The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-10

will. shall be entitled to complet,
Vindication at your hands.
Respectfully,
GILBERT X. POLLOCK"
Mr.. Wise's Statement.
Mr.. Wise then rose to a question o.
personal privilege. concurring with Mr.
Pollock In asking for a complete In.
Nestisation. He spoke of his grief
that any member OF the Council shoult
hold suspicion that he would be guilty
of official improperly. and told Of his
efforts on the first day reports be.
came current to find who was respon.
sible for the charges and so to make
an explanation.
II was unwilling that the sun should
go down while any man held such an
opinion Of me- he asserted. II sough,
the source of these reports. and sought
it in vain: ] learned enough. however
to satisfy me that the charges were in
connection with the feeding of distil-
lery waste. and then took the next
best step--to give the world through
the newspapers the facts. have pub
lished two letters from dairymen
which stated the truth. and having
stated the truth. have been content
to rest my case until formal charges
should be brought"
In view of the information furnish
ed the Mayor he said that official had
done exactly right, but so far from the
charges being true. he asserted, his
employment had. not even been to Sc
cure a suspension of the ordinance.
IN the Taylor case in the Hastings
Court the point was clearly sustained
that swill was an unwholesome and
improper diet for cows. but that fresh
distillery waste was healthy food pro-
duct. Our employment was to have
designated distinction between the
unwholesome swill and the healthy
waste when properly fed. That did
not include the violation of any law or
the suspension of any ordinance. 1t
was merely an effort to show a dis.
tinction between good and bad, ana
that the ordinance had been construed
by the authorities to include both
good and bad. Had we been employed
to ask sthe suspension of law, we
would have done wrong. We did not.
We asked that a distinction be made.
I should certainly not have accepted
employment to ask for suspension
of a law. | have made my oxplana-
ton as explicit as possible. and I con-
cur in that of Mr.. Pollock. I demand
vindicated'
Or. Rcndc's Resolution.
DR.. Reade then offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
"Whereas the honorable Mayor of the
city Of Richmond has, by special mes
saEe communicated to thi. body, trans
mitted ccrtnin information relntiye to
the alleged improper official conduct
of ,Iessrs. George E. Wise and Gilbert
Il. Pollock. members of the Common
Council of the city of Richmond; and
"WhereaS. 1t is deemed proper. in
Justice to the reputation of this body,
and is due to the public no less than
the said mbers, that the matters re-
fcrred to in said message should be
fully investigated and the facts and
circumstances concerning the trans
action referred 10, nsccrtnined and the
result of such investigation reported to
this body; and whereas suci, In
fs requested hy the said
George Il. Wise and Gilbert Il. Pol
|Ock-now, therefore,
"Bc it resolved by the Common COun-
ell Of the city of Richmond:
~. Tint the snld message of the
Mayor of the city of Richmond be and
the same Is hereby referred to II spe-
cial committee to consist of five mcm-
hers, to be appointed by the presiding I
officer of thib body. and such committee
liz hereby instructed to proceed, with nv
little delay MS possible, to investigate I
the facts bearing upon such alleged
improper conduct, and report the re-
suit of such Investigation. together
With their recommendation thereon.
az. That the said special commit
&C he, and it Is hereby. authorized
% order the attendance of my persons
~ witnesses to testify before them
n making such Investigation, and to
require the production by any person
II all books and papers In their pos
session, which may, in the opinion
,f the committee, be necessary or prop
n to he introduced before them"
Where the Charges Began.
Speaking to his resolution, DIR. Reade /
explained that on the day before the
primary, Mr.. Umlauf had given him
certain information that there was a
story going around about Messrs. Wise
and Pollock having got $3.50 apiece |
for getting an ordinance through" The
day after the primary he went to the ,
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