Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-24

Judgment upon themselves. Why, it is
like going to law with the Devil and hold
ing court in the lower regions. Appoint
your committee. VIII men submit TO its
report?s Not for a moment. But IH vote
for the committee. Human nature - so
| selfish, that if any man act from motives
not selfish, he is accused of rascality by
dirty, eowardIy scoundrels. That's the
trouble with this Board. / say let them
have a committee, IN let the committee
| whitewash them, but 1 say that no one
with the instincts, honor or honesty of a
| man, would ask for such a thing. The
Grand Jury viii attend to their case. The
next morning after the Mayors talk here,
I said if he went back 1 would go before
| tho Grand Jury myself and sustain the
charges. 1t is time these things were stop
ped, and they should be stopped. If l
sink myself -"
Alderman Gallagher here interrupted,
and said he wanted to hear who Alder
man Moffatt was driving at.
Alderman Moffet-' Never mind that
This is a very clever trick. Mr.. Chair
man, if you know anything about ma
chinery, you know the effect of stopping
a og,';5for' sbreakingo off a cog" we could
| not catch the exact wordsE"it puts a stop
to the machine. This put in was very
cleyerly done, but it Will have no effect
here. l say to Alderman Gallagher If he
Is innocent, NE eau wall AhilL tAN ~ "a
taps him on the shoulder, and
Alderman Gallagher rose to a point of
order.
terri =,
Alderman Gallagher" Mr.. Chairman
Chairman-"The Alderman from the
| Sixth ward Is out of order"
Alderman Moffet-"O Out of order Is
| he? I am sorry for that. l am
/ sorry thai a gentleman that has so
much legal ability and talent should not
| be allowed to spread it. Another point,
| Mr.. Chairman, in this thing that is made
| bv some of these individuals. They want
! the Mayor to come out and give names,
and specify time, and so forth. Wen, Il
he did it he would be a great toolIa
greater fool than Jim Gallagher. Laugh
ter What let them know as much as
he knows, md give them a chance to
manufacture their witnesses n get VI
nlaps to clear themselves of the whole
Thing? That would be a wise plan- III
deed MOI The Mayor Is right: GlAt
them no lOophOle, and no sWlndIe VII
save them from exposure-no trleker}
from perdition. Four or five weeks ago
knew nearly as much as the Mayo
knows now. Am | asked why dId
not tell it? ! was ready to %
sn-onIy too ready-for / am wilC
and impetuous, and l knew it; so
sought the advice of cool, calm deliberate
men. Thevsaid let them alone, andthel
viii put their foot in it. Watt ana gel
some one or two more into II. waited
and l am happy to say we have got them
I am responsible for this, for every wore
Of il. and if any one is not satisfied lie
them come to me, not he Mayor. Now
want 10 know the objections TO the alder
men whom the Mayor appointed pro teA'
There are wheels within wheels mere
There is no knave so foolish but make
a plan for a retreat. They had no obJec
ton to Alderman Black, they said, eXcep
that he would be made a tool of by Motfet
Now [ Dronounce that an unmitlgatet
falsehood. never made a tool of a MAJ
i'm my life: but when a man makes a too
of himself l will use him. some mel
are so wise in their own conception as u
allow themselves TO be made tools o
easily. All knaVery may be successful
Efor atime, hat in time il gets so bareface,
as to flap its corruption in our faces.
am sorry to say there are more thar on
or two concerned in these charges. Their
are-well. maybe the whole BOard-Dut
b hope that they will be carried to a bite
end. Rather than see this Board let thu
matter drop, ] would urge any propert,
owner 70 put an injunction upon tn
I, whole Board"
>, Alderman Moffet was about to continue
;, when Alderman Joyce asked
. his time had not expired. .
Alderman Over moved that the rules b
. suspended, and that the gentl be n
, lowed to go on. Adopted.
Alderman Motfet then continued 9
length. He had to complain of tricker
: again. In their interruption they trie
, 10 make him personal. irritated, or as the
said about the Mayor, excited, but the
a could not do it. In reference to the asseI
/, tioD made by some of the Board, that l
/ case Black had been appointed Mayor, 2
Mofetl would be the power behind I'd
throne. He said they gave nm credlt Il
much more influence than he possessed
- He never attempted to influence any OF
a save bv fair and honorable means, Ii
was alone, but aS long as there was
/ newspaper in the city, or a type, he hel
the whip in hand. and would keep the las
I over them. "You are too many, said n
@ &c to frighten me, and too few to buy.
@ l. Alderman Gallagher here jumped u
Z very excitedlv and said, Il DEFY the gen
g tleman. | DEFY the gentleman; y and !
@ was going on to defy them, when Aide
q man Moffet asked him TO keep patient Il
a he was tapped on the shoulder by u
< sheriff. Did YOU ever see, y asked Mo
~ fat.l IAN innocent man so ready to Jun
O al a~ccusatiOns?'' He went onsto say III!
he wanted every man from the May'
o down TO the Sergcant-at-ArnSto go bfIOl
+ the Grand Jury and say whether they hs
ever received a bride for a vote, or, mdee'
a for any service. He was not to be pl
down bv anvone-at least not of a strong
frame and mind than the legal individu
G from the Sixth Ward, etc.
e Alderman Joyce wanted TO know VIII
q names had been put before the Graz
J. jury
e Alderman Moffet didn't know he hin
self. He wanted to know why he "
.a Inns continually interrupted.
Jovce answered that he asked for info
nation. and had as much right to spea
, here as Moffet or anybody else.
~ Moffet told him not to kick until he v.
/. Spurred-he would know who was belo
: the Jury 0 enough. Continuing b
remsrkS. and referring to Alderman Blac
Il he said he had never met a more Sterlln
" honest man. or a man of better sense,
!, he could not get up and pun and Do
II like some of them that had served an a
; premiership to shvster lawyers, or th'
y some others Of the Board, who had bett
= nave a pillow haHdie in their ham
~ than be driving an editorial pen'
- on a daily newspaper. Speaker
y Of himself he said that his whole life vi
~ before thens and he defed any man
/" mt his finger on a spot which betraNt
y iueanuesS or trucking to power, or Sho
q where he had bartered the right Il
~ money. or betrayed a trust.
/, Finally, sad ne, appoint NllditN Fl S'i
mittee YOU please, gentlemen. This ma
y ter has gone too far. 10 has o gone b
fore the Grand Jury (which is eomposi
~ of the most honorable and honest men
|, the city, and on its.IaeritS they had got
l. stand or fall.
se Alderman Cicalla did not think it "
10 proper toappoiut a committee to inVes
n gate charges against themselves, Al
n moved that the Mayor be authorized
- emplos one OF two of the best lawyers
Re dis 9dty 10 enahle him TO prosecl
ID the MATER properly.
m Alderman Williams thought that l
of simple fact that the matter had gone /
~ fore the Grand jury, was no reason vi
% there should not be a committee. He h
4, watched the Mayor closely; thought hi
an honest, upright man. He had ma
grave charges against the Board, and
= knew that be was too sensible to ma
~ such charges without reasonable groupt
lAfderman Williams then went on and ]
he iterated over and over again that
Z; /" knowed he was honest" and the Ora
"a Jury warn't agwine to indict him, or
u they did, they couldn't find a true b
e.. agin him. As far as stealage, he said
|. saw nothing to steal from the city. -
y, you steal ono of these he
cheers said he, j they're all mo
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