The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-11
COUNCILS CENSURE
Resolution of CenSure is Vetoed
By the Mayor.
A WARM SESSION LAST NIGHT AT
WHICH MAYOR AND COUNCIL
TALKED BACK AT EACH OTHER
IN TERMS MORE OR LESS PAR.
LIAMENTARY.

The city council met in special ses-
sion last night, Mayor Bliss presiding
and the following memt ers present !:
Aldermen McHugh, Maura, MuldOn,
Christie, Reilly, Wright, D'Alemberte
Yonge and Calm.
Before calling the roll, j. E. Watson
who had been elected to succeed Alder.
man c. H. Gingles resigned, was sworn
i'll by Clerk Bernard AMI he then took
his seat in the council.
The minutes of the last regular and
intervening special meetings were
read and approved. As there had been
several meetings since the last regular
Tone, the reading of the minutes re-
CURED about half hour. Mayor Bliss
then submitted his report as follows:
Mayor Bliss Report.
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen.
City of Pensacola.
Gentlemen:
In compliance with the motions of
Alderman Muldon that the Mayor be-
given certain time to submit evil
dence to support his opinion that the
city had been Systematically robbed
for years, | respectfully report ana
submit evidence as follows:
This report submits only a portion
OF the great mass Of evidence which I
believe exists, providing it has NOT
been destroyed, but it is all the eyi-
dence l have been able to find and ar
range in my limited time without
grossly neglecting my official duties.
Ii must be borne in mind that the find
ing and collection of such a mass OF
evidence covering such a length OF
time is no child's play that it may be
done in few hours, such as has been
allotted to me. Such a work woulu
likely take the undivided time OF an
expert many days and perhaps weeks,
especially in a case where the records
and official papers are IN as deplorabls
a condition as they are in this Citys
offices, At any rate have gathered
plenty of evidence to substantiate nv
opinion, at least to my mind, and il
the Council still wants additional evi.
dence | shall take great pleasure in
doing what / can to find it for them,
From the City records it's clearly
shown that the practice of buying
stock feed for the various departments
has been to have merchants submit
bids for furnishing feed for the com.
ing calendar month and the Board OF
Public Works and Safety have each
III their respective meetings accepted
such bids as they saw fit and entered
10 in their respective records. The
making and accepting of such bids was
a contract between the City and the
merchant, in Which the City was obn-
gated 20 pay a certain price for certain
feed. and the merchant was obligated
TO furnish certain specified feed for a
certain price. / have lad the Clerk
make a search for the bids made at
various times for feed, and have
made a search, and all bids
found have been examined and where
the vouchers and bills have been found
he bids have been attached and A
part of the evidence submitted. When
It was not possible to discover the
original bid the records of the Board
IF Public Works and the records OF
he Board of Public Safety have been
to and note made of the bid
as it appears on record. | have net
.aken the trouble to submit anything
more than a statement Of the bid In
iuch instances, and il the Council de-
iires to verify my statements in suoh
Eases it will only be necessary to re.
er to the respective records for the
dates.
The evidence viii show that certain
specified kinds of feed were bid for
It certain specified prices. II win
how that certain kinds of oats were
i'd for at a certain price per bushal
md that certain kinds of hay were BID
OF az a certain price per hundred
yeight. The evidence submitted win
urther show that all feed was furnish
ID by two firms, viz. A Mcdonald
dOyer and ]. E. Dubuisson & Bro. Du.
'uissOn & Bro. furnished feed for one
month to both boards, and to one
Board for two months. The bills or
his firm appear to be regular az they
re rendered for oats and hay at the
'rices bid, specifying as much oats or
o many pounds of hay ct the contract
rice.
The bills of A. Mcdonald Meyer ap-
ear altogether differen.. Not a singia
i'll was ever rendered according To
he contract nripa Tho hills os,br,fkt.,