The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-07-08

the numerous "cards" issued by His
Honor the Mayor, justifying his cast.
ing vote Of $500, he pleaded jus,ifica
ton by the allegation that, as he had
in given time, paid more money into
the city treasury than one Of his pre-
decessors, hence $1,000 was not too
much for him { Elder) to receive. We
waived the business of the argument,
and tried to contine him to his casting
vote; but twas no go-he was salts
fed with the $500; but not with the
position in which he placed himself,
and has been trying to wriggle out OF
20 Intellectually. Let him wriggle
What we desire to do, in this article,
is to contrast the present Mayors pre-
tentious assumptions in the discharge
Of his duty, with the actual state OF
facts transporting in his august pres
ence! Here's sample, as related to
US by credible witness:
On the 23d ult., as we briefly limited
last week, ''mill'' came off in the
Mayors Office, in which that useless
appendage to our city government, the
Chief of Police, was engaged. The
difficulty was brought about thusly:
n young man, who had been in the
employ Of the proprietor Of the phil
lips House." got into trouble with
two or three parties on the street, on
the night of the 23d, and says he was
hardly used, &c. On the following
morning, the proprietor II the
Phillips House" discharged him, for
general bad conduct; but he conclu-
ded, as he had tried to induce the
Chief, the night before, to interfere
in his behalf. and who refused, that
that officer had influenced his en-
ployer to discharge him. Feeling
thus, he wendell his way to the Office
of the Mayor, and there found the
Chief present, together with the
Mayor. In making his complaint to
His Honor, he charged the Chief with
having procured his discharge from
the phillips House" and that officer
called the complainant "a liar I"
and the complainant responded that
the Chief was another" Then this
mite officer arose, and, with loud
voice muttered a cuss word, and did
then and there, in the august presence
of His Honor. swear that he would
put complainant in the calaboose for
insulting him! Complainant said he
couldn't do it, when the Chief seized
him; but he soon found he had
caught tartar. After pulling and
hauling each other all around and
about the of6ce-His Honor convey
ing his adiposc corporosity. with all
the agility OF an elephant, out of the
way of the belligerents-the Chief
getting out of breath, and finding he
was getting the worst OF it, drew his
mace to strike his opponent; but the
Mayor, bethinking he was piece of.
an-oficer, or an oficer-of- the peace
ordered his Chief not to strike the
complainant with his mace-so that
gentle persuader" didn't come into
action when, after few more rounds
of scuffling and cutting, the Chief
didn't take the tartar" to the cali.
boose, but let 60 his hold and took
seat. perfectly and thoroughly ex.
hausted.
So ended the fight in His Honor
presence, who couldn't, as matter Of
course, do anything to punish the
Chief for provoke" or for an "af:
fray" or for contempt of Court
unless some citizen would advance t.
the front, and make his 'af6davy'
that one or all Of these three acts hat
been committed! Verify, justice
and judgment reigneth aud ruleth il
the Warner Building, and in the room
Immediately in the rear Of the Council
Chamber, yclepcd "The Mayors Of
feel"
OF course the Chief during tn
active skirmish above alluded to
had no time 10 note his own violatiol
of the 9th charge of See. 33, of tn
rule, in his little memorandum boo
the regulations" require him to keel
and We do him the favor to supply tn
deficiency in order that he may refe
to it, as reason for the Board to &C
promptly in his case, should tina
body deem it sufficient cause for hi
to be Immediately dismissed frol