The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-01-11
A WARM Time.
Atlanta's Mayor Scored by One
of the Aldermen.
ALL ABOUT WHISKEY.

TIE Alderman Said the iiayor Was Do.
ipg as Dictated to by Boss, and
the Mayor Replies With Strong
Eplthet and the Lie
Was Passed.
The Augusta Chronicle Gays proba.
bly, no more sensational or raw meet
Ing Of municipal body in the state
of Georgia was ever held than that of
the City Council Of Atlanta on Tues,
day evening OF last week, called for
the purpose OF investigating charges
made b. Mayor Woodward aga ast en-
unne 2.ed membor OF the body, on the
allegation Of improperly receiving re-
muneration from the liquor interests
OF the oity In connection with the re-,
cont wedding out of whiskey licenses.
Both Councilman Key and tho May.
or became 30 exceedingly raw In their
soathinI criticism and 80 freely ban.
tered the word lie, that 1t finally be-
came 80 common as TO pass unnotioad
by the other members present.
The result OF the investigation was
a complete vindicRtion Of Councilman
Key and absolute freedom Of OOnlcil.
man Pomeroy from the rumored con.
nection suggested by certain newBpa-
per publications., and severe soath.
ing Of the mayor.
Council met as committee OF the
whole and Immediately took up tho
charges made by Mayor Woodward.
The mayor gained the floor at the out.
set and, as he had indicated in the
public print he would do, at once
named Councilman Key as the nom.
Der to whom he had referred. His
talk WAS rather rambling throuRhout,
and his entire charge and the incident
statements were based on q state
nent which he said had boon made tc
him by man by the name of Min
| hinnett, who was formerly saloon
kesper here, but whose lioensa was
not renewed. He was also o member
Of council at one time. The state
ment. as alleged was to the effect
that Councilman Key had been known
by Mlnhinnott to have received fees
from applicants tor liquor licenses.
When called upon to substantiate
this Minhinnett denied absolutely
that he had ever made such state.
ment to the mayor, hence his charges
Is $in6S tho 3oun5fiInal fell iisU, and
ahe body adopted reaolution vindi.
eating Mr.. Key entirely.
Another resolution was introduced
severely orltiCising Mayor Wood ward
and consuming him for making such
public charges on such Aimsy founds.
tion and for bringing such matter
Into council, but 1t was tabled.
Immediately aftor Msyor Wood.
wards statement Mr.. Key gained the
floor under q question of personal
privilege, and the words he used In
oharaoterizing the mayor were about
aa rough as ever uttered In such
body. He termed the mayor dirty
liar, called hirn funky and said he
@as under the direction Of political
boss. Mr.. Key said he had received
absolutely no money from the retail
liquor dealers Of Atlanta during the
recent investigation and during the
wedding out Of OF aotlonablo saloons.
He frankly admitted that some time
ago he had received q fee Of $3.50
from their association for drawing
their constitution and bylaws, buO
that was long before there was any
kind of liquor agitation, and purely in
his capacity as o lawyer. that he bad
never received another cent from
them or other liquor men for any
work In legal capacity or for any
thing else. He said the liquor dealers
Of the City had come to him during
the investigation and asked that he
take their side Of the case when the
licenses were being gone over and he
had emphatically refused to do 80,
stating that he was q member OF ooun-
Oil. He says they asked him to re
commend counsel and he fatty refused
to do 80, explaining that any such aot
would lead to an influence upon his
vote, and he could not have any CON
nection with the matter except In The
capacity OF q councilman He said he
had tried to be o friend Of the mayor,
j and when he first went into council II
was with that intention; that he was
tho mayors friend up to g certain pc
rlod, but soon found that q friendship
between them WAS impossible. He saiC
since he had beer In ooanoil there
was no &C Of his OF which he was
ashamed a none which he could bG
Justly criticised; that he would defy
the mayor or any other man to quo
cessfully point to one; and that II the
mayor had wanted facts in this cas-,
he could easily have gotten them by
going to the liquor association. Con
thinning he said:
But that Isn't II, he hates me be
cause nav0 advocated q polio,
against thab dictated to him by hi
boss. and he has shown 1t In counoi
3 and In the mayors chair" HE 1
one OF the most willing Aunkies thl
City OF Atlanta has ever had In th
B mayors chair"
b Mayor Woodward here interrupts
with tho remark that the assertion
Was AN infamous lie."
Continuing Alderman Key said: I"
1 do not propose to take his slang an
Z, longer; he has TO be called down,
Q Turning to the mayor and speakin
Z directly at him, Mr.. Key said: ~
! tel you this, and want you to carr
0 the message away with you. You
l. bOoo h k1