Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-09
MRS. WATTLES
IS ELECTED TO
SCHOOL BOARD
City Council Fails To Elect
First Ward Member Or
Fire Chief.
REED NEW MEMBER
Clerk Of Gas and City Engineer Given
Salary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To Washington Street.

The ioint session Of common coun-
ri and the board of aldermen, again
adjourned last night without electlng
. chief of the fire department or a
r,emhnr - Of the city school board from
tbe first ward. Mrs. C. William Wat
ties. wife Of Councilman Wattles, was
elected member Of the school Doaro
from the second ward, without, oppo-
sition, Dr.. Samuel Il. Lunt, the m
cumbent, having asked that ms iialile
be withdrawn from consideration.
Robert Colvin was reelected from the
third ward, without opposition, ana
r, Calvert Perry reelected from tne
fourth ward, also without opposi-
tion. r,,,, &C
The joint session was full OF
thrills for the spectator and was
marked from beginning to end with
discussions. After an invitation naa
been extended by common council 70
the board Of aldermen to meet III
Joint session, and while waiting lot
the aldermen to appear, Mr.: Down
ham moved that council go INTO the
election Of successor to Councilman
Jerome Kaufman, resigned. This met
with much opposition, but Mr.. Down,
hams motion finally prevailed, ana
the names of John Reed and John
Green were placed in nomination. MI
Reed received IS votes to MS oppon-
ent,s i. and was declared elected. An
attempt was made to swear nm IN
Immediately, but he was not present.
and Mr.. Reed did not take his seat
until after the joint session.
Councilman Baggett, Immediately
after the joint session convened,
moved that election Of a chief OF the
fire department be deferred pending
certain Investigations as to certain
rnmors regarding the fire department
that had reached members OF council.
President Marbury ruled that MT
Baggett's motion was out OF order,
and called fo.' nominations Tor mem
her of the city school board from the
first ward. Charles F.. Tenneson, the
incumbent, was nominated by Mr.
Ticer. and Mr.. Desmond nominated
Cecil Hufty. Three ballots were
taken: the vote on the first ballot
standing Tenneson, IL, Hufty, 3; and
ON the second and third ballots, Ten
neson II, Hufty 10. Later, after
board members from the other three
wards had been elected, another bal
lot on the first ward was taken, re-
sulting Tenneson II, Hufty, l0. As
13 votes are required for an election
President Marbury ruled that tier"
was no election, and the matter was
deferred until later joint session.
On the final ballot the vote stood
as follows: For Tenneson-McCattrey
Matter, Ruben, Ticer, Downham, Wat
ties, Drury, Baggett, Fletcher, Burke
Batcheler and Harrison-l2. For
Hufty-Desmond, Sullivan, Ballenger,
Lawler, Devers, Marbury, Robinson,
wilkins, Anderson and Summers-l0
Mr.. Baggett again pressed ms mo-
tion to defer the election OF a flre
chief, and was again overruled by the
president, he stating that the board
of aldermen had been invited 10 a
ioint session for election purposes,
and that the election would be held
A motion to dissolve the joint session
was lost, and nominations called tor
The names Of Edward j. McDermott,
the incumbent, Kenneth ". d Ogden,
former chief, and John H. IrimEef
were then placed in nomination, witt:
l3 votes required for election. Two
ballots were taken, both resulting NC
Dermott -, Ogden 8, TrlmSer 2.
Alderman Summers then moved lsat
the Joint session be dissolved, which
motion was lost. President Mar5lry
then announced that the name OF Mr.
Trimyer, the candidate receiving the
lowest number of votes, would be
dropped, whereupon Alderman Sum
mers nominated Sam Jones" stating
that there were number nf Sam
Jones's in Alexandria, any enc OF
whom would make good FIRE chief.
One ballot was taken, resulting, Nc
Dermott 12, Ogden 8, Sam Jones l
Mr.. Trimyer was again placed III
nomination, and the vote on the next
ballot stood McDermott II, Ogden g.
Trimyer /. A motion to dissolve the
Joint session was then carried by a
vote of 12 to 10, and the session ad-
journed without electing a successor
to Mr. McDermott, who Will continue
to hold Office under his original ap-
pointment until either reelected OF
succeeded.
On the final ballot the vote stood
as follows: For McDermott-McCaf-
frey, Ticer, Wattles, Desmond, Bal
lenger, Lawler, Devers, Burke, Mar,
bury. Robinson, Harrison and Ander,
son-12. For Ogden-Matter, Ruben
Dowrham, Drury, Sullivan, Baggett
BatcheIer. Fletcher and Wilkins-9
For Trimyer-Summers-1.
Common council was then called tc
order, and John NJ. Reed sworn II
as a member to succeed Mr.. kauf.
mann. President Harry Burke an
nounced the appointment Of Council
man ". J. McCaffrey as chairman
, of the committee on public property
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