St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-03-01
utes Of counctl meetings Of June 1
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the council. ana that the minutes d
not show any sucl, authoritv: that th
II petition prays for the suspensitm .
the mayor during the pendencv :
| the suit.
Mayor Clieson has emnloyed at:or
neys and ~ case viii be fourht
whether th&sFcharees can be prove,
or whether IL susfained. thew cnn
stitute nonfea6ance or malfeasance i,
once, Il 4 question that can only B,
answered after the trial.
We gi1e Mayor Glisson's side q
the question e published IN the Nav
Orleans Picayune aud states In In
teryiewe by those papers.
Statemenf 4rom tn Picavune.
| Declaring that he is being perse
cuted By his political enemiess Mayo,
~. q. Glisson. of Abita snrines St
Tammany parish, said yesterday tha,
he would fight for what he believed
were his constitutional rights to the
bitter. end. impeachment proceed.
ifngs have ben flled aeainsf Mayor
Glisson at Capington, the apparent
specific charge being that he insisted
upon the purchase ana payment Of 3
road machine seosting $50.
''This wholetrouble has grown out
| OF the fact thit two members Of the
Abita sprinxs councii viz: Charles
tW. Schmidt and Henry Strubhe have
refused oottSnd meetines of the
Icouncil, and .h1ye opposed every ac-
ttion taken, Z. I. s6td Mayor Glisson.
It appears fhat the Ahita town
council is rent With two factions.
Gibson defeifsa los Rordes TO- nav.
or In April, 19x3. not quite one year
ago. There arSe eiiye members of the
council: @Schm3it and strain. named
above; G. s. sfstn, G. +. smaltz and
resigned and moved TO Alabama.
That leaves oniyI Ifour membehs. Two
refuse TO attend and the Quorum Is
broken. q
~ attended fhfE rood roads conven-
ton" exDlaina Mayor Glisson.
..There / met HUI Henry Il. Hardt-
ner. head OF stlsSs forest conservation
movement. Of Ufanfa. La save pariah. /.
He recommended thfs road machine
which ordered fhrousl, G. =. Whit
head of Oils. 81 We tried II ON the
streets of Abfta ana Tor S54 We did
work that wouId h6ee cost the town
5000. for we srnned three blocks Of
streets. -
"At ! meetin6 of tie council with
only Messrs atrei, and Schmaltz
present. 4 numhar ,of hills came IN
for Approval. I foi0k tie ground that
the salarlies o. E I6l6rns and nav Of
workmen must II rru1fded. whether
conncilmen rafuaeai a. s1Iftend or not
and i direcfeds IN fendtw tc
nav the bills, H1tel Ssed Is nay The
$50 FOR the - Aine. which j
had nurchiaAl nm he readily
.DeId Fl .hf1l. ~ T. Il echra zf0ss
ssupufigI on fke s1reef. anIHnuendeA
Treasurer MendoW. s : =
..Here last week It was ,1p to the,
Abita, CITY council TO keen the pub,
lie school Of our town going for an
other two months, % the parish ap-
preparation only provided for eix
months school this year. The schcol
board rot behind the council to try
and get + meeting. Schmidt and
Strubbe finally consented to attend i.
only this specific subject could be
broukh up. When we met. and by
the way. / had to make 4 apaci1f trfp
over there to accommodate them With
! meeting in the afternoon. instead Of
at night, they had no resolution a,rc.
pared. / suggested that the lroDe;
would be to adopt 4 res
olution authorizing our fiscal bank te
pay 3A5O to the school board to main
tain the Abita Springs scnool two
months longer. Mr.. Schmidt OBJ
jected to my drawing up the resulu-
tion, saying We had q treasure: foI
that purpose. We had NO treasurer |
because had suspended him.
drew up the minute and when it was
presented Schmidt walked out Of thu
bolting. Mr.. Strubbe did
not vote, so the other two supported I
The resolution. It was declared PASS
ed and the school is running :,
Mayor Glfsson believes the whole
fgtt on him In the interest Cf JOS.
Bordes, whom he defeated.
''They thought I would resign nm.
Ter fire, and that they could get Gov +
,rnor Hall to appoin. Dortles after
lext April. hut am not going 10 re-
ign" asserted the Abita mayor. He
'harges that DR.. l.. C. Hein,x. coro- Il
Ter, is one Of the main supporters Of +
he opposition. and that Represents, 4
i've Fred ]. Heintz in Covingtan. his
lrother, has brought the PROCEEDINGS
Harvey e. Ellis, of Ellis Il White.
L COvington, Is looking after CHS
on's interests. It pr 3hlises to be an
contest.
The Constitution lays down The
auses for Impeachment, proceedings
article 717," said Mr.. :lissoh.
They can be brought for malfeas.
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