The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-02
Aldermen Engage in Hot
 Debate. PASSES RESOLUTION
 CENSURING EXECUTIVE Charges of "Petty Politics" Are
 Hurled. ofncsaIs sf the Traction Company Give Out Statement concerning the Tracks Laid on south Perry
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The City Council met in regular monthly session last night with the foIiowing members of the board pres ent: President Gunter and Aldermen se,die Toole. Virgin, Ruth, Johnson, Iores saul. Parrish; Sullivan, Moritz. Kennedy, Lowe and Perry.
 The feature of the meeting was a resolution by Alderman Saul reviewing the action of the Mayor in tearing up and removing the street car tracks on south Perry Street. and that said act bA regretted and disapproved' by the Alderman Sullivan offered an amend ment to add the word condemn to those of regret and disapprove." The amendment was voted down.
 The discussion of the Mayors act In removing the car tracks with the city employees early yesterday morning pro. voked the hottest kind of debate and 1t took all that the more conserva- cussion within parliamentary bounds
 MoritS Defendx Mayor. asIA !, Alderman Moritz was opposed to the passage of the resolution and declared that while the Mayor may have acted hastily and with bad judgment, he was entitled to the benefit if credit for good faith and an honest intention to carry out the ,laws.s He called attention te the fact that the resolution passed two weeks ago on the subject provided that the Mayor should allow the street car company q reasonable time, not to ex. eeed thirty days, Tor the rSmovai 9t ps that time before taking action. He considered that the time limit was clearly within the discretion of the Mayor under the resolution
 Aldermen Jones. was strongly in ia. vor of the resolution. He said that 1t left the entire southern section of the city without street car service ana as the grade has not been established by the city on Lawrence Street and the Hull Street tracks are compelled to be taken up right away on account ot Improvement now in progress, that 1t youthward can be established to take he place of the Perry Street line lie declared that it made no difference to the Mayor. who could ride around and to and from his, home in his buggses or automobiles, but to the poor men and that was principally the kind who lived in a populous section of that ter rtTory; is was ana sereS eTpense He Closed his argument with this statement:
 '-The only objection have to the res. oiutfon is that 1t is not hot enough
 Kennedy is Severe.
 Aldermen Kennedy, chairman of the tory of the Perry Street matter. and declared that the street car company ny that it was entitled to or could expect in the premises and that the Mayor had done exactly what he ought to oaxSt oaxS dSns to lave wnssasy dens 1t nS or @ not.
 file said that when the matter was first up about the removal of the Perry Street tracks; that MT Ragland @ of to him personally that he did not want any ninety days to make the chalige and that it could be done In thiEty aays Now ss Sa,d ninetv MCean aa tsiFev e additional and, without making
 And" he added vehemently. "if you want the straight truth they are now only playing for more time
 Alderman Johnson said that it looked to him like tearing up the tracks ne- fore breakfast Monday morning as n Mayor had done was a clear piece oI spite work To say the least 1t was "a mighty poor piece of judgment.
 Aldermen Sullivan declared that the Mayors action was serious matter mat laid them on McDonough Street, said the Alderman, he would have offered a resolution thanking him.
 chanEsd anGsrnhh his-voss ft' to suit his pasposs iution. He declared that t was all right to stand up and talk about slap piles. horses and bugEies and other side issues and pretenBes, but that tbs whole, proceeding looked to him likt a play or pefIy pOIlLlcS. -
 Alderman Thompson thought that the Mayor had acted too hastily IT view of the spirit of the hold-up reso lution passed by the Council only two weeks ago in tearing up the tracks al had been done without any notice what ever of his intention to do so to th' Street Railway Company.
 Gunter on the Floor.
 President -Gunter took the floor, call ing Alderman Saul to the chair ,ant warmly. resented the suggestion o' charge of petty politics. by Alderman Parrish. i, He said that the whole blam' for the. Perry Street tracks not havins been moved long ago rested on tn Council. He stated that some actiol of tie Council had held or every ef fort on the part of the street car peopi to comply with the removal ordi nanees. He charged that the Mayo had, purposely kept the grade on Law renee Street from being established s that the Perry Street tracks could no be moved there. He said that he wa against depriving the people of tn whole southern section of the city o any street car service whatever for al Indefinite time. as the Mayor had donC
 President Gunter declared that tn resolution was not a censure of tn Mayor. but a disclaimer on the part 0 the Council for his arbitrary act.
 Alderman Kennedy again endorse