The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
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S|MM Err DOWN
No Evidence Of Wrong Doing on
Part OF Pollock and
# Wise.
LIKE FLASH IN THE PAN
Mayor Calls on Dir. Levy TO
Know if He Permitted sus-
pension of Ordinance.
LIKE FLASH IN THE. PAN

Little or nothing that was new de-
reloped yesterday in regard to the
charges brought against Councilmeu
POLLOCK and Wise OF accepting n fet
OF $500 for securing tile passage OF
On ordinance through the City Council
In fact. the deeper the Investigation
goes the loss there seems TO BIO in
Tho whole matter. Tho Mayor and Com,
monwealth's Attorney now admit tina!
20 far as their Inquiries GO there has
simnered down to one of possible im-
propriety In which the Council itself
~ the judge of the actions Of it's own
members. Tho body has been called
communication from Mayor Richard.
son. AID to take such steps as may
seem justified in making an in.estiSa-
ton.
,ya About ~ the only , g,utsrow,t YESTERDAY
Richardson to Chief Health Officer
Levy. asking him II 1T were true as
asserted by Messrs. Pollock and Wise
that he consented to a practical sus
pension of the ordinance against feed
ing distiilcry waste before the city law
was amended. DR.. Levy has not made
public his reply.
suitable for Food.
The facts seen, to be that the repre-.
carnations OF Messrs Pollock and Wise
Ut the time OF the trial of Taylor
Out NHdt SFs1ItS TO De all du-
mitted fact. that fresh distillery mash
Ia q suitable and healthy food for dairy
cattle, and is cheaper in the winter
season than grain. while the sourcd.
or Old. distillery waste is a dangerous
and unhealthy food for cows giving
1t was on this basis that The ordi.
nance was amended by the Council
and it was on that amendment that
Messrs. Pollock and Wise were excused
from voting. II Is claimed by Messrs
Pollock and Wise that after the trial
OF the Taylor case, and before the
legal stems could be taken 10 amend
the ordinance, that Or. Levy ,acsiy
consented to the feeding of the fresh
waste. and that even before the ordi.
MANGO waH amended, dairymen gem
orally were being allowed to feed the
waste without prosecution under the
to determine In its investigation will
be whether there was amy impropr iety
In the two Councilmen using their in
fluence with the Chief Health Officer
suspension OF the operation Of the ordi-
nance pending its amendment. and
acceptinE iccs of $500 as ATTORNEYS
in such a service. DR.. Levy. on the
authorize any suspension OF the en-
forcement Of the ordinance as he has
no such authority. He admits having
told the Councilman that, after inves-
LIS dsAStIt i'' NssS sdAiSlcI tNtI the law
could be amended so az to permit, the
feeding OF fresh waste. and that he
would so recommend TO the Health
Board. which he did.
II The inspectors. by tacit under,
standing. ceased from that time re-
porting dairymen for violations of a.
statute which 1t had been agreed By
the authorities II was desirable TO
amend. they acted on their own ini-
tiatiye.
AS a matter OF fact it is generally
stated that tho practice of feeding
distlilery waste was never entirely
given up by some dairies.
Wise Gets More Proof.
Mr.. Wise has secured a signed state
ment from w. L. Brittle. a dairyman,
corroborating that of John A. Dietrich.
published in this paper yesterday. Mr..
Brittle states that he was present at
conversation between Mr.. Wise and
Mr.. Dietrich in Mr.. Wise's Office. in
which Mr.. Wise stated that he could
not under any circumstances accept
any compensation for the matter OF
anything done toward the amendment