Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-23
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The ELECTION ON THURsDAY.-hn injttne.
tion prayed against the Corporation TO restrain
them from l,aying the costs-RuL TO shoIo cause
Court OF this District by Lewis C1ephane, z. G..
Robbins, and J. II. Crossman against tho Mayor
Board OF Aldermen, and Board Of Common Coun.
ell Of this city, to restrain them from paying the
costs Of the recent election and the cost Of print
Ing five hundred copies Of the speech Of T. Z.
Lloyd, Esq, president Of the Board OF Aldermen
The substance OF the bill Is as follows.
"In the Supreme Court OF the District Of Co
lumbia, In equity No. 6ss: Lewis Clephane, J..
H. Crossmsn, z @. Robbins against Richard
wallach, Mayor Of the city Of Washington, T. &.
Lloyd, Barr, Canneld, Gulick, A. Lloyd, McCath-
ran, Noyes, owen, Turton, Of the Board Of Al.
dermen Of said city, and Anderson, Dudley, 81.
monston, Ferguson, Hamilton, Hazel, Herrell,
Joyce, Mead, Peugh, Rheem, Wright, Moore,
simms, Stewart, Talbert, lyman, Walker, Will
liams, and Hall, Of the Common Council Of said
city, and Samuel 3. Douglass, Register Of said
city.
10 the judges of the Supreme Court Of the
District Of Columbia, or any one thereof, Lewis
Clephane and J. Fl. Crossman humbly complain,
showeth unto your honors that they have been
and are citizsns and tax payers Of the city Of
Washington, In said District, and liable to be
tax payers thereof, and as such have an interest
in all the expenditures Of every kind and nature
made or to be made by said city on account
thereof or proposed to be made.
And your orators further showeth that tho In :
habitants Of the said city Of Washington are a
body polite and corporate by the name Of the
Mayor, Board Of Aldermen, aud Board Of Com
mon Council Of the city Of Washington. That
the municipal government of said city IL vested
In said Mayor, Board Of Aldermen and Board of
Common Council.
government Of the city OF Washington, aud tho
corporate authorities thereof, are limited aud
special In their nature and Jurisdiction as ap.
pears from said charter and laws. That said
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tions for the choice Of Mayor, Board Of Alder
men, Board Of Common Council, and Board Of
Assessors, and certain other officers therein
named bat that no authority is given In or by
any Of them for the holding OF elections OF a po-
litieal character, TO determine ascertain the
views Of residents Of said city In reference to the
extension Of the elective franchise to persons OF
color In said District.
gard Of this fact, and contrary to the letter and
spirit Of the provisions Of said charter and laws,
aud without any authority therefrOm, the Mayor,
Board OF Aldermen and Board OF Common Couu- :
ell Of said city claiming to act in their corporate
capacity, aud in direct disregard Of their said
charter and laws and the Jurisdiction Of Con-
gress, united in calling q special election on
Thursday, the 2lst Of December, 1855, for the
purpose last aforesaid, namely: To determine or
| ascertain the views Of residents Of said city In
reference to the extension Of the elective fran =
chise to persons OF color In said District, the
order OF proceedings In relation thereto being
Council, on the l4th Of December, 1865, Of u
paper purporting to be a bill authorizing a
special election for the object aforesaid by the
votes OF said Anderson, Dudley, EdmOnstOn,
Ferguson Hamilton, Hazel, Herrell, Joy cs, Mead,
Peugh, Rheem, Wright, Moore; and then the In :
PRODUCTION Of said paper, designated q bill, into
the Board Of Aldermen, on said day, and its
adoption and passage thereon by the following
members thereof: Barr, Garfield, Gulick, A.
Lloyd, MeCathrou, Noyes, owen, Turton, aud T.
Z. Lloyd aud then an issuing of a proclamation IN
Of said Mayor, calling on the voters Of said city
to meet on the said 2lst Of December, 1868, and
vote as contemplated by the paper designated a
bill, aud approved by said Common Council and
Aldermen, a copy Of which paper, action, or res
olution Of said Council and Aldermen aud proc
lamation is hereto attached, and made part here.
Of aS Exhibits A, B, G.
The petition then goes on to state that In ac-
cordance with said resolution the regular election
officers and persons appointed in place Of any who
would not act, met In the several wards and pre-
cincts and pretended to hold an election on said
subject. The petitioners next state that ballots
were printed, the time Of certain officers demon :
mated commissioners Of elections, clerks, and
others engaged and occupied, and other acts and
things done, involving no small outlay OF money
all OF which your orators have reason to believe,
and do believe, 1t Is the design Of said Council
kldernen, and Mayor, to pay out Of the taxes
assessed and collected and the moneys raised aud
acoruing to said city for other and legitimate OBJ
ects Of said city or corporation recognized and
set forth In said charter and laws, thus misap-
plying and misusng said money, aud creating a
necessity for additional taxatiOns and funds for
the proper purposes Of said city.
The petitioners next represent that said Mayor,
Aldermen, and Council will proceed without any
authority In law to discharge and pay said ex
penses aud liabilities ont Of the taxes and money
Aforesaid, unless restrained to the great and ire
parable wrong and injury Of your orators as oiti-
zens and tax payers Of said city.
And further, your orators showeth that at a
meeting OF said Board Of Aldermen, on the 18th
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olution instruoting the Secretary Of the said
Board to have printed for distribution among the
sAid Aldermen 900 copies Of the speech OF the
President Of said Board, meaning one T, Z. Lloyd,
made ut the last preceding meeting Of said Board
on the question OF negro suffrage in the District
OF Columbia, and for defrsyiDg the expenses OF
which your orators have been Informed, and
verily believe, the said Mayor, Board OF Com
mon Council, and Board Of Aldermen intend to
appropriate money ont Of the regularly assessed
taxes and aecrulng proceeds Of said city, which
were and are designed for other just aud legal
purposes, all Of which Is In design grave wrong
and would be a misappropriatiOn OF the public
funds and OF irreparable injury TO your peH-
TONERS Individually and other contributors and
taxpayers to the funds of said city and contrary
to equity and good conscience.
said Mayor, Board Of Aldermen, and Board Of
Common Council In their corporate or Official
capacity, as well as Individually, may bo for
ever restrained, by the injunction OF this honor
able court, FROM approprlating any OF the funds
or moneys Of said city, in any way or manner un- :
der their control, to "A discharge or payment Of
liabilities or expenses attending, or In any way
connected with said 80 called election as afore-
said or on account Of said speech Of said Lloyd ;
and also from at any timo leyying or collecting
any tax from the citizens Of the said city TO be
appropriated to the liquidation Of said expenses.
The petitioners next ask that Samuel e. Doug
lass, the Register, may be restrained from dis
bursing any public moneys on account Of the said
election and other matters herein complained OF
and con ected herewith The petitioners next
ask that writ Of subpenN, to be directed to the
Mayor, Aldermen, aud Councilman, (naming
them,) commanding them at u certain day and
under Il certain penalty therein to be limited, to
be aud appear before this honorable court and
then and there full true, direct, and perfect an
swers to make to all and singular the matters