, 1875-06-30
THE WAR DEGIMS.
Mayor Co1vin Signs the Ordinance
AboI1sll1ny tho l'oifco
. hoard.
Sheridan and His Colleagues Will Apply
for an Injunction.
Tie Mayor Declares tho Doari lias A.
ready Ceased to Exist.
jaks Rehm Ignorant ot Tho Fact thai Ho Ha.
Sole Control.


Tho Future Marshal,
The abolition Of tho Board Of Police WAS the
absorbing topic Of conversation around the City
Hall yesterday. Thefegalisy or wisdom OF The movo
wore very much questioned. ny many the stop
wAs quietly accepted ~ another Instance OF tho
Afdermen's utter contempt for law and ordor,
whlls others, moro deinonatrative, Aaw sufficient
10 the aet to justify tho uae Of vsler ep1thets
than have ever yet beon employed In speaking
Of ,hoso guardians Of tue city's veal. Those
was much excitement aud unecstsiuty In the
poliee and Fire Departments. No QUO 6ccuaed
to have dohnito lido Of the effect Of the osd-
nauca. Tho Commissioners themselves were Of
opinion that several days. grace were aIlowod to
prepare for dissolution. but the Mayor Aud
Aldermen took tho viow that tho ordinance wout
Into operation Immediately On receiving tho sig
uatuts Of the former.
Mark Sheridan was carly on tho spot. There
was mlBchievous twinlise III hts eye. whcl, fore-
boded anything but good for bis enomies. liz
discussed tho situation With Aeon relish, as
though somo schema were riponing in bis brain
to mako tho ordiuauce rebo und with double
dealing force on its ori8lnators. In tue coutso
Of the morning
JUDGE WILLIAMS
paid him visit, evidently to combine conBols-
tiou with some other business. The Judge had
no hesitation III expressing blu views on tho
whole bus!ness, and ths. tley we're not At all
complimentary 10 the Aldermen may bo i'm.
agined from tho fearleas way In which
10 has deA1t with those coatemptuous
ns'dq.ls f9aa in s1s, tSs PITT H., He 'sso{ea
was, in the hiatory Of Chicago, such q dIsposi-
tlon to override the Law as 1T prcncnt. Wo were
but = fcw steps from auarchy aud. unless eote
| miracle occurred, corruption would forever Oh
tain tue upper hand. Our 1uleru were not now
aetuated By considerations Of right and wrong; ;
thcir main onergies wore devoted to the deatruc-
| ton Of individual enemies aud 10 schemes OF
Belf-aggrandizcment. I}ut ho, Judge Williams,
had not lost all hope Wbonovar tho people OBJ
eolVcs In Office. t4oy would rl.e in thelr ln1.Ena
ton aud ctuhh them; and that recent develop
1ncnts In the Aldertnanc world had no. been
misapprchended by tho people. ho thought thoro
| WAS abundance OF ovideuce. It WAS only 1uea-
tion Of time for tho wronE-doerB 10 find them-
Bolyes utterly bctoft Of friends aud power.
To all thus Mark cheerfulls actlu!eaced, and
supplemented the Judges outspokeo indignation
| With dundty mysterious ntterauces OF bis own.
Upon parting, tho chief Of the Police Board in
tlnAted that he would probably
| APPLY ron An INJUNCTION
before long 70 which Judge Wil!lams respond
this ely; II you can got nlong without ono 1t
would bo leallAb1s."
AID. r1rzoEnALp,
almost tho on1y gentleman among d host Of har-
pies, next came iu to comfort Mark Aftor q
few wordd OF sympathy tho worthy Alderman
pitched into tho Co,nntsBlonor for not enjoining
tho Council from passing tho ordinance. Sheridan
replied that he thought 1t preferable 10 await
doyolopm#nts and that ho NaH not convinced got
that he and colleagues hnd acted unwisely.
