, 1876-11-14

His ilsEay, @ Ps n" u and MT viii d" my ,iuiy au not
believe TINT cotlycraatlun Is questioned by tho
sy''' iS 10 ' H.. 1iiEsS, 1slss in 'sSl slrcs s,
III III. cue' 9y R,,p ost c." a. ,t u ii ''s''i ,a"r.ae
tic ,nntt&f thoroughly lcure rhuuhlnt; between
init lritI repnrs.
Aid. Suulincr-1 acconl The motion.
AID, ntLHE1tT. .....
Ald. Nilbcft-As n member pf the Committee
olieet to having tl,e matter res1m'nlttel; @ % !
do ,,nt understand why It ss that Aid. Cnilcrton
comes Into this CHufrlt nnll ht,trs That hc llas
been trrntcd 'liaemlrtcous!y, and at t!te samG
time brings III report "f i.lA nwn. il nc fatl
lat tignctl my rcrori. an camc Into tho : C1an.
eli and f,cnn tte mAjVri'y report real. lIn might
have had something 10 ensnplain nf. But liz
as N!.t,wh lis aiimlis IN relatIon to tlIs matter
tfc superintendent, hit trn',,lcrt the clrart.r
Colaiiittcs. Now, t,ls nattter has !,ccu THOR
nugy and ntly discussed befarn tho Polite
lights; uni / dont think there is a
a% fo?%c1 hts n on!nlo" r' IN !slatlon ' 10 lie lie
Rnbic,t. And when tho Ecntic,nGn saya Tint
Intelligence OF tllat Co'nmitttc,-lt do not say
the intelligence was al In The f,r, The majority
Of i tuny b. IN thr 18TH me'nbcr,-hut the IN
trlligcntc u ts majority ca'ns to t!Ic cor,clu-
II
rcprt asking Tor the dTalnfs*at Of Mr.. Hickey.
When We beI,ln tlte investigation knew nu,lI-
itg whatever NJ the evidence tllat might be
rtmiuccd, and thc conclusion We arrived at WIS
lrfivrt{ ut from tl!c cytgl.re tllut talnr before
ls. Our 'leRfc IL tu asc tltu nlaitrr brought ~,
unii scttled. We 10 MT WMnL any uttorItcvs t,i
uttlscaH III. VI tAvc sufficient intelligence Of
nur own to c,lnble liz to ,lss1use of this matter
without the nsstatai!ce pf outsiders. II, after
due consideration, thu C0nncfs cttncs 10 tho
conclusion that TIN cvitlci,:c does nut warrant
Mr. 1Itckty's rcmuyhI. | eny retain hitl, nn.f
will be u1.c to suppurt lin: hut II the opinion
il that he is moi lit ,nat, to hold tlis rcsponsl-
hlc position, then sny lie should be discharged.
Now Is Just as Eos'd time to decide tlifs matter
as next werli. / was hot at tho meeting Of tho
Committee when tie report was agreed i.pon,
md knew nothing uf ttc report uutil after 1t
WIS drawn III. Mr.. Culcrtnit lett the InYcstf-
guttol Of Ills own ynlilton before It concluded.
Al the clnse O,lt member asked tue other wl!nt
avn think one way" a.ul the result was tllat
When they met they drew Ujl ttIht rcTurt. They
knew we'll from the start that 10 matter whit
| cvldcncc wns adducct, Mr.. Cullcrton would take
certain stanl.
At iIo request Of Aid. Ryan the majority IT,
mort HAs TcHll.
Aid. Sweeney wanted the shorthand writer's
trnnscrtpt rcad ~ or.ler that the Council might
bc fully informed on tic sub tctt.
AID. White called Tor thG rcatlfHE OF the MI
n0rtty report, aud rcrarkn,l that the Clerk could
read tho transcript alter tue adjournment for
ten tss ts't' ie L. 0' 'y N''e'' '''' "'"'su ''S
| The minority rcnnrt WIS then rcnd.
AIN. swEESrY
| wanted tho reporters notes read 20 TINT they
rnrnr ~, .nysi,sr.r i,1,. 1al DINE 1Jox couil
y tey nct ct WfntsliiweS,y Il They | were not aeouaiat.
IL H. wl.. wa sats, aS Ts'it tt the ctye t
| might bn tlnrc efficient tlmn II VIA, hut he
wanted every ole To i,o treated fairly In rngar,l
1 IN 1,fu Ouff tFt1ut hu1 t1R {fbun!ttrH IN
Chief oi polIrci did thuy wish l,is removal
,ceu.,ae they wanted another nnn to llave tic
| u|urc7 After getting another 1nnn, Would they
be likely to prefer charges against lin which
| could 1iot be sl.bstnntinte,i, and remove him
nlso1 For Ills part, lie simply wanted to be
a,,rc as tn Sir. Iitrkey's guilt Or Innocence be-
! fore taking any nctiDi.; Al!l from Information
from authentic so1rcca, liz was inclined to
think that gcntlcmnn wus IN l,,,,,cst fatllt,lar
competent olccr. Hutif tho contrary were proven
he would favor his renewal. We nmlst liave
mcn n the City Government who woul,l st1'Ml
ly otllccrs cslroua TO perform tllcr duty tt MI
lnzartls, an they should not discharge worthy
man an 'il-follndrd el.urges. [Applausc.]
AID. GitnEnr MOVED TO TABLE THE MOTION
| Aid. Rawleigl seconded tho notion
Tie yeas aid ,,nys wrru demanded On this
motion, and resulted MS follows:
u,ibcrt, steSast "d, Kcsber s; Tnrnosw. hi nesdel
White, Drig:a, Ihroop, AtcGrrn, llawefgl. Clcvc.
!and, Buu'neaIten. Mn!do, lensuchcr; Linacn-
barth, lIoser. klrkoel.
Mps-Aldr1ct,, SGnmer Lod13ng, cnl!ertnn,
Mnrsen' Van s'sdS'' smith, "llee'cf' Ryan,
N'gsss,ls eNacn11 sb.rtdar 1,xtcr ,,ur.
nbvUf" o.s'4'1>"'s'' s"t'' '"'''' A4'"'S'' LAW
MI e,,,or+,,,--,r,,t 1. .,,o ,,,t,or ,,ot,ro
tnn ~ ;,onso nn,v} 40 '''' "''''n oe''''
'nI i,. .,'1Ho w. t1.,,, i,um nhouo T., tin.
- lhc cel@'t''a''-A"efe' Is hono tno' a''' a"a'e
o'' ,.,,. -.,...
AN; Cai.eftoh-lhcn S movc I've ~ aNohtlon @ o'
IL
jorty.
AID. Smith seconded The motion.
AID: CuLLE'ToN.
AID. Culicrton-l suppose t''nt majority o.
H. colcsi lve ,o dctsFtd y y, t,,t TO- remove ar;
du. Thnt seems to bc the prevailing opinion, |
am sorry Tor 1t. did not think that they coult!
be carried away ny stief evidence lis was elc1tcti
by tEls lnvSsttgattng GomEl!tte9 agatnst o.
cil'cieiit o!l!eoras alr iicSry ldId not belicyu
they wnM!u allow such s!usti to carry 9'say tlIcF
ilcns. Tie mere fortt OF tho Introduction of
those risnrFes against tlc silpcrintendcnt com
Ing from the source they ui, ouEhs ut least y, -