The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
NEW COUNCIL
MEETS THURSDAY
City Clerk Issues Formal Call
for Organization of Law
Makers.
FIGHT EXPECTED ON RULES
Contest Planned to Rescind
Agreement as to Formation
of Finance Committee.
FIGHT EXPECTED ON RULES

City Clerk Ben T. August has Issued
calls for meetings of the newly elected
Common Council and Board of Alder.
men for Thursday. September 1. for
the purpose of organization and elect
ing officers. The Common Council Will
meet at o'clock, and the Board at
4. Each branch will elect president
and president and assign seats
to the delegations from the various
wards. Rules will have to be adopted
for the elaboration of the new coun-
Gil. AS to the officers the program Is
already arranged. President Robert
whittet. Jr., and yice-Presdent Will
liam II. Adams, from the Board of
Aldermen. and President Robert Lee
Feters and Vice President Harry X.
Pollard, Jr., of the Common Council,
Will succeed themselves. 1t Is proh-
able that the. drawing for seats win
be omitted. and the present arrange
ment by wards be continued. Both
Mr.. Whittet and Mr.. Peters will be out
OF the city in attendance on the meet
ing of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association, which assemblies In Pro-
violence, r. l., on August 81. 1t was
not expected, however, that the presi-
dents would announce the committees
al
Is assured they will probably not
complete the lists until they have been
formally elected
Fight Over Rules
The matter of the new rules also
keeps the committee assignments
much in the air. and will prevent the
presidents from completing thelr
schedule until the rules have been de-
tcrmined. Under ordinary circumstances
the incoming Council adopts the rules
OF the previous body as o. WORKING pn-
sis, and amends them later should u
be so desired. This time, however.
there are two points In the rules Whlch
will cause fight. Some months axe
special committee revised the rules
Among the changes was an Increase
in tho number OF members of the joint
standing committees from i to l., sc
as to permit Of the appointment %
the more important committees OF ons
member from the newly annexed
Washington Ward, 1t is PROPOSED now
Ia put the number back at eleven. tiVe
Aldermen and SIX Councilmen, giving
an odd number and preventing q We
vote, since In making up the new
lists the presidents of the two
branches can make proper provision
for committee assignments for inc
members from South Richmond.
FORMATION of Finance Committee.
The other significant change when
will cause a decided fight Is the new
rule prohibiting members or the ~,
nance Committee from serving on any
| other Joint standing committee M
! though adopted some months ago'
was not made to apply to the eNlstlhs
| assignments, and Chairman Adunls, %
the Street Committee; Chairman NILS
Of the Water Committee, Chairman
richardson, of the Electricity Com
mittee. and a number of other members
| Of both branches have continued y
serve both on the departmental com
| mittees and on the Committee on ~
nance. a majority of the Gonhcii
( believed to favor retention of the new
| rule. which has not yet been given
real trial. Councilman John u
Lynch is said to be ehee=-l - ul,.
Of the hght to retain the RUE
and chairman Pollard. of the Financs
Committee. Is known to FAVOR II OF
tho ground that members Of the Com
mittee on Finance should be In po'
s.tion to give an Impartial hearing =
| tho needs OF all departments without
lbeing biased in their views by specia
knowledge gained from service on DO
partmental committees.
Captain NIills's Views.
| Councilman Moran r. NILS. chair
| man of the Water Committee and al
l .netiuA Inamheg Of the Committee ~