, 1875-05-05
but they had utterly failed to do 10 on tho quea.

lion Of
MINORITY EXPERIMENTATION.
There cond to no validity III any stcctton ant
ca led and ,,sId according to tho prov,sions OF
tho law. It waa not avon voi,tsblc. II d.d nos
s1iat. It ~As abaolutelY void. becauho II nnset
hv! bojnE-was. in facs; null hAa no etIsct. 's
md was Of no binding tores. This
pc''t'on eculd b. maintained n.n. by ',n"s r."
uA!oo. They vonld also Ahow. that the
Courts af Cilanesry could Intervene hstwesn the
peopln atd tho fraud. and spjoi1 tile municipal
ofc"rn from canvassfng vote which ID void.
agree that Courts Of Chancery had intervened
to protect tho reoplo against iliega asssnaneDts.
Tile. sraaher quoted as grcat length from legal
wutks to show that tho municipality could not
point ho passou,srIy lt eosed tue ateotion Of tho
Common Council. Did the latter meAn to aav
that tnev we're lhs supreme 1aw.gLsors Of the
land7 Did tho counnel Who advssed their us-
hostd.of prooccdnR presume to say That thsy
we're 10 DO tudgea 81 ~hashor tug Court had
lnrisdtction ii tbs matter Or not? 1io ano'cd At
length from decision rendered In tho Pennsyt-
van,A Supreme Court, which showed shat
An IS1ESCTIoH WAS THK ONLY hEMEhr
for disorder IN a muhIcnl election, or other pro-
coedtng ~lltch cannot 10 deoidod except by high
Or authority tisn that Of tho ely. lilo wlhlied to
cali the attention OF the Court to tho fact
that tla lhw officer Of Cook County, stasa'n
Astornoy Reed. had takcn action. and can'a into
ptopostlon back Of frs,id tho! basod 1t bacs
| Of that ei.titcly-tllese whs no authority Of law
| for tho eleotloi,-an election that meant reyou-
| tiun.
Another thing, Tie clccsfon vas conducted re-
ghrdices OF ntaiutc. There wero neither poll
tooks nor clerks. nor anything lalst would give
| eveu tho scmblanco Of regularity to the pro-
cedura Tho Council claimed That ihoT
wcrs sn1ious to respoot tho law. They
showed, bnrever, singular enthusiasm In their
to rsapsct Il M sncn G91tsd a
prsme Court Of Pennsylvania. to ntor tAAt nu
powcr, executive OF legislative, within tho State
| VAS superior 10 tho 1ar. but waa, on this cotl.
trnry. subject TO It in all qnostions ~horo cloud
Eemsinrd ul,on = cauBs. OF whore there WAS a
otherwise 4 matidatnus could restrain persons
with esen ministerial power, from performing
an illegal hct Nos, tho Injunction would have
been dissolved Wednesday oEeuin0; or
It .oast 1t would have ssplrea. Why could
they not wait for tNo daye, rlen TIC,
afraid to Taco tho iAw courts Of tue State. The,
were afraid beco,ao thuy know thnt the require
menta Of tho statuse lad not boon fulfilled
Then thsy rsaoytad to brute force aud tr4mpiad
under foot tho injunction Of Tic Court. - :.
o'clock this morning.
10 ths original bill consisted soie!T In making
II. ". King ard N. X. Fairbank parties coin
ulAnant, and adding tho City Of Chicago to th'
list Of tofoudauts.
TIE SUPPLEMENTAL DILL
eets out the Buhstanco Of tho original BILL nj
lcginH. In addition, the action of tho COlnci
since the issuance OF the Injunction, anoshe
being prayed for against the city to restrain th
authorities from e1crcssns any functions Q
o1cnpt aurh As might bo o1eEc1sad tudor tbs ok
| Eh2rtQr.