The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02
Amusing Incident of
 Council Meeting.
MONTGOMERY DAY IS KILLED
Faihers WouId Not Agree to James
 town Proposition.
u<fsre Master was chlcreformed En- e~setss Aiderman at Large was Elee4ed to Sake Address tt
 FerfsiE Fssr.

Alderman T. Lee Holloway acting president of the City Council last even Inx, made one e2very close decision. He also was guilty of the attempt to blum the cjty fathers into an action whien ctherwfse they would not have taken, and he succeeded Tn other words. Al denaen W. N. Cox will not be the ora- tor on the occasion of Montgomery DaVs' af tlae Jamestown Exposition, and the fault is Alderman Holloway's.
 Early In the night Alderman Cox, in behalf Of the Public Works Committee, reported favorab1y on the communae1T '.s tion Of Mayor Teague which made sug- Kaetton concerning the celebration 0K fhIs city at the exposition, and the re- nork was adopted.
 Later in the night Alderman Cox in the blandest Of manner represented to the Council in resolution that the day should be observed, and he re- snecffuliy craved it's passage, advocat- ina the measure In a speech fraughe with the advantages to Montgomery of such free advertising. Alderman Roe naer. who was given hearty greet- fne earlier in the night because of his first appearances at Council session M number Of weeks. peered at the President, MT. Holloway oyer ms Whife rose and moved as an arnends Yfenf to the resolntion that the Alder man author be tho orator of the 0cca- sion His motion met with hai1- dozen seconds, and the resolution Waa put upon passage. Alderman Holioway, irl the meantime, grinning broadly.
 But he put ths motion, tne resoau. slsl. saw nothing but the fun in the amend. ment when. however, he realised xrhax a great deprivation ik was to the other members Of the Council, partlcu- larlv himself, Alderman Foster, Alder men Lobman. Sullivan and GuHter, the president became sorry.
 ssAiI those in favor of the resolufAen an arsaended.s said the president will vote aye, and those opposedf not but vote is down fellows, vote tt down.
 The question was put, and to all ap- s,aarance the ayes had carried the day { The president 50 ruled UponA op1ecs tion being made to the ruling Q di- vision was called for, and those in favor of the motion were asked 10 rfana and those opposed to stand-za little later. When the standing on hoff sides had been counted, Ctly f-fer2 Farley stated that the motion vvan carried, and that Alderman COX would get the honor. But Mr Aot- loway did not like the look CT things' and he said that the motion was ioss' retlcently.
 verv shortly after this the Aldermen.
 V heinz ashamed of not being signally honcfed as the Alderman t-Large, voted to expunge from the record tne Councll's treatment of the Montgom- erv 15ays' and this also was ordered, nniv Alderman COX, if the report is true voting no in an undertone.
 There were other matters ok tns- wsrtance. aiso, to come to the atten- ffon of the city fathers. all of whom. gave for Aldermen Ryan and strauEs, were present. One of them was the vote upon the ordinance anthoriztng me Mayor to borrow &15,ooo for the purpose of allowing City Treasurer williams enough cash to pay the city employees for their last months work. Ths employees will be paid today, q notice given for the creditors sake.
 In behalf of the Judicary Committee. Of the Council, Alderman Holloway re- ported that his committee had been at work on the resolution which pro- xfded for an Investigation of the Mont gomery Traction Company's franchises