, 1874-07-30
LOCAL. MISCELLANY.

LOCAL. MISCELLANY. s. !
,"rHR qouRr.Hous1 ARoH1rnors!! /
Tho ono solo topic Of oonveraatlop 1t the OttT
Hall ycssorday Was tie oiltortalhin yostordavs
| morninB's TninuNk, whioh tittsrly otdmplntl, ur|
and fung IN tho waste. paper bAskot ao much o,
tho record Of lnat Mondays Council SmasolinR al
related to the eleosson Of thu Irish md q crmsnt
'aroltoots: How hard tho islodge.has1tner b)oH
g!ven by tho astic1o had told upon tho hopes! d
tho ftlonds 81 h(easre. Egan: mid ;Karfa was toh
clearly depicted In their connsonancca to require
tic obtaining Ok their opinions on tho article.
Several Of thorn = BAR 81. 81. So; .. II
G. '"H ArrRo3sn 70 poou-roon mt ,pt2
but when the. nowa came, tiat tho County Doinl
had ,lald over tho Court-Eouse matter for
month, thoy wore faiu to. acknowledge that tho
-purport'of tho editorial was much more serioub
than they, woro willing to confoss,, : A TnfpuNa
,reporter made lho editorial Tho subjocs matter
o. q questioning to aeyotal Of tho city ofloiali.
:; The hrdt oftlelal approached was w. ~
President Of Tho Board Of Public Works. This
gsiitioman, who ls always both prompt, frank,
and olear.headed ip any Bta.emonta ho makes, at
once said tlpt he had foad tho article with much
faola ii tho caAe.' Ho did not Nan to otlt1cIsp
lilo action of tho Council, buE at tho sAn1o tin1o
It waa undoubtod that the Doard had the power
70 appoint tho afoll9tote II necessary: The
noxt official intbsviowea sFan. =, -, J.. .,,
J.. r-, ... C1TY-ATroRNEY JAMESON, .''-'
who, however, dooltuad tot give N opinion Ia the
matfsS. Corporation Counsel Norton was ',not
In, BIT bis *blo assistant, " y, ~, ~
was, and he ii once statod fhat be- had rssa5 ths
editorial, md ho conaidorod tho point Il urged aa
we'll takon.s Ho had always thought tt 'AtrnHge
that tho City Council undertook to appoint tio
archltecta whan It was made'go elear W !awthAt
MUM and the 1aporter we're converting, 'in ~,
=; AID. hIcIAapBoN ~
entered tbs room with a alp of paper, III hta
hand, which contained tho cias Of M argument
II % ~ pNN Hsgass sat ths Sand I'd
laaEih fn THE TRIBUNE editorial WAS passed In
'1BG3; and had buon In fAot, rspo4loti BIZ another
paaHea 10 1867. :By rsfercnco to ruley's !" Laws
and Ordinances q. the City pf ohidago,"' Chap.
road: "trAo Common Council Of the City of
Chicago, ahal! have power. BY ordinance i.
-, to:phrchaso grounds aud eruot thereon u
City Hail. eto.,: "Ihoro," Ala: 1sIchardaoq,
rnendons emphsas on the iii word: I'd ii thoi tic
Aaoimans - opinion, and In tho opinion
OIL NJ, RichHfdsoh, advocate, This Inst, wnrl
vas inserted. clearly with the Intention.
ot; removing, all power from the ;Boatd
Including, Of course the seleptionof aschiteots.
A1r. Mum tho while smiled knowingly, and
shook his head ID ayory doubtful manner. Bo.
Thought that nuch was not the naoaning 6f Nis.
itin that way. Then Mir. MUM call6a tho Alaof-.
man's attention to the two little words by ordl-,
nance" which he rcpoatod slowly and dglibof-
ately until Of eudden tho Mderman'a face lls
up with tho discovery. "That ta so "the Att4ret
enllos = xote It. Of Monday night has gone up
:. Certainly" replied Mr.: Mum. d - ~
i" And now the vote will :havo TO bo tAkon bytt
sas ~ III. Mnnn .do4
tt apd ! think under thosa circumstances tho
yste viii hardly bo tho Banjo as that Of Monday
Tho alderman arose and left tho room, a sad
dor and Wisar man, and With tho highest poa-,
sible opinion Of that editorial; and Of the Ab-t
sistant Corporation Uduusal'a aatutsncss :: i
MWhen. ha Ind gone MI. Mum told tho re-i
porter that he wanted him to understand that
betne vested in tho Board Of Public Works liey
might poHssbly ater at future date, but Tint It.
first blush the opinion he had axenay stated Ao,.
beloved to be the correct onp. :,
Out on Adams street tho reporter found
- % u: I'M. MEron. =: e: ::
Of cofnoratton Attorney, who was aurroundede
tot an opinion On the topic of the day: Like.
everybody cl6e In the vicinity, ho had read tho.
editorial In 'TnE TnlnunH with which lie aeraad
in every particular" He hold that r,otwithstand-
Ing all that might DO urged to the, contrary, tho
board Of Public Works still lad tho solo charge
and superintendonce OF tho construction Of city
atruclures. Tho CLAUSE defining tho power ot
the Board had not bean Repealed by tic iolauso
already quotsd from the law Of 1867. Ire did not
think that the aotionof tho Council on Monthly.
night amounted to row 'of pins. Even it.it did,
tho voting BY ballot was Informal. Tho appoint-
ments, II tho Council could make them, ought
to be made by 1ordinance.i ',s;'i ~ -:
The discontinue Of tho Aldermen wan COM,
plote, and without exception thoy decided that it
was a'naistako not to elect Doyipgton, thtig !,
which will certainly be done II the Council ,por-
sista in making tho appointments.
TIe general tone otcop pyeraasion on TEE TH1H-
uNE editorial, 1atc. in tho afternoon, showed
Tint oven. those who had evidently gone 1t blind
on Egan md Karls we're glad that ali 9opportu-
nifty was AFFORDED them Of romedying thcir error.
Everybody waa agreod that IN ulectlon with tho
Aye" +" Or "No recorded ia blsok aud whito
against each Alderman would produce result
widely dif1erent from that Of last Monday eveh-
Ing In the meantime It will bo wieo for tho
Mayor to obtain tho opinion Of tho LAW depart.
ment on the matter in timo to save tho City
Council from trespassing upon tho bailfwiok Of
Mossra. prindirille, ;Thompson, and Wahl. ln !
fact, It ia understood that City Attorney Ja1nio-
son is preparlng an opinion which lie will prob
ably submit to-day.