The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-04
Expected That Members Win
Refer to Recent Speeches De
livcred by Mayor.
COMMITTEE MEETS TO-DAY
Prominent Pastor Comments
Executive for Couragc--How
Mayor Won His Point.


special meeting of that committee, calico
Tor this afternoon at & o'clock. SO far
as the Mayor Is concerned. there Is no
evidence that he has any feeling to.
ward the committee or the Council ot
any member OF either, and the same IL
true of individual members OF the com
inltttc and of not few Councmen. II
Is certain, however, that four or five, a,
least, OF the members Of the. committee
do feel aggrieved at the utterances of
the Mayor in his recent Travellers Pro-
tectivc Association speech, and are pro.
testing against his criticisms OF the Coun
Gil and Of the committee On the other
hand 1t Is known that several other
members have no sympathy with the
agitation.
May Issue Reply.
However that may be, the Finance
COMMITTEES has been called mt the In
stance of four or five members TO con-
slider whether 1t is desirable to formulate
and give out n statement concerning re-
cent transactions behind the closed doors
Of the commlttce-room. 1t is not certain
that any action will be taken. though y
VIII be urged by some BY several it
was stated yesterday that the commit
tee would prepare a statement or u prs.
atnble and resolution summarizing the
situation from their point of view, ana
possibly rohearsng the views of the ma
1ority as to the recent bord- burning IN
cidcnt and other matters which precipi-
tated n rather spicy session of the COM
| mittee. Whatever the committee adopts,
| II anything. viii be given out for pub-
| cation, and. 1t " expected, will be offered
| In the Council this evening at s O'Clock
me recent speeches of the Mayor ara
| likely 10 elicit some comments, more or
| less spirited when the body meets To-
| night. II any opportunity offers
| 1t Is probable that one or more mem
bers VIII rise to question of privilege
| and have something to say In criticism
| OF the executive.
From the Mayors side Of the situa-
| ton there are no developments. Eatu-
| rally lie has been commended by many
citizens and not n few have personally
assured him OF their Endorsement of his
| attitude and his speech. so far as 1t
i relates to the Council the committees
| OF cSursc, those who may be inclined to
criticize would not be likely to 20 to
him and tell him personally what they
thought, unless an occasion arose natu-
rally therefor.
Alderman r. y. Elicit. when asked as
to what the committee would probably
4 do at to-days meeting, said:
4 II have received notice OF the
meeting. though 1 am told one has been
called for s o'clock. / am in favor
of dropping the matter where 1t is.
There never was in my opinion.
more harmonious meeting than thai.
at which the Mayor and the Auditor
, were present, not only as regards
those two gentlemen, but the commits
, tee also"
J. Council Tonight.
Councilman +. H. Spence stated that
. a meeting had been called, and that no
I. understood 1t was the purpose of thos1
calling 1t to draw up some sort OF
resolution or statement in the nature
. of reply to the Mayors criticisms OF
the committee. stating the, circum-
r stances OF a recent meeting. Mr..
: Spence declared that he was not al
8 the committee meeting at which the
Mayor and Auditor were present, put
G understood that 1t was pretty live'1
= one.
Councilman Fl. r. Pollard. Jr., SUBJ
Q chairman OF the Finance Committee. SAID:
q "a meeting has been called for Monday
7 afternoon to consider whether We VIII
y take any action as to what the aiasuI
: said" Mr.. Pollard stated that he cou.d
| not forecast what would be done, further
!, than this. He said that four or hVc
: members had called the meeting.
o The committee meeting this afternoon!
,. will be an executive session, unless the
u usual rule Is suspended. In that event.
few of the details will be known, and
70 possibly only the action taken.
- At the meeting OF the Common Council
u Tonight, however, the possibility of some
10 spirited comments and commensurate
u ments will add zest to the session. and
lt will almost certainly suffice to attract q
y larger attendance of visitors than usual
y Unless those resenting the Mayors speech
y choose a spokesman in committee or pre-
q pare statement to be read, to-nightss
- meeting will serve to disclose the align
u ment OF the committeeman In this mat
ter.
- - Won His Point.
ID Mayor Mccarthy has usually had a
III way Of taking care of himself pretty
we'll In almost any emergency. and in
es tho controversy over his right to correct
10 the manuscript of his Mechanics Insti-
n tute speech lie has certainly won his
u point
Tho Mayor boldly asserted his rights
- on two points. Ono las that the indi-
vidual members who sought to keep him
from making the corrections did not
constitute tho Council. and, second, II
the paper was the property of the Coun-
= Gil and not of the Mayor 1t was pub
, lie document and no one had better
right to 1t Immediately than the Mayor
rhereupon His Honor proceeded To
L. mako the corrections and Stenographei
- John G. Winston, who took the speech
down, has certified the corrected copy
The Mayor found but fey corrections
necessary, He changed possibly. e
"possible'' In one or two instances, hne
lie in these cases the stenographer's CHAR
IN, acters are Identical for both words, TN
an words ''and redemption was inserted
in connection where the Mayor has
on used tho term 'interest and redemption
ew over and over again. These words wer'
ill inadvertently omitted from the orlglna
're copy. but any one readr1i the connec
ton can easily see that the Mayor no
j, only meant hut had repeatedly use
en- both terms in discussing the city debt.
q, Commended by Pastor.
M In the course of his sermon at tn
w First Baptist Church yesterday tore
20 noon, the pastor, Rev. George w. Nc
Daniel, d. D., incidentally commence
Mayor Mccarthy as a man and as
official, He was preaching on Paul
Al Epistle to the Galatians, and som
" analogy in the course of the aisoours
not suggested the reference to the Mayo
lall Or. MCDANIEL stated that he was gla
pom he lived in a city which had a Mayo
nat who thought clearly and spoke fea'
nl,e, Nav UNA