Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-11

When the matter wiz have tho fullest inyesti.
CATION t+.s---. .. :
Mr. Orns-would it not be in order to refer
the mstter to select eommitte7
Inc Prendent-No. The committee On
elections decide all such matters.
Mr.. Orne-This Is Q peculiar case. and
there should be select committee.
Inc President repeated-Ths proper place
Is the committee on elections. Does the gen.
tleman appeal?
Mr. Orme-I do not
a message was received from the Board of
Aldermen, informing the Board Of Common
council OF the organization Of the first named
body
After the joint meeting of the two Boards
Mr.. Jenerson presented the protest of Messrs
James A. Kennedy and J. L. Club. and that
OF DIR Young, for himself, (who wore can.
didates for the Beard OF Common Council in
the recent election, in the Fourth Ward }
against the right of persons admitted this
morning to their seats, from that ward, in that
body.
Mr.. AtLss, from the Committee appointed to
wait on the Mayor and inform him of the or
ganiEation Of the two Boards reported that
they had performed that duty, and TIA. the
Mayor had requested them to inform the
Board that, at the next meeting he shall COM
mun'olte to them Q message in writing
The Board thsn adjourned until two weeks
from to day, at O'Clock in the afternoon,
JOINT Meeting. -The two boards convened
in joint meeting, when Rossrt Clarke, the
pre- sident Of the Board of Alderman, on mo
ton, took the chair, and G. F. Lowrey acted
as secretary.
Mr.. Busey offered a resolution, that com
mittee be appointed to examine and report the
result of the election in the several wards on
Monday the fourth Of June for register, col.
lecter and Surveyor
Mr. Msgruder moved to amend, by adding,
land that the committee consist of one from
each board"
In this form the resolution was adopted; and
the following named gentlemen appointed as
the committee: From the First Ward, Mr.. Dove:
Second, Mr. Orm.; Third, Mr.. Walker; Fourth.
Mr.: Clements; Fifth, Mr. Busey; Sixth, Mr..
Kun; and from the Seventh, Mr.. j. L. Smith.
The committee retired to the chamber Of
The Board Of Aldermen, for the purpose of per-
forming the duty assigned them
After the lapse of about three quarters of an
nour the committee returned, and reported
teaat-For Collector John NJ MoCalla received
Ioo, and Robert J; Roche 2,4Sl votes For
Register, Samuel Z Douglas received 2.779.
and William j. Mccormick 7449 votes. For
fSurveyor, h Il. Hunt received 2,808, and s.
I Albert ZAP votes Therefore, Messrs.
McCalla, Douglass, and Hunt were severally
declared elected for the respective Offices
above mentioned in connection with their
names
The joint meeting, having transacted the
business before II adi0RIRaa
JAMES p. NcKEAE 1T will bo reool.
lscted that Mr.. MoKean denied in the Organ
OF Friday last that his letter to the IntelIi.
gencer admitted the binding force of the ac-
ton Of the Circuit Court in the Gruen case.
whereupon the Intelligencer "settl, his
hash We quote from the article in cues
\tion as follows:
\ "That the public may be enabled to form a
dprrect opinion as 70 the extent of the Injustice
1ni'h We inadvertently inflicted on this COM
fainsnt, VS. now give place to the entire let
er which he placed in our hands on THUS.
tay evening. 1t is as follows:
GENTLEMEN: My attention has been
drawn to an article In your paper Of this
merning, June ~ in which it Is stated that
the commissioners of the election sdisregsrdsd
the decision Of the Circuit Court I do as
sure you, gentlemen, that such is not the fact.
For myself, and L venture to speak for the
other two commits sioners of the Fourth Ward
L assert that We were not informed, officially
or otherwise, that tho court had made deci.
Aslon until abou: six clock in the evening
WREN ono Of the commissioners obtained a
paper Il think the STAR in which there was an
frtieio purporting TO be a decision of the court
II the use argued on the previous Saturday
Had the court assumed jurisdiction to instruct
Inc commissioners of election the order would
pave been promptly obeyed, and, feel justi-
ped In saying, by the commissioners of all the
yards The cosrt having declined to instruct
ne ommissianers, they were of necessity loft
70 their own Judgment, and as sworn officers
10 act truly and faithfully, according to TIE
pest Of their judgment and understanding
md not Knowing return the vote Of any per-
BON who Is not legally entitled to the same.
Ehavlng performed that duty as I had swern
to do, and conscientiously feeling that have
Hronged 10 nan by dspriving him of his Just
rights, and believing that you desire TO sus.
tam truth and justice against calunny and
falsehood, induces me to trouble you with this
hote. Humble rs I sm, AID unworthy "a
may be thought to be by those who are so lib.
eral In their abuse of the commissioners, still
L place myself high above Thorn in conscious
rectituds. Respectfully yours,
June z, 1898. JAMES P. McKRAN'
A Every reader can determine for him,slf
fhat would De plain and an honest interpre.
0uon Of tfis letter, the purport of which, as
explained by its author, We endeayored to
state in the paragraph hrst above quoted; and
there Is no reader Of the letter, we think, who
will not be surprised to learn, wha, Mr.,
Mexican has subsequently, informed US. that
his intention was to deny bat the Court had
made any decision that was binding upon the
Commissioners. Or, in other words-ss 1e
prefer to express it-bocsuss, in the then con-
dition Of things, dbs election being in pro-
press and the Commissioners not bsing minis
terisl ofhcer5,) the Court had no power to
enforce Its opinion as TO the rights of voters,
the Commissioners were absolyed from paying
any respect to is. Had this position been
taken IN the latter, or been orally stated to
Us, our readers may be assured that il would
have found no place in our columns, lest II
would have placed as in the category of those
who are denounced IN the letter as falsifiers
and calumniators.
"A compliance with the opinion of the Cir.
cult Court, which is the highest exponent of
law in this District, would not have viol atsd
the oath taken by the Commissioners, as may
DO seen By the form Of that oath, quoted In
the body Of Dir. MeKean's letter. AS the
oath simply restraints the Commissioners from
knowingly returning any illegal vote, they
would certainly have been justified, even in
fh. ind OT Iii g.