, 1876-06-02

I'll ,hots trading and dealing With Cook C9nntv. r
thai voluntary Testimony 10 such frauda a M ongcs
met and ba,cd by unb!ashine md hardly di.ruIsots
pcrtHr5, + hns oecnrs"d in .ne nsestentlon moesa
H. S3.1en @ y'' ' I'D tFs @
tionng. and fol an hour at ! .inr. dcI!herntel>
an,%erea .', :re aas:!on With H. and eeemnEly
ts.p'ssti"n ot ;,, th!, sentiments, pcrjury T.
sn s;se .noSc, q oS' IT, 9 S ha.
.harsd in ths pfon,s of st;aat. ffom exposing his
n,s9es'e hs Gst
snl Engyesslon for society 10 understand that tho
admtniatratlon Of uun'ctpa' eo'etnncntr aar |
.'honor" II tho only protection nganat the pen
altsea Of violated law snd the d!'g'sec Of felony.
l.y laboIou. oloFt.. ably seconded by .''e rrn.c.
broken through the wall Of perjury which has
hitherto screened long and sYstsmaife Fabhesy Of
rsct, 10 God'n poor In the name of charity. has
.tolen the loaf from the hungry, the msdie,ne
e tie swon
pointed In guard, and fGcd. and pfutect these un.
fortunate wards OF the county
HoRsH-HAiLwAY Jon.
We had bcfnre us several pertons who wcre sup.
po'ed To know to'nethlng In relation to the mic nf
n ns 'tae: 9 Z; 1 * xs,.
tenor Of the evidence was to Tic effect tint there
var large rum of munry cxpcudcd 10 puEcharu
we cannot present. tn the cnust the name Of any
pcsson actually guilty Of The crime. olca bribery.
especially of legislative bodtcs, hna been REDUCED
fctsion.. The bsbed and The brIber nted never
meet: the ncgotatoas are made BY Intermediates,
regret to way that 1crju.y Is one o: The means by
which secrecy f. maintained and the corruption b..
i ea.s IN poin, Ths charter VA psrslsscJ IND
paid for, and. until time thai IN -osnc WY lead
;ome one Of ths guilty to eonfr..lon + must lake
sulting from committing The management Of public
affairs to weak and corrupsiblc men.
FULLERTON AvESCE CONDUIT.
In like manner VIC had before uA much testimony
tn the OF the several centracts for thu Fuller
ton arenne cnnduit. and the bonus or crhtuItJ
| Fron the evidence before IN. tastfeA that
the award made To thesc men, md the price paid
vas wholly grntui.y. ut,i While il IL d!,eult 10
/ hcicye that the majority uf those Of tho Common
Council who yote, that money sgsin.t ti.e repeated
we ore also miuful Of the fact list the 4war made
xas the act Of the Mayor, CITY Comptroller: and
| In the absence Of Testimony. would BE- wholly mn
justidablc. W. are satisfied that there il ,nss,c
rs connected With this matter which. though Il hns
bnfled ~. perhap. maJ yet be brought to light b@
Bune future Grand Jury,
| WEAKNESS or srS1ClpAL CORPORATIONS.
We hase had The fhcs painfully impressed On VI
that, In It% dealing. ~ u corpnfatIon. municipal
government il oi great dsudsan.agr. In al the
eacn patty ia. .otne orr 10 Represent IL 10 sasrl
its interests. prurct its rIghfs and 10 secure II
soporaon In a IT, ealnss hn. the Grf
furnished by The vigilance Of managers personally
ind pecunisriIy Interested III the corporai!on. The
municipal corporation has no nulh defense. 1t
vice. 1s aalary.l and pay roll grow incts.antly,
ctrntrd list new places may b. provided but as
rule tho oceo|der does not consider Ii to be hin
duty ~ protect III. enpoyer: Too often +. adopts
otherwise 10 earn living The e1ii sheory does
S oce ' i ~ orpouniy .ai Ia, ia s NAN .hoad
neglect his opportunttte In the courEe Of our
investigations w have fonnd vast number Of per.
nIns, drawing lileraI talnres and allowances from
trust. md NC hive fmud l,ut few who have be-.
duty Of patriotism to the county, md NC regret 10
my shat We have found many whose n"tinns Of
ansy aTe @isd b by 5aci opoE'un'te' to
COUNTY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The county Ia just now enguYrd in building a
bscs unsble % to ind ny % ssi.taed esdeness s q.
tha hanRr ossr al thing from the original letting
!s sSaa;S s se!tsssss !: +
o0sS,' i as 'sst 10 % s" saa nn!'as:: a's::
e,s 9s IT, rs nass Snd Gs ry aSd 81 The X Hp, ; s
to us an unfinished investigation ~ IL thu cxpIoiL1
Of Mr.. Joseph ltogah, wl!u practically holds thr
es,ahthcd rule IN Cook County ,hnt plumbing
work, and The furnishing Of p'amhcEs' materials,
cannot h. fairly estimated tot. nor. 1T by, con
Of the hosptnl. X result i. tLat ali The plumbing
md gn1 asiing has to br given u9t by dnys' wotk,
plumber. and. By .ome, unexplained prucett, Me
Hogan r. always tue plu,nhcf employed. lie ha
M I'm 0 e es :1r t's "fn. % . .ps
there !nA ro,hery uf the public ptupott!nHa&e Il
TINT which has beer, discovered in The matter =
supplies to the Aims li"utc aud Insane Atylnn. II
work. tiouah costly. /. we'll done. air. Hogan Inv
esSn h1ans @ lfa Sn n prs s1a on1r 41t
TIC sou!!s at thu bnilans, sna. without WEIGHING
MIR. Hogan, who. In thr quiet nnd rcrote Of HI
own freuae. makes out hs own hs. indossc,i b
the s"4lns snd1fy m m" Win fta ~,
Treasury. Mr. liandey TINS ably represents AM
PROTECTS thu county u thc low rticc of s. PER dur
In the simplicity Ut the County Hoard, And VI th
Superintendent, and Of Mr., Hogan M sucI
- c se VIZ ,rha far ss, III u Il
| weight, nnd though many tons of leAa have geri
gcctlpled fur from tiuc to time Mr. llnEan's bl!
the Information lie considered necessary. or D.
having any 'nntcrtaI bearing on the transaction.
KEroAr ON rnR PLUMBING wonK;,
A committee uf practical experienced men
County lio,pita! butldins They ealsa 10 the,
! spcctable plumber of thls city. who mads : de
: tailed report Of the PLUMBING work then In prog
,ss. TT. tsrort tnlIy 4i,tGtfea ,tel " thu Co"
=: Granni:. aHI la1tla:<r, coa.nsltf<< 81 tat Groa
have examined the inns for the plumbing ana III,
fitting for tl,e nc~ Cook County 1lospin. and hay
aa nd sa se s Met II a.ea e
The very hest und mast expensive of tlIc!! sever