A st. Louis delegate
arose, saying:
9 "We have had enough of this fool
ishness. and l move we adjourn" Be-
fore the question was put to vote and
while Woodward was still talking the
delegates arose in a mass and broke
for the door.