The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-28

past life for honesty other men may boast Of being
more moral but he never cheated man Of dollar he
never cheated his partner and did not hope to gain
high position by trickery aud fraud and then get
men to bow down 10 and honor him. From all he had
nothing against Drake Moser but he alderman Her
Iick) TO be the scapegoat he had good battle to
fight but he had plenty OF ammunition to eApend in his
defence before his Sebastopol taken. daughter
He called them not to vote tor the resolution became
he would not go II they asked him he determined
10 remain there have some fun or some ght for he
full of fight, and he determined to have some
fight before be would Withdraw Alderman Herrick spoke
at great length with much force mixed with humor and
impassit ned eloquence.
Alderman Ely believed that the Alderman of the Nine
tenth had said with regari himself II is fixed maxim
that every man shall be presumed innocent until he Is
judged here. He uld however, vote for the resolu
ton and against the ruling Of the Chair.
Alderman VooRHis asked the gentleman OF the
Eighteenth Qord) II he, with another, not invited
TO caucus by the Mayor in his office. where they
ceed tie matter that he has brought before the Board
Alderman LORD admitted that he was present at a
meeting when this matter was discussed. He denied
having the feeling Of partisan in this matter but its
great Importance to the community induced lin
10 take the part that he had. As TO whether
the Mayor Is is not at the bottom of all this be cons
dered OF the least Importance but they must take
thing that is useful matter from what motive 1t may
proceed. He contended that they had no right TO pro-
nonnce those gentlemen innocent until they ere
quilted than they had to say they guilty
until they tried and convicted. But had they not
been indicted arrested and would they not have been in
The action that he proposed by his resolution the
only they could adopt. He then went on at cons
derabe length to depict the character that the Board
held in the community and to defend himself for the
course he had pursued.
Alderman VooRHls said that the Alderman Of the
Eighteenth bad evaded to his question. lie
asked him he not invited into the Mayors Office with
another gentleman fo the purpose Of connecting this
movements Was he was he not
Alderman LORD said he did not evade the question, but
he would not answer it.
Alderman KELLY again defended the Mayor and sin
cerey regretted the position that the indicted Aldermen
placed both for their sakes and for the sake
of their famies but until they out of the
tion unscathed he maintained that they had right to
sit in this Board He Alderman had been two years
in this Board and Notwithstanding the charge that II is
only necessary for to become Alderman to get
rich. he declared that had he been member Of
this Board he would have been worth thousands OF dol
lars where he only worth cents He held that by
those remaining here, it would not only be stain
upon the mselves, but stigma on the Board.
The PRESIDENT then put the question to whether the
Chair should be sustained when there appeared vote
OF tor.
The PRESIDENT decided that it being tie vote the de-
cision of the Chair sustained.
The votes follows, in the afirmatve:-Ader-
men Brown, First ward Baird Fourth ward; Hoffmire,
Fifth ward Voorhis, Snth ward Steers Eleventh ward;
Briggs, Thirteenth ward; c. H. Tucker Twentieth ward.
In the observation-disclosures Fox, Seventh ward William
Tucker Eighth ward; Kelly Fourteenth ward Christy
Sixteenth ward Ely Seventeenth ward; Lord Eighteenth
ward and Varian Twenty first ward.
The PRESIDENT did not vote did either Of the three
Aldermen who are indicted.
The Board then adjourned to Monday next.