The daily sentinel., 1909-04-20
SEVERAL OF THE
ELECTIONS ILLEGAL
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and by unanimous vote the Went
worth council passed into history.
Its work was done
There was some delay in the con-
yening of the new council. The anti
saloon aldermen and Mayor Lee were
sweating together in a caucus. Ev-
erything had not sized up just right
in the struggle for appointive Of
fices. So many anti-saloon workers
were looking for jobs that the Of
ficials were having hard time de-
Gliding who should have the pie.
Presently Nayor-elect Lee came in
and was escorted to the mayor chair
by Mayor Wentworth and in another
moment the seven new aldermen had
Joined Aldermen Drew in the alder
manic columns and the new council
defeated John NJ. Conley for re-elec-
tion to the clerkship by votes took
his seat. The new officials had been
sworn in prior to the session. Mayor
Lee made no address in opening lis
administration.
The start of the new council was
certainly a slow one.
The first thing that came up was "a
petition for the extension of the wa
ter main on Hill avenue between
Fifth and Seventh. As there were no
standing committee yet the matter
went over by motion.
There was a rustic of excitement
throughout the room when Clerk
Vorbeck read the applications from
every liquor house in town. put out
renewal of licenses for a period of
six months. Nobody expected the
license applications to get a favor
able consideration.
After they had been read Alderman
Gasho moved that as no committee
on license had yet been appointed
that the applications be considered in
the committee of the whole. Then
came the first vote of the evening
and it was a tie vote.
Aldermen Drew, Gasho, Holman
and Waldroup voted for the motion.
Aldermen Campbell, Magill. Me-
Cary and Derryberry voted against
the motion. These four gentlemen,
elected on the anti-saloon ticket. were
determined to give no consideration
in any way to the applications.
The vote beng a tie Mayor Lee
voted No and the motion was
killed.
All this time Lacy McCIintocl>, the
deputy district attorney and hired
attorney for the anti-saloon organ
iZation, WAS at the elbow of Mayor
Lee and poured legal advice of n
questionable nature into the mayors
ears. Lacy McClintock was anxious
to make good as he had a reward
coming up presently.
There was IA luIl in the proceed
ings and then Alderman Magill. lack
ing the nerve necessary to make the
motion himself, instructed Alderman
McCary to move that the "applica-
tions be disallowed." McCary did as
he was told. Alderman Gasho at
once arose and raised point of
order He declared that The council
had refused TO consider the licenses
in a committee of the whole and now
the only thing to be legally done was
to refer the applications to Il COM
mittee in proper way. Gasho had
the new mayor and the four anti
saloon aldermen up a stump on
this point of order. McClintock got
very busy in the mayors ear and as
a result the point of order was over
ruled.
The vote of 'disallowing the
applications was then voted upon
and again there was tie. four To
four. The mayor voted Yes and
the questionable motion to disallow
| the applications was carried. II
there ever was an unparliamentary
proceeding this was one
l. Then Alderman Gasho presented Il
resolution providing that as the sa-
loon men had been forced to close on
short notice and as il was not the
desire of the council to wipe out q
mans property at a heavy loss, and
as the local option law provided for
saloons closing thirty days after a
territory had voted dry" that the
saloons be allowed to continue in
business until May 6th. a period OF
30 days after the day of the election
in order to allow them to quit bust
ness with as light a loss as possible
The vote again stood four to four
Mayor Lee voted against the resolu'
tion and it was killed. This ended
the proposition of any extension OF
licenses for the saloon men. The
saloons must remain closed
petition for u light on Wesi
Rood and Spruce streets was lait
over.
Then Magill moved for u recess o
ten minutes in order to permit tn,
anti-saloon aldermen to caucus again
The motion carried yet instead o
ten minutes twenty-five minutes
elapsed before council reconvened
The anti-saloon men were having
much trouble in getting together.
When the session reopened th'
matter of filling the appointive of
fices was taken up. Alderman Drew
; moved that the chief of police b.
; elected by secret ballot. The motion
; prevailed. Aldermen Drew and Camp
; bell were appointed tellers.
; The first ballot resulted as follows
; jeff Watson, ..4
r. ]. Patterson 1
: Burdette Welsh ..3
: There was no tie and no man ha,
. received a majority of the votes o