, 1877-11-08
Arguments on the Case Of the Hold On
West Side Park Com
missioners.
uark sieriian's Heirs Recover a Judg-
ulcnt for Ills Sa1ary as Police
Commissioner.
Two Prominent Land speoulators Find
Belief in tho Bankrupt
Court.
New Suits, Judgments, Confess
slons, Etc.

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Inc .,.' ,.not'. w. st,'. . ."s
Injunction efahleh t"o "eeks aRo a9a'net tue
fur new members Of tho West Chicago Park
"Reminiscences recently ap,}otntcd l,y Gov.
s,,,,,,,tn were lrrun bcforo Jutlrc sfoorc yc.-
.ui'o' .ap,s~ "s'1 N 0'' '''~ 0'. '''
,n,s. the now Commissioners, opencd tho arr,l-
mont. lie said u general demurrer to tue hi,l
s" s,,,, a,cl .nts ,r,n,1 al,a In ar,,,cd =, In
hail been given to the olu members Of
Tho Iinarl-Afcssra. Lipc, ali1Inri, Muus,
,.rl 1InI,len-Ot nuy cl,urges ogainst them.
anu tae , s' o%v' Tn tns .