, 1874-04-23

and wounded. In common with many othore
who hnvo boon oyorbnrlonod With unnocosaary
taxation, looked Ia vain for aomo reform
movement whicl, would result In clearing Out
THE VAMPIRES AND CONTRACTORS
tint woro sucking nway the substance OF tho
people. Hitherto no havo rood upon elorta
,nado through tho cal1o,,s and convention systom'
1t bocamo apparent TINT TINT Bystem WAS a 1all-
,ro, and, with many oshcrs, united IN m oHort
to oloar out tue Augcnu stables aud oloko or
tho vamriros. Tho old sot WHO manipulated
cauouboB and conventions promised no roforIn,
and tho tax-payors and decent people began to
inouro II ttlero wau no roi'of lilo bonds OF
lIylo Park woro polling Mt 50 cents on tho
dol!nr Which, a1ono, was sufficient to put tax
payers on tho inquiry. Thoy know their
GENERAL VILLAGE TAxEa
woro very high, as,d thoy failod to discover The
ros,llta. They knew thoro was largo aud tlso-
less public forco. They know that contracts had
boon entered into Involving Thousands Of dollars
which wcro inconsistent With tho market ro-
norts for iron. III short, they believed many IT.
regularitica Ind crept into tho Village ,Qovert-
mout tllat needed reformation, and while grnvo
cilarges woro malo concerning groas mislnanago-
mont, mud evon worao, tho authorities lovcr
The people foit that t1oy wero boing trii!cd with,
aud inaugsiratod movement Of thoir own to re-
organize tho Village Government.
A FORMIDABLE OPPOSITION
assumed form, composed Of good citizens to Soy
the loast. 30 formidable TINT sonlo mombors OF
tho Old Board, who had printed tiokota as can.
didateH in tho convention, wero dropped, and
nftor tho convention was hold, and tho "facta
md flguroB" Ind boon latd baforo tho people,
Tue managers were driven ,, H, ,ftmor f to ro
wel-known cltizona md ta1-payors. 30 that az
the matter now Btands, thore is
NOT ONE OF THE Old DYNASTY
ro.e1octod except Joseph I: Donflola. As to that
E!vo mo m insight into tho manner in which vii
lingo business WAS boing conducted, and long be-
foro tho rrosont campaign commenced TINT gen.
nensan pledged himself to join In tho work Of
reform. And may say further that Nir. Donilo11
was tho only member Of the old Board who voted
ngainst tho water contracts--ono Of the mont
serious of complainta-that water contract. AIr.
Donfelds record has heon illloracl IN that ro-
gard, and will add further that Mr, Dont1eld
las said from the Btart that ho would not DO a
could in mannor be construed as continuation
of tho old dynasty. Az to Doyle, ho waa retained
OIL the ticket for aolno reason, probably
boc"uao it WAS thought lo would he
harmless in the Bonrd ana had great local
strength: It WAS n more stroke Of policy, but
tho pooplo havo stamped him with tho seal Of
condemnation and he has been numbered among
thoso whose obituaries arc Sritton: Eyon III his
own district, his own stronghold where tho ring
hayc always looked for great help, there wero 10
few followers that ho went to bin political graya
almost unattended. During tho campaign
MIR. HEALY
was requested to place his time.book on oxhibf-
ton. ao rofusod.- Whether he should or should
not have produced them leave to tho opinion
Of Mr.. II. .. Boguo, ono who advocated the
ticket elected and lu supposed to be authority on
TINT side. III Ills communication to tho Chicago
papors Of April al, ho uses the following lam,
guago:
Tho question Of tho right OF auy. person to COM
paro te paid pay-rolla fopd in tic Treasrror hands
with tho time-books Of the foreman should not for
monlent 10 denied.
500 no renson why Mr.. Doeue is not corroct.
am surpriHod, however, that tho late Board
should have contracted tito habit Of approving
pay-rolls without having their corresponding
time-books before thom for examination, either
by committee or IN opon board; for otherwise
they could not ascertain their correctness, e1-
eept from tho statement Of tho Superintendent.
IA to the pny-rolls being approved by only ono
mombor Of q committee, and In aome instances
the amount being left blank, think it does not
become mombers Of tho Committee thus nogli-
gont to become very indignant when the fact ia
stated.
IN REGARD TO TIE pAY-RoLLs
boing proper vouchers for tho paynaolt Of money,
have this to say, that business mon do not
usually take receipts from persona unable to
write, unless their signatures are Witnessed by
for railroad companieu to accept whoio
columns Of aignatureB Of different pessous,
suoh rolls legal evidence as vouchers, 1t is neoos~
aary to chow that tic peraons whose names aro
signed, either authorized tho party signing them
by parol Or in writing: II in writing, 1t should
be in tho hands Of tho olicor paying tie money.
It not in writing it is no vouclior, unless ostab-
]iahod BY the parol evidence Of tue mon thonl-
Solves These propositions nm aure will moot
tho approval Of any intelligent lawyer.
TUE FINANCIAL REPORT.
Mhs ye:ss a m tef % pan'el s ssPS5s 5 to @ be
and no report appeared. THO people were in
Treasurer filed Il With tho Clerk in time: Ihave
no reason to diabelieyc 1t, and his duty WAS
sA not ostoppea from eEitioisue iit' 'I'f tho fact s
TINT it aid not mako its appearances
ju print until the owe attor eleotion.
Tho Treasurer could not go to the Clork'a Office
to examine it, .nnd therefore tho Inv required it
published for information. Some inklings Of its
contents had boon obtained, and 1t was stated
that tho general fund had beon largely over-
drawn for the bonent Of special funds. The
exaot amount could NOT 10 nacorsainod from
manuscript in the printors hands. This oyer
loast, oxcept that perhaps ho would have tho
tccll1ica light to refuse to transfer money from
tho galeral to special fund. The general fund
cannot, in Inv, ho applied to mako up tho doll
propr,atsd, and sot 'npars, by the Board when
ihoy made tho annual levy, md pursuant to law,
to tho purposes expressly declared, and the
Board and officers holding 1t aro trustooh Tor tllo
whole people to sec that TINT fluid il applied to
those purposes and no other.
THE NEpoRr or THE PRESIDENT
Of the Doayd dated April u, 1878, oontaina tho
following statement:
Tho osor:arafta on different re fanas, Which
d,fca nre now diminished to Less than