The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-13

vote and the ordinance allowing his salary
has been passed over the Mayors veto by |
vote of to 2. Had the Mayor any re-
gard for his sworn duty he would now
sign the warrant for this money. but as he
has not he will be compelled to do so by
an order from the circuit court at the
January term UniOn.
Just what "the Mayor will be compelled
to do by an order from the circuit court at
the January term" we doubt if the Union
has been delegated by Judge Peasants to
announce, in advance of hearing of the
case As yet there is no case in court, and
the extract quoted from the Union may be
set down as mere brag of the Butler ring.
The members Of that small coterte are SO
accustomed TO Dragging that no one pays
any particular attention to what they say.
They have been Dragging, all summer,
what they were going to do, but they have
prudently refrained from attempting to
carry out their threats. If they are so
confident of their position, why don't they
do something besides brag :? Why don't
they try some way to find out whether
Judge Peasants considers seven two-thirds
of eleven or not?
The Mayor probably has quite as much
regard for his sworn duty as any of the
Butler ring, who have done nothing all
summer, but vote to spend all the money
they could make all the factious resis-
lance they could to every measure of econ
omy and reform proposed by the Mayor
banding themselves together as a party
clique to thwart every measure that was
!, not proposed by themselves. No such cx-
hibition of cheek" was ever seen in this
city as by the five hold-overs, every one Of
whom was repudiated by the vote Of his
ward last spring. In not q single ward was
the Republican party candidate elected
; If this meant anything it meant a vote o.
disapproval of course of these five hold
overs during the previous year. It would
therefore, have been more becoming il
them to have shown some little respect fo
the peoples wishes, as expressed through
> the ballot box Instead Of that these re
pudiated hold7oyers, with the help of Bill
Atkinson, ali the time, and Jake Wollen
haupt, occasionally, have run the council
~ They have shown an amount of CHECK
' never before witnessed in Rock Island
Every one of them recent importation
not one of them an old citizen or long
resident Eere, each has shown an utter dis
: regard of the will of the people anon
- whom they live.
O And their organ shows as little regar
O for the will of the people or for the la
n of the state governing the city. "Boyl
70 ton was reinstated by two-thirds vot
r. and the ordinance allowing mis- salary ha
II been passed over the Mayors veto by
% vote of to 2" says the Union. If seve
10 is two-thirds of eleven then the statemel
ID of their organ is correct-not otherwis
r. The law declares that it shall requil
10 ''two-thirds of all the members of the eli
IN council authorized by law to be elected
n reinstate an officer after his removal, {
II pass a vetoed ordinance. And as tt
70 charter declares that the Mayor is a mel
70 Der (thc very first member named) Of tt
Of city council, that body, when counte
Il numbers eleven. And as seyen is not tw
thirds CT eleven, the persons remove
m have t been reirstated, and the ordinan
n vetoed has not been passed over the vet
of Juise Peasants has not yet decided tn
40 seven is two-thirds of eleven.