, 1876-03-25
Aid, Hildreth and Sohaffnor Make
Weak Pleas for q Rotten
Cause,
Aid. Waterman Called Attention to tho
Financial Condition Of tho City.
And Showed The Results Which Would
Follow from Coivln's Hold
Inn On.
Those Two Absentees-singu|ar Conduct
of Certain Aldermen.

ho coming o)co.ion," wha held last evening,
,resitleut Dixon In tho ohulr, and all Tho Alder
,cu prcsuns1 except 6tono. OF tho Fifth Ward.
nj, Dickinson Of tho Eighteenth.
vhe Council wns also gracod with the presence
II City.Troasuro7 O'Hara, Building. Inspector
}ailoy, Ci.y-Collootor Won 1lollcn, supofintond-
mt OF Police Hickey. Capt. Buckley. Commits
iouor Thompson and Secretary Sullivan. Of tho
3oarl of Public Works. Justice Sommerilela,
Cleary, OF tho County Hoard tue
Mayors Hon John, Clty-Attotnoy 5amicson. ana
/ host Of lcsser lights, like Larry O'Dtien. EaS
,blpuaau, snd men who couldn't got inside tho
oar of tho Council.
AID. Woolman presented tho following 1880
luton: -...
IL oiyn noco On Or bofoso the 2sh iuts TINT special
electIon Will ba heti gu tho ish dsy u Apet III f. ~
exiting vacancy.
Aid. Waterman moved al M amendment that
tue Gull bc published in tho l'ttc'-occf'" ne"s-
Kid. Bailey moved that tho ameuduent lie on
tho tabio. Carried by 4 1oto Of ~ yoaa 90
nnys.-plxop, Watornant Campbell, Casot uu1fss
AID. WuopAAN ,
stated that the reason he voted TO 10y the amenu-
mens on tho tsblo, waa heoauae no wanted 70
bring up the question fairly before tho uonnell:
at,l merely wished to concur With tho "ishoa OF
Lho reopIa Of his ward, who had douihndoa .
special election fo5 y9E ana 10 ,nX sbs
know wbat tho rosult would 10.
AID. uIiDnETH,
with four or five othoEs werc on their 1901 Whon
Aid Woodman concluded, but THO Chn'r eecoH-
pized AID. Hildrcth, who wont on i1 lonG
epooch in dotonBe OF Mayor uolv1n anu MS .Au-
miutstratiou. Ho said that oyery Alderman un-
dore,ood why tho meeting waa celled-to voto
on resolution calling spsois. etoosson TO-, 10.
naor,ie and would yoto intolligont!y, anu thas
muoet the commenlstlon OF tho people o. Ostca6o
ond l,0 WAS willing to voto, While thoy were
aaiioI tnon to yoto On this question. it Was fair
for sho Council to consider tho present and II.
ture situation In tue e7ont shat an election vas
called for Mayor. It wns alpcut unoloss Tor him
to 70 ogor tho fact for tho Council had beon
fused to graus tho demand, and now 1o wantetl 70
| 10 ask why it was that the wanted to place tho
peopls in this embarrassing position; and where
was tho honest citizen who would apply 9 tof ~
There would DO great oxponse for lawyers IN
Hn bo!leyod Mayor Colgin would inslst upon
holding the Office ovor II anoshor Mayor "ofo
duties until April 1877. 90 tho paoplo Lad d.
| rooted he should do. He then wont on to pice-
uro sad ataso OF afYaI1s in case an oleotion
oEdetod H. wancd th 70 ef eops's :. tas
Want, want over tho action OF Tho suptamo
Court, which Ia familiar to evory res1dcnt nf
Chicago. uo mado number oi impto9,ap;;e ,.I -
Uolyin want allowed to hold over. Ho expect
Cd our bonds wonld go away down, osc. ue
wanted oyory momber to faco tho quostion
sounroly, aa he iutendetl 10 do.
