Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-24
Council Votes Down Resolution
Providing For Expression Of
Voters in First Ward.
URBAN S. LAMBERT ELECTED
Large Audience Fills Council Cham
i her to Overlooking at Meeting Last
y Night-Great Interest Shown.

! Council has at last become very
popular as the largest audience ever
seen in the council chamber was pres
lent last night. The audience was sc
!large:. that. more than half could moi
he seated.
When the body was called to order
by Vice President Smith at o'clocF
there were all members present ex.
cept Mr.. Chauncey.
The clerk read the minutes of the
last. meetings and they were approx
ed.
Mr.. Leadbeater then called the at
tention Of the chair Of the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr.. Snowden
and moved that council go into an ell
ection to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Bir-
rell asked that this be held up until
Mr., Chauncey came in and this was
agreed to.
Four hundred dollars was appropri-
ated for the building of sewer on
Patrick street between Queen and
Cameron this money to be available
when three taps shall have been paid
for. The committee on streets re-
ported that the cost of placing curb
on Franklin street from Washington
street west to the city limit would be
$64O for cement cu,p and $2iO for
old stone curb.
Mr.. Chauncey came in at this time
and Mr.. Leadbeater renewed his mo-
ton to go into election. Mr. Yates
offered substitute to Mr.. Eeadbeat-
er's motion which provided that the
election be postponed until the next
meeting of council and that the city
Democratic committee be requested
to get an expression of the choice OF
the people of the first ward, in the
primary to be held next week. Mr..
Yates stated that several names had
been presented to him and that the
members of the first ward delegation
could not agree on a candidate. He
felt that it would be presumption on
his part to choose between the candi-
dates, when the time was so oppor-
tune to obtain an explanation from the
people Of his ward as to whom they
desired.
Mr.. Leadbeater said he did not con-
slider it presumption Tor council to
carry out the law as the method OF
filling vacancies is provided for in the
state law, and council should follow
it's provisions. Mr.. Birrell said it was
customary to accept the candidate ag-
reed on BY the delegation from the
ward interested, but as members from
this ward would not agree he felt
that primary would be an excel
lent solution of the question under
the circumstances.
The debate on this motion contlnu
ed for long time but no new ane
material facts were brought out Other
than that Mr.. Yates said that he be-
lieyed in doing what was right wheth
er it was the law or not. MIR. Spmk:
said that he thought that primary
should be held as the people OF the
ward should be allowed to choose
their own representative. MIR. Brock
cit. Mr.. Williamson and Mr.. Chaunce!
smoke against the proposition to sub
NIT the matter to the voters OF tn'
ward and Messrs. Smith, Brumoaci
and Marshall spoke in favor On vot'
being taken, Mr.. Yates substitute wa
lost. Messrs. Leadbeater, burKS
Graham, Williams, Monroe, brocket'
Harrison and Chauncey voted agalhS
it. Council then went into the eject
ion. Mr.. Leadbeater nominated WI
u. S. Lambert. Mr.. Burke nominal
ed Mr.. r. S. Barrett and Mr.. fate:
nominated Mr.. A. Sidney Mankin. VI
roll call. the vote was as follows
For Lambert, 8; Leadbeater, Brum
back, Graham, Williams, Monroe
Brockett, Harrison and Swan. Fol
Barrett 6; Burks, Birrell, Marshal
Spinks, Chauncey and Smith. Fo
Mankin l; Yates.
Mr.. Lambert, was therefore, de-
clared elected, and Mr. Yates move
to make the election unanimous, an
this was done.
On motion by Mr.. Williams tn
chair appointed Messrs. William
a aodha.{er q committee to brin