Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-09-14

vestigation; l can only prefer charges to
the Common Pleas, who alone can re-
move, after considerable time for trial /
am compelled % throw myself, therefore,
as Mayer, in this unexpected and sudden |
emergency, upon your magnanimity, and I
ask, under the circumstances, for your re-
signation. Yours truly
(Signed) A. 0AKEY HALL, Mayor.
To II. B. CONNOLLY, Comptroller
CoNNoLLY's REPLY
The following is Connolly's answer to
Halls letter asking his resignation of the
Comptroller's office:
NEW YORK, Sept r.
Hon. a. Oakley HUI, Mayor:
My DEAR SIR: Your letter of Septem-
Der II, asking my resignation as Comp
troller, was presented me last night at
eleven o'clock, at an interview sought by
yourself Similar verbal requests from
yourself and others have been, within the
last few weeks, received and delivered at
the official source, and the subject matter
vi NOQI iOtC, dS iuCn ICcQ " Illc anu aS
published by you in this mornings press,
demanded and has received my earnest
consideration. A criminal abstraction of
papers from the finance department seems
to be the reason for your letter, so far as
one is therein suggested. In common
with other city officers, now stand be-
/ fore the public and our constituency
charged with malteasance in the admins
tration of the high trusts SO long confided
to my care. Legal proceedings, wherein
such charges are made and to be substan
tiated if at all, are now in hearing before a
fearless and just tribunal My answer
thereto is before the public, and my COM
plete defence ready to be presented, both
to that high court, our constituents, and
to the citizens of New York at large. My
counsel has uged, by my wish, speedy
trial and investigation. l am fearless OF
the result and anxious for the procedure.
During the many years of my administra-
ton of this office, have not seen, and fail
now to see, any diminution of public con-
fidence, and such fact would have been
readily marked, nothing being more SEN
sitive to general opinion than financial adj
ministration. l beg leave to differ from
your Honor in thinking that the robbery
of my Office creates any unexpected OIL
sudden emergency. | am not apprehen-
sive that either yourself or this commune
T 41..,4 7 frr
in that depreciation. l am happy to as
sure you that it has effected no serious
mischief, the archives of the department
containing ample abstracts of all stolen
papers. Whoever planned or executed the
crime has reaped no benefit, and inflicted
no injury upon the public interests. Would
not my resignation at this particular time
give the advocates of partizan attacks upon
: the city just cause to believe me to plead
guilty, not only to participation, at least
passive, in the burglary, but as well to all
charges now made in the legal proceed
ings? So it seems to me that my officia
acts have been supervised and approved
by your superior vigilance. So far as my
administration questioned, equal respon
sibility attaches to yourself. In answer
l to the affidavits read in the pending liti
CATION, you have adopted and vindicatet
those acts You could not justify your
self without so doing. Consequently,
do not perceive why my resignation
should be asked, or If rendered how i
| would have any just influence in appeas
ing the popular clamor. Confident, there
fore, in the steadfast and good opinion o
my friends in the ultimate judgment to b
; rendered by the courts, | cannot consist
emily, with self-respect, accede to your de
sire am unable to submit myself to vi
carious sacrifice TO satisfy the hungry an
petite of adversaries for a victim; or a
: this iuncture, under these circumstances
> betray weakness of position, or fear @
5 rigid investigation, by rendering my resig
c nation. | cannot now anticipate the ei
S feet upon this determination future event
c nay produce. When my past admins
O tration shall be vindicated and pendin
accusations shall be repelled, shall nc
fail to act as may seem TO be demanded b
O. the changed circumstances which ma
: then exist Very respectfully,
,r (Signed,) RICHARD B.sCoNNoLLY.
An Around tie World says: IF ii
NJ Comptroller disregards the demand of til
i. Mayor, he will find before night that I'll
scorching resistance of public indign
ton will make the city too hot to hol
n him" 1t adds that it may be his misfo
tune, not his fault, that this alleged 70
I'd berry of his department occurs at this cri
i. ical juncture, and it hopes the Mayor wi
IN be afforded an opportunity to appoint h
ne successor.
ne MRS. CoNNOLLY'S BONDS.
en- A despatch from Washington says til
wv Mrs R. B. Connolly, on the 18th of ID
nm month, transferred to her son-in-la
of 100000 in United States bonds.
lid The United States Consul at Liverpo
he writes to the State Department that,
,le consequence of the prevalence of the c.
70 tie foot and mouth disease in England,
,rv has discontinued granting certificates
Ne ship cattle to the United States.
nv OVERLAND TELEGRAPH BETwE
-no ASIA AND AMERIcA.-In consequence
u the high pitch of perfection which
oA now been attained in the manufacture a
working of submarine cables, it may
questioned by some whether it will e
be worth while to carry an Asiatic q
70 American telegraph so far north as B.
an rings Straits, Cerely for the sake of h
ing somewhat shorter cable, which Y
on the reason which induced the protector;
the Western Union Extension Comps