, 1875-04-27

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THE INJUNCTION AGAINST THE COUNCIL.
Judge WILLIAMS, OH tho application OF
afeaars. CnAs. II. REED, MAoVrA0n, Lansrp,
anil I}ooMEn, lla4 enjoincd tho Common
Council and City Clerk from eanyaasing the
returns ri tho pretended election Of laat Fri.
day, from sl'reading on tho records tile ra.
snlt of saisl canvass, aud from doing any net
whatsoever which shall recognize tho validity
Of said pretended vote, There secms to lavo
been doubt expressed In Some quarters rs to
the power Of tho Court to enjoin tho Cou1,-
ell, which IL claimed to 1c Legislative body.
Tho construction of tho law of injunctions,
however, clearly gives tie Courts rowcr over
any executive net Of Legislative bodies. Nor
is tho Common Council Of Chicago lcgis1a.
tive body with regard to the general Election
Inv Of tho State. It did not mako that law,
and cannot with in,punity violato or dis
regard 1t. II the Courts havo no
power to cnioin the canvassing of
! m illegal election, then 1t IN sheer folly to
pass HI Election law. II may bo yiolnted ut
| any ti,no with the sanction Of the authorized
canvasscrs, and the people cannot help them
| Selves 4 law which cannot he enforced is
no law at all.
This injunction is preliminary and tempo
rnry, mud gives ten days in which to collect
the necessary evidence to establish tho valid
ity or invalidity Of tho pretended voto Oh tho
clnrtcr. There ia no question but that It
will be proved By Abundance OF evidence that
tho Inv under which tho election was held
WIS violated in almost every essential ro-
apect. The afildavits on which the temporary
injunction was procured wcre made by we'll
known citizens, such men es r. 2. Dzn-
1cKaoN, Luc1us B. DooMEn, Jons CoMlsEEg,
GEORGE Fl. FERous, PH1L1p CoNLEf, M11Es
KEnoE, JouS HEnr1Sa, and other rap-
utab1o citizena They set forth tile viola
tons of the low already pointed out by TnE
Tribune. The question Of minority ropro-
sentation was not submitted, rs required by
the law. In nearly all the wards the ballots
on the charter md On minority representa-
ton were deposited in one and tho Same boz,
and it was impossible for the judges to tell
whether taero were two ballots on tho char.
ter, OF one on the charter nnd one on minori-
t. representation. In the First, Second,
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Eigh-
'eoa't.' -, Huo A"e"%sotA "";u'' WHICH gave ene
maol.'es 1os .1'o eA.asel' @ @.1.o ~ "esa no pol1-
!.9's " ie'o1a. u 'o'eS' onanensets were
denied admission in 1nany Of tho polling
l,"Gea' 4u.1o WV ~ 4esus Ppo'asea
admitted at the counting Of tho votes in some
Of these wards, and permitted to handle the
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OF IN" or the wishes OF tho people; hanco
the astounding frauds that werc perpetrated
There is little doubt TINT the election will
| be declared null and void. The evidence OF