Mountain advocate., 1912-01-05
WRANGLE
Stormy Session of COun-
Gil Held In this City
r1Onday Night
DR.. J S. locks SEAL VACANT
Much SquobbI No INDUCED In
over Eligibility of John
N. TinSIeV

he regular session on 'ne NV
Council Monday evening was one oi
the stormiest ever held in this CITY,
and from the calling Of the oil was
marked by continuous wrangling I'M
til the motion for adjournment was
made.
The meeting was called to order
by Mayor J. M. Wilson with all
members present and the regular
routine Of business gone into, and
matters OF miner Importance discus
sed. NJ. Cannon. who received an
equal number OF votes with !. NJ
Tinsley at the recent election Of the
CITY CounciImen. then announced
that he and Mr. Tinsley had settle'
the question among themselves and
that he had decided to withdraw n
favor of Mr.. Tinsle,, and asked that
a copy of the agreement he spread
on the records showing that such
was the case This caused some
considerable discussion. but upon
motion and second the agreement
was voted upon hy all membrrs
present except nr. Lock, who refus-
ed to vote, and il was rlaced upon
the records. NJ Tinsley then said
that this made him the ssxth man
elected as member Of the Cornell,
and this called Tor further discus
sion in which points Of law were
;noked M which it was thought
Auld throw some light on the sit.
lion, but in this there was also a
disided opinion, Mayor Wilson con-
teriaing that Mr.. Cannon and Mr.
Ttnsley had no right to settle this
a&estior between them, elves, but
tllat il would have to be decided bv
the members Of the new Council,
while MIR. Tinsley claimed that
there was no contest uow on be
TWEEN Mr. Cannon and himself and
that I therefore all that remained
was Hpr him to he sworn in as one
of the new members of the Council
Mr.. C2atron. as CITY Attorney, was
then q Jailed upuu,to give his opinion
as to 2he eligibility OF MIR. Tlnslev o
qualify for the Office but he refused
to take hand in the matter other
tha1 to look up case that had
seekmed to be parallel ,ase which
had been settled in 1904 at Dayton,
KE lin which the conditions were
Somewhat similar. Thos d. Tins
le W, representing Nh. ]. NJ. Tinslel
then stated that the case referred tn
11Sas not parallel case as that wa-
a case where one man had usurped
the Office righttullv belonging to
another, and that in this case there
was no contest because Mr. Cannon
had Withdrawn. BY "A vote of the
Council it was decided TO leave i,
to the new Council TO decide. Mr.
Tinsley then stated that he MAS
willing to leave it to the new Coun
Gil but that he did not believe that
they were acting according 10 law
The session OF the old Council
was then adjourned and the rolls al
the new members called, which ~
cluded W II. Detherage and w c.
Faulkner but did not include NJ.
Tinslev. They were then called Ia
their feet to take the oath Of Office
and Mr.. Tinsley also stood up Wi h
the rest of the members OF the oun-
Gil aud took the oath OF office. I'M
der protest OF the mayor DR.. / 5
Lock, who was also elected at the re
. cent election did not quality on ac'
count OF holding the office of sana
tary Inspector, making him inelli Z
bic for the two Offices. and ne,
member had 10 be chosen for h''
place. This was the FIRST business
brought before the new council. az