, 1876-12-03
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Last Monday afternoon committee, consist
ing OF Mr.. Henry ". King, Mr.. L. 2. Letter. mr..
William Blair, Mr.. George e. Prussing, mr..
Jesse Spalding, and Mr.. Robert Lincoln, callco
at the Mayors office and exhibited to MS
Honor petition, divided into sections, which,
it was understood, had been signed by great
many Of the prominent men around town, who
desired the removal of supt. Hickey from the
office Of Chief of Police and the appointment
Of Elmer Washburn.
The Committee did not leave the petitions
but preferred to keep them ostenslbly Tor Enc
purpose of collecting the several sections there
Of, and probably to obtain more signatures
Since that day the petition has not been seen,
though the gentleman having it in charge salu
at the time that it would be presented the next
Yesterday afternoon Judge Beckwith called at
the MAYORS Office and said that the petition
had been laid before him for his signature, and
that the person presenting it had given him,
the Judge, to understand that the Mayor de-
sired to have the paper signed by as many prom
incnt citizens as could be found, for nc really
wanted to remove Superintendent Hickey, anu
thought that if his action was lndorsco ~ q
large number Of tho class Of men mentioned
above, it would be received with more
favor BY the public at large, would end the LOCK
between the Council and the Mavor, and lcad TO
happy result. These amendments Judge becA-
with doubted, and so had called upon the
Mayor to
AscEnTA1N THE TRUE SITUATION OF AFFAIRS.
The Mayor absolutely and forcbly denies that
he ever said or even limited that he wanted
Hickey removed. because nc docs not want nnm
removed. II he did, Mr.. Hickey would bc Inc
first one to know it. He had authorized no one
to make auy representations like those that had
been made, and was surprised that any 1alsty
and trickery had been used to get Mr.. hickey
out Of office, especially since the movement ap-
pearcd to hare been gotten up BY men ike
those rho had called upon hlm. nc & hao Re re,
ceycd several letters from gentlemen VINO mao
signed the petition, and who stated that thef
attached their names upon the representations
above cited.
Those to:whom the facts were known yester-
day were at loss to think who could be at the
bottom Of, the scheme OF obtaining signatures
under false prctenscs. Surely not the gentle,
men of the Committee. 1t was conjectured
that the work Of soliciting names had been
given to some emploge or clerk who had taken
It upon himself to facilitate bis work 6y lying
Mayor Heath is much inccnscd to. think thai
anybody should go about among the most in
fluential men Of the city and say: ." Hcre, tht
Mayor wants you to sign this thing. lie wants
to bounce Hickey, but wants backing IRON
some prominent men. Al these things hc ha.
said to the newspaper reDortcrs-tlat ne Qlo MOI
want to remove Hickey, etc---are lies"
A reporter called OIL Mr.. Henry King yester'
day afternoon, and asked when the petition
would be presented. Mr.. King said: - Some
time early next week." He did not know 1ns1
when, nor why the Committee had deferred the {
presentation beyond the day when they sud !,
would take place. The Committee had not mel
since last Monday, and Mr.. Letter had had pos
session Of the papers.
The contemplation asking that Mr.. Hickey
be kept where he is has not yet been presented
hut is probably being held back for peculiar rea
SONS. Mr.. Thomas Stout (ex-Aldermnn) saie
Yesterday that in the ward in which he lived
the Fiftcenth-therc were 2, 700 voters, and 3,2W
Of them signed for hickey. He also said thai
other portions Of the city we're equally favorable
to the present Chief Of Police, and when 1t camt
to an issue of fact, mujorities ruled.