The daily sentinel., 1909-04-22

on this side do not have as much
money in the bank or as much booze
| in their cellars as the people your
side represents, still they are en-
titled TO representation and square
deal. They expect this council to act
legally and when this council does
absolutely Illegal acts as il has done
and want to sanction these illegal
acts by adopting the minutes we will
protest to the last ditch. We won't
stand for it. The people won't stand
for it,
II hold there may be a chance TO
attack the legality OF these actions
and they may not be legal but there
is "A way TO attack these actions in
the courts. The minutes must stand"
declared Mayor Lee.
THE mayor and this council
should have an attorney upon whose
advice they can depend. an attorney
in whom they can place confidence.
Not an alleged attorney who supports
the actions of one side of this council
from first to last whether they are
legal actions or not continued
Gasho. I'VE should take our advice
from an attorney who knows what
he is talking about and who knows
the law. II you had an attorney on
Monday night and l suspect you did
have an attorney or an alleged at
torney or a man who calls himself an
attorney, he advised You to do things
that were not legal. III you had the
right kind of an attorney, an attorney
that is guided by the law and not by
what he wants to see done, you would
have overruled these illegal motions
Monday night and you would have
declared there had been no elections
of number of these officers you
think Won have elected ~
IL was a most vigorous arraign-
ment of "Cty Attorney" McClintock
that Alderman Gasho delivered and
all the time McClintock sat at the
mayors elbow and to large extent
directed his movements. He wilted
pretty perceptibly under the deserved
arraignment delivered by Alderman
| Gasho.
Alderman Drew then called upon
the city attorney to explain whether
or not the actions of the council on
| Monday night were perfectly legal
Attorney McClintock then address,
ed the council and weakly declared
that he didn't know whether the dis
cussion was proper as the mayor had
ruled the objections out of order.
/ 1T is very grave question whether
or not the provisions of the law
quoted by Alderman Gasho have been
Then he gave HIS opinion that GER
tain sections had been repealed and
he doubted whether the 1908 statutes
and laws were effective or whether
laws passed years ago were effective.
A very weak argument to say the
least. He repeatedly used the ex-
preston "I want TO say positive" and
II am not certain" II was very evil
dent that Attorney McClintock real
fuAn hA 80 thA uaf1
on Monday night were illegal but he
does not propose to admit it as he
advises the carrying out of the illegal
yea and nay votes and the declaring
, Of men elected when they only had
/ four votes.
McCiintock certainly did not make
a convincing or a satisfactory answer
to Alderman Drew's question. He
knew that the question of the legality
of these acts was to come up last
night and IL he was certain the ac-
tions were legal why did he not bring
authorities along to prove 1T? Simp-
ly because he had no authorities to
prove any such contentious.
The law as quoted by Alderman
Gasho last night and as printed by
The Sentinel Tuesday night stands
today effective. unrepealed and there
is no way to get around the fact.
1.-THE four men on the other side
of this council are trying to force the
gag rule on us four. We as MEM
bers of this council have business to
transact. My constituents expect
this business to be done, so do yours.
You have 'hogged everything in the
way of offices and everything you
can. We have friends as well as you,
we have an evenly divided council.
We are willing to concede you ma
iority of the appointive offices but
not all of them. What you are doing
is not according to law, is not just, is
not square and you know il. Your
actions can be contested and defeated
in the courts. We don't propose to be
run over and we propose to have
what we are entitled to and you had
Just as well come to that understand
ing" and thus Alderman Gasho
again threw down the gauntlet to
these men who are overriding the
law.
: All during this discussion Magill,
Campbell, McCary and Derryberry
sat silent as sphinks. They couldn't
answer Gasho and Drew. They were
completely "stumped" They had no
laudable arguments to make and they
knew it. They were whipped and
whipped badly. They were willing
to sit back and put Mayor Lee up to
take every decisive action. They
were ready to make him bear the re-
sponisbilities. Silent as the tombs
were these four gentlemen. The way
they took the lashings administered
by Aldermen Drew and Gasho was
amusing and yet pathetic.
Mayor Lee then declared, 'T am
sure, Mr.. Gasho, that so far as l am
concerned there is no disposition to