Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-09
Doings in tho
 City Council
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 ness and that he did not believe that the council would be party to an injustice done citizen. MT. Sorrells jocularly remarked that while every person knew that MT. Coleman was the greatest lawyer alive today and that he never had made mistake of any kind, still if it should be de- termined that in this case his own error was responsible for the failure of the scheme and not Mir. Adams then if he does not willingly should CT the responsibility, the council should determine who was responsi- ble and force that person, even if it should be our great City Attorney to shoulder the blame for his error.
 Tn the matter" said MT. Sorrells "I am not familiar but have a statement from Major White, who says that the failure did not occur from an error in the printing. If these facts be true, then in common justice to Mir. Adams the council should investigate and if it is through the fault of others and not Mir. Adams, then this council should give the same publicity to one act ually to blame as it has published to the world Mir. Adams alleged error. MT. Adams tells me that he is prepared to make proof of the matter I am urging in his behalf For MT. Adams, ask you gentlemen to afford him the opport unity to show where the blame lies in the premises and to lay the blame where it belongs, let it hurt who it may"
 City Attorney W. F. Coleman then attempted to show where the Graphic was in error, and why it had a disastrous effect on the ordi- nance. He stated that the Graphic in LuC Ol u1AdASC, Pl AAIOA Range g. instead of Range 10" and he asked that instead of having the matter settled in the city coun- Gil, where the matter arose, and where it seemed to MT. Sorrells that it should be settled, that the bill for the printing of the ordinance, which was before the council that night, be refused by the council and then the Adams Printing company could sue the city in the courts where the whole, matter could be aired. His line of argument was , hard to follow and unsatisfactory to many members of the council and other gentlemen present.
 Alderman Jordan moved that the matter be referred to the finance committe which is composd of al- demen Fox, Hudson, and Nichol. AL derman Nichol objected to this, and expressed himselflas thinHng likd the city attorney, that the matter should be fought in the courts. He then made substitute motion which was to the effect that the Adams Printing if they wished the matter to be furher investigated, refund some money which they had receiv- ed from the city for some other of the same ordinance, and that they could then sue in court for the repos- session Of it. Alderman Jordan showed where this would be mere childs play, and would do no good to either the printing company or the city He called for a vote on motion, which Alderman Nichol promptly withdrew when he saw how strenuously opposed itwas by other members of the council. The vote on Alderman Jordan's mo- tion was promptly called for which passed unanimously. The motion re- ferred the matter to the finance committee for a complete investiga- tion. and to report on at the next meeting.