Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-02

I AIAL mr. 10r[DA RAAAAAAAA NVaE III
man Of standing and 2 man orater COM
support them. As unuefstau 49, :
ments they viii pot require 70 ~
70 run down the city credit BY dolAd Feet.
marked about what onsarfat adte
arter We had talked forEome time, 1
rather than a thousand dollars are
Hopper & Montgomery got the ras
tract, did not think a. The ~
bride. Mr.. Bofand aud myse fnaye beehe
-1ore Than frieuCs. l voted for him., annO
was the hrst interview on any public
had taken place between Us since be has4 .
mayor. Wehaye mutlai respect for each on :
n l can say that l never approached
about anything Of this kin untl Wen1i4
house tina day. | got up 10 leave disappafs :
Mt what4lad taken p ace. ! felt The Teasona I
hsG given were tuch that / could ,
si,e4ks 10 him any further. IL was With the Z
Js station OF a lee THAI 1 said 10 MI LOnaud =
", MD rather give a thousand dollars that y 4
pei & Montgomery shOald get that contrf
NJ Wordst TO that effect. Ibid not say auytT
about the mayors family thai / rememders
/ may have aid, 81 will give yOurb boy a TIL
sand dollars" will not contradict Mr.. L.
iand on Tins point. I then went home. met M
Monsarraf, and told him that the mayor
thought that If the contract was Owen 10 Jones
3 Grcsnlaw, tbs CT y credttoouid De appreciated
moro Than II Il was given to Hopper a Mont
gOmery. / said IL viii be vel If you can re-
move that Misrepresentation. said = you can
state all your arrangements the mtsapprehau-
i6l9n removal aSSst ' By aR aRgSF I%Leaaaand4tbh n
about tho credit OF the eityF Witness-You
did. told Monsafrat 20 pOme q 70 my office,
Isketcbed a letter 10 show how the contract
was 80 be paid, and the arrangements that had
been made for carry Ing 1t out l handed the
sketch to Mr.. Monsarrat and he wrote a. out In
form. then wrote at the bottom OF the letter
" that from my acquaintance with the aDOve
parties, ! feel satisfied they VIII do as stated, !"
or similar words. Imeant that they would at
tend properly to the retr ng OF the bonds. 1
then put the letter into an envelope and direct
ed 70 ito the Honorable Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen etc, mt went into Mr.. Lynn's
room with and askei for The mayor. l found
themayor eRd Alderman Lynn standing In one
corner Of the room talking, the other gentlemen
being seated about isaid, here is a communities
ton addressed TO the board Of mayor and alder
men and as / do not know to whom IL should
be given, / will hand II 10 you both. You VIII
please, IN your deliberations, read this paper 10
the board" ALDERMAN AMis followed ms out
OF the room, and said When can We settle
hat Old matter OF M~ayJWelIs." I said, A
any time you can come up 1 ten said, Il
have Just zen a communicated VII mayor
aBd Alderman Lynn about tE~s-c0ntract, and II
1t is not presented you will please call Tor It" 1
afterwards saw the Aldermen and the mayor
come out; and / said 10 Alderman Lemon that
Mr.. MonEarrat had sent in a comm uicatiOn TO
the board, In which they have stated AL they
tract. which viii fsmOVe BHy misappreheusion
ON the part OF the board as TO their ability
to carry it out; He uatted me on The
the back and said, Lam very glad yen have
done So" Which is all that occurre1 between
me and the mayor and aid. rman or Mr.. Mon
sarrat. Ineyer had spOken 10 Hopper or Mont
gomeTy on the subject. HoI per I had never
seen until he c one up 10 me at the door After
wards, and said, . How 90 youdo?" By Alder
man Passmore-Do you know who constituted
the firm OF Hooper & Montgomery Wines
/ did not. I understand that the bids were
given for Main street by Montgomery, Hopper
& TAFT, and for the others by Montgomery *
Hopper By Alderman Passmcre-Was Mr.
