, 1876-05-12

There was temporary truce yesterday.
The Common Council met, and neither COL
YIN nor HoTSE was present, the absence
being the result of an understanding to that
effect The Council elected AID. ALDR1cH
President pro tempore. After the adoption
Of some routine business, the Council ad-
journed until Monday.
Thdproposition made for an arrangement
comes, it is said, from Mr. HAYES, the Comp
troller 1t was substantially that the new
Treasurer, a1r. BR1dGs, shall, after his in
duction On Tuesday next, refuse to recognize
q draft signed by GOWN as Mayor, and that
an agreed case shall be submitted to the Cir
cult Judges of this county for their determi-
nation, CoIvN in the meantime to continue
as Mayor
4 rumor was industriously circulated
that Mr.. HOME was willing to accept this
proposition, it being acceptable to the Coun-
ell, but there is no truth in it. Nor would
the Council listen to SO unfair and one-sided
a proposition. The Council can be no party
to 1ny bargain that recognizes CoLyN as
legally acting as Mayor, or casts doubt
on the legality Of h1r. HoxSE's ten
ure Of that Office, or in any way raises
presumption against him. The Council
have in all they have done acted calmly and
deliberately, and under the best legal advice,
and supported by powerful public senti-
ment; they have declared that A1r. Co1v1N
is no longer Mayor, and that Mr.. HOME is
Lr-,n ~ I'D ~ h. -e
departments and subortlinates That HoYNB is
Mayor. It would be child's play to expect
them, in the absence Of any Judicial decis-
ion, to recall all this legal action, or to
again recognize CoLyE as Mayor, or to do
any other act to undo what they have al
ready done and placed officially on record.
The public peace and the credit and the
interests Of the city are Of invaluable con-
sequence aud Importance, but the authority
of the Common Council, as the exclusive
legislature, must bo maintained, unless we
are prepared for anarchy. The exhibition
OF tho police force to coerce and control,
to threaten and to arrest the Common Coun-
Gil, however in keeping with an usurpation,
is an insult to public decency, besides con-
tempt for lawful authority. It should be
borne in mind by a1r. CoLvN and his ad-
visers that there is no question as to
the legality Of the election Of the Common
Council That body is therefore entitled to
the free exercise of a1l its powers, and is not
to be mcnaced, nor insulted, nor controlled
by the police. Mr. CoLys must remember
that breaking the peace is aa ofense against
the State OF Illinois, and that, as against the
State Of Illinois, even claimant for the
Office Of Mayor Of Chicago must figure rather
insignifcantly. When the time comes for
force to protect the lawful Mayor and the
Common Council Of Chicago, Mr, GOWN
will not be commander-in-chief
The Common Council cannot in any way
consent or agrees to any form Of lega1 pro-
ceeding which ignores their right to canvass
the votes given at the late election for Mayor,
nor to declare the result, nor their right to
recognize the Mayor declared by them to
md Official record which cannot be recalled
nor reversed by police force or mobocracy.
The Common Council and Mayor HOME are
not Plaintiffs, and cannot become So They
are in Office they are the Mayor and Com
mon Council de-. Jacto nnd de .jure, and any
person who objects to or denies their author
ity must apply to the courts Co1y1x ceased
to be Mayor the day and hour TINT a1r.
HoYsE filed his bond, took the oath Of Office,
and was declared the Mayor-elect by the
Council and if CoIvn has any claim to the
office, OF as citizen objects to Mayor HOME
acting as Mayor, let him seek the courts for
The remedy which the Law provides. The City
Council have nothing to do in the way Of
nstituting suits to oust h1r. ColvN. He is
already ousted- Their business is to attend
to the legislation of the city, and, with
Mayor HOME, address themselves to the
and embarrassed condition Of
he finances Il hi. Co1y2 has any griev-