Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-31
The journal ON the Council.

The Morning journal of yesterday publish
es the letter Of Judge Allen G. Thurman
and ii. G.. Noble, Esq. to the Democratic
and Republican committees, representing
the members of the City Council of both
parties. But the Journal falls to publish
the note signed by all the Democratic memr
bers of the City Council, and addressed 70
the Republican committee, accepting the
proposition of Messrs. Thurman and Noble,
and asking the Republican committee to
signify their acceptance or rejection of the
same at their earliest convenience. This
note was furnished the Journal ia due sea-
son for publication in its Issue Of yesterday
morning. Why was it withheld from the
public, if not from willingness to sup
press i6iportanffacts 2 f CT ffT f7l
The GJownca says the suggestions soi
Judge Thurman and Mr,Noble were kind
ly received by both parties, but only AS the
suggestions of individuals" They were
received by at least one of the parties (the
Democrats) as Something more-as the sug-
gestons of eminent lawyers as wen as
prominent citizens, who, 70 use theirVwn
expressions, in pursuance of the invitation
of both parties, made the suggestions re-
ferred to. ~ d, ...., .4.,.,....,,. O., ,,.r
The Journal alleges that "the committees
met and failed to agree" They failedsto
agree for precisely this, and no other
reason, that the Republican committee
would not accedc to the proposition made
by Messrs. Thurman and Noble. Z
The Journal adds that "the question to be
decided and the only one now, is the legality
or illegality of Mr.. COmstock's election"
This question Judge Thurman. and Mr.. No
BILE, who may besupposed to know quite as
much about law and legal proceedings as the
editor of the Journal, both agree should be
waived, and course adopted that will re-
quire no one to surrender his opinions, ''as
months viii eTapse before the session of the
Supreme Court (the only tribunal that can
authoritatively decide the question:"
The Journal closes its article by saying:
Weiconclude that as Mr.. Comstock, ac-
cordingto the recommendation, should not
resign until the parties agree as to the con-
stitution of the committees and the distri-
button of offices, and as the parties after
repeated consultations have declared they
cannot agree, therefore as the parties can
never agree, Mr.. Comstock should never
resign. n
We are authorized to state, which we do
explicitly, that the parties did. "agree as to
the constitution of the committees and the
distribution of Offices" The parties have
never, atleast one OF them, the Democratic,
has never, declared, that they could not
agree in these respects. The main, and,i
fact, the only essential point of difference
was, and still is, that the Republican COM
mittee declined, or in other words would
not agree to carry out the proposition or
plan of Messrs. Thurman and Noble, for
Mr.. Comstock to file his resignation with
the City Clerk, prior to a meeting of the
Council for the election of a President.
This is just where the "shoe pinches."-
The Journals levasions and misrepresenta-
tions only serve to make this fact stand out
more prominently before lthe public. Its
great anxiety manifestly is, not to have the
parties meet each other halfway, as the
referees of both propose, but to have the
Democrats make all the concessions, if any
are made. But in this, it may rest assured,
it will never be gratilled. If the second
Monday Id June, the time for making the
annual tax levy for the support of the City
Government and the payment of its debts,
shall be suffered to pass by without an or
ganization of the Council that all vii re;
gard as legal, the public will know just
where TO fix the eresnonsibilitY. !. .-- -.La