, 1870-03-14

pceuz to us at the time, and, whi's we
deprecated GenezA Balomou's couszs on
grounds Of public policy, ve did no. know
that It WA technically unlawful
: The Auditor Of the 8sate applied to the |
supreme Court for q nandamus to comptl
General SAlomon to extend tho tAI. Messrs-
Beckwith, Aver Il Ka'es were employe by
General sa1omon to defond- At this juno
ture VIC published our own opinions about
the matter as follows:
From fAs cA,eage Tfibuns. Jan, 2A 1853. |
NetMe. Btck With. Aver kslt1 ID the cAsa Of ,hr
application u the Auditor cI ne S.A'e for man.
% 10 eemoue 81 sues &c s:.te ~ I'd eaau,J ,s1es upsa IT,
Ianarior nxta b. tne bo,fu fos tho Equaaz1t 1t,oi
o. +, . Tns ,n, 'ae: ~ ss*t ~
va'ue ot the 1txaose &rop-st, III tuok Coapt.. ar
rc'urnsd By thA A. sA+eoee. 1or To y4at iSs7. II
eoe q uaa .ss H.: h.
~ per cert BE- added to tn,a saustIop iucrca anv
tne ssseasnent . ts6156 sas Tn. aggregate tsI. |
q u cetra On eAce tto0 u has Increased tl2o u4
The stR1nens IL tnst the act u ulc3ustl .iooas
theFe oe.t oo; one faw.ui foode cf aAcer a,uioR
e asd 81 ., nc
e,,tneft fhron.n - - - ~,., srs,ts .eea sue
posn's ara TOO deac4,e tor our sppssaws:on. rae
f.taie eus 70 L., a1s o. ~ aae g
e. sser nrss splsrls:et or incorp etsLeas aay ex1.
n des Al Seo ,sx M ~ ~ sss aeres' as G.
w.uId be 10 relief 70 Cow coun.y, which, nndet
nesy!1, 70 ,ts IN ~ n,neo 1aaan{ ~ n no
psErs Of the Sac
TIE reason why ne deemed 1t bad policy
- ct &~ L.. H.
lay uss that npder tbe onaration ~ ~.
previously existing syste1n, the Assessors in
IApJ o'oeA eooo'4eS' @ou uost'ec'A'y ID tnoSa
where a very email county, tax waa needed
ram in ,ba hst;t ~ ,,.t,,o. 80 49, ~,
"eAe ~ 1Ao aao't VI u9A'oB very 10" VAL
rAt1on, while in Cook County, where ve.y
,,~.. 49,,
r,oees a ratrat;on ,a,.t;,s1v r,,.h b;.ba.
f ' .s14 H.1
"as naoe; the pfacncAl operation OF Which
rsa tn col1e.t ar nn3ua r-ono~t;on nf tha
-. -, " oo' ~ "Aeeo pAep'A-''1 =. >-'o
6tAta revenues from Cook County, 1t was
r. ..,-.,. x,, - :,,.; 49,. -.:
r. th,t tha sat. nca,, ,f poc.,i,.,io,,
VIZ creA'eo' henee' 1enerA' . nonlon
coolse' ieea1ueo as tnooey-sasloe ope1@-
aon' .oohea W ua 'ef5 nuea nAe Jumping
W. ~ toe ais'ot-pau .n'o .'e LIZ 49,
1ne case was traea ano pate"p"ts
ma"d""us 1ssueo' le@ on.s iA'as oeu-
esal aalo"on came lns7 our onoo: oooSIa.
tNo's st'' "4ien' s0u "~a'eu :" N.
.no'1'es eAp'a'neo ~ ''s 1'uon' ,,.t.
~ 9as' ho "1n1eo soa'eoooy ~ es 1'.1
"o"H oaS!' a n'ao1'oo w "Ao'o
"oo f"1"'oA ~A''
I'm nnne ,od r F.a,pa ~ ,5a ~ Hen
ssN sannop the County ert n resisting ;ne
aisee1eo an ~ sdaSsen Of q Der C. etos % to coox cons
u. II the new INV providing for tac e01al1ss.on
b. bosId Hs< I'D exce eded tue. snsnor.J unaer It
ess15 NJ eae .S9d hsss oeen ,.s, yod s1a tns
I.s.sui,s fot ,piaties 10 ,s1 payers aud properly
i Has not oni! ptups!, e7s necss.ss'. 1 ar,
Be- nf CID cided ;, s az sason M IL lbs Supreme Court
avs utoer.isna Il 4 ne 70 en1oa o. SerIGo saa 70
Tie snpseme tourl Of Tue United states. SO fss
- General saomou Son-e1' ca, 40 sesett .s .,s
oS tne = erruso be s,anae o.. ~ N e1ecns!se on:
ces q ne . spa to a' y aa1 oe - poss,oIe n
r."
Tn To this mint. "a repeat. thera hal
haen M v;o,at;on of ,av- e1csnt the teohni
cal one reoeutlv pointed ont bv the Court
VIZ. that an executive officer is not q
liberty tn assume that a )av of tha State i
Unconstitutional II We had knorn this n
tbe tine. va should not have written th
aboye article in exactly the samo words
thouph we sbou,d still have mined to 1e
, Rim down easr. The fact that be desire,
us to publish the article is Of no sisnifcauc
or importance, and is only introduced as
: mart Of tha history of the case.
II We now come to the second division
!. Of the subject General Solomon saws, j,
his answer to the charge Of contempt, tha
fe alto red tha tar hooks to 90 ont of hi
custody pending the decision Of the su
prene Court !; and the Attorney General Q
the State, With that conading and accom-
modating spirit which should characteriz
public oficsrs at all times, admitted thst i
= was true. supposing it to have been true
, the act WAS clearly un1a~tul and contemp
! uous. The first intlmation thRt We, or tt
IA taxpayers Of Cook County, ever receive
= that the additional q per cent had not bee
sr extended and collected in pursuance of Il
Az writ Of HsaHddmus, vas when rs heard
- General Salomous arrest four or e.
of weeks ago. Our single criticism upon I
re- contempt case, when this unexpected rev
taEnn was msde, vas certainly very mil
n, It was based solely upon his disobedien
j. Of the Supreme Court, and not at all up
"a the antacedent facta- Hence there Is
~ inconsistency whatever between what
"a said then and what ve have said slnce.
of Generd Solomon says that, when he .
~ ceiysd the nandnmus, he made extraor
NJ nary and repeated efforts to recover
books from the collectors, for the purpc
,ta Of extending the additional - per oe1
10 even carrying his eagerness to the e1te
20 Of applying to the Legislature for author
~ to extend the amount on the next years
IN sessrnent; and the Attorney General q
In u,itted that this WAS true also-- Tne
IL, efforts, il made.~IaTer reached the pub
~ ear, :s1tt;l a few weeks aoo. Tho supra,
* Court very p1ope.ly replied that, if Gene
~ Solomon had found any difficulty in q,
- cutting their order. it gas his duty to hf
~ reported the facts to them, 80 that Il
~ ~ might hava rendered him the needed ass
t.nce. Thev then fined him for his G.
-, -, temnt.
Id ,.
RI 1ne ~n'1e 4nn'se, @ nau go S.,.". %
OF n'o A ~
T1ll oio9Rna y 1s1.M ~ 's .., - .pt.ss
tuo ooaa VI eup74 s.sot'' e1o asA ~ -