, 1876-04-20

| ~ N4A ooAAo oAtAp uppIAubot AlaA t41 AtkLHt
sought n moan revenge for their own punish.
mont for salaEy-grnbhing. It will probably
not be possible to pnss tho bill over tho yoto.
CITY CERTIFICATES.
On Tncsdny tho Judges Of tho Circuit md
Superior Courts Of thia county designated
Judge hloAL11aTER 10 officially lloar, tie
other Judges boing present, m argument
upon mn ngreed cnse instituted by Mr. Comp.
trolter HAYES to test tho validity Of tho
certificates Ct indebtedness issued by tho
city. Tho caso was argued pro md con by
tho employees OF the city, and by Mr.. OnAp1Au
JAoKsos ms citizen. In tho somowhat gon-
cral discussion TINT took place hIr. HAYES
participated, directing his remarks to a
censorious criticism Of tho newspapers. Mr.
HATES seemed to bo 1aboring under Tho idea
that tho newspapers had destroyed tho credit
of tho city, and that had tho newspapers kept
Silent the city could havo gono on indefinitely
Issuing corti0cates and borrowing money to
pay thcm, until this form Of public debt o1-
cee1el ovon the bonded debt. It ia srf-
ficient auswer to A1r. HAYES to ray that lie
has very harrow views of the functions of the
daily press and OF its duties to tho public !;
TINT WHOM 10 Assumes that it is evidence Of
want of patriotism when the newspapers criti-
else the notions Of the City Government and
protest in tho nano Of law md Of Justice
against tho crcation of debts of doubtful
validity, he nlisunlerstands wlat ho is talk-
ing about A worry respectable Judge Of one
Of tho Circuit Courts Of this Stato, and the
only Judge to whom tho question had boon
submitted, dooidod-with great confidence III
tho correctness of his judg1nont-that the
issue Of such certificates by City Govern
1nent was prohibited by the Constitution !;
and ho granted nu order restraining thoir
iasuo or the payment of those already Issued.
Becnu6o "a Court, acting under its responsi-
f,itity to tic law and in Justice 10 tho general
public, considered such m injunction proper,
it does not follow TINT the learned Judge waa
in any way wanting IN patriotism. The
| Judgment Of that Court Inns been intlotscd
by tho professional opinions of number OF
lawyen in good standing personally and at
the Bar. Mr.. HAYES seems to complain thnt
| such opinions should havo been furnished,
md treats them as to doos tho newspaper NJ
| ticles-as purely sensational attacks on the
| City Governments.
IHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has discussed this
question Of tho validity Of these certificates
wlshout the permission Of the City Goscrn-
ment, ana will continue to do so. This paper
has novcr denied tho right Of The city to Issue
a certificate of lawfully y-incurrod indebtedness,
but this paper has questioned tho authority
Of tho city to create dobs or "beco1no in
dobted under tho circumstances Which have
leu TO the lssuo Of some OF these certificates.
We AnYo also objected to the vnidity Of tho
1ofin OF thoso cortlhcatos, especially to the
roclto1 that tney "cro issucd under certain
sectlohs OF tao LAVE OF lsoo-9 which haVo
,' peeh repeated W tio etastor adopted IN 1876.
ine eons'',o''on OF 'no state anu tho Charter
Oh tno Guy ooth psoA'o1t tue city from y be-
coming 'naooteo III any mannoe or tor any
r,ipoSo !" e1cess u 'ne cons'1tut1ona UNIT"
we ha7e "seuea shat OF necessity. and IN the
1un contemplation OF Inc constitution, the
e'ts ~ a"snoit@ea ~ pfo''oo ~ LUG maenln-
e1y u .oc'a Bosstnnleut, ano 10 appropriate
,"ontS ~ W f@'u III LUZ lat"se' sno CITY levy
lns asaeS !" eovee 'no WHO'D amount mus
hppropF'a1ed' iho 6aiary OF tho Mayor OF
'no city IN eont'l'aouS y ls aoos aoefa'ne
| "naout 'ntcfnllsson; ous we nave Always
'ieia ''"s IL was . aeos 1osal III every sense
Hl'u nov ia'i'ns "'tls'n 'tlo pron'ot1oha OF tue
oonstlsut1on ana chastef' 4ho tact TINT tho
lax 10 pay that SALARY IS not collected IN att-
duo to tho Mayor for his salary, Tho debt
itself being legal one, tho having "bccomo
indebted" to tho Mayor for his salary being