, 1876-03-26
THE COUNCIL VOTE ON TIE MAYORS
ELECTION


The effort has fniled to obtain from the
Council call for a special election for Mayor
to be held on the same day as the regular
election for other city officers. It will prob
ably be renewed next Monday evening, but
there is no likelihood that the result can be
changed. The exact vote on the proposition
was as follows:
FoR-Richardson, Dixon, Coey, spa!ding. Stone
Fourth Ward). carke Fifth ward), Cullerton, Nc
Donald, Woodman, Cl1rk (Tenth Ward), Heath,
Waterman, Campbell, Czsc, Cleveland. Quirk-l6.
AoA1NgT-Foey, Warren, Fitzgerald, Reidy, SOM
mer, Hidseth, Bailey, O'Brien, White, Gundcrson,
Ryan, Eckhardt, Stout, Mahs, Lengachcr, schAnner,
Murphy, Sweeney, Lynch. JONAS, corcoEan-2l.
The List in the negative is tho Black List,
which every citizen, whether Republican or
Democrat, should save for. alechon-day, in
order to refuse his vote and support to
every man whose name it contains There
wero two Aldermen absent STONE, of the
Fifth Ward, went out Of the city before he
knew special meeting Was to be called, and
could not return in time; his disposition in
the matter is shown by the effort be. made to
have his vote paired. Mr.. D1uK1ssos's ab-
sence is not so we'll explained. There is an
unsubstantiated statement that he was sick,
but it is alleged, on the other hand, that he
was seen about town as usual during the day.
It has been suggested thnt Afr. D1cK1NsoS's
absence can best be explained by the fact
that he is q brother-in-law to the lawyer
whom Co1vH recently appointed Corporation
Attorney, and that he preferred, therefore,
not to vote on the question to depose h1r.
Co1vE. It il not easy 10 explain
the votes of some other members of
the Council. Mr.. F1rzoEnALD, for in
stance, though Democrat, has been steadi-
ly opposed to the hummer Government Of
which CoIvM Is the chief representative;
and it is st1nnge that, at time whom ho
might have made this opposition effective. ho
should have surrendered to Co1vN and diEe-
garded the wishes of his ward Some Of the
men who voted agninst the right Of the peo-
pie to choose their own Mayor have pretend
ed to be Republicans, among them WARREN,
of the Second Ward; WHITE and GuspER-
BON, Of the Eleventh Ward; EcKnARDT, OF
the Fifteenth Ward; Stout and MAHH, of the
Sixteenth and LEsaAoHER and ScHATFNER,
Of the Seventeenth. Republican voters
should draw black mark over every one of
those names whenever offered for nomina-
ton or election to any of6ce. This is the
best possible punishment that can be meted
cut to these individuals, for they are all pro-
fessional politicians, and they desire either to
be reelected to the Council, OF to be sent to
the Legislature, or to live upon the public IN
some other capacity. Not ons of them
should ever be permitted to hold Office at the
hands Of the Republican party, which is not
in favor Of usu1pation or the defeat of the
popular will by any trick or subterfuge.
H11DnETH was CoLrE's principal attorney
in the Council, and managed his case. He
delivered himself Of some propositions that
we're as startling in their nature as they were
overpowering in their oratorica1 dress. lie
announced with flourish that the Supreme
Court had already decided The case when it
is matter Of common notoriety that the Su-
preme Court declined to decide the case, aod
left the Council free to set as it saw it.
Whether this misrepresentation OF H1LDREru's
deceived anybody or not cAnnot be known,
but it is more probable that those who voted
against calling an election would have done
so in any case, and without any regard to The
law or to the rights of the people. Ths men
who voted that CoLvN shall be permitted to
usurp the Office q year longer cid 60
in the interest of corrupt and dam
gerous combination to control the patron-
age OF the City Government and exercise
an Influence in the disposal of the city
moneys. Another proof Of this is found in
the lobby influence in this matter, in which
all the members of tho present City Govern
ment, and ali their friends, have spared no