The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-15

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 .Give the young men . .chance.y sentiment. which made itself felt in the last municipal campaign. had it's in- fiuence last night when the caucus of the City Council selected the officers who will serve the city for the next two years. The selections of last nights caucus will be formally elected at the first meeting of the Council to- night.
 In the municipal campaign of last spring. a number of the candidates for Aldermen were young men and the cry was heard, Give the young men a chance" All the young men candidates were not, elected. but enough of them were elected-to show that the call had been needed
 It had it's infunce last night in the Council caucus when William T. Con- niff. a well known young lawyer. was elected Treasurer over Major R. B. Snodgrass. q veteran citizen of Mont gomery. and 0na who had held ofiics for q number of wears.
 George M. Powell. another old and well known citizen. was elected City Sexton to succeed Pat Ryan.Nwho de- ciined to become a candidate. It is generally known, too, that while MT. popular official in other capacities were undoubted. that his two sons. well known young men of Montgomery, contributed no little to his election over John McDade, an old a&nd highly esteemed member of the Mohtgomery Police Department. The contests for Treasurer and for City Sexton were the only contests he- fore the Council. John J. Farley. one of the best known and one of the most popular officials of the city, was given his present place of City Clerk without opposition.
 There was some talk yesterday after noon of another candidate offering for Recorder in opposition to Major Euga- nitis F. Baber. but if there was any such opposition. 1t faded into nothing before Major Baber's strength in the Council When the roll was called no man voted against him. Dr. Gaston Greil was also in the paeasant position of having no opposi- ton. He is serving his first term as City Physician. and the Council last night gave him unanimous re-elect- ion, as was expected.
 There was some talk of a well known young attorney being a, eandi- date against City Attorney c. P. Mc- Intyre. but when the caucus met last night. no name was presented except No opposition was expected to the reelection of Alderman Gaston Gun ter. as President of the Council, and l none developed. Mir. Gunter two years ago was elected as one of the Aldermen | from Ward 1, and he was successful in the contest for President of the Coun- ell. This year he was elected Alder man from the citv at large and last night he was given Q unanimous elect ion as President of the Council. Alderman c. l.. Ruth was selected last night as Vice President of the Council. It was a reelection for Mir Ruth. he having been elected to that honor with the retiring Council. The Council caucus was held behind closed doors. Alderman James T. Sul. livan presided over the caucus. He also called the new Council to order when the old Council finished it's busi- | ness.
 when the old Council had adjourned and the members had filed out Alder man Sullivan rapped for order. Clerk John J. Farley called the roll for the new Council. The roll call showed that every member of the new Council was present The personnel as shown by the roll call was as follows; Aldermen at Large: Gastop Gun ter. Ira Virgin and Berto H. John ston.
 Ward 1: F. M. Perry and James Parrish.
 Ward 2. c. L. Ruth and J. c. Ty-
 Ward 8: Charles F. MOrtts and J. M. Kennedy.
 Ward {: W. W. seidle and W. R. Brassell.
 Ward & Robert Tait and T. B.
 Ward s: James J. Sullivan and VII.
 Ward ': John F. Jones and S. H. Saul
 All city officials and secretaries were excluded from the Council chamber during the Council Session. Alderman James Parrish. the youngest member of the Council, was selected as secre- tary.
 Nominations were called for and the ballots began.
 The first contest was that for City Treasurer. There were three candi- dates, William J. Connlff, W. L.. Hay den and Major R. B. Snodgrass. So warm had been the fight for this place that a motion was made to postpone the election of a City Treasurer. But the friends of MT. Connin who had come into the race as a dark horse and had forged to the front believed that the motion for delay was an attempt to defeat him. and opposed 1t and ops posed 1t successfully.
 Mir. ConnIff was elected on the first ballot. The membership of the Council ia seventeen and the vote was as fol lows: COnniff, 9; snodgrass, 6; Hay | den, g. M. Powell and John McDads for City Sexton. It was close fight, too. number of other prospective candidates had sounded. the various members oi the Council but had withdrawn when they realized the situation and left