The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-03

With Regard to Csrry1nG Out
 PeeD1ess Wishes an Mntter.
 
 To make clear his position on the issue of the school bonds and his re- marks in the City Council. Monday night. Alderman Charles F. Moritz furnished The Advertiser, yesterday af- ternoon. a copy of the remarks he made.
 ordinances that had been Introduced at 8 previous meeting. in regard to the set out in the special election Of De- cember IL. 1908, said:
 If I may be ,nduiged for the few remarks that ! am about 10 ors.ra maxs: | of the newspapers to what l am going to say. because I think 1t Is but just and proper that this Council should tive to the public utterances that have appeared in the public press and in various communications that have been sent to the press. bearing upon this
 it seems there has been a great deal of LaisunderstandinE. or a lack or un- derstanding of the subject. The elect bonds was held on the 14th of Decem- Der. 1908. As soon as the result of that election was announced. the Finance cemmittee the tn naySf sf,sn ana an 'as ana I ths question of the validity of the bonds: the validity Of the special election. au- thorizing the issue of bouds. was gone ments with a firm. a noted firm of at torneys in the City of Boston. who are recognized as authority on bond issues. the matter was referred to tnsm ana | rather today. to get in proper shape: | This City Council has not been dereifct | to the public in the matter of carry | expressed in that election of the 14th of December, nor has any committee of this Council been derelict in It's duty. and I want the press 10 get ,, thst not,~a oSwn bscause. ct & recent meeting at ban Exohancs Hotel, certain statements l fiections upon the Board of Education, | and upon the City Council of Mont gomery. and I don't think that those statements made In the public press. iengsd and unnoticsd, Of course. we are responsible to the public for our acts, but we don't like to be censured. upon this body when this body Is act | ing for the best interests of the City of Montgomery. The question of the val idity Of the bonds is Of more vital im- portance than the opinion of any one man. or set of men. in the City of Montgomery. and 1t was the keeping of that in view that we were carrying on idity of the bonds, and then to get ev:: erything in shape before we authorized the form. and the rate of interest that they should bear. Anticipating tha. Boston would be favorable. we.. at the first opportune moment. introduced resolution. or ordinance, calling for the could not have been attended to sooner than last Tuesday night: in fact, IL l should not have been done until to- night. and I am pleased to say, Tor the public in general. that we received letter today--the Mayor received let. ter today from this firm of attorneys. of Boston, Mass.-passing favQgably upon every issue. and upon every point involved in the issuance of these bonds
 "Now, there is a further question to be considered about these bonds. and that is. whether the form of the ordin- ance, the verbiage of that ordinance, the City Attorney requested the FL nance Comittee. through its Chairman, to permit him to take those ordinances out of committee. so he could s9or tor their opinion. because 1t was of more paramount importance that everything should be regular. than that we should make a mistake and have the bonds the city. and then have the attorneys themselves see that the ordinances were in regular form. I ,Sa want the not. up to now. grasped the situation. nor has the head of The Advertiser grasped the situation correctly. and l the board of Education. in their com munication published yesterday in The Advertiser, urged the City Council to issue the bonds that have been votea A.KN hA of RnmAFV the fact that the bonds have not been issued Is not the fault -f the Board Of Education; they are not to blame for this delay, 1t rests at the door of the days editorial in The Advertiser:
 "'The Board of Education in It's communication published yesterday Tn cil to issue the bonds that have been voted by the people of Montgomery It is clear from this communicatioD new school and in establishing manual training Is not the fault of the Board of Education. Blame for this delay rests at the door of the CitNsCouncii: once. The matter Is a settled issue. The people of Montgomery have regis tered ther will, they have acknowledge
 "'It is time for the Council to act
 q agree with the last sentence of this editorial: It is time for the Coun- cil to act,' but not when the puDI1c press and the public generally say we should act. but when the time Is ripe: when the validity. of the bonds and date of issue have been established and not before. We want to place this Council in the proper attituae In this matter, and if 1t had taken six months. we would have deserved no censure be- cause we were waiting for the opinion of this firm of attorneys. and there will be no hook or crook or afterclap. Ev- erything will be in form. and when we are ready to sell them, there will be sale without any trouble. There are other questions for this Council to consider, which, of course. we have 6 flight to take the public into our com fidence; the question of when we are to sell them: ct what time we are to we will lose the interest on those bonds, if we sell them before we really need the money. We have to wait up- on the Board of Education as to desiH- mating the time at which we should sell those bonds: until we can make an arrangement by which we can sell the bonds and not lose one cent of in- terest when we do sell those bonds. whether they will be sold at par or premium, or the manner of their sale. and accrued interest The City of Montgomery has no money to throw away ,and therefore we must move slowly in this matter. and am here to protest against these censures and criticisms when the people that make situation. and it Is not with any degree of malice or other kindred feeling I make this remark. think these statements of censure are made sim Div from lack of information, and I want the press to give this information