The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
CLERK ORDERED
 ID FURNISH BOX Hoyt-GambiII Matter Back to
 Committee SPECIAL MEETING HELD Council Decides to Hold Election of Hoyt In Abeyance Until the Set
 tIement of the contro-
 versy In the Case.
SPECIAL MEETING HELD

A petition to the city council pre- sented by 15 members of the city execu- tive committee dovetailed so neatly with a resolution of Alderman Gregg, immediately following, that the alder
 manic body, in its adjourned meeting last night, disposed of it's business in half an hour.
 As a result of the meeting, Clerk l Shropshire is auth orized to appear be-
 fore the democratic executive commit
 tee of Birmingham with the ballot box used in the general election In the l Third ward on September 21.
 Alderman Cooper questioned the | power of the council to so auth orizing
 the clerk. and 1t is considered proba- ble that before the box is opened and
 examined in an effort to discover the l number of republican votes cast in the
 aldermanic contest between A. A.
 Gambill and Asa l.. Hoyt, City Attor-
 ney D. D. Smith will be called upon for
 an opinion.
 There was full attendance on the ] part of the members of the council last ] night. There were a large number of | interested people present, the majority | being voters of the Third ward. The rivals MT. Hoyt and MT Gambill, were on hand, and several attorneys inter- ested in the case, among the numbe being Judge Allen, MT. Kerr and MT. Bowie, stood by their guns. In addi- tion, dozen members of the executive
 committee, before which organization l the political contest will be decided,
 were present.
 After the conclusion of opening pre-
 limlnaries, Alderman Cooper inquired
 the cause of the meeting, and what was expected of the council.
 | As if in answer, Clark Shropshire
 read petition signed by 15 members of the executive committee, urging the council to instruct the clerk to fur
 nish the committee with full list of
 "al voters not voting the straight
 democratic ticket in the Third ward'
 on the occasion of the election of Sep tember 21.
 The signers of this petition follow: Committeeman Rich, Metcalf. Williams
 Harper, H. B. Armstrong. Dabney,
 Stokes, w. P. Armstrong, Enslen,
 Rosenstihl, Martin, Calhoun, Stewart,
 Barton and Noll.
 At this point it was agreed to hold
 the election of MT. Hoyt in abeyance
 until the merits of the Gambill contest
 could be developed. Then it was when the council had
 taken no action in reference to the
 petition of the executive committee
 that Alderman Cooper made a motion
 that the board adjourn.
 1 There were murmurs of opposition all over the hail. and when the vote was taken MT. Cooper and MT. Estes were alone in their belief that ad- l journment was the short way out of tn e difficulty.
 Then Alderman Gregg offered a | lengthy resolution authorizing the clerk to produce the ballot box in ques- ton, together with the ballots and poll lists, and appear with same when
 so instructed before the executive com mittee.
 Mr Cooper strongly questioned the power of the council to so authorize
 the clerk, and Alderman Estes did not
 consent to vote on the proposition, as he stated after the meeting, until he had assured himself that no clause of
 the resolution required the clerk to
 surrender the box.
 Then the resolution was passed unanimously and the council adjourned. The sub committee of the executive committee meets Monday evening.