The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-07
M a 5 SIN e e t in G Com
mends Body's Admin
istration of Affairs.
SAM STERN is
ORATOR OF DAY
Wants Ford's Hotel Site Turned
Into Cemetery for City Fathers.
Members of Legislature to
Be Asked About Atti-
tude to Constitutional
Amendment.

I.
! Although large element In the
| mass meeting held last night at Muir
! phy's Hotel opposed a resolution com
mending the administration OF the
! present City Council, it was finally,
adopted as prepared By the special
| committee named at previous meet
, ing. Many OF those present felt that
the words OF praise for the Council
! were entirely too warm. and the jeer-
Ing laugh which went UP when the
resolution was presented Indicated the
! temper In which 1t was viewed
| The meeting adopted unanimously
! the recommends tons OF the committee
favorinG the RATIFICATION of the pro-
! posed amendment TO the Constitution
| OF Virginia. which. Will allow cities to
| adopt such forms OF government as
! they see 1T Candidates for the Legs
iature from Richmond arc to be inter
rogated az to their attitude toward
! this amendment. No specific form of
! government was declared for at this
! time. the sense OF the meeting being
| that this could vel! be deferred until
| the powor to change the form is Sc
/ cured.
Will Meet Weekly.
Many score OF speeches were made
| the meeting until a late hour AL
! though II had evidently been the in
tention OF the committee to connne ef-
| forts at this juncture to favorable
/ action on the Legislative program. all
. sorts OF alleged municipal Ills were
| INTERCEPTED. and the meeting at last
decided to effect permanent organi
cation and TO meet every Thursday
night.
/ Sundry addresses were delivered by
! Sam stern, who e!oquently led the
night for reform. declaring his inten-
ton In burs; of oratory 10 die like
/ Stonewan Jackson hght!ng the enemy"
| MIR. stern's Address.
! MIR. Chairman said M. Stern, Il
! recall a little incident in Baltimore a
! few years ago. a Jew. a Dutchman
and an Irishnan were together, and
| the Jew and the Dutchman knew how
| 10 ax up the cards. The Dutchman was
! about the size OF Judge Sam Witt.
! They got the Irishman TO take drink
! and smoke good cigar. and they
: talked about the weather. Then the
/ Dutchman said. Let's play a little
game OF cards All right They get
F; out the cards. and the Jew wins a pot
! and the Dutchman wins pot and the
! 1rishman wins.
Then the Jew and the Ir!shman
I
/ deal the Irishman four jacks and the
| Jew gets four aces. The Irishman he
says, I got en- and he bets q dol
Z lar The Dutchman he raises back. The
/ Jew he raises both
| Jew Was Bluffed.
Last the lrishman puts In his last
! dollar, and he calls. He says TO the
putchman. What YOU got? He says.
-Four queens Soon as the Irishman
/ heard tina; he hits the Dutchman in
/ the face and knocks him over the
| floor. He says to the lew. he says.
| What you got?' oh. nothing says
the Jew. was just blutfing'
Gentlemen" pursued Mr.. Stern, ARE
we Just bluffing? I tell you. II We
| praise these Councilmen they will
| keep on getting elected more than they
are now, and where will we stop. II
J they have done good. let us say so,
| and II they have done bad. let us say
! so more. tell you. we must not
| have real estate men and lawyers
| in the City Council. What's the use in
! paying A City Attorney a salary with
! Council full of lawyers? II we do It,
J ] say buy Tord's Hotel and put rail-
/ ing around and hurry all the city Off
| GERS there and pu: up monument To
/ Our CITY Fathers!'"
Later MI Stern became imbued with
/ the idea of having a band TO aid in
! the interest of the next meeting of
] the organization. He at last made a
motion that those present be assessed
I a dollar each 10 pay for The band but
/ he lost on n point of order.
| Fight Over Section.
! The report of the committee was
! first read. and on motion was taken
up by sections. There was no opposi-
! tion until the fourth recommendation
was reached. This was IS follows:
| This committee does not desire to
be understood as criticizinr in any
way the present Council or its pre-
decessors rather. this committee feels
| and desires to go on record as express
ing it's grateful appreciation for the
I patriotic and unselfsh service that
! has been rendered the citizens OF
! Richmond by the members of the
! Council, who. under adverse cond!-
lions and restricted powers. have
given this city as successful. as clean,
, and as intelligent an administration
joycd under the wo-chamber system
of municipal government"
Then the crowd laughed.
Council liz Praised.
Edward h. Ryan moved TO strike
: out the whole section. He Nlought II
| was entirely too strong. Major Huns
den Cary. who was in the chair asked
! A. J Chcwnine, to preside, and took
the floor. lie declared that with a
few exceptions the men in the Coun-
ell when ho was member tired hon
estly and Faithfully to work for the
city's interests. We recalled the fact
that no graft or dishonesty had been
shown in twenty years. He blamed the
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