The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
TALK OF CITY POLITICS
COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE VETO
 MESSAGE TONIGHT.
Subordinate Oalcials Looking to Change of Affairs Next October. Contest fer Presidency of
 the Aldermanfc Board.

I Mayor notwithstanding.
 The ordinance provides for the con- | demnation and purchase of certain l lands for the purpose of opening the street to the extreme southern part of | the city. Mir. Mcintyre takes the view | that the right-of-way for the extended street should be donated by the prop erty owners who are to reap the great est advantage from the proposed im- provement and that the financial condi- | tion of the city does not warrant the proposed expenditure.
 It will require a two-thirds vote of | the Councils membership, or twelve Aldermen, to pass the ordinance over the veto of the Acting Mayor. The assembling of the Aldermen to- night will set the political tongues to | wagging over the recent primary elec- | tion and its results and bearing upon subordinate officials at the city hall | when the change of administration takes place in October. Indeed city politics has been a live subject of dis | cussiop during the past week and nominees for seats in the next City | Council have been buttonholed freely | by applicants for political pie or their | friends.
 It is common gossip that Alderman C. P. Mcintyre, who is President of the Council, and one of the representatives | from Ward 4, will be a candidate be- | fore the incoming Council for election | to the office of City Attorney, which office Is now held by Ray Rushton. It | is said also that Hon. o. c. Maner will I seek the office and MT. Rushton may | ask for reelection.
 If MT. Mcintyre should be chosen for | City Attorney by the new Council,
 vacancy in the Aldermanic Board
 would be created from Ward | Po-
 litical prognosticators declare that w.. w. Seidle, a we'll known railroad train
 conductor, who was defeated for the office at the polls last Monday, would
 be elected by the Council to the seat of
 Mir. Mcintyre.
 It is almost an unwritten law with the Council that where a vacancy oc- CUTS by reason of the resignation of a | Ward Alderman, the remaining Alder man from that ward suggests his suc- | cessor If this rule is followed, in the | event of the retirement of MT. McIn- tyre, his colleague, Alderman Adolph Roemer. would practically have the
 naming of the new Alderman from | Ward 4.
 | Under the city charter the following
 subordinate officials are elected by the | Council: City Attorney, City Recorder. | City Clerk, City Treasurer, City Phy- sician and City Sexton. The Mayor ap- points, subject to the approval of the | Council the City Engineer, the Chief of
 Police, the Chief of the Fire Depart
 ment and the Superintendent of Water
 works.
 It is believer, generally, that W. M.
 Teague, who will be elected Mayor in May, will appoint all of the present in | cumbents, although some of his close political friends declare that this Is | doubtful. It Is said that one or more of the subordinate officials may lose
 their heads The officials who are sub | ject to the favor of the incoming Mayor are City Engineer D. W. Ford, Police Chief A. s. Gerald, Fire Chief John
 F. Browder and McDuff Cain, Superin- | tendent of Waterworks.
 There are already reports of con tests for the offices to be filled by cleo
 ton of the Council. Chief of these is the office of City Recorder The | avowed candidates are Recorder A. H. Arlington and Captain P. F. Baber
 The ambition of these two young men
 ut some figure in the nomination of Aldermen and friends of each of them
 declare that a majority of the Aldermen were elected in behalf of their favorite
 candidate for Recorder.
 The names of Dr. Robert Goldth-
 waite, the present incumbent. and pr.
 John Anderson, it is said will be pre- l
 clan.
 Thus far no opposition to City Clerk lC. P. Hardaway. City Treasurer R. 1 s. Williams, or City Sexton Pat Ryan
 has appeared
 When the new Council meets, the
 second Monday in October, to begin it's new duties the most interesting con
 test promises to be for President of that body. The President of the Coun- eff is the vice mayor of Montgomery
 and it is a position of honor that in- variably cause a sharp contest with
 each succeeding council. MT. McIn-
 tyre, the present incumbent, who due
 to the i'll health of Mayor Thomas H. Carr, has served as Mayor of Montgom- cry for several months. was elected to the office only after more than dozen | ballots.
 Political gossip has it that J. H. Hart lev. Gaston Gunter. Leopold Strauss, and c. l.. Ruth will undoubtedly be
 candidates to preside over the delib-
 erations of the next Council. MT.
 Hartley and MT. Strauss have been nominated for Aldermen -at-large, MT. Gunter will be reelected as Alderman from Ward 1, and Mir. Ruth will be re- | elected from Ward 2. Each of these gentlemen has had several years ex- perience in the Council and all of them, | except MT. Hartley, are now serving as Aldermen. MT. Hartley led the All demanic ticket in the primary election | last week and he will no doubt be a formidable candidate for the office he seeks.
 Alderman James J. Sullivan, of Ward | 6, who led the ticket in his ward. Is | an ayowed candidate for vice president ! of the Council and there may be other candidates before the autumn comes around.
 Verify these be interesting days for | Aldermanic nominees. Candidates for minor offices are at work endeavoring
 to secure pledges and the slate-makers are wiring in and out to form success l full combinations.
 Hospital Nearing Completion. The handsome new Emergency Hos pital. which Is being built on the Up- | per Wetumpka road, is nearing conn
 pletion and in all probability will be | turned over to the city for acceptance l the latter part of the week. Tho hos | pital, will not be in operation before | May l, and maybe later, for the water mains to furnish the institution with | oity water have not been laid and all | the furnishings and appurtenances CT | the institution are yet to be bought. The matter of buying the necessary | supplies for the hospital and other ar | engagements for opening it for use will l probably be taken up for action at the ! meeting of the City Council tonight.