, 1875-03-18

truth as tue other
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THE MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION Bull.
AID. CAMPBELL WIS SO much encouraged Mt
his SUCCESS in inducing the Common Council
to declare against the proposed city charter
TINT be thought he could excite n popular
demonstration against it. Flo Inns found this
to bo very different matter. After two at
tempty, the 1argestj" mass-meetiug he could
get together consisted Of thirty persons, who
went to liston to get OF resolutions which
ho carried in his pocket. Popnlar sentiment
! does not usually run in the Ba1no channel ca
that Of tho Common Council, and the present
case is no exception to the rule. The Coun-
/ Gil Joined in with CAxrpEr1 for the SAME
petty and selfish motives which actuated him;
it was unreasonable to expect the people to
J do 20.
After making due allowance for Aid. CAN'T
BELLS ignorance (and we suspect TINT he has
never reed the bill now before tho Legisla-
ts1re), his misrepresentation of tho new mu-
| nicipal project arc largely due to personal
considerations with which the public hnyo no
sympathy whatever. Tho adoption Of the
now charter will compel Mr.. CAMPBELL to 20
before the people again for election, and he.
is, perhaps, afraid Of the result 1t will also
provide g secoud House and enlargo the d.
mensions of the Board Of Aldermen, 80 that
the log-rolling and rings will 10 much moro
difficult to form, and this might Interfere
materially with somo Of Mr.. CAMpDE1Ls
'little arrangements" and other Aldermen'a
"littlo arrangements" These may be
very good reasons why Aid. CAMPBELL
md his colleagues should oppose the
passayo of the bill for new charter, but they
are just tho reasons why tho people should
favor it. There is another reason why 1tr.
CAMPBELL and other Aldermen nre seeking
to defeat the bill before the Legislature it
merely provides for submitting tho charter to
the people, and, aa tho ward politicians helievo
1t will be adopted, they desire to deprive
| the peopfo Of the privilege OF deciding the
question for themselves. It is proper TINT
thea motives DO generally understood; they
throw light upon the string OF misrcprescnta-
tiona contained in AID CAstpnE1I's res
| olntions, which we shall examine sertntim.
Ills frat reason for opposing the bill is aa fol-
| lows:
%Ltnat IL saes. ~ - measure OF spes'a1 And
.@s'4son' ~ uut'9 'aa' p.of!s!oa u lilo toh-
sm'ut'en "nen kuatantses 10 tae naao"ans OF shla
ecdcr ~ tsr n-ssoD, ess.t"n a. s as. '
for lilo government Of csuss, m,d which. II conyayel
Into execution. woad divess us OF this common right
OF g., e,,lena o. 'aa commonwealth. ,....
4us 90 pu"l','v pu w., sna 'na''e4o"h 'asrop.e-
AeA'a1'on' 4ne w. ~ esnefn IL" 1oF 1no
teofsuu,<'1ou VI '1t!es' e'nseso may OF may
nut W .'.o ot''s e1'y 20 aaops III nn' at the
o1ues o'.'ea ~ sue o'A'o n1'y aoops II, II taoy
see n'' IL 'n0 i'lai'no1 pfeses'oeo W law IL
H. tneee,o'o, !" 10 sense spec'a! law IL
no'ther oop'''os a"y oty OF me pFls'1ogo OF
1.4optlne ~ nus nasacs u oplgh'o9y upon my
Its !" .''Ae H. ine sln.pso l'ct '7 tna' no
aa'B' c'''es Aa'e of9an'@co unaer LUG oeherhs
!Heo'!'o'a'@on ae'' pecAuse ~ ID HUI Aoapteo
1or tne government OF ihFto corporations,
| whilo ita provisions for small r1nces aro Buch
| IN In ]lave attracted many of tf,o tnvnu IN or.
| ....,,.a .,..t.. i. M. III, rs. a., T,.,.
o9 .~ -. s ~. Aoh'7'"
| tnto IN lntendeu slmply 70 tehaer 1ao tenerat
Incorporation net HuitAble for large cities rs
we'll as email, and it is tic privilege of every
city in the State to uso 1t or not, ~ it seen 1T.
steond-rhat, II conveyed into effect, aud sub.s-
qusuty set aside by tho Supreme Court ss The nissn-
s o. ane ~ ~gaa ~oua Involve
nosa;ns bantruptcr. N'''~'' -''''''''A' ~''4
This is a conclusion based nnon falsa
premises, AS the bill is uot a apeoih bill.
but omen to all, there Ia no question about