The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-18
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but that there had been n pitifully
lack of interest in Ahe proceedings OF
the committce and In the work Of
charter changes.
No man who had suggestions to
make was turned down" said Mr..
POWELL The worst part of 1t was
that SO few suggestions were made,
and when we invited city attaches to
arrear l am distressed TO mention
that only one appeared. / do not care
for public criticism OF my actions in
this matter II 7 go into the coming
campaign, ] We 20 on nav record and
.will npt depend Npon this document
10 carry me through and viii not ex
'pect 1t 10 defeat me"
Not Clear 60 Mills.
The explanation Of the gentleman
Is not pertinent to the question sa I'd
/ Mr. Mills. I'VE know what tho cons
ntittee has done, and We know there
has been very little interest among
nc people in the proposed changes
iu tho charter. But the ueper is now
bore. and we are not familiar with
IT'S contents. We cannot argue its
Good or it's had points, because we
/ have not read It. nor naq We vote
/ wisely until we have digcstrd tho re-
/ port. ] do not say the paper sFnul1
he used as campaign material, but
every man before the people this
/ wear. should he sufficiently well post
= ID 10 discuss the proposition and !
fer ono am not. move jwo hundred
copies Of the paper be printed in i've
) days and that council be called 20
meet in special session next Thurs
/ dav night"
This is no campaien material for
nae" stated Mr. Haddon "But this
F paper is too important to act upon at
4 ttls time. II the paper cannrS be
printed let it he typewritt~n. There
are about one hundred typewriters
employed by the CITY. and It might
take them about two hours 20 furnish
us with a sufficient number of copies.
II Ia It missioner to call this an
amended Ch0rter-~it is practically
: new one"
! Mr. Moore said he had tried ner-
sistentlv TO get copy Of the paper.
ind had Just succeeded in getting
rIimrEe at one lie said he wanted
to study the Taper before voting for
It's adnpiIo and he hoped no effort
would be fna de to rush ii through.
4 Seeing thc handwriting on the wall.
MIR. powell said ne had no objection
~ the delay as suggested. provided
the printing be bandlo3 nv the city
attorneys Office city Attorney Pol
! lard deuurred At this suggestion, and
Mr.. Powell did not insist,
Surprise Of Umiauf.
Mr.. Umlauf was surprised at the
tenor of the rema rks of the gentle
men who had suggested that the pa
sa sa he came ne to 1,'t the meet rrdv to
so into the discussion, buS lkow could
roemher follow the reading of the
paper. ard he prepared to offer
amendments nr make suggestions, or
critictse or discuss the paper in any
-7aprrr If ne did not have a coov on
his desk before him7 Let us be fair
to our constituents and to ourselves"
/ urged Mr. Umlauf-
Mr. Rose then offered an amend
,ment To the resolut on presented by
Mr.. Mills and the r rk was directed
to have one hundred copies of the
tn0ar. printed or tvpewritten and
supplied the members within five
DAYS and council adjourned TO meet
next Thursday nioht at 1880 O'clock.
At the conclusion of the meeting
civ Attorney Pollard showed the re-
porters an extract from an opinion OF
his handed down ON November q,
1909. in which he said. in reference
To the question of continuing the
courts and Offices IN the Southslde.
mo contract between the two cities
I can possibly deprive, the Legislature Of
the state of it's constitutional right
TO establish or abolish courts. contract
or enlarge, subject to the limitations
contained in the construction. their
jurisdiction, and I do not think 1t can
he claimed that even If the legislature
had expressly delegated it's limited
mower in this respect to the councils
of the two cities, which. however, 1t
+ has not done such delegation woul'l
be constitutional"
Alderman at Meeting.
/ During the progress OF the discuss
! sjou Alderman Fuller, who was pres"
emit ms a spectator. becoming interested
IN the proceedings. and for II momerft
getting into the spirit OF the occasion.
forgetting that he was not at meet
ing If the charter committee. attempt
cd to interrupt Mr.. Jones, and sug-
fcested that he be refused the right TO
introduce duplicate matters, when ne
presented the two papers from South
side constituents. President Peters
made diplomatic ruling and Mr.. Jones
proceeded
l. Among the well-known citizens pres
7 ent were; Coleman workman, John e.
Easily, w. r Reed Judge George Fl.
Christian. Judge E. Fl Wells, Justice
7daurit5 Wvrdham r.. Meredith, Ju-
TEN C. Hn Warren p. Taylcr. e, l..
Bemtas. O A. Hawkins. y l., Puliiam,
wits PuUiam. Commissioner MeCar-
thy. Aldermen Paul. Christian. Gunst
l.