, 1864-06-02
6uR CITY GOVERNMENT.
Corruption In High Plaees-'E1yins and Sell.
inE---A Huge DoeuHent-hsyot she7-
1sl.s Paternal Eegard TO tie
Neaesty Of the city
Fathers,


A Democratic Paper on Copperhead
Honor and Management
The following rich, rare, rscv, epicy, startling,
interesting, novel, wonderful, admirable, thrilling.
Sensational emitting and complete exposure Of COP.
perhcad malpractice, WAS given In the Chicago
Hna Of yesterday morning:
Soma weeks ago. when the Common Council
elected IN Aprtl Was found to be equslly divided,
we suggested that tts future meetings .would be
The dsst meeting proved failure the second
meeting was the one where hail dozen managers
got TIE Other ten Democratic members in the trap
Bond 70 Be present, carried through, aher fash
ment from aayor down seems 70 consider it,
waa but sowing the drsgons' teeth. Before fae
Rsl.sd. f. eeSnetl .5sase;elTsS il sio9d: Kspos
saf, sssa pfsassss sssss z .s sRsn E Sah tdd
S9e1 sad H: ss e. ssaS ee es
ed corporation newspaper. these gentlemen ali de-
ciared that ihey preferred to nee the TRIBUNE
be u tes% sr ons M .hs
was extollcd very highly by the pesce faction; but
the momGnt he voted TO carry ous the wish Of Com
1eiy and Barrett, then he was denounced 10 having
Wae charge Of corruption number one. Fol1o1iao
upon the heels OF this transaction. We uoderetsnd
II is snseepuble Of proof, that Mr.. Ruh could haze
would have cold himself back to bis Old comrades,
That Is charge Of corruption number TWO.
The third charge consists In an allegation by Al
de1man Hottinge1 that he sas visited at his resi-
denee BY one pr. Van Harcn, who offered him up
on the authority OF Alderman Roberts, large sum
ol money II he would vote with ComieEy and
Foodnan, and 60 fol Fremont -.
naJ o5f +n&tN md fFzafY M
and hardly worth the time that Inay be used in in
vestieadng them, when compared With the ttded
one .hnnd1cd pounde! which We understand Is In
The next meeting Of the Common Council That
our readers rnsy fully understand the whole scope
of the affair." we 60 into little detail Of the pre-
It viii be remembered that Mr. Sherman WAS
elected naTor Of this city in 1862 and that shortly
afterwa1d . strong effort was made to obtatn per
mission from the city to lay horse railway tracks
from Raadoiph ttreet along South Clark street and
q ibe So1,a md s' souih' Divisions. NJ. sbesmsn Sherman
canse it affected his perzonal interests, for be ia
man who never permits his personal interests to
influence his Official conduct, but because It was
saii9ay coraaiee W. 6eiieve tbas e ali tie he coFts @
made during the year, TO obtain the desired per-
mission were made with Aldermen; but it appears
as gil will remember, wss very. close thing.
SO close TINT it required the very best Kind Of
engineering 10 be succe .sfal The North Chicago
permit to c1oss tho river to Randolph street, and
In Nj. Sherman they Encw By experiences theF had
an opponent. NJ. sherman knew also that it Was
all the support he coult obtain, and heknew that
the railway company would oppose him. Some
Thing bad to be cone: the very votes Influenced By
that company might change the result Of the cleo
ton. How the matter Was settled We do not
know; Int the gentlemen comprising the North
Chicago City hallway Company voted for Mr.
Sherman, and he was elected Mayor by l6o ma
hi. Sherman was inansura:ed In May, and sp.
pointed his committees lear the end Of that month
taking due time 10 do 80 with cantion and detbeI
atom = very proper coursc and very highly com.
