The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-02
DAVIS STANDS BY
HIS STATEMENTS
Inspectors Told Not to Look for
Violations, But to Report
Them if They Found
Them-Mayor
Absent,


raj people. repeated the statement
be gave the newspaper reporter n
few days ago i'm reference 10 the
words OF II. Lee Peters, preSi-
dent OF the Common Council. To
the effect that Mr.. Peters had
todd him ne had at one time in
tended TO make Mr.. Davis chair
man of the NiSc-POllOck inVcSti-
CATION committee.
Morgan II. Mills. anotnCr COun-
Gilman mentioned a- a tentative
member, said today mat he had
gone 60 MIR. Peters and asked TO
be left on the committee Tor the
reason that he would be absent
from the city for some days.
III. r. Pollard. Jr.. i'm state
nlent made today, says that Inc
requested MIR. Peters not 10 place
him on the committee.
John \. CutchinS says that he
had not spoken To Mr.. Peters
uDon the matter. and il il Sug-
Eestc6 that, inaSmuCh as he had
first been asked to introduce the
amendment he could not serve.
MIR. Lynch is on the committee.
This constitutes the list of the
tentative committee
The committee appointed to in
vestigate the charges brought
against Gilbert h. Pollock and
George T.. Wise last night went
completely beyond the powers
given it by the Council. IL openly
and publicly affrOnted one OF the
most logical and intelligent wit
noses that has appeared before
AZ. and after insulting him would
not give him a chance to make an
explanation Of his statements.
This witness was j. Taylor RoD-
ertson, a young newspaper man,
not connected with The Journal,
whose word is valued most
by those who know him best. MIR.
Robertson was called to testify
about a conversation he had held
with DIR. T.. c. Levy, Chief Health
OFFICER, who now seems opposed
10 Pollock and Wise. He was
abused by Councilman Ratcihe,
from Lee Ward, prosecuted by
City Attorney Pollard and openly
fnSulted by Chairman Richardson.
Statements, Numerically OPP
posed, were given. Mr.. Robert
son stated fatty that pr. L.. {.
Levy had told him that he CDR.
Lecy) had informed MIR. Pollock
that Mr.. Pollock could tell his
people to go ahead and feed the
waste before the prohibitive or
dinance was amended.
DIR. Levy was recalled to the
stand and denied the statement
OF Mr.. Robertson.
'I never used that term" he
said II never heard it until
George +. Wise mentioned it,"
Mr.. Wise. without moving
that DIR. Levy had used the TORN
wn-hfIn L inn IN him
MFR. RatcIiffe then brought into
the case another publication
written by Mr.. Robertson. which
had nothing To- do with the
merits OF the case. and then II.
Lee Peters, president of the
Council. was called upon TO tes-
tify about rflis irrelevant matter.
Mr.. Peters, for some reason,
menfiOnet5 and criticised the re-
porter ia The journal, saying
that thq reporter had interfered
In ms shop while me was deal
z with a prospective customer.
.hree reporters of different pat
pers, were told by Mr.. Peters OF
Z he occasion referred TO that he
was busy.
The journal reporter requested
permission TO ask just one queS-
ton.
IL related to the point concern
ing MFR. Davis. and Mr.. Peters
said that this was n private mat
ter.
The reporters then started To
leave and Mr.. Peters followed
them to the doorway. where he
continued TO discuss the matter.
He later called up The journal
Office and declared he had been
treated tiiScOurteOuSly.
The proceedings were charac-
terfzed by a member of the Board
of Aldermen as the most out
rageOus he had ever known.
KNOWING that L am a member
OF the City Council" he said
later. II could not see and
hear such proceedings conducted
by this committee. If the news
papers do not print the truth of
this session then they are very
untrue to the members of the pro-
fesSion.
at left the hall when Mr.. Pc
tiers took the stand. 1 did not
wish TO hear any more. 1 was
Disguised"
Mr.. Peters. president of the CT
ouncil, spoke upon matters that hS
othing whatever to do with Il
harges against Messrs. Pollock al
Eise.
He explained that he had not a.
Ointed another committee to he;
lese charges, and no afternoon pap
as ever said he did. The most de-
lite statement TO that effect was tn
e had considered another cOmmi
e and one of the most honored, hol
It and honorable men in the CT
ouncil is the authority for the stat
tent that he was told by Mr.. Pete
nat Mr.. Peters had intended makiI
i'm the chairman of the committe
Mr.. Robertson, last night, said
that he had been told by DIR.
Levy that he CDR. Levy had told
MIR. Pollock his men could go
ahead and feed the prohibited
waste and il would be all right.
AS a matter of fact DIR. Levy told
the City Hall reporter of this
paper practically the same thing.
He said that he had told the in
spectOrs not to look for violations
of the law. but if they saw them
TO report them. He said that he
had had several interviews with
Mr.. Pollock upon the subject and
the day he was interviewed by
The journal reporter ne was en-
gagged i'm a conversation with
George T.. Wise.
He then said his relations with
Messrs. Pollock and Wise were
very pleasant. That was on Sat
urday, May 18th, "A week after the
case was given 10 the public.
AS for the tentative committee TT
ournal reporter was told by a ma
yell versed in Councilmanic matte
hat H. r. Pollard, Jr., John A. Cute
rs and John j. Lynch were 20
hree of its members. This was Il
ay before the committee was a.