The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-11
CITY COUNCIL ELECTS ITs STAFF
Of OFFICERS FOR THE COM
ING TERN.
CORLEY WINS OUT
ONLY FIGHT WAS ON THE ELEC-
TON OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES
COMMISSIONER THOMAS
NEGLECTED.

men struck snag, when Councilman
Pollard threw brand into the Madi-
son ward camp az the question OF
| the election Of school trustees came
up.
MIR. Pollard said that he had grown
tired OF the continued delay of the
special committee investigations the
public school system and would ask
that the election of the three trus-
tees whose election had been post
poned at previous meeting. be con-
/ summated at this time.
This got MIR. Pollock chairman OF
the special meeting on his feet like
| q streak Of lightning. ~-...,--,------,
II am surprised at the gentleman
| said MIR. Pollock. 1T was he himself
who. at the last meeting. suggested
that the election be postponed until
the report OF the committee had been
made, ald now he wants us to go
into the election"
Mr.. Pollard did not deny that he
had asked for the continuance al
the former meeting. but he though.
that the committee would long ago
have made it's report. and he would
now ask that the election be gone
into in order to relieve tho members
OF the school board. themselves, OF
embarrassment.
'If there had been anything
| against these gentlemen said MIR.
Pollard. I'VE would have heard about
II by this time. for the newspapers
have been following the proceedings
closely, and they are always looking
for Just such things. They have found
nothing. These trustees want the
thing over with"
Mr.. Pollock asked MIR. Pollard IL
he had not received an opinion from
the attorney-generai in reference To
the question OF the right OF mem
Der OF tho school board to hold over
| IL hts Successor is not chosen within
thirty days after the time Of expira-
| tion Of the term.
Mr.. Pollard replied tina, hs had
| seen such an opinion. coming from,
Alexandra. handed down by the for
msr attorney general. He had. also,
ask ed the city attorney about II. That
| official stated that he would not pre-
sumo to question a decision of the
! att nrney- general
After a lot Of debate INDUCED in
by Messrs. Blake, Don Leayy. Grimes.
Moore. Pollock. Umlauf. Pollard. Pow
ers. Mills. Bowman. and others. the
election WAS ordered after a recorded
| vote, and trustees Corley and Owens
were reelected. while DR. Hoge was
| Other city officers elected includes
| these:
| CITY Clerk Ben r. August.
Sergeant at Arms George c. Rus
kell.
Clerk OF Council Committees Alfred
! II. Mcdowell.
/ City Attorney Henry r. Pollard
! City Engineer Charles r. Boiling,
| Superintendent City Home DIR. r. G..
| CabeI
Superintendent Gas Work w p.
| Knowles
| superintendent Water Works E. f.
| Davis
| Superintendent Street Cleaning De-
| partment Henry Cohn.
Building Inspector Henry p. Beck.
| Clerk TO City Auditor w. 8. Reed.
Weighmaster r, A. Bowery.
Inspector and Guaxer John Joseph.
Grain Measurer A. r. Dean.
! Police Justice John J. Crutchheld
Clerk of Police Court Edgar n.
| White.
| BailIn Police Court l.. p, Gibbons.
Police Justice Police Court Part IL
! H. A. Maurice.
| Harbor Master John A. Curtis,
! Port Wardens r. A. Cavedo, J. A.
Buchanan. J. P. Harcum, John Hop
kins
Collector Delinquent Taxes T. C.
| waiford.
District Physicians. First district DR.
T. @. Trent: second. passed by; third.
D. J. r. Crane; fourth. Or. r Il. STRAIT
| ton; NTH, Or. l.. d. Batkins: sixth,
DIR. J. W. Sloan; seventh. D. IL r.
Ruckar
| Master plumber. member OF exami-
ners J. II, Chappell.
Police commissioner from Clay ward
r. w. Thomas.
Members OF health board. DR.. r D.
Garcin and James Phillips
City chemist DR., Whitfield
Associate Justice. to act when Jus
| tice Crutchfeld IL of the bench, Will
bur J. GrtgGs.
Then the argument concerning the
election Of school trustees arose
Would Postpone Ac<aon.
Both MesSrs. Umiauf and Pollock
sought TO stave off the election un-
I'll after their committee had report
ed. Neither member said that there
would be charges to prefer. but they
intimated that there would be soms-
| thing In the report that might cause
those who wished now to 20 into
the election TO wish they had hest
tated.
The argument at times grew heat
ed between Messrs Blake and Pollock
and Mr.. Umlauf grew vehement
while Mr., Pollard was not averse to
using the double pedal on his tone
| Of voice.
Nobody was hurt. however, and the
election was entered into. and DIR.
| Hoge was defeated, by the vote OF 81
to 1e, DR. Price winning out. This
lie the Second district
There was no opposition TO Mr..
owens, who Ia the member from the
aouthside. but there was some against
Trustee Corley.
| NO other nominees were placed be-
, fore the body. however. and the re-
! suit was Corley, 81 votes, against IL
opposed to him. and two having been
| excused
II was brought out hy Mr.. Pol
lock in his debate that the report
OF the school investigating commit
tee would bear dations for
the good Of the system. and that
was why he wanted to- be on record
as opposed to acting upon the cleo
ton Of trustees at this tins
Negro stabbed.
negro who was too drunk to rive
his name was stabbed several times
last night at laurel and Cary streets,
and ran out into the street with blood
lowing from wounds in his head, arms
and banda There he was found by
DR.. Bullock, OF the City hospital. He
WAS taken to the hoapital and rot