The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-05

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Moses May, Sole Agen
they should be given opportunity to
face their accuser. Quoting from pub
lished reports of the Mayors recent
address at the r. p. A. headquarters.
Mr.. Cannon declared that the Mayor
says he was summoned before the
COMMITTEES to be rolled" and that
instead he told them that he was the
boss, and that the committee sat spell
bound and dumfounded, because they
did not know the provisions OF tho
charter. If he was referring to the
Finance Committee, said Mr.. Cannon
with some heat. he made statement
which Is not true. In concluding. Mr..
appealed to the Council to pass the
resolution.
Wheel in His Head.
Mr.. w. L. White seized the oppor-
tunlty to express himself on the qnes-
ton, and fully endorsed what Mr.. Can
non had said, and In addition took
that he had "a wheel in his head.
He contended that the Mayor should
be required to apologize and to retract
the offensive language he had used.
Mr.. CARRIER explained that he had
voted no on the resolution because he
did not see what would be accoH-
plisled by It, The committee did what
they believed was right. he believed.
Mr.. Phillips stated that his views ac-
corded with those of Mr.. CARRIER on the
subject. THE least we say about ats tbs tbs
all know that the Mayor has said things
sometimes that in our. judgment Were
unbecoming bis ofiicial position; The
in the papers the better. We all know
takes, but in the words OF Scripture.
yo e nim tn, 1hat rs IS wtehon' SIN among
Mr.. ". T. White again spoke. and
| characterized the MAYORS utterances as
mental to the city. He made the dis
| tinction between the Mayor as man
and as Mayor. and professed-the warm
est regard for him as man.
| Mr.. L. w. Miner asked! did you not
vote to extend the Mayor q vote of
thanks for his address? Did not o. the
Council adopt such resolution. Mt.
Facts Should Be Known.
MIR. W. r. Richardson made the dis
tinction that the Mayors utteranccs
were in his capacity as q citizen and
not quite certain how his address could
be classified. Continuing. MIR. Richard
son declared he was in thorough sym
pathy with the Finance Committee. but
1t seemed to him the Mayor was acting
as citizen and as such had q right
4 to express his views. He therefore op--
/ posed the inquiry. which he thought
The Council invited the Mayor e, ad-
dress them, not Carlton Mccarthy as
aertcd Mr.. Pollard.
mittee had tranpled upon the. charter
| 1t ought to be known, and IL not IT
ought to be SO determined and made
Mr.. Richardson. resnming after these
| the charges were formal they should
should be dropped. He did not consider
the charges formally made.
Mt. "; L White was about ,e;t,, to o SPEAK peak
agar wsn he wh his e
| time and the point was sustained.
| Mr.. Lynch Thought that the com
mittee should be appointed II the
be ascertained and it should be CEN
sured; II not the Mayor should be CEN
Mr.. David Meade White was recog-
nized and asked; III VIC adopt this res;
olution what vii! be. it's effecty'
| L. White. amid great laughter.
! Mr.. d. NJ, White commended that an
| investigation by joint committee Of
! the Council would be, equivalent to
own case, and that If the committee
on investigation had tho bias shown
last, night, the, result Of the nvesti-
eating eating Itself Mefu The aetion proposed, he
| said, would tend to create discord be-
tween two coordinate branches of tho
g9yernmsant Wman fnere should be mar
did me good, said Mr.. White, and
aegved oa noa aspee AND With h al It,
said, If the Mayor Is an anarchist,
then am an anarchiis,t for endorse
much Of what he said. -
feel that he had been insnlted by any.
thing the Mayor said. The reports of
! his second speech y, We're ere, largely hear
| sidered by this body.
"lf the Mayor approve y the budget,
eharged 70 H tSi. i ,d he yetoes IT, then y
! think he has done ANYTHING for which
! we should censure him. TO do so would
be the Council, sitting in judgment on
Mr. Richards explained that his mega
1 tive vote was intended as a coinpli-
| ment to the FINANCE Committee and an
| expression OF confidence. He declared
! that while the Mayor might sometimes
| say things he ought not to say, he
was honest and true to the Interests q 8
| hour and forty minutes at the rate
! OF 1870 words q. minute without SAYING
some things which probably he ought
not to say. The Mayor was impplsive,
but trne and honest. The inyestisa,
ton could not possibly do good ana
4 1t might do harm,
| Vote on Resolution,
Mr.. Phillips stated that he would vote
| no, but If the Mayor yetoes the bud
| get he viii then favor tho inyestisa-
Mr.. Cary objected to the reason given
4 for opposing the resolution that 1t was
/ a complainant to the. committee 70 SO
| vote This explanation might satisfy
/ children. but ii would not do for men
who felt that their acts had been
| Committee had right to be heard, and
he would favor the reconsideration.