The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-04
HOW THEY H0LD COUNCIL
 MEETINGS IN BIRMINGHAM


 ward. that this blow was an under your heart want to say that you are
 s:And if John ponsison does, he is
 .Ksr. Chief wisr approached Mir.
 sMr. Hsidt: protest against the police trying to stop an alderman wssn ne E .an on sas soS why n'y ita like miiitsryr
 ' .Mayor ward: who said Chief wier was gofnK to interrupt him? Chief. win ask you to SO back over there. and I want to ask the aldermen dues- tian. Is it proper for me to allow any alderman to call the chairman liarY
 ~No. nor came from every quarter
 MT. osNeiil said: I didn't call him liar. but If he believes the charges he is a liar
 ..Ife then continued saying: As long as have been on the board. have never accepted i've cents or one cent of graft: have never made any prop osition of any kind for graft.
 "'Now, intended. if this session of the city council were legal. to intro- duee resolution calling for conn mittee to investigate the alleged charges that Walter Moore Is a paid oniciaI of the Frisco Railroad Com- pany and has used his influence for the Frisco Railroad Company almost free.
 gro investigate the charges that Walter Moore through his influence with the city council caused to be sold Thirtfeth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. North. for $3,000, having sold the city it's own street. If found to be true the city attorney to be Instructed to institute proper pro- ceedings to recover the $3,ooo if the same be graft money.
 Lieutenant Governor Brought in.
 gro investigate the alleged charges that ex-Alderman Henry B. Gray. who is an intimate friend and political ad- visor of Mayor Ward, owns thousands of dollars worth of stock in Southern Bithulithic Paving Comapny and through his close political alliance with Mayor ward B. H. Cooper, Walter Moore, Harry Jones and John Forney have obtained almost < complete monopoly of paving in this city with out competitive bids?
 After th,a there was so much ap- plarse and noise that the Mayor or dered the chief to remove the disorder iy ones from the halL
 s.sNow. I want to say further. said MT. o'Neiii. that people in glass houses should not throw stones Arthur John ston registered at the Metropolitan hotel some time ago. and he stated that he could prove that the same person spent that night In a certain house.
 5" Mayor Ward: You don't need any proof.
 don't think any person has the right Ia. A At. .tx.<r 4,. xkGa pubial belong personally to mans private
 .Aiderman o'Neili: Ana I want to say further that after Mayor Ward went to Europe, Mr. Mullin of The Ledger, MT. Mooney of The News and Mfr. Blackburn of The Age Herald went to Mir. Parker and told him that the gambling dens were running wide open and the touts were on the streets. Ed Smith told Parker in my presence that he had asked Chief wier why gambling was going on, and Chief wier said that Mayor Wards instructions were to leave the town wide open"
 Direct Lie Passed. | Attorney Smith: did not say anything of the kind Alderman o'Neiii: You are liarr Attorney smith: What did you
 ssAidsrman oven: Yes you are a .
 liar!
 "Turning white as sheet. Attorney Smith made dash across the hall. A half-doxen Aldermen and policemen grabbed him, and in wrestling with him 1 a table was thrown over, and desk knocked around. He was held by his friends during the rest of the meeting.
 ''rhe crowd whicr swermed down ooufd hardly be settled. MT. Ward or~ dered every person who. couldn't get n seat to get out of the room. A score of officers manned the doors, put about fifty out. and quiet was finally fegained.
 Alderman o'Neill: As I.have no gun with me want 10 ask the Chief of Po- lice to take that gun away from May or Ward and from Mir. smith,
 Mayor ward (stepping out in front of the rostrum): You come. take the gun. If I've got gun, you take it.'
 "AIderman o'Neill: Well. you've got # there in your desk. but want to say that if the Ward faction was in- vestigated 1t would be found the rot | tenest in the South
 Alderman Heidt: MT. Ward has done