Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-02

aspire TO that chair" said MI
Jones. my sole reason 10
wanting To Ill II is that belley'
| can serve the city better in TN
chair that can on the floor and
want 10 give my best service To TINS
city.
ITO those members OF the council
| who have pledged themselves TO vote
for me ! want to say that relieve
| them of that pledge. don, want the
presidency unless majority of me
members want to put me In the
| chair.
Ford Pledged to Jones.
Councilman Ford declared that Mr.
Whitley's action placed him in n very
embarrassing position and that while
he appreciated the honor shown him
by some of the members In wanting
him as the president Of the council
he would have TO decline the nomina-
ton. lie said that after his election
not seek that election. he said, be-
cause he did not think he could devote
as much time to the ciiy's affairs as
he should he had pledged TO support
MI Jones for the presidency and that
for him to accept the nomination
would not be square or manly.
81 believe Mr. Jones will make n
better chairman that | could make
YOU" continued Mr.. Ford, but be-
lieve that | am better on the floor or
the. council that he will be. beg OF
you to withdraw the nomination be
cause j am going to vote for MI
Jones and | want to see him reflect
ed"
Councilman w e. Jones or The Third
ward, said that he would hate TO see
Mr.. Ford off the floor of the council
and of OF the committees and That
he was glad that he would not accept
the nomination He declared that he
believed that Mr.. Ford Is the best
man the council has on the floor and
on the committees.
w r. West, the newly elected coun-
cilmsn from the Third ward. second
ed the nomination of Mr.. Jones and
f. l.. Christie, of the Second ward,
spoke briefly in Mr.. Jones behalf. He
declared that the city needed more
interested inthe city and had as much
interest in the city and had as much
at stake here as Mr.. Jones has. i
would feel relieved II we had an en-
tire body composed of men OF the
.calihre of d. s. Jones'" concluded Mr..
Christie.
w. c. Harris, of the Third ward.
said that he was glad to see tnat Mr..
Ford wanted TO stay on the floor OF
the council as he MAS very valua-
BILE man there-more valuable than
he could possibly be as the president
of the body. He said that he had
voted for Mr.. Jones three times and
that while he got very angry with
ID. s. at times" he always got over
his anger and in the end he would
find that Mr. Jones was pretty nearly
always right
On motion OF Mr.. Christie, the NOM
nations were closed and the roll was
called. Much to the surprise of Mr.
| Ford. the votes being recorded as
, fellows: For Jones-Christie, Harris.
Hutchens. Nv. f. Jones. Nelson. Rey-
ner. W 4. Spruill. Via and West. ten:
| for Ford-Cooke. Cox, W. A. Spruill
and whitley.
Insists Upon Withdrawal of Name.
Mr.. Ford asked that his name be
withdrawn as 1t would not be fair TO
him for ii to go out 10 the public
that he had been beaten. ten votes 20
/ four, when he was not candidate for
the office. Councilman Cox argued
against Withdrawing Mr. Ford's name
and declared that he had no right to
pledge himself before the council met.
ID. s. Jones moved hat the vote be
reconsidered. W. +. Spruill seconded
the motion and it prevailed with a
few dissenting votes After some hes
i;ancy. Councilman whitley withdrew
Mr.. Ford's name and the vote was
/ taken with Mr. Jones as the only
candidate.
On taking the chair. President
Jones said tina; he wanted h thank
the councilmen for the evidence OF
their renewed confidence and that he
would try to serve the city in the fu-
( ture as well as he had tried to serve u
in the past. He said that there had
been some hard feeling because. OF
committee appointments, but that the
members must bear in mind that the
task 81 oppoiRting the committees
: wss no small one and that some OF
the counciimsn could not help but
I get fewer committees than others be-
cause there were NOT enough appoint
ments 20 divide honors evenly.
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