The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-24
.UP-AND-AT-'EM SCHEME FAILS Aldermen Couldn't Have
 Meeting. THEY VIOLATED OWN RULES Legal Notice Not Given of Council
 Session. City Fathers wnl Assemble This Al. ternoon for Avowed Purpose of RevoianE Franchise of Trac-
 tisn Company

Because. tH their anxiety to Np aHa ordfnanees against ths Montgomery Traction Company, the members of the | City Council had failed to observe ont of their own rules, a special meeting oa purpose of sIntroducing and acting up- on an ordinance repeating and forfeit ing to the city of MontgoHery tue franchise heratofore granted the Mons- 1. pelied to adjourn last evening without taking single sten in the existing war between the Traction Company and the Council. The adjournment was to o'clock this afterne3on.
 It had been planned, so rt1imor, ap- parentiy well founded has 1t, to give q general shaking up at the special ses- sion of the Aldermen, not only 10 Ine Traction Company. but to the Mayor.
 There was, So 1t Is said, an ordinance drawn formally forfeitfng, so far at least as the Council might be. able tQ held by the Montgomery ract1on . Company, under which 1t operates It's lines in Montgomery.
 Divers and soundry resolutions. also, were ready, 1t is said. scoring the May or for his effort to enforce the ordl- nance requiring separate cars which was passed by the Council over his veto, after he had failed to enforce other enactments regarding the street car company, such as that requiring the use of lenders on caKs, the im- pf0VemenL. on JeMerSon DAVIS AVSuue, which hung fire for so long. and have only within the last few weeks been made, and others of similar nature. AL together. It promised to 5e very warm session of the city fathers which was missed last evening"
 Why Meeting Failed.
 The manner In which the meeting failed Is as follows; The Aldermen, some time ago, made a rule that at least twenty-four hours notice must be given of any special session of the City Council, thfs being intendeds of course, to enable the members Of that body to arrange their private affairs in advance so that they might attend, and that no one might be prohibited from being present at a meeting when some subject of particular interest to him was up for discussion.
 Following the street car embrOgno on Court Square yesterday morning, and the granting of an injunction, re- from attempting to enforce Che separz ate car ordinance, a special meeting or the Council was called by Clerk ! 9si Farley at the direction 9f President
 The Aldermen were prompt in their arrival at the Council Chamber, tntr- teen of the seventeen members being present. The meeting had scarcely been called to order by President Sun ter, however, until Alderman Tait arose and raised the point Of order that = Ing had not been given. He contendsd that in view of that fact, 1t would De impossible for any business to De le- nafly transacted at that session
 Mr Tait offered, as a solution of the difTicnIty a motion that the Council adjourn until noon today, which would be over twenty-four hours from sne lime the first notice of the meeting was given, This hour was not satis- factory to Alderman Ruth, however, and he moved. as q substitute Tor tne Tait motion that tad, adlonrinmsnI this eynnine pe '
 Parliamentary Chaos.
 Alderman Sullivan was not willing 10 permit an evening session, however and began to state ms ias,,t is,,,te. yJth inc declaration that the motion to adjourn was not debatapie. thsTs followed points of order, motion to Lay thaS adiournment motions on the table, raniSsis for withdrawal, which speedily mi the knowledge. Of parllamehtaLy tactics of some of the members 10 the usrrot' r,,st tben Alderman Roemer sought to suread oil on the troubled waters bv d new suggestion and ne oMeFsus as a substitute to the supstltute lo fhe original motion. that the Councli sdIotIrn until 3 o'clock this afternoon.I
 AIderman Tait finally secured order out of the parliamentary chaos Dy With-. drawing his motion, and the nlotloh oA Alderman Roemer was thereupon adopt ed, ofI d viva voce vote. without any 'ijsse5etinR voices, and the Council stood adjourhed until this afternoon at Sr9eAi srbe members of the Council dId not raise the question at all as 10 whethef inc notice of yesterday Tor last nleht session of the Council, would act as a legal notice for today's adJourned session. There is some doubt, however, which has since been expressed, IT the notIce for today's session IS sufheient. There was not sufficient time before and and the time that has elapsed since word was first given of session for this afternoon at o'clock, It is point. ed out, is much less than the required twenty-tour hours.
 To Forfeit Frnnehise.
 The call for the meeting of the AL dermen that was proposed to be held last evening, showing the supnJects which t ma may ts.4apr pe eapect,ea ,s as follows:
 Montgomery, Ala. Nov 2S. 1906. .To the Honorable City Council of
 .eSMn99TsSgen@You M99hTtgemerYx3 will please attend a special meeting of your honorable body this evening (Friday) November 23, 1908, at six (e) o'clock ?. m,.. for the purpose of considering the street of introducing and acting upon an or- dInance repeating and forfeitting to the city of Montgomery the franchises here tofore granted the Montgomery Trac-
 "John ]. Farley,
 City Clerk.
 Attorney Ray Rushton of the Mont gomery Traction Company, declined to discuss the proposition of the Council reyo<ing the franchise of the company, as proposed in the call for the special meeting, beyond stating that he did not believe that a majority Of the mem bers of that body could be Induced to vote for such an ordinance.
 In any event, he said, he had no fear of any such proceeding, as the ques- tions involved had been decided too long to permit of its being even con- reverted question any more.
 The outcome of the special meeting this afternoon, however, will be await sd with a great deal of interest. lstic to the drastic enactment of the Council, though realizing that the Traction Company needed regulation of the proper kind.
 Mayor TeaEue On Ground.
 It was peFhaDS five minutes after