, 1875-05-08
AFTER THE BATTLE.
pcnco and Goodwill Prevailing
at tho Clty-llall,
Intentions Of the Citizens Association.

by lilo gathering cloud Of puniallment for tbs
contempt. Soino fow cssayod to mako others
balIoso that they wero Of tho opinion Tint
Judge Williams would 10 only too ready
to takc advantage Of Lis present vaca-
tion by dropping tto contempt part Of
tho proceeding like i hot potato. Tho majority,
hornyor, think that Judge Willlauis meant even
more sevoro 5,uniahmont than was portenlsd BY
tho kovoro language Of thu decision. Tho Load
crs, sncl, as Mayor Colvln, Aid. 1lildrath, and
tho legal counsel,
ANTICIPATE NOTHING,
especially while reporters aro around. Some OF
ahcu inrliuo to the opinion that no moro will 1c
heard about II FROM tle Court, but, should there
be, lhcy laso their legal arguments prepared,
md feol confident Of ultimate, II not Of inlmcd-
ato. succcsa. Judge Dckoy was lu consultation
yesterday With nearly all Of his loga! assist
ants, bnt tho course Which they had
previously p1aunod wns not changed In my par
tioulnE. Tho Judge claims TINT lie nevor boforc
waa 60 oloar OH 40 opinion aa whoa tho Council
werc recommended to dcclara the roto. 11o saw
cioar patti cut Of nj difficulties. aud he lolds
thus far his predictions haYo been ou1nently
successful. What was wanted BY that opinion
was IN lnmodiato organization uNdor the act Of
1879. and the question Of con.onpt Of Court
was escrl1eed for that purpose. 1he do;lson
OIL uitlhG n HA4 1AR& HHak Ap A@l4 AAH
assoclaisa wanted. barring all that boarinx on
tho GubIoct Of contempt. Tbs Judge
IL Of tl,o opiDion that. % Roon ns
Judge Williams has had sufficient trno to
thoroughly examine Tho lar, lo will not bo 20
eager 10 intlict punishment for contempt. Tho
article quoted from tho si1ty-nras Illinois by
the city counuol I'll their defenso is considered
tile lest proof Of the coTectnosa Of their posi-
ton. The Judge maintains that
TIE ONLY DIFFERENCE
bttW0nn that cnH1 mid tha rFG6cut ono IL, That
tlle body tl,en en5oinul aud guilty Of coutcu,pt
Was ono Of far teaa Importance than our City
Council. II, in such . case. tho decision Of tho
supreme Court ruled that there wna no con-
tempt then must the supreme Court tals that
thoro was no contempt iu tie proAent cast To
tho Supreme Coust tslo matter will moat certainly
90 If Judge Williams imposoa any penalty Tor
s1n. 1uLEy
cotncidos with Jrdge Dlckoy. 30 far Al tho anos-
tion of coutompt " concerned, and 10 do all the
other ruombers OF tbs legal si1. An to the Ac-
claims that, ii thoy lad fought tl,o acs with as
much vellelnoucs previous to aud OIL Tho day Of
tie election ~ they arc now fighting it, thsre
| would have boar but tttlo doubt ~ To it's over
wlsel,nlng dofeat. From conversation With
| that "pororty and politics mako strange bed.
fellows" Soon after 0ir. Tuley had completed
tho tlfAt anendn,onts to tho net OF 1879 for tho
Citfznns' Association, ho loft them because ttloy
| altogether, directly after introducing tho amond-
n3opts into tho Legislature for ratification. Tho
city authorities, at tho load Of whom Tnro Judge
| Dlckoy. Jauesun, and Comptroiluf Hayes, Wcrc
tho act Of 1875, which was then taken up BY tho
| Oitizons' Association. Tuey wast for tho time
being, fearfully trooped, and, worst Of ALL by m
act drawn IN By City Attorney Jameson In q
take up tho rejected sct, and. after its eloction,
through thoir influence, no alternative wis left
tho Law Department but to fight tho battles Of
tho city u,,dor tho act which thoy 80 much op-
posed. Consequently, Ms Tuley now inds him.
Holf hants-n-hnnd with tl,oyo who, few moutha
ago, wore ha,,d-io-l.anl III opposition to Inn aud
| tho net.
On tho other sidn equally Atrnngo coincfdence1
havo occurred. Mr.. lcnng and tho CittzcnB
Association hAve found themselves ti,nLl1d
head ovcr heels into tho Bamo bod with thas old
antagonist Of both, Mark Sheridan. Judging
from what can be gleancd from the vurious NOM
born Of the legal counsel, tho Citizens Asspcia-
frnu3s In Tho d!cctton; that Is, unlesa tie city
authorities enter objections and contest tho evi,
dsnces Of fraud brought out by the Citizens
| Association. 1t IL impropablo tdat any attempi
Of ttia kind will DO made openly, although thorc
individual c1sos. X sufficient evidences o1
fraud can bo produced to set aside tho 400 MA
iorlty, Mr.. Tnloy arcss that mono will bo more
glad to REQ tho election act aside than ho.
IAnK SHERIDAN
thinks that Judge Williams onnobicd himself
aud Lis Eonrt By lifting himself AWAY from al
personal disagroe1nonts In hia decision. III
considers s threats to pnnsh tof contempt IL:
thp Citlzcns' Association for taking tho cours<
Which tlloy did, and thinks that contested oioo,
| ton ID tho only way to override tho act. Com
| missioner Iiono thinks very Ilttlo II anything
| nbo,,t It. aru Commissioner Klpkko has dayo
oncd wonderful faculty OF distributing l.ls ON.
business cards. in auttcipatiou OF the impsnt!lne