The sun., 1873-06-24
THE AGED MAYOR AT HOME.
THE BOTS hG.fIN SCHEMTNG TO
CIPTURE CRY P11RONiGE.
"Tbc Foolish Fellows" still CbattcIiuG in
the Venerable Rcformcrs Ears Tho
Choice Literature which the supervisors
Alterations with Nlatsell.

thOtcc Literature WhtcH fne SupttN'-o's
Anect-thop- with Nlatsell.
The Mayors Office again looked like it
self yesterday. The Mayor arrived unusually
early and at once began to clear his desk of the
papers and communications which had accu-
mulated during his absence. Soon afterward
the venerable James kcv who studiously kept
himself away while the Mavor was out OF town.
entered the antc-room and going into the inner
office took his accustomed place at his lionors
right hand. Promptly at half-past two
o'clock the chief of the guardians of
the peace arrived. and after congratulatine
the Mayor on his safe return, informed him that
lunch time had arrived, and that the pork chops
were waiting. After lunch the Mayor received
several visitors among them Comptroller Green,
Commissioner IaImbcer, Aldermen Falconer
and Morris. aud the committee Of the Common
Council appointed To- confer with him on the
celebration Of the Fourth of July. The Mayor
promised the committee that hc would lay their
request for AN appropriation before the Board Of
Apportionment at their next meeting.
Tho Supervisors met at / o'clock. A requisi-
ton from Recorder lIackctt for copy Of the
Ci.y Directory was referred to the Committee
on Printing.
fiTrRATtKr FOR TIiE ALDERMEN.
Supervisor Cooper thought that IL the Reoor-
der got Directory each of the Supcryis ora
ought to have one. lie therefore moved that
the Committee on Printing rccomu end the pur-
chase of seventeen copies uf the City Direc-
tory for the Use of the Supervisors.
Supervisor Morris bought his own Directory,
and thought that Supervisor Cooper could afford
To- buy his.
Supervisor Ottendorfcr thought that one COPY
was sufficient for the Board. 1t would be kept
In the clerks office. where II would he acccssi-
ble to all the Supervisors.
The motion wa lost. supervisor cooper nun
self voting against II.
4 resolution was offered authorizing the COL
lcctor of Assessments to orCupy the rooms In
the Court House now used for the special Ses-
sious of the supreme Court.
supervisor IalcuuGr hoped thG motion would
prevail ~ Comptroller Green had told him that
The city was losing great deal Of money on ac-
count of the neglect ~ the Supervisors 10 set
apart a room Tor the Collector of Assessmcnts
When It became known that the resolution
had cen offered at the Couptrolrr's request.
several Of the Supervisors opposed II, ana after
spirited debate II was referred to committee.
Supervisor uttcndorfer moved that the Mayor
board Published In the CuuRt Ofd.
AT this Supervisor M,Ct'erty sprang To his
feet. lie character1ed the motion as an at
and in that way t. avoid any question of the
/, -ality Of its estahlishmcnt. He thought there
was au African iu the fence somewhere and
called upon Als colleagues to defeat the motion.
CALLING THE VOTE
4 call Of the roll -howed that tho motion was
carried; But oei9re the vote was announced
visor Monheimer asked that the absentees he
called.
Trc-idont Vance ruled that "a Supervisor
. Lysaglt was not IN his seat when the vote was
taken his name could not bc called.
Supervisor Muuhcimcrinsis ed that as the vote
had not been announced his name should he
Prc-ident Vance changed bis ruling and super
visor ;Nsacht ted in The NEGATIVE.
Super, lsor Billings changed his vote t. the
NEGATIVE, and the motion Wa lost 10y : to :.
\ resolution wits passed - PRINT nvc hundred
fNlt. b ti the rules or tNt board Tor tie use ti
tie t,ycutecn Supervisors, and the board nd-
now TO DEFEAT rnE MAYOR.
After the adj jHutnmcnt ,sNcra! OF the Alder
men went down s.airs To the clerk office, and
were thcrr for some time di- cussing their action
"u the nominee. Tor Police Justice-hps Most
of them thuught hat they should not act hastily
aud favored the do-nothiuI InhtV.
rcIc'ti.n II all The n m.uccs. lie Said th,t Il
tuDt Wtrr Il me- thc Mayor would have Go send
iu ten u,N uatu,-. i- hc could not rcuuiHlnajc "A
man who bad been rejected. lie would then
icleti tue ten new nominees ana thus compel
also or,ic't Then ~ the Aldermen nad the right
90 r,tHf.- sd. 900 tr hy which any uf the nuWi-
uces were rejected they could select ten from
the thirty ana ountrm them.
Another AldorIhau. who l. a friend of the
Mayor, thought that by pursuing such a course
the Aldcriurn would lay Themselves open u
charge, u bargaining with the nominees. The
Mayor said lac had complied with their request
stulub themselves II they did not act upon
them. There Wcr" some good men among the
uuulucvs, hc added, ana they odEht To br con-
trncd.
THT BiG WORD "GF."
But there may bc difference Of opinion a.
To who are the good men, said the member If
tie combination.
THAT may he so.' said the Mayors friend
But II there IS one man among them whom we
all think "A good man ~ ought to confirm him.
. | mean to make a nEht on Ihursday to confirm
some OF them. Aud think can succeed II
can rvt the nominate ions from thc table.
" OF course Vuu can II YOU can get them from
the table, said the other. But the word IT,
often means "a good deal
Late IN the afternoon one VI the city fathers
in conversation with Il gentleman In one Of
the corridors OF the city Hall said that II WAS
pnssiulc that four OF the nominees, namely
hc>Sr-. EitCh, h hllbrcth, SHCrw wood, and Wandt
migut ~ cou4rncd. H. thought that the
chances Of the others were not worth much.
lurUDlArED ny THE GERMANS
"If the Aldermen desire the good will of the
Gcfmaus." sIii hystauder. "they viii reject
Marcus Ottcthuur-. He Is not representa- .Nc
German, rur Is ne proper man To hold uihcc
under q reform administration.
why do the Germans dislike him ?" asked
. the AluvrtuAu.
Alderman Koch saws" roplicd the bystander
THAT he r. NOT German, hut an Alsatiln. Hc
SAYS that II he was % German there would he no
IA ia the last syllable Of his name. Besides,
MI bi'rhnurr sNnpai hi2rd with the French in
the late EuruIri IN war ana that. YOU know, l.
enough to set the q urtnau- against him. liut iu
addition ~ the" rc.l. his. The! Il" not think him
q" don't 'hlnk they need fear" said the city
father. " Tor don't know of single Alderman
who desire hit confirm ltiuu. bc icyc he viii
/ he rejected, and If ann Uot mist ken Others
OF the nominees Will be similarly dealt with"
Judge Huui'- Outrage IN the Case OF susan
u. Anthony.
7o"s E'uorgC ne >o.
SIR; | do not know that journalist
should he entitled to aiy especial thanks tor