m election tomorrow in accortianco With iav,
be would not stand up ngalnst y; but, Anowi1lE,
al ho said ho did. that tho effect OF tho catt
would be to drlyo the city int1 @ ntato OF eonsn-
sc!cntloualy cal tho election by passing tue roao
luton. ue wlBhod to aak 1t thoro was man
ia tho Council who would bo willing to drive tho
City Administration into hnafi "n1on sd ssu IT, ~
know ii thoro WINS anything wrong tn tho prosent
Administration 2 Was thoro anybody OF any
newspaper, who could point ont anything crook
Was theEe ANYTHING eoE dm tSaT T. ,e ANU o,e
10 point It out. 1t would bc tho duty ot tae
speaker as q representative Of h!u constituents
to tako decided action at once to correct TUT
abuses, aud he would do hts part to help.
II AID. BAILEY
had only one word to say. aud that way that n q,
J had q bad heaaacho aud could not staud so snuct
racket, snd l,o therefore movod tho preyloa!
question, It Was refnaod --yoas; nhyg \ w
;flo yeas worc Foley, luolar.laon, Warren, ilsz
! gcratd. Bommer. Bailey o'Dften. "hise' AMI
AID. WATERMAN
snid liza wished to Btnto few reaa0na which lp
@ ilusneed lis sotton. Tho financial situation wa
much moro difficult than was gcnorai!y knowu
aud ho believed tho Lord would help these " VI
helped themselves. lilo believed that tho TIM
Was last appf9ncl,n "nGr contryous d Of i
eitizoas, Hs hnd noyer had any doubt shat tb
city certificates were eut!tely illegal, ana no "a
sure TINT before q great while an 10
function would 10 put on nota ao 81 Guy thos hps
il certificates. uo called tho astontton o. tn
A!asrnen 10 tho taot that II this state Of tlne
SHOULD come 70 pass there would 30 no money
II! File Department. Or IN any othor branch Of u
OF tAe Coul,pil to tha fact that tho husuos
men Of tho city wero in favor OF having ah ele
!. lion, Waothar this WAS because tho Mayor VI
ID corrupk tue speaker MAS not prepared to hay
10 ho had no ctla4Hos 10 lnake,-but still It VI
Z. truo that tho businessmen thought th
IN shoy ought to hayo chance to vo
y Indignant that the Mayor was holding on to
o, Office by techulcaatty. !hoy Wero un"ianns
t. nay tllelr taxes because tho money wns 70
~ exponded under tho direction of maa who v
:: usurpiug tho scat ho held. !,
n At the next aa!e Of proport! for taxoa tho q
II. would bs lopriyed OF tito right to TO Into &
oy saio and buy ca1tiAcAtos. becAuso it llad
d money To pay. and tho Btato anu county ~ ~
tn roro Included In tho sale. THIS would pus
10 Administration in much worse position than
"a now was The speaker naked tho Couu
90 wloshc1, 1t tho caae waa brought home 10 tue
liz thor would bQ 10 uaH6 ~ 70 kAAa alFaAtn&o VI
OH tschuicality to bold over for two yosrs. lio u
Ia further, that ho was firmly convinced thas II
Cd Mayor MAS permitted TO bold ovor Tue city pal
sa muat go to protest. When this should como
10 mass, lie Aldermen mu4t 1omatnheE that th
mt eotlou 70 be tal4en this oyen'ng would cal
be this cafRmttY.
iA In closipg. the speaker aald that 1t Was :
90 cteditable Ia the Mayor OF IN Ills supporters
rh- le hold over by tscbulcalitY or skulkod bea
he Aqu!bblc. -.....
Qlu AID. HCnkHYNEl
~: thon took tho foor and said that ho recogul
:an warS II dariio mud l,o hnJ RlyQp H. careful c
lth sideEAtion. Tho question tial assumed pa
ian asn ahnnn fThOre uaa hardly Z man, woman
nD- .lTtti ~, Chtcurn hnk kt,s,y t1nnn whnh kidA