, 1873-08-26
'aligh1y Important Mooting Yesterday
Afternoon.
The lilly Plum for Courthouse and
City Hall Adopted.
Another Site Must Be Selected for a
County Hospital.
Commissioners Crawford and A sll-
! ton on the "Chicago
Ti1lles."
Parnen Munson Must Return William
Wray, or Stand the Con.
sequences.

tIho County Attorney reported that tho titlo to
TIL Ashland avonuo property, which 1t Ia pro-
pG d to sell to the county for hospital purposes,
wab'good, but that it was cut up by paulna aud
Ma ",hAold streets, aud by sovoral alloys, the
tito to which was in tho city.
y, was placed on flo.
7he Medical Board sent in O communication,
stating they understood it to DO tho intention OF
ths; Doaz1 to reconsider their action In
buying tho Ashland avonuo lot for
hospital purposes. and that they
embraced that opportunity to atato that, since
thoy recommended the Ashland avenuo los they
had ascortaiued TINT 1t WINS narrowed by widon-
ing Twelfth street, and vas intorsceted by two
6trcetH.' Tho ground was thus rendered totally
unfit for hospital purposes, since tloy required an
isolated lot. Theso facts lod tho Medical Board
to call attention to the lot at tho corner Of Wood
aud Harrison streots, known as tho Baldwin lot,
which ,saB OF ample size, centrally located, at
easy aocoss, above the level OF tho river, aud
cheap. Tloy therefore unanimously expressed
shoir decided preference for that lot.
Mr. Jenos subsequently, moved to reconsider
hoped it would carry.
CRAWFORD ON THE TIMES"
Mr. Crawford roae to q personal explanation.
would dofer hiH Judgment to thoirs but ho had
to go further than that, aud defend himself and
those who acted aB he did. He had not been in tho
habit of defending hia nets. aud did not think 1T
proper al mattor Of t1ato or economy. But
IN thia case 1t would DO bad taste to temain quiet.
Some would think it. an acknowledgment Of tho
newspaper charges, which roally started With
certhin MIR 'befs Of the Board HiH honor and
character, ofa his OWL, nud belonged to himself
alone. 30 long ns he could dofond him
sad s1 py.osy pH TGqd If me5s nesas.ary r'Gusa nassa
honoaty a'nd integrity would find IN outlet, oven
In ae humble an individual as hmsolf. Flo was
proud to lalaco himself beHide any Of bis COM
peors The published slandors had not moved
him 50 much as tho manner OF bis associates.
Noferrtng; to the assaults in the Times, he snid
no might moet au animal in the dark which
would throw itH slime oyer him. 1t might dam
age .;1,aIin the community, because he hnd tho
ho reed the conatsnt accusations hgaiust good
mon, he wondered If it was to bo 80 always. II
That mar. wanted the'thirty piecos Of silver It
waa said ho himself wanted he would try to got
tho BoArd to show. tho interest he had
taken ih tho hospital matter, and o1-
planned why it was that he had been
added to {,o comrnitteo which had the matter in
nharge-tt a;ply because ho took g deop interest
II tho BuSl Dot, and wansed ground purchased.
He had tottors from physicians, urging him to
push the ,1nattor, and he Ind done 10. He used
bis best Judgment, as did other members, on tho
was Commissioner who would betray tho pub
lie for pRltry peH. He rose in rebellion against
any such insinuation. The members wore
nbove r9proaeh: Poverty did not stare them in
would gHvc thirty pieces OF silver it he were lot
alone. |tio had been promised no would not bo
mallgnoa on Sunday till he had boon hoard, but
it was brokon. Ho did not bolieve my Commits
1In s3r11 ftfts 4n1
might 10 q, timo, AZ on. Randolph street,
whom ba;yonets would stand In front Of tho
Times office, hnd its owner would bo checked
from doing further mischief, oven if bis hair
from roa1 estate dealers to tho efis:s ,,+ tho
price asked for the Ashland avenue lot VII, not
excoHsivo He was confident he could state
somo things which would not bo pleasant to two
but he would not. Ho would DO gentloman
ue would not, like ono CommisBioner, ait where
be could whisper in the ears Of the press. His
life was roady to defend bis character, and
should defame linn. Ho wanted !
rule adopted that no no man should be allowed
to whisper to tho press, aud TINT tho tables Of
the menlbors should DO moved to secure that
result. and not have Lis character, or that Of
Commissioner Ashton, arraigned. Ie wished to
Bay to tho press that they must be careful how
thoy took him NJ they did other mon. [Applauso
In tho lobby.] lie seconded tho motion to ro-
con1ider.
RECONSIDERATION.
motion to reconsider.
n1r; Crawford objected; He wanted to main
wished to do the uamo thing, Ho Ind no obtec-
ton to reconsideration, but 4e did not want any
record of naneH
Tho motion to reconsider was agroed to-yoas,
b; nays, 7-aB follows:
Yeas-Bogue. olough, Galloway, Harrison, Jones,
paltnan, Singer, and Miller-B.
fays-Ashson Crawford, Harris. Hersing, Loncr-
gan, lsoelle and RuBseu-7.
1lr. Crawford moved to recommit the matter.
Mr. Miller hoped the sphere Of tho Committee
would bo enlarged when tho timo came. He bo-
leved in putting the hospital on tho lake, and
M not putting it on the Wcst Side, since the North
would ,he better placed tlan 1t could DO on tho
West Side, which could not bo 80 healthy. Ho
moved the Committee ba empowered to picis out
site IN the city OF noighboriug townB
Tue motion to rocomHit WAS agreed to.
ASHTON on TIE " TIMEs."
hlr. Ashton rose to q personal explanation,
ue found in the Times, edited by Wilbur +.
Btogey, once OF Indiana, and afterwards Of Michl-
He waH used to newspaper ATTACKS, and tho sime
had gone when those asBaulta On merchants aud
othors bad any offoot On tic community. No Mt
lacks by any h1arY~headed editor OH Gods green
oartt should blaekmnll him, No man or woman
No paper aud no individual should lntimidsto
him, especially no paper which Blande1ed wiyoB,
mothers, God Almighty, eto. Ihon he read somo
remarks from tho Times on tho subject OF tho
Debplalnes camp-meoting, whicl. remarks ho
considered atroclous, and which moved tho Board
TO laughter. With oanaor frankness, humilia-
ton, and disgust, ho wanted to sey nothing of
tho kind was ever published In any otho1 flash
paper, aud yet thst paper was circulating in the
homos of husbands and wiyes. Bhamo
on such q papor md tho mon on
1t! Bodom and Gomorrah could not
portray tho character Of Huch q paper, It's
attacks on him fell like dow OIL the morning, aut
lle answered them only for the Bake OF AiS con-
Btituonta. Tho papor would not employ respect
able reporters, but boys groon from their Alma
hIater. Ho wah prepared to dofend htmsolf per-
aonally, and at tho proper time would do so II
he could get rospootablo Journals to publish
correct report Of hiB remarks. lo WAS satisfied.
All tho asHersionB In the Times were unmitigated
lies, sla1,leru, aud nboa; tho author q acoun-
dto1. puppy, and blackguard. (ApplauHo.]