The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-04
EVERY MEMBER PRESENT EXCEPT
TWO WHO ARE OUT OF THE
CITY-soME BUSINESS
DONE.

iuE the pDSttipuS vi Aht
body. The name of H. L. Peters was
the only one mentioned. He was
nominated by MIR. Umiauf, and was
elected. Messrs. UNI
lauf, Mills and Moore were named to
escort the newly elected president to
the chair. Before taking his seat Mr..
Peters said:
1T is hard to fin1 words to express
my thanks for this honor conferred
upon me for the fifth time. In glanc-
ing around the room | find few faces
that were here when / first came into
council. believe Mr.. Pollock Is the
only one present who was a member
at that time. I can hardly recognize
this as the old council, there have
been so many changes.
The duties of the present council.
under our change in form of govern
ment are vastly more Important than
they ever were, and more important
than many of you may consider. The
people or Richmond should feel proud
Of the work accomplished by this body
during the past sixteen years, when
they realize that the men who helped
bring Richmond to its proud position
now. received nothing for what they
did, but who in many Instances were
not even thanked
Criticiss the Critics.
That, however, is the dispisy of
ignorance on the part of those who
would criticise the members of coun-
ell. If they would attend some of the
meetings of council they would see
what the members Of this body dc
for the interests OF the city, and they
would probably realize that the work
ftf ,ss r,yssIy T. s-
Il consider this the most important
council We have ever had. | hope
every member will put forth every
effort to help make the city greater
and give their. time to. the. meetings
or not only this body, but the com
mitteas as well.
We must work for the ideal form
of government While there Is no city
better governed. and no city has a
more honest set of workers, we must
see that our new board is composed
of the very best men obtainable. We
hear some OF those who are runnine
criticise. and make claims that thes
accomplished everything that has
been done. We must work in har.
mony: otherwise nothing will be &C.
compiished.
Those who critieise this bod,
should come around and see what il
being done, and not attribute all the
glory to themselves
If Mr.. Pollock, who has giver
his services for so many years. had
received the salary which he has nd
Nocated for those 10 be chosen ta fSe
heard, he would have received sseeo
from the city. Not only Mr.. Pol.
eek but every other member has
worried as faithfully as though he
had been paid
II the new form of government
rroves better than the old II must be-
remembered that the old was handi-
capped By the laws themselves. and
the interminabie red tape methods
held back results until there were
at times scarcely any results Those
laws may have been made by those
VINO thought every councilman crook
ed But the results show for them
selves We have prosperous com
munIty- city which is growing In
Importance every day.
Il thank YOU. gentlemen. for thi.
honor. Will try TO act impartially
II Inistak es are made blame them or
the chair. Out of the chair am one
of YOU, mt IN the chair I Etrnff rx.
pect every one of you to observe the
rules and the rulings. and IL have
occasion to- cali you down. blame the
rules"
Mills L. Elected.
At the conclusion Of his short talk
the "old" new president took the
gavei and his seat. amid applause.
Mr.. Pollock then nominated Cap.
tain MORGAN n, Mills, ..of Jefferson
ward. fer the vice. presidency. III,
was chosen unanimously. and In q
few words thanked his colleagues 70,
the honor
Accept my sincere thanks" sale
Captain Mills. IF at any time ma,
be called upon TO perform the ser.
vices of presiding officer. / shall tr,
to do nav duty. fully approve OF tbs
--t,ttt 4tAet t.--t,tfr president, AND
hope and trust every member viii
act in harmony. and that the result
may prove an ideal government, al
wished by Mr.. Peters. and, hope, al
OF u.s.
After this the rules were suspended
and Mr.. Pollock presented an ordi-
nance providing for the adoption, oil
the present rules of the body, to be
effective until the first of January
when new rules in conformity with
the change in form OF government viii
have to be formed. -
The rules provide for reduction
in all the committees Those fornierl,
carrying eleven members. are reduced
to seven. while the committees havine
nine. drop to seven, and those Of
seven. now embrace FIVE,
The street committee will consist
Of eight members, two from each
ward
MFR. Jones Objects.
Mr. Jones objected to this, stating
that he believed committee OF thi.
character should not be confined Il
ward lines. but should be selected from
the city at large, and he offered al
amendment to the resolution presented
by Mr.. Pollock. providing for a stree
committee Of nine. four from the boars
of aldermen and FIVE from the com
mon council.
In explanation OF his resolution h,
said that there had been much tall
OF ward graft In this connection. an,
that Ia order to avoid any such tall
In future. he snrnposed 70 have a com
mittee selected from the city at large
The contract entered into by tn
city of Richmond. when II took Il
the Southside. provided for certajl
street improvements" said Mr.. Jones
THAT section o. the city should hav
member OF the street committee I,
see that this contract Ii carried out