, 1874-01-06

special fund to bo known u the polytechnic school
find which fund shall be used and appropriated W
ths Common Council for the purchase of ground, and
The erection thereon Of polytechnic school, wheneTe,
in their Judgment, thy may deem best to commence
| said building.
| AID. Nahr moved that the amendment and
original report be referred back to the Com
Aid. Woodman moved to lay the amendment
On the table.
The Chair ruled that this would carry the whols
object with it.
lid. schaffner urged the passage Of the
amendment.
The Mayor said that MANY people thought
that this Exposition Company should pay the
city rental Tor the use OF the ground
Aid. 8-.hafTner eal he was in favor OF exacting
rental but ho wanted action in the matter
taken at once.
Ald. Campbell had serious doubts whether .
rental could be legally exacted, and whether
such course would not imperh the city tsle
10 the ground.
Aid Dixon said that it the amendment were
adopted he was confident that ptopeEtv-o"nofs
would restrain the city from extending the time.
There would be serious objections to the opening
OF tie building Sunday. He understood that in
other cities no rent was e1actad for the occu-
pancy Of grounds by exposition buildings. AID.
McGrath's object mas to kill the original ordin-
anco.
Aid. Hildteth moved that tho subject be ra-
fe,red to the COMMITTEES on Judiciary.
AID. McGrath sad portions of tue laka-fr0nt
| had a1rcady boon leased. and he did not believe
tho city would jeopardizo its hold upon the
ground by the adoptloa OF the amendment.
Thtre Was no question aa 10 the proprietg Of
opening tho Exposition building Sunday; it
woaid keep people away from saloons, Ant give
to laboring-men their only opportunity OF at
tending the Exposition.
Md. Mahr said there were MANY neu Aldermen
in The Council, and he hoped the matter would
be referred back.
The vote upon Aid. Hildreths motion to refer
baca to tho COMMITTEES on Jndiesary Was as fol-
! lows:
Y'>as-Rtchardson, Foley, coey, Fitzgerald, sdzsll,
l4,ldfeth, oB:ien, DAiley fr. Hh Woodm,n, White,
Miner, Heath, Moore, clnpbe Cleveland, Lensachsr,
.Says-Warren. Dixon, Pickering, Stone, sShnnitz,
Clark Kehoe Qairk E. khardt, Mcarath, Mahr, Stout
scusdner, Cannon, Murphy, brand, Coreorsn touse-
THE o1rY PRINTING.
The Special order, tho report OF the Commit
t6o on Printing, recomm ending the designation
OF the Inter- Ocean as the corporation no@spa-
pei WIS tlksn up.
AID. Campbell moved that the report be con-
ci1rfeiin.
AID. tIcGra:h moved to postpone, for the roa-
son that bo.l4 the Post and ths Herald were
anxious to put ID lower bids. II the object was
10 secure the largest circulation for the printing,
then it should be given to the paper having the
largest circulation. allowing fair price for IT, The
| ject OF TIC law was to have the proceedings
and other advertisements, published rs widely as
possible. He was opposed to giving the printing
for the purpose of keeping tho publisher out OF
be- the orsln Of tue Peoples Party. He was in
favor OF Independent journalism. The Peoples
party owed nothing to any paper. Ho uuder~
| stood that tho Posts circulatl0n was equal to
tnat Of the Inter- 0cea7, ,ant tha: It's bid would be
lower.
Adj Cullorton favored oatponcment, for the
reason tha. consolidation hal just been made
between tho Post aud lNdii, and he believed it
| Vas Justice to the Post--nail TO give them
| reason he would move to 1ecommit ths subject
| to t'e Committee on Printing.
ALL Fitzgerald said that McGra:h had changed
his front he ncw in favor Of giving it to Al
evening paEer. The Committee had done tho
| best it could, and he hopel it would not be re-
| committed.
Aid. Campbell urged action on the report, un-
less there was prospect that The farDuSE and
! Times would consolidate: He lad heard all
kinds OF ru1nors OF consolidation, aui II there
Of these two great papers he Was in favor Of de-
| lar /; otherwise, let the Council 60 ahead and
settle 'Le question. It IVES matter OF grave
| importance that the Peoples organ should bo
petuity Of the party and thu prosperity Ct the
city There could &c noreasoa for delay, IN
less thoro was pool to be made up-and he
didn't believe there was an Ad9rmau rho would
haye anything to do vi in It, 1t had no" trans
pi.cd tia. tic In'er- Ocean WAS to be the Peo-
pEea orssn let the Council SO on and seal the
bargain.
yeas to s. n.ys-Ald. McClowry, elton,
Woo1rnan, ncGrath, aud Brand voting IN the
Affirmative.
AID McG-ath said he proposed to take the
other horn OF the dilemma. BE moved to amend
| the reported resolution by inserting the words
"CLicago Times" wherever the words " Inter
| ~ --~l "a {yAdAr arfo q in
in place OF "45" and "3719 CENTS"
1ld. Richardson raised tito point Of order that
COMMITTEES report could not be amended.
Ths Guar decided the amenimens in order.
AID: Richardson appealed from tho ruling OF
AID. Dixon said that Aid. McGrath proposed
By little buncomEe to pull the wool over Will
bur F. storey's eyes, though he must know that
the editor Of th, Times was too old bird to be
caught with chaf1. The Alderman was mistaken.
The Times couli be bought, no do1bt, but Nc
t Grash's pr4cc was too cheap. He must go high
| er. The city printing was not enough to induce
| the Times to whitewash the evil deeda Of tho
Aldermen belonging to the Peoples Paity.
| Aid Stone moved tno previous question, aud
| it was orlered Aldermen Cullcrton, Woodman,
| aud McQrath voting Ia the negative
| The vote upon Aid. McGrath's amendment
was geas. s.; noes, 27-the affirmative votes
beng tnoso Of Aids. Acclowry, culierton, and
| Woodman.
Aid bfcGrath moved to- reconsider the vote,
| but it was ruled ont Of order.
Tho report Of the Committee, designating tho
Inter- Ocean as the corporation newspaper, was
| concurred in by vote OF 10 to 0.
Aid. McGFa:h stated that he voted yea for the
purpose OF moving reconsideration at the next
! meeting. He did NO. propose to gi7e up tho
| mater IN this way.
| Aid Campbcl1 moved = reconsideration OF the
vote just taken.
| AID. McGrath moved that the Council ad-
| journ.
AID. Campbell claimed that he had the floor,
| and that the motion to adjourn was out Of or
der. but the Chair decided against him
| Tie motion to adjourn was lost by a'vote OF
| 10 to 80. "
Mr.. Campbell renewed bis motion to recon-
| slider.
AID Stone moved to lay the motion on the to-
bic. The motion prevailed bv vote OF 80 to j..
| AID. MoGrath called attention to the fact that
I tho resolutions had not been referred to the
Clerk for cngrossmont, and it would BE- necos-
sary to bring up au entirely new set of rosolu-
| tiuns.
| ALL Campbell said that the price had not been
settled; they had merely DESIGNATED tue paper.
The Chair deciGed tina. both the prios Aud the
! paper had been settled upon