, 1875-06-08

nnal]or iuo would hAro answered the rnrVoho
tntt ~ we'll, and scems To Iook nron tile dec'b'
ion II eodscnl fora lIttle reaoo and 1ntctoe'e
In official life. 11o Inns every confidence that the
t,ec,.iop will bs reversed bv tho SUPP emo Court
Tile lnwyera seen, somewhat hseonccried BY sho
turn things hare taken. Thoy ioaaiIy hckoo~l-
edge that tbs dncttia, wa* hsavy ono, ~ !aE az
Tho uulYI1menl IL concerned. but hs to tl'n legal
rp,ntn con aimed in it they ase NJ ta!s opinion
tha: t1,ey nrr mote snht1o tllar1 sound. 3niRe
nnesey looks upon tbs whole decision with great
sltrfavGr.
Tin Supreme Cont tlocke thia woek. mud thinks
it can hatd!y fai to coma At tlie September tel M
Ike only remaining transaction that Jet remalsls
unfinished IN Thu tlllrG Of funds by tho contcnp.
,,a1.s par!tct III several aArtcrA Il fB pronoectl
10 rocct AZ bond.tncn those most prominent III
oppnHli,g tho Aldermen. tor instance, Mr.
Jiusing ls talset OF ~ bondst,lhn Tor more tlIAn
O ,e-ha,f OF Tie Aldermen. Tho lawyers g'ro
in sums Of $500 each, all Of hlch will 10 prop
crly Tiled IN Court this morning.
nisrntcT.ATronNEy VIA
thought that Ju!uo Williams had pursued TUG
wsest collae in llning tho Aldermen ina:cad Of
tn,t,lsuuiug t,on,, s!sco by ti.ct1arg,ng tho In
Junction l!e Ind virtually nhoTn thai there "oro
mitigating c,gcua.rssnccs. Hti! he thought ,tlat
tho 0sler Of tho Conrt. ahould 10 ohoycd when
once laGucd. except IT. caso q some great
public olnetgouoy, such ~ did not exat
n1uang tito Aucecan pooplo nut to tolerate Inter
fufenra bv one trnucl nf ths Government with
another The people ild not like to GOO any
legislative body ihtGffered NTH IN THO discharge
Of its duty. oven tuongh That body be an hts,hlI
a ono nv tl,e Common Council tho temptation
wa5 too Ercnk and tho poWet Gircn
to corrupt Judgos too large Legislation
SHOULD always bo free aud this could not be II =
Judge rat over 1t. Mr. Watd ssid that he Ind
been 70 busy with other tnatttln that hc bad not
neen ahlo to study tho ca.c thoroughly, tnt
from what lio ilad known Of It, 1t aoemed to llm
that II tho Co.,ucll had right to CANVASS tho
vote, rs Il part Of thcir legislative duties,
thoy eLonld not be interfercd With BY court !;
md, Oh tho other hand. II shoy bad nn raRht to
cansnns tho voto. then thrir action would 20 for
nothing and no effect on tho city would follow
1t. M to the meils OF tho chastc1a, Mr. Ward
1879 bt cause o thought tic charter Of 1875 bet
tor adapted to tho waits OF tho city.
CoiLEcroA wADsWoNTt
raid llo WAS a1no6t to1 bury 10 have m opinion !;
lad jnst heatl OF tue decision; thought 1t ~aa
lnucl bcttcr psblIc policy to dno tho Aldermen
than 10 Imprlson tlenl.
COMMISSIONER HorNE
thought that tho Aldermen would appeal tho
case anyway, and, therefore. thero wasn't much
use in talking about 1t umt!i It wns settled. It
fcrnIed 10 linn su much better tnste to lps than
imprlson the ofIcnderB
1l,o o. Inion of tho Lar generally II that JudR0
Ni1|iamA did tho wlsess thing he couId. It wRa
necessary to tmpo.e q penalty to vlnd;cate tho
Court, but to have Imprisoned tho Aldermen
would llayo mado thom martyrs. Ho struck a
l,nrpy ,nenn aud maintained llls own position al
Judge, without bcttetlug tholrs.