The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-16
DUvALL'SFATE
in Committee
soon, NEGLEy
Council President Says Spe-
CiaI Body viii Consider
Charges.
IMPEACHMENT ASKED
Resolution Against Mayor
and Buser May Die,
However.
IMPEACHMENT ASKED
"a Complete Summary Of DuvaIl-
Buser Charges on Page 81

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The special council committee
with which the fate of the resolution
Impeachment Mayor Duvall and
City Controller William G. Buser
rests will meet "in a few" days
Council President Claude E. Negley
declared today.
Negley referred the resolution to
a committee of which he is the head
at Monday nights stormy council
session.
The resolution, introduced by
Councilman Otis E. Bartholomew
and charging Duvall and Buser with
conspiracy to enrich themselves at
the citys expense, was referred by
Negley to a committee consisting of
himself, Austin H. Todd, Millard w.
Ferguson, o. Ray Albertson and
Robert E. Springsteen.
It's fate is uncertain, as it will die
in committee unless reported back
to council.
Even Bartholomew, the moves
sponsor, was uncertain as to what
would happen to the impeachment
resolution. -
ut is hard to tell what the next
move will be-" he said. "They may
| ret out from under me like they
dbl last night"
Council can force the committee
to report on the resolution with
majority vote, he said, but declared
he did not know if the five votes
necessary could be obtained.
Springsteen, a Democrat, was the
only committee member who de-
clared himself for pushing action
on the resolution.
II for one will not permit the i'm
, parchment proceedings to die in
committee if can help 1t, but will
insist that some action, be taken
on it.
Il cannot predict what my vote
will be on the impeachment, how
ever, for the reason that I have not
read the charges.
Three Possibilities
"Three possibilities face the COM
l
mittee, to return a report to the
council urging trial of the mayor, to
report urging no trial, or to permit
the proceedings to die in commit
tee. AS far as am concerned, the
action, after thorough study of
charges, will be report either IA
vorable or unfavorable to trial"
1t was Austin Todd's strategy on
Monday night which brought about
referring of the resolution to the
special committee instead Of to
council as committee as whole.
sFerguson's votes and actions in
dicated he is wavering on the re-
moval action.
Albertson voted throughout in
support of the administration fac
ton. His father recently was
named Casino Garden watchman by
Duvall's park board.
Gets Resolution Back
Following the naming Of the COM
mittee to consider the impeachment,
Bartholomew succeeded by 5-4
vote in getting the resolution
brought back to be acted upon by
the council as a committee of the
whole.
Bartholomew appealed to the
council to get his demand to a vote
after Albertson, ryo-adininistration
member, had called him out Of or
der.
Il am not out of order. I appeal
to the council and I demand vote!"
Bartholomew shouted.
: After short recess, enough coun-
. Gil members who had succeeded in
getting the resolution recalled from
committee changed heart and the
Impeachment resolution was voted
into the same committee originally
appointed.
Move to Reconsider
! After the recess, Todd moved to
reconsider the resolution so it could
be placed into the special COM
mittee's hands. Albertson seconded
the motion, but his action was
challenged by Councilman Edward
B. Raub, on grounds that Albert
son had voted mo- on the previous
question. Councilman Walter r.
Dorsett took responsibility for the
second and Todds motion was
passed.
Upon reconsideration, the resclu-
tions were placed in committee
when Todd and Dorsett joined ad-
ministration forces.
The thirty y-six-page resolution de-
manding impeachment and setting
out charges of malfeasance against
Duvall and Buser was joined with
a special resolution asking $12,50O
to defray impeachment expenses.
Of this $4,000 was to be paid to
Alvah S. Rucker, former city cor
| poration council, and L. Ert Slack,
as attorneys for the prosecution.
Several hundred persons were on
hand to witness the stormy session,
which began almost two hours late.
A caucus held in the council ante
roorl before the regular session de-
layed the opening. A hitch devel-
oped in the caucus. which, It was
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