Monsarrat Interested In Che Gontractf
Witnes-He said be was to be financial agent
for Mitchell, who was to furnish the money. 7
had never been instructed in he matter. BY
Alderman Passmore-Was there anything said
between TOa and the mgypr about his pleoliont
MitneSs-f anything was said was the effect
the credit of the city would have on his admin
istfaJion, and how IL would affect it. Nothing
was said about his next election. By Al
derman Smith-Are you not ia the EN-
pl y OF Hooper & Montgomery at the
present timeg WitHess am not. I
Alderman Smith-DO you believe urder all
{ e circumstances Of the case tina Hopper &
Montgomery can carry out this contract? The
c~hairman-Tha Is not a pertinent question,
and will vote it out. Witness will add,
gentlemen, that next morning after tho votes
lad been taken = the council, on this CHI
nine O'CLOCK, when j met Mr.. MUnsarrat. ana
be said IN the report OF the meeting
mayor SSsy5ln has stated that be 'I was ''G o. LdI'
a thousand dollars by an old time .LneGud.
Can he have meant you?" 1 nj; Al
s cam f Say; 3 a Shall ion NJ t.o51s d e. names
Mr.. Lonand and / III Palace view, as ] told
you" Mr.. IorauGsan-N Ntiice, audsaid
~ 'N@ ~ ~ .ENNE 80 EANL 1-EA@AAaAHAAL
about something that had gotf1H,lhs papers,
and he then went on TO tell me'. 'at took
place about Alderman Lemon, n spOh ONE
thing about a salve to his wounded feel-gs,
and said that he had told Mn Lemon that
did not think there was any intention t TO bride
him. He then referred 10 what he had told MT.
Lemon about what an old time friend had dOpe
10 him. I-said [ Mr.. LOfand: II YOU refer To
me / am sorry, for nothing was mrther from
NY thoughts at the time than TO bride you
in fact, 1t wOuli have been adevilish poor es-
innate to think you could be bought for a thou
sand dollars. He said on the first reflection he
thought ! meant TO do 1t, but on feheetl0n
afterwards, he did not think 1 meant anything
Of the kind, and added tina; tue words 1 had
used were, " 1 Won Il rather give you a thou
sand dollars, as the finding OF the coutraEt
would lie an advantage 10 me- May Lof-
land-L said, " Make a written statement aud 1
will lay it before the board Witness-I re-
piled, THAT l. not necessary until my name
l. presented; besides, 1 would be appropriating
The remark 70 ny self"
by the chairman-HaNs you any knowledge Of
brides being offered to any Of the members Of
the DO I'd Of mayor and aide Tmeu ? Witness
No. sir. BY Alderman Smith-po You know
nything that would lead you 10 believe brides
had been offered Wit~ness-Inever made any
myself, nor were they made TO my knowledge.
thomas Aalone sworn and examines by
the ~chaiIman-HaYe you any knowledge
with regard to brides being offered % any men,
Der Of this bOaTd2 Wituess-kO, sir. BY Alder
man PaSSmOle-Were you at Alderman U'DOn-
nells house on MOnday. Witness was. By
Alderman PassmOre-Dld anything traaspi g
No III NHhA ~ uDANe o-ANhf nAAa
BY Alderman PassmOre-Did y.u meet Mai.
Murphy on the sidewalk, and say some
thing TO him about Alderman O'DOnnelle
Alderman PassmOre-I move, Mr.. Chairman,
that tie committee do now rise for the pose
The motion was carried, and the committee
rose.
Alderman Rassmore-I move that the report
to be Submitted to the board shall be that the
charges preferred are not sustained by the evil
addueed.
thai the committee recommend that tue evil
dence be prin ed.
Alderman Passmore-I accept the amend
ment.
The motion as amended was then put by the
chairman and unanimously adopted.
The committee then adjourned.
On motion of Alderman PassmOre the
report of the committee was adopted.
So the contract goes 20 Hopper & Mont
gomery.
Alderman Shaw offered the following
resolution, WHICH wss laid on the
table
Resolved, That citizens are respectfully
requested to abstain from exciting con-
veTsations with members Of this board,
in which mention is carelessly made of
sums varying from one to five thousand
or reference to bonds to be settled
upon members Of the family Of any indi-
Such foolish conversation
is liable to damaging ~misconstruc-
ton, and if parties do not mean
anything by it, it is the opinion of this
board hat the feelings Of It's members
not be needlessiy wrought upon
by mysterious intimations concerning
enormous and fabulous sums of money
they can never have any hope Of
For the peace and comfort Of
this ~inoOrruptihle board, it is hoped that
will be- no repetition Of this cruel
experiment,
On mntinn the hnard a1innrnRd