Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-02
THE ms AND THE OUTS.
Nice Display In The Halls Of the uniclpal
Government of New York,

New YORK, January To-day the old
board of aldermen ssssm bled in the city
hail 10 wind up the sffairs of the old
year and 20 rsorsanizs. The newly elected
or reform board Of aldermen came to-
gethsr 70 tsEe possession OF the city
chambers. The old board, who were en-
titled to possession up to noon, opened the
session ct 9o'ciock this morning and after
tTansacting the regular rcutins of busi-
neSs received the report Of the special
COMMITTEES to investigate ths city and
county accounts.
The report states that the committee
have come to the conclusion that the
facts brought to their knowledge ard
stated in the report of the citizens COM
mittes demand thst the mayor shall De
impesched by the common council
The mayor being vested with the super
vision OF all the departments, recsiYiuR
periodical statements of accounts, and
having authority to call for ali informa-
ton required, snd being responsible for
the proper management Of the depart
ments, ne should be held to answer for the
frauds committed, and the committee re-
commend that he be impesched for mall
fesssnce in ofdce ana for not properly
discharging tho duties incum bent on him
In the sbsenUs OF any rule by the court
Of common pleas defining the mode of
impeachment, the committee recon-
mend that a resolution OF impeachment
bepsssed, and that counsel be DESIGNATED
10 prosecute the same in accordance with
any Iule that msy be adopted by the court
Of common pleas,
The following resolution was then passed
by the board of aldermen:
Resolved, That A. Oakey Hall, mayor
of the city Of New York, having been
guilty of mRlfeEsancs and misfeasance In
office in having fsiled 20 communicate to
HNmaa
OF the finances OF the city, and in having
failed to be vigisnt and sotive in causing
the ordinances of the city sCd the laws OF
the State to be executed and enforced, and
in falling 70 perform ths duties prescribed
for him by city ordinances sn6 laws of the
State as required by Law, and having failed
to properly fuldu and discharge the re-
spOnsibility imposed upon him by law
for the good order and efficient govern
ment OF the city, and having neglected
asd refused TO direct that proper reports, |
operations and actions, various debts of |
the city government be made to him, |
and to require that all such information
as might nave ens0isd him to properly |
discharge the duties of his office might |
be furnished to him as he was authorized |
snd empowered by law to direct and re- |
quire, and although furnished by the |
comptroller as required by Law with q re- |
port once in ninety days showing |
the name OF every person In whose favor |
an account had lOsen suditsd with the de- |
cision Of the auditor upon the same, TO-
gether with the final action upon the !
same, in having failed to check the reck-
less extravaganza which said reports /
must have msde manifest to him, and |
having recklessly and Wantonly signed |
warrants upon the public treasury which /
he was bound 70 Investigate under the /
provisions of the law comforting upon /
MIN power to require any information /
which be might demand, DO and the same !
Is hereby impesched for malfesssnce and |
In ths Office aforesaid,
RESOLVED, That the counsel for the c0r-
pOrstiOn, Charles ,O'COnor and John
Hardy, be and they are hereby appointed
to prepare articles Of Impeachment and
prosecute the same before the proper tri.
buusl,
at one minute to twelve O'Clock Alder
msn Collan declared the board adjourned
sine die, and st twelve O'Clock read the
call for the resssembling Of the board for
the ensuing yeSr,
A loud knocking was heard ct the door
otIthe chamber and the sergeaDt-st-arms
op' 81 it cautiously. Admittsncs was
demanded in a commanding tone by
Henry L. Clinton, lawyer, heading the
new board.
Mr.. Clinton said he had a writ from
Judge Brady to serve on the old board,
ordering them to vscats the chambers for
the reform board,
The clamOr at the door caused the MEN,
0ers TO rush to the assistance of the ssr-
gesnt- farms. Among them was Jimmy |
Irving, an ex-assembl bly, nan, lately tried |
In Che Federal court for Rssaulting 9
nited States deputy marshal. He threw
oh.his overcost and rushed, as ne said, to !
put head on the sons of b." The |
door was slammed in the tsoes Of the re-
lOrmers snd the clerk read the call to the
snd. Alderman Call was 2 re- elected
president for the ensuing yss4, -hs clerk
was re.sppOinted and the board aoy hrned.
The door was then opened, ana before
he old board got out the new hoard
rushed in, and with them g little BOY,
whO actively served tbs old board, to
heir great disgust, with copies of a writ
ssued by Judge Brady.
The mayor, on arriving ct tho city hall
writing document rscogniz-
ng the old board, when, being informed
~ Colonel IOline thst they had i'm
)eachSd him, he left the document un-
inished and issued another, de-
,isring the offices of aldermen
md assistant aldermen to DO V
md appointing thereto the newly-e. ,eed
aldermen and assistant aldermen. he
llso issued an address to the court OF
common pleas, objecting to that court
skiing any action on the resolution of
impeachment passed by the old board OF
aldermen, on the ground that when that
esOlution was passed the court of COM
non pleas had rot prescribed any mode
u procedure In regard to impeachment.