The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-04-18
ANOTHER CARD FROM
MAYOR BRUMBY ABOUT
The M'NEEL CHARGES
Mayor Says He Is Not a
Local Kaiser.
Took Advice of Paid Attorneys of
City Before He Went to Triton in
the Scarboro Note Case. Says He
Is Accountable to the People Only.

City Before He Went to Triton in
the Scarboro Note Case. Says He
Is Accountable to the People Only.
Marietta Journal:
1t again gives me pleasure to reply
to Mr.. McNeel's article of last week.
1t seems to be a great deal easier
for Mr.. Mcneil to make charges"
than it is for him to prove them, He
has written several columns of
Charges" but up to this date has not
furnished line of proof. When the
time came to furnish the proof he
just charged" me with the response
bility for his failure to produce it and
went right ahead grinding out more
Charges" The charge" by Mr.. Nc
Neel that l am trying to evade and
laugh away the issues" (whatever
they are) and that refuse to allow a
''business-like Investigation, is just
as absurd as the Charges" he has al
ready made.
Referring to Mr.. McNeels charge"
in his latest article he is either ignor-
ant of the facts or purposely tries to
mislead the people about the illegal
advice" given me. Here are the facts ::
The advice of the City's paid at
torneys land there are no better in
the State) was followed to the letter
/ was advised not to take an attorney
to Triton Not letter has been writ
ten nor a telegram sent except by
their approval.
If newspaper controversies are dis
tasteful to Mr.. Mcneil he might tell
US in his article next week why he
started it and what he hopes to gain
by it.
He ends his article by saying 'Time
will tell'. Yes, it will, about like his
advice to me, which was not to run
for Mayor because HE had run and
been defeated.
He opposed paving the Square and
said the Street Car Company wouldn't
pay their share and couldn't be made
to. He wrote an article in the paper
to that effect. The Square is paved
and the Car Company paid their share
$1O,742.19, in less than thirty days
after completion of the work The
property, for which Mr.. Mcneil is
executor, on Atlanta Street, hasn't
paid it's paving assessment yet.
He was the prime mover in fighting
the paving Of Church Street. He has
fought every progressive movement
of my administration.
/ was elected mayor by majority
of the people of Marietta, which l
have tried to serve to the best of my
ability. Mr.. Mcneil did not elect me.
| have not taken any of his advice nor
do intend to take it. What has been
done by the present administration
has ALL been contrary to his advice.
The people are the sole judges and
not Mr.. Mcneil. When his advice
expresses the will of the people Of
Marietta it will be taken and not I'm
til then
MIR. McNeels article would lead an
outsider to believe that l was "Kaiser"
of Marietta and that there is no
Council nor Water Board. Very com
plimentary to me, isn't he?
In closing, just paragraph from
the platform on which | ran for May
Or:
81 favor open council meet
ing and will invite the public to
hear the public's business car
ried on. There will be no closed
doors"
Every meeting of the council has
been open to the public. Not ONE
has been III secret. The records are
open TO all. For the THIRD time l
ask investigation" Come by your
self or in committees" You are
WELCOME.
And now in conclusion I want to
say that believe l have answered all
Mr.. McNeels Charges" satisfactory
to the people and unless Mr.. Mcneil
brings up some further charges, | am
through with this publicity.
Respectfully,
JIM R. BRUMBY, JR., Mayor.