, 1873-01-31
The Former Anxious. for Some
Sort Of Compromise.
They Are @* Willing to Leave It
to the Supreme Court -
revelations Concerning the Re-
cent "Secret HE eting.'

Action Of the Board Of Trade--t 1.-The
| Feeling at Springfield.
The police troubles werst4the theme Of dig
cusslon throughout the city yesterday, and pnb-
Ae expectation as to the Ifog1ess of affairs was
at its height It Was expected that some vi gor-
GUS steps would bo taken at once, but in this
taey were mistaken The d.y wsa one Of p1saive
] inactivity.
The Police Captains CAM, in one by one.
Captain Gund brought in is daily report and
took it into DR.. Wards roq N, exchanged tew
| words with him, and them departed. Captain
French foloHed With ha } report. Captain
H1ckey tho!aght he would play safe, and de-
poslted bis report On the table in the Comnis-
sloners' room. There waa::no very grett amount
] OF excitement about it..
At THE MlGoR's Fu1CE. 3
at about IL o'clockl yesterday morning, tho
nnte-room Of the Msyor's Office vas crowded.
There we're present represent atives Of all the
daily papers. anxious to obta in. news. There
we're also G. c. P. Holden, Ald3 1dcGennisa, Aid.
Heath, and several OF her influan ta1 members Of
the Common Council-l The MaH or wss holding 3
private conference nj th Mr. E;auo, and the crowd
outside were awaiting deve! ppn,ents. Ex-Ad
Holden WAS talking ehgerly with the Aldermen.
A reporter asked hina hou Jle stood. HI. holden
expressed himself empha .tically on the side Of
the Mayor, and pro1 missed 10 uphold him to the
very utmost ANY t!man who would not uphold
him, he thought, 4fhad better f;emigrate. The
other Aldermen, ito a mau, expressed tho same
opinion, and hctped that he fight would 80 stir
up the Legisla ture that, they would promptly
aooliah the bofrd, with an emergency clause.
ooNM1ss1a.zER SHERIDAN"
then entered the ants room. with copy of the
Erensng Po 1t in his h. md. He was mot as smi1
ing as usual He had evidently seen something
in that jou rnal that ettled him.. The reporters
clustered round him for news. They inquired
"hat was. wrong II. Sheridan pointed to an
inter lew in that paper with somebody not
namoS1 Mr.. Sherids n was white With passion as
he g. lowed it. He would see wha+ the Mayor
ne mt by uttering such Statement to re-
Pr Jrter. It Was inf 4nous that he should be &C.
FUSED Of consorting with thieves, gamblers, and
prostitutes, and ad tempting to corrupt the su-
perintsndent with loribes. He clenched his fist,
and, pallid with ps. sion, said that II the Mayor
had said such thiI :g to = reporter, he WAS unfit
to ne a butchers deg.
When Mr.. RersD retired, 11r. Sheridan fp-,
preached the Mayor and shook hands With him.
Tho windows were closed, and the interview was
privste It appears, however, that Mr.. sher-
idan's manner Was threatening, and he had en-
ti1ely lost control uf his temper.
THE MAYOR STOOD HIS aRoENp,
and told him that had their respective positions
and himself Police Commissioner, acting "a A1r.
Sheridan had acted-he would have been before
the Courts long ago, a. he very we'll knew. Ny.
Sheridan had rendered himself liable to 1emovm,
months ago, several times, and he knew it. He
had neld his position as member OF the Board
only through the Gle mency Of the Mayor, who
ought to have imp.sached him months ago.
More OF tho convers stlon WAS not heard, but
this suf6ced to show tho tenor OF the confer
once. When the Com missioner retired, the To-
porter again talked to i'm, and
THE FOLLOWING LTA1oauE ESsuED:
Commissioner 6hr1lda p-Vhe press Of Chica-
60 are moral aseassins.
Reporter-A whole tribe'of moral Brntuses2
Commissioner 8heddanrThey are entered
into d conspiracy to aasassina the Board NOR
ally.
Reporter-Thore is q singular u1auinoity in
their action. That is what the Board: never sue
ceaded in achieving.
Commissioner she1idau-:They are moral as-
sassins. They have lied and misrepreG ented tho
members o. the Board
Reporter-The German prass Is tho, only re-
liable ore IN the city, is it not?
Commissioner sheridan-Yes, sir. Th . Eng
glish press is morally corrupt, and, 81 i'd are
moral asessains, and bullies and coward ,, who
entrench themaelves behind their desla snd
write lies.
Repo!ter--Are you not a triao prejudice ID in
this matte72
Commissioner sheridan-No sir. The pm bic |
who read the English papers refuse to belA '7e
what they say. Your telegraphic dispatches re-
true, and your news items, but the balance Is
pick OF lies. The days Of chiyalry are past, 5of !
somo OF them would get their heads broken.
THERE WAS PAUSE
OF few minutes, and the Board resumed I
" The press has been the recipient OF bribea !
in this way, and become rich on the proceeds Of
their rascality." Another silence. Whatever
I say when cool aud calm, is all right. ] am pre-
parf d to stand at the bar Of public opinion and
Reporter-Ia this cool and calm7.
Commissioner Sheridan-"Yes, it is- Boys,
don't mis5ep!esent me in this. You and & have
com1niaernte your condition in 1ifei know that
if you we're at liberty to write what you pleased,
you would write differently"
Reporter-About your interview with the May
OF, Mr. 6heridan7 !
Commissioner Bheridau-"I It was purely per-
sonal in its character, and am not At liberty
to repeat it,"
There was another pause. and reporter re-
or excited until then.
aoTsa FOB THE PAPEAs.
Commissioner Sheridan--1 Am perfectly calm; |
but tell You, boys that intend to institute
proceedings against tho papers that haye vi1ifed
me, and associated me With thieves, gamblers,
and corruption. will prosecute them, and
trace out the author Of the a1anders. There shall
be some sort Of personal responsibility for them.
Taking a reporter aside, the Commissioner
complained that the press had conspired to bring
the Board into contempt and ridicule and to de-
moraiize the Police Department BY 70 doing.
Reporter you adnit that the first step
toward bringing the Board into contempt WAs
taken bY a member OF this Board2