The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-11-17
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. ......Nov. IL.
The Meeting at tho Globe Hall on Tue esda,
Evening.
An i,amense meeting of our citizens assem-
bled at G'obeitla on Tuesday evening to lister
TO the examination Of the case of B. J. o Hal
loran, the City Treasurer For some time
there has been difficulty growing up betwee,
the Treasurer and the Board, which has elici,et
considerable acrimonv on both sides, and which
finally resulted in a citation from the Board, L
the Treasurer, to appear before said Board ant
show cause, why he should not be ous'ed from
his Office. On Monday evening last ct ths
fixed, for the examination of the case ; but q.
the room is very s,nall and large number o.
citizens were desrous of hearing the examina
ton, the matter was adjourned over to Tuesday
evening, at Globe hall Early in the evening
large crowd assembled, the Board organize
and the Counsel of tie Treasurer took the hool
and argued at some length and with good
deal Of clearness, that the Board had no iuris
dicton Of the case. This was overruled by the
Mayor, and the Board declared proper tribu
nal to investigate and settle the case The de
claration Of the Board was then produced, in
the form Of a number ofspccific charges against
the Treasurer, and the merits fthe case exam
ined. The gist Of the declaration was, that the
Treasurer had refused to obey the orders Of the
Council and had attempted to stop the wheels
Of the city government, and interrupt the pro-
gress OF City improvements, by refusing TO dis
burse the cities funds when called upon so to
do. To establish these charges, the Marshall
and Alderman McHenry were called upon to
testify in the case. This testimony went to
show, that the Treasurer would not receive SOW
ereigns tor more than their legal value, unless
instructed so to do, by the Board, and the Board
refused to give such instructions, because, as
sovereigns at $s4 80 were the currency of the
City, they regarded the demand of the Treas.
urer as s.mere sehim." During the examna.
ton Of the witnesses, il was elected, that some
imputaticns had been cast upon the business
reputation of the Treasurer, by the Mayor, and
in the desultory remarks Of Alderman McHen-
ry, the communications of the Treasurer and
others, which appeared from time to time, in the
Express, were treated as n most fagrant out.
rage upon the dignity and character of the
Board. The testimony of the Marshall went
to show that the Treasurer had received $4,000
then refused to pass his receipt for more than
So 969,40, or to return the money when requcs-
ed by the Marshall to do SO. 1t also went to
show, that in order to obtain this $4,000 from
the Treasurer, the Board drew an order upon
him for it, but the Treasurer refused to honor
it, upon the ground that the order was defect
i've. For this refusal, the Board levied fine
Of 800, upon the Treasurer, and then correct
ed the order and drew the money.
This we believe comprises pretty full histo-
~ Of tie investigation.
As the matter is yetin an unsettled state and
will probably undergo an other investigation we
shall wait the result of the investigation before
we venture any remarks upon the merits of the
subject.
However, a matter personal 10 ourselves, we
may with propriety refer to. The Mayor stated
in his remarks touching the publication Of the
bonds, that the job was in the Express office for
weeks unfinished and that when printed. they
were upon such poor paper, that they could not
be used. From the manner in which this state
nent was made, the inference was conveyed,
that tie Job was bad one and the fault ours.
This was not the fact. The bonds were or
dered upon tissue paper, and the best tissue pa
per furnished, that could be found in town.
After the job was finished a copy was taken TO
The Mayor and he manifested himself entirely
satisfied with it. The order was emphatic, that
Issue paper must be used, and the job was done
in every other particular ordered, 50 that no
blame can attach to this Office.
AS to the delay in Citing out the bonds, we
were informed by the party who ordered them,
hat they could not be used, until the Treasurer
returned rom the East, and if ready. by the
time he returned. it was all that was required.
We make this statement as matter Of JUS
tifca!ion 10 ourselves.