The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-05


very forcibly that if the Committee
were even consulted by the Mayor it
was done slyly and not at an official
meeting, when reporters were present.
We are indebted TO the Bulletin for the
following, copied from the Alta of Au-
gust Goth:
The Executive Committee OF Portland, to
consider the necessities of the citizens, who
suffered by the late fire, have concluded that
the money raised in Portland will be sufficient
Tor All immediate wants, and they have In
structed the Mayor TO return, with thanks, all
money contributed from other cities. The fol-
lowing letter has been received by MessrS.
Richard Patrick Co.:
MAYORS oFFIcE, PORTLAND, o.,
August 10, 1873
hessrs Richard Patrick & Co., san Francisco. Cdl.-
Dear sirs: Your telegraphic instructions TO
draw on you for twelve thousand dollars, con-
trlbuted by citizens OF your city, for the relief
OF sufferers by the FIRE, was acknowledged both
by wire and by mail, and referred to the Exec
utive Committee OF relief
That Committee, after ascertaining that the
amount contributed by our own citizens would
be ample 10 supply all immediate want con-
sequent upon the IRE, instructs me TO decline,
with thanks, all prOffers Of aid from abroad.
l beg TO assure yOu that the munlhcence OF
the citizens OF san Francisco, and the prompt.
ness with which their Offering came TO US, will
long be remembered by the people OF Portland
with gratitude.
Thanking you for your personal effort in OuI
behalf, l am very respectfully yours,
HENRY FAILING, Mayor.
1t will also be remembered that the
dailies of this city recently, and prior to
the roundabout reception Of the above
remarkable piece Of news, published al
official notice from His Honor the
Mayor, stating that the $4,000 hac
been received and appropriated, and the
city was not in need of further aid. A
call for exhibit of disbursements ha.
been made in this journal in the name
of unrelieved sufferers, and at the insti.
CATION of subscribing citizens, but Hi:
Honor the Mayor doubtless considers il
beneath his dignity to comply with the
wishes Of his constituents. Enough fol
him that he has got possession of the
money.
Again, a recent telegram from the
East further astonishes our city as fol
lows:
NEW YORK, September 1.-The Mayor OF Port
| land, Oregon, in refusing aid from anonymous
correspondent sfor sufferers by the recent fire
| writes TO say that the stories OF want and disas
| ter telegraphed were somewhat exaggerated
and that the 100000 contributed by citizens
will be sufficient 20 supply all the actual need
and that he declines 10 draw on the $1,000 col
| lected in San Francisco.
Who authorized His Honor to tax,
upon himself such a responsibility
What has become Of that hundred
thousand ? Who got it? The Nationa
Bank? II not, how are the people t
know it did not? A recent letter to tn,
OregOnidIi, the banks organ, states tina
a committee is to be sent east TO nego
tiate loans for the purpose of rebuilding
the city. This has teen the game Of tn,
Relief Committee, so-called, all the waN
through. They have so managed tina
bankers, bank organs, brokers and rea
estate men, taking advantage Of tn
great disaster, shall reap a handsom
recompense from the misfortunes of tn
multitude whose all was in their homes
their shops, their tools, their stores an
small city lots. Says this Committee t
those who have lot: mortgage it, pa,
interest, and be at our mercy. If yo
are homeless and hungry We'll lodg
you in a basement or vote you sou
tickets; but if any profit is to be real
J lied, il must accrue to the Committe
who have control of the funds. Ou
} bank organ will blush if anybody re
ceives aid that will assist him upon hi
feet. Ifyou have no lots to build upor
we will give you fire-wood next win
tern
The dissatisfaction IN the ournt Gii
trict, and, per consequence, all over til
city, is fearful. Indignation meeting
tar and feathers and rail rides are th
common talk among men who wit
tears in their eyes or anger in the
hearts, stalk homeless and pennies
among the blackened ruins, not know
ing what to do. And all the while II
Honor the Mayor sits with flabb,
soft, white hands, in the counting ROOF
Of the National Bank, amusing himse
by declining the aid that other eitiC
offer, and either secretly boarding whs
has been thrust upon him by our ow
citizens, or privately apportioning it
suit secret clique; adding to the injur
which our people already suffer, the 1,
suit that their tales Of destitution al
''exaggeratedp