, 1875-05-18

precautions which wcro shon takon TO preclu;a
tho reporters were abandoned ycstordsy, for liz
rtason' a. Mayor Colvin expreaaed It. '.t.,nt Tia
re'ortoFs arc bound to got it anyway. and ,so bad
. 8 athor lot them hnYe 1t openly than on.
{ 6 20 them to steal IT," Nevc,.holoBs ubeu
swyefs, tho Mayor, and a. fow o.l,or chosen
had Adjourned to tho Corporation Comnses
: ,yestarday sftoEnoon. aftor bussnesa houra,
:: took tho Drecaution Of barring Ill
e approaches. Tho reporter In e,,-
q ed to etnto from hia mysterious
arcos Of Information that uothlug Of i'm
; 'rtauco was transacted beyond tho reading Of
solution drafted by the lcgei advisors Ut tho
ity in reference to tho proposed Investigation
II frauds in the rccont election, copy Of which,
Will bs found IN another column. There uoro
present Judge Dickc1 Frank Adams, g. =.
Colsiu. and Md. Whito, l1ildresh, Foioy, hud
Woodman.. The aubject Of tho contempt ca.o
sn was the gniy & tope M Of eoavcrAaton. hir. Atama
Legal problem 20 clearly as llo sax through
this contempt business
Judge DicGey explained that Tho legnl a1-
Tiscrs
HAD NOT DIRECTLY Any1sH1
tho Common Council to take t.4o rourso which
shey did IN declaring tho yots. T1cy had only
edviEod the Council Al to tic lar In tho caso
aud bud tot told them to cnnnt tho votc.
mover would have taten tho action which thsY
dld hsd It not bceu for t!lat opinion.
Jujge Dickey said he would entor no objoe-
tons 10 that vie" OF the case.
Tic party then fell to joking about tho msttes,
and conjurcd up
yAu,oCa 1mAosNANr PICTURES
Of cotemptuons A1dos.non peetiMg from out theif
little cells in the County .Iail.
s"Juai to tltink,' said JudGo Dlckoy, tbet I,
h1awyor for the past forty years. four oi vhl:!l
! alayo spent in running court myaelf. now
that am OH tho shady stdo Of GO, Bllould bo
committed for contempt Of court, is really too
which tho Mayor bnd such Aldermen as were
preetnt saw fit to Iourn to the Committee
Itoom Of tho CitJ Clerks office, wtera nepara.o
delegation were hHAislnE for thon, like tho H.
Mount. After readinx tho resolution ptoparnd
In tile LAR Department, Aid. Hchafuer ossayeh
An arEnn1cnt III favor Of fts passago.
Aid. Woodman also argued for the adoption Of
than any that had yot necn thonght upon. lie
said: Ut In hut propar tia: tha Cou1lrll should
mako soma affirmation 10 the pubIr that tho
act Of 1872 huB really been carfied. and that no
enSe*'SS sny.* 70 '"'A''A ''''u' 'D''' A''' ''on
volunteered an explanation. The act Of 1879
was hut patch OIL tue old citr charter, and il
be q patch upon = patch. For this lenson tho
Citizet,s' Association dld not want to carry sI.n
ACT Of 1915 nB matters weso at prescut, bu
wanted frat 10 annul the adoption ot thu net c
hoped that every Alderman wnn!d combine to
! destroy tloir purposes. and about tho most OK
pedEent way to accomplish that was to light for
tho NC: Of 1879.
| b:itice Of tho Cit!zens Association attempting
70 carry the oocsion in tl.e full, and although
nearly uyery prcscut ootorod into the dehnle,
| nothing waA sad that IL worth repetition:
About this time City-Clork Forrest left tiie
room, aad, rs whs atterwardB aaeertaiued, lie
went for tho purross Of
| DISCOVERING WHERE Tl1osE nEroRTEns wE1K
| CONCEALED.
| 4 srtrtuanZod TRIBUNE reporter followed cioao.
u upon htn heels, hna consequently Is cnhblod
neain to present visl picture Of tho venerpbta
City Clerk wandering through tho iabyrinth[au
reccaaes Of tho Eookory In hiA search after con-
cen!od reporters. IA he uoared the engineers
room ho bogau reclting original poetry with thu
speed Of race-horso, presumably for tho purposo
! OF charming aray the witches and hobgoblins
which ure supposed to infest the place: lie Gu
tored tue datx abyss IN the basement, trembling
like an aspen, and began his tour OF ,nvestisA-
I tioE, OF course without a1ccea3. Disconaoloto
| ho returned to tito Commistee-room. Just as ha
was entering, Aid. White had broken in upon
the debate last mentioned with tho asuertion
| TINT he did not Want to have anything doua
| which looked like Weakening, On the on.1anca
| OF tho venerable Joe, AID. White, dirining tho
| cauAo Of l,iR abscncc, exclaimed, {" Ill bot a Y
that th0nc damned reporters Ar0 getting It all.
bolieve they arc hid away in horo.'' Th3 Atdar-
u,su aud othors shen examined tho Two bo ous-
caaea in tho room.
| LET THEM X.
| Mayor Cofyin-We muy aB t7etl let them In
they ase bound to get 1t Anyway.
Aid. lIildrath-Tney arc underneath tho build
| Ing that Ia Hhefa theY are.
Forrest {eroaang himgeff)-No; hare jUAt
bocu down there looking thoy arc mt there.
It III something wonderful how tloy rot tuat
mecting Saturday, for l 1ecitcd enough otigl-
nal tiny own. AhomO poetry on that dny to
charm away a Thousand witches. Dosides, ghve
tho eagiueeE INSTRUCTIONS to nIlow no ono III Lis
rom, and And also blocked np orory approach.
loud applause, none Of Which WAS intended for
| tho reporte1s.l
Mayor ColTln closed tho subject by timely
romark tuat tile AlleEmru ought to do al! III
theiz power for
Andre MATTEsoH,
| Of tho Chicago Times. Ae alono had done all
that Any ouo tuan could do for tho noble catB0.
Nearly all tue Aldermen also highly eulogized
| Mr. Mntteson, aud expressed tho hope that lA
! would call on thsn, as oftsu III horototote, md
that thoy would call OH him fur the purpose OF
pointing out 1naterIal lor editorials In their
| cAuse.
This oudsd tho tneotIng, and q fit clo8o It ccr-
| talnty MIS-, for The CA,cLao Tribune ia tteseby
enabled to notify !lle thcago Times that It il
about to bsc0no d hospital Tor conte'nptuous Al
tlormen. Yerf, Jndga Nillisns Inns mado
atrange bedfellowH.
INDIANAPOLIS.