, 1875-07-12

cd INT whom gentleman informed ms that
he bad seen thfs pcrnon destroy tho bailo.s, 4
could no longer giyc him sho benetit OF % aouo.,
tic combination, in order to protect tho city and
myse]r from any further sots Of this character.
At the sa1ne tina. told Mr. Moody not TO .i7a
lne Tho combination. Mr.. M"odY haa % 1rtoessa
him: ,.They will not accuse you ct ;amportnE
tho combination, they cannot accuse
lne.n Subso1uont ovhnts, such ~ this COCK
and-b bull story" which ao1nebody has imposed pssht On
my old friend Mark, prove that this forcsRhs
was not unnecessary. After the e9moinaHnn cen 10 ~.
lad boon changed It remained solely I'LL. ~ AZ.
htoody's possession. Lot yotr roro5IGs ihtGfslem
e.ato. La MARK, himself, call ~ beth before
linn, "to nnawor," otc., and 10 vii fnliy SATISFY
him that. 80 far Al fraud, or contemp!ateu i!nuu'
Ia concerned In this "combsnatson oos'noso'
tho boot IL on i,o q Gsnos noai ,,R . mail AZ March
hsreh:
MI, Swell, rerers. oi Tho boxes were unl.~sHIly
placed ia The private office Il The General HnreF..
eDrpt Of Pice uuscs1cd, aud remained In HERS i'f
thrtysix hours.
Sou, el there Ia IN Tho abovo Is simply this:
| Two baot-boxcs we're deposited, not with snpt.
llchm, but. as am Informed. with Deputy eupt'
Hickey. upon whom Mark ought not to 90 oAck.
They wcEe placed with Capt. Hickey on SATURDAY
foronoou ar afternoon, certainly not earlier than
tho forenoon. After my otfico had hcen closnu
on Saturday, WAS waited np1n a. '' ny p5'va.o .o
boxes w,tl, Capt. lIlckoy. Tnoy said they
wished 10 deliver them to mc. Informed them
| that 1 llad not tho combination Of my whit
lock, and dared not put tho boxes In my oee, s,
boxes woro scaled. They said yea" wulc[
Iroyed to be- the caHe. 1 thon aatd thst |
| thought thoy snfor where tlloy "ofc sneh N
my u,lco. Int they wished them removed. 80
directed them to deliver tho bo1es 10 mo At my
| rooms, which tloy did, between and F. NJ
| Saturday. Tlfero they remained until Monday
morning lin s,Rht Of myself md family, whon
| had lion, removed, by tho so1goaus-at-Arns Of
| tho Council. 10 my Office.
MT tbo fact was, TINT all tho returns OF tho
election had been published previous to tho
deposit OF thcse ho1eH at Tic Police Office. anu
| to change tllc,n subsequently Woud 10 30 phpa-
| lle a fraud "a to inevitably defeat itsclt.
Desidca, any fraud Of tho Kind could only hayc
beou porpctrnted by forging the names OF tho
! Judges Of e!nction to fresh returns. La! tho
combination changed. not neca'lso sealed r.
turns might bo ch4ugcd, but tint they might DO
| totally destroyed.
have heretofore bccn charged with directing
judges Of election not to employ cletks. 10 lar
IN this from being true, TINT tbo worry contrary is
ihc fact. Tho night on which Messfs Hoyao,
MncIeags,, and otlors went to tho Council to SOC
about tic designation Of polling places ani ths
na1cction Of Judges OF election WAS tntorn,-
I'd that tl,o7 were oppoaed 70 tho Councils a1'.
pointing clerks. When Mr. Jameson instructed
lattor asked my opinion, told him not to make
any such decision. Accordingly. ho ,nlod that
tho Council could nppoin. clerks. aud
tho Council directed Tho judges to
appoint clcrks, II they (the judges) considered
tle,n necessary. What was my aston,sh.nent to
find that TnE TRIBUNE, after tho election. &C.
t.nsel me OF helping to do that which l strsnu
ols!y opposed and, tndoed Of entering Into {
conspiracy with tile Mayor and Afr. lslotn te
tef.aul by this means. President Dixon vii
vouch for tho truth Of all state ns regards thlE
buslness Of clorks. Subsequently, upon consult
ing the statutes. concluded that Attorney
Jamicson was right and wnB wrong.
But when this charge about clerks could no
bo mado 10 stick, was next accused OF not in
Btructlng the judges to appoint ccrks. In repl,
to tts last charge, llave eltnply to Say that u
is net tbs City Clerks business to lnstruc
+ judgca. II they need instruction, tho statute!
md tho City Law Department arc opeu 10 tha,n
| Tho instructions Of tho CITY Clerk would mol
justify . judge Of election In any court "a 70
HpoctB his action or non-actiou in tho dlschaFgt
Of his duties. Al! OF which, Mr.. Editor, any 70
spectable legal authority will inform you il tn'
law of the case,
In conclusion, permit mo to say that re-
aueated tho Grand Jury TO make a full insestt
cation into all my official acts pertaining to tn
charter election, and gave shotn tho uatuos o
witnesses who could testify thereto.
Jos. X. C, FonnEsr, City Clc1k.