Then followed revelation Ut Aldern,auiu
trcachesy unparalleled In the history OF tbe
city. Several Of tho men who voted for the or
passage, and. unsolicited. p, omieed to give their
aid to maintain the Board, The conduct Of
AID. QuiEk came in for sovoso crisic,sm. That
Eo3tlen.n WA 40 siolens in his opposition to
1nent agalnst 1t. Monday night. however, hc
saw fl to yoer round and reco't Lis rote in favor
tl,sFoof Tne question 4ihcusaed by. the Com
missioner and LIS friend wa how this change
was wrought. It's answer was neither compli-
u.entary nor hattoring to tho nan most iln.nedf.
ptely Interested. Othss instances Of dckeness--tu
uAe Mill tarni-were related. Names were
given Of Aldermen who openly avowod tAeit
cation Of patty epits against certain olhclas oi
tue Department.
TIE PROSPECT or 7tonr
wan also hluded to. Anrk announced bis tnteu-
tton OF combAttluE the Council with peaceful
weaponB, rauarkiug that there wero men enough
markod alroady for decar!taton without incroas'
luz the number by hhsty action. While the ex.
preston Of opinion unon tho Aldermen xaa 81
its highest and liEol!cst pitch,
| BEC1ErAltY CLEVELAND
dropped In to reoonno.tre. Tho wArfike donun'
ciations OF hls dearos: friends weso too much fol
his'asintly mien, and he sotlfed trembling to hts
| desk In tue expr0HsMAti8 Oiee.
During = lull in tho discussion. the repo1te,
mannged to interview Sheridan AZ follows:
loportor--IIow do you feel With regard to this
ordinance. Ms. sheri5an7
sharsdan-f regard tho action OF the Council
~ revolutionary, for which there Ia no authorit,
n.-Do you deny their power to sbolIah ths
EoaFd7
s.-Most smph.tically. I do. This Doard rtss.
upon the Constitution and tho Law, aud ~, ,00t
Aldermen cannot touch It. Tue pooplo electe&
mo to the oflco, aud are those fellows going K
presume to DESTROY thoir prerogatlveS Mora
will b heard Of shls yet than half Of them vii
caro- to hear.
H.-What can bs their motives In performing
~ act 90 grossly conttafy to law?
. SIT ia Simply part OF = scheme to
!. PERPE1uArE TMEHsELyEs IN orYIcE
! contrary to tue Constitution, and kgalptt ths
Wishes OF tho peope.
n,-no you understand why they are pArticu
! lAt!y spiteful agalust you ard your colleaRnes7
do, but 1t would be a Ioug atoty to tell
Briefly It Is thls pouong the eisalion Of Apsi
! -, there were Indications OF I conspiracy t.
carry that election at any hazard. The Msyo
. | requested Commissioner Reno 10 aesst tlleul
fo0hfk1h8. ~ aa INCENTIVE that when u WI
:. over thsy (tho Mayor and hla associ4tos) vou
1cmembas thols friends. Mr. Reno informed h.
Honor thAs the Commissioners would not iutcr
fcrs With tho freedom Of lheir subord'nssea
that the rules OF the Department prohibited al
such interference, sud that noitl,er tho auperiu
teudeat, Deputy, Captain, nor Boreeanta ll
! any right 10 dictate 10 tue nasn "a to how tho
should voks Soma time after thts l askn
tho Mayor. who took umbrags at til,
refusal OF assistance, II his real motive iu work
lug fer the act Of l67a was not to sporpotuat
, htmself III olce, but he would nos condascen
TO reply. On other occasions switsed him wit
ills action In this regard. telling him he ought
be mAnIy enough, II he desired 10 rot,in hls oi
tice, to appeat 10 the people. I noticed tho II
r EeEularltIes committed III Rsyeral warla on til
I iky Of election, and Eayo Instructions to ,Ao ol
:. ficcts to koep thosr eyea open aud report sH,
4 thing that MAS contrary 10 Law. Aftof tho resu
= wss announced tue Clt!zsus' Association Asks
rae to send thoss officers to give evIdeucs, 4
: thst tho Judges Of election might BE- prosecuted
+. dbl 10, aud tho russt 10 that several Of til
+ Judges haye besn Indicted. and others asa likel
:. 10 10. since that lime thesa hsA been coolnet
= patwcen the MAJOR and Aldermen and tbs toAr
J OF Police, which hAs culuIpAsed In this Attesnl
9 to oust vi from oilco.