sneniable In Mayor. In the first week OF juno
the legislature mct, and for the frat tune the peo
that the = labs. hAyenue' Railway b,ll had passet
one House In the winter. and that Its friends
pressing It to paasaee In the Other House. Their
and I IL asso1 Who Ws lis o fodenaut ms1
IN The city. convened The City Council and laid BE-
lore them statement Of the swindle" going OF
Others were At sprineaeld supporting the meas
ure} united in a protest against the bill, and
| appointed q committee OF their own number
I'D snd ses Il
| sEindIe.'' The committee went; they did thell
| an1y, and Governor Yates INTERPRETING his exe:u
tire authority to dispetse.thc le:islstnre the com
mitee returned. The sisit to Springfield was At
instructive one. The Mayor, though thorough
experienced as legislator and public officer, cav
that at Springfield which opened his eyes to tht
aitsf his return neeotistions were opened with til
North Chicago CITY Railway Company, the result
ofwhich was the signing and execution a few dag,
| thereafter Of an instrument in the words ant
| figures following to-wit:
! TILE INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
"WHEEk4s. The North Chicago City Railwa,
Company ia desirons in making connection viii
'.and sonta Clark Streets, in the city of Chicago
"sna ~ ;a, s!ats Of Illinois; and
.D.';.1sE pMasHrts, - The said North chicaro Cit
fhAScls 9: sA1lxAx. Of Chicago, Illinois, on
.1undted sharfa It the capital stock Of rsi
fsid hnpS1ed Sa5, eh.s Ra1xs5 whls
.'ie to hold enbject to this agreement IN the n.u
''ncI hereinafter mentionec: and
railroad tracks along south GarE street II i Gon
CLARK and 1sandoph streets, In iAs said civ q
SNOW therefore, IN eonsideration of he be n1em,
.ses, the eald Francis G. Sherman, Of Chieaso Iii
IDOLS. hereby agrees with the said North caicas'
..flIsi day Of September, Il b., 1ssa al oTdiaaae @
::.p.s,td q &c CoM@oa c6yaei! q z&iaaso. @ a.,
| "Sorth CHICAGO City Railway Company to lay thei
| track slong. North Clark street to the center Q
"Cla1k street bridge and the chicago .aty Ratlva,
Company 10 lay their track from the center .
..said clzfk street bridge along South Clark stree
| "to point opposite the Court House Square, o,
South Clark street. that he will redelireg to sait
GGn'sSo aSsSss ct, RsEay Company said
And said Sherman further agrees in conBidefa
ton Of the premises, that LIE will pay to sait
last rsmed conn any ~ the earnings Of. dividends
OF tie 1tst car over such connection, aud that hi
Will eell 70 said last named company said stock fol
nc sua q ten thousand dollars IN cash, ut AM
In witness whereof the said Francis G, Sher
maa, IN bis own proper person. hn!h this dfteentl
70 1:ailway Company. b. its President and Secra
tay, signed and eealed these artclee Of agreement
| 5ons 5. Tuasss. % sr11.i
| =. c. TcrsxR, sec'yf
This document nceds no explanation rs to 1t!
3ntGot or meaning. Il il plain matter Of fact
tses md .1ees, that # an ordinance shau be pas:
! cd BY tho City Council granting the needed Tign
OF Msy, he, ae Mayor, VIII approve 1t, II it b. II
he paid teu .housand dollars, or its equivalent
the payments being subject to condition that th
psesed u tho 1in,e specified. ' we ~
The Republicans In the Common Council an
out of 1t, propose rpon this document to pEe!e
charces Of oticiA corruption against the Mayor
and upon these charges to try him; and pendin
the trial Of iht charges they propose to nuspe II
him, and designate 4 member Of the Commo
Council to act a. Mayor during the suspension
Undt rstanding that this course has betn azree
upon, and that the charges viii be preferred at h
next meeting Of the touncil, nc think tho pnb:i
will approve Of our course In giving them the dot
| ument itself.
In order 10 give our readers correct impression
Of the purity Of the Mayors action IN the premise
we mus: again refer 10 the Mayors visit to Spring
field, in order 10 etate some circumstances calcd
lated to throw light upon the intentions of the pal
tiee signing that agreement; Il vii! be De,
been at The capitol during the winter, were yoien
IN denouucing The General Assembly as the mos
corrupt body lint cyer met In the legislative hall
hs .a~ he
these reports were true; aye that they fell short
the truth in representing the corruption Of the1eg
islasuIe. As citizen Of the stats, and az on
e1ror, he could not but witness such 1ameutab1l
etate Of xflafrs with profound regret. Corruption
had polluted tue veEJ fountain Of the Law. In
OF tie people fallen, when the Legislature cou]t
not successfully repel the hand d1led with money
| 70 purchase enactments In the name Of tho "peo
su ns Ill hs 6s fst
knile In onc hand and pure in the other, de
mandlns official sanction to their corrupt proceed
tDgs2 Az citizen he lameuted snd deplosed tht
casmlty, and ever having The interests Of the cit,
Of Cbicago Al hesrt II occurred to him that II de
etSulng men were base enough 70 purchase M en-
tire Legislature, would they hesitate to bny Com
mon Council? aIo II they were to buy up the Com
melancholy state would be the Mayor 81 that city
ne cete1mtned to protect the honesty and pnrit.
do 1t ne learned At spriugaelui
In the halfh Of the Legislature, and we will no
specify which houee, there was one man viii
| more Ihxn Roman G1mness, one who throushou
several eeasions Of the Legislature maintained un
| SMILED his bright and pnceleRs character II nj
Other member Of tho Lesislsturc eould. he coult
and the recognized loader Of the branch Of whicl
| he was member, and chairman or member Of al
I R4f MI pf7v%r Hy>fa had