Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-11
Council Denounced for OBJ
struCting Vote by Citizens on
Peoples Document.
CONTINUANCE OF PETTY
POLITICS, SAYS MAYOR
Body Adopts Own Revision
Plants Matched in Secret, to-
Perpetuate Spells.

Advocates of genuine charter re-
forms were indignant today at the ac
ton of council indefinitely delaying a
submission of the matter to the peo-
Pile Many suggestions for a big mass
meeting to protest were heard on every
side and some significant develop
ments in the charter reform fight are
expected within the next few days.
Mayor Woodward declared today that
many persons had urged him to call an
indignation mass meeting in the Audi
forum, He said the general impress
sion of councils action was that they
had endeavored to complcate the whole
matter. so as to bewider everybody.
1T is the same sort of petty poll
tics they have been playing all the
time" he said "Thoir whole game is
to preserve all the little petty poiti-
clans in office, and they are fighting
every move that might loosen the grip
of this little clique on the c4ty gov
eminent.
Would Kill Reform Move"
They would kill the whole charter
reform movement. They have dismiss
ed the charter revision committee of %
without acting on it's recommendations
But, mind you, l have not approved the
resolution, aborshing that committee"
Joseph Loewus, of the Second ward.
asserted that councils action revealed
gross insincerity. He pointed out that
council created the committee of 25 and
dismissed it before hearing it's report.
at the same time declaring they were
acting in good faith and thanking the
committee for its work.
Councils charter was prepared in
secret l heard Alderman Nutting tell
an official yesterday before the meet
ing to keep the copy he had secret from
everybody. That doesn't look like rep
resenting the people to me-" he de-
clared,
Plans Kept Under Cover.
When Alderman Nutting and the
fourteen other councimen offered their
resolution providing for certain charter
amendments, it was the first time these
plans had ever been made public They
were not even read in council. and the
resolution contained no provision for
informing council of the complete con-
tents of the resolution. Only Council
man Claude Masons motion instruct
ing the clerk to furnish copies to the
members of council prevented what
seemed to be a plan to adopt them
without any consideration or discus
sion by the council in open session.
The plan is to have the amendments
made into law by the legislature with
out submitting them to the people at
all
Vote By People Blocked
Having caucused in secret and franz
ed a program under the guiding hand
OF Aldine Chambers, councilman and
defeated candidate for the mayoralty
by James C Woodward council pro-
Ceeded to block a vote by the people on
the new charter as smoothly and easily
rs the running of a well oiled machine.
Alderman James r. Nuttng. who has
succeeded to the position of floor leader
for the reactionaries since Mr.. Cham
bcrs' retirement began the action with
the Introduction of a resolution to dis
miss the charter revision committee Of
-. The report Of this committee had
not even been read
On an yea and nay vote to adopt the
resolution the yeas were 1S and the
nays II. Singing criticisms. hurled
at the clique. caused several who had
pledged themselves to the caucus pro-
gram to Waver. But the majority
stood firm, though most Of them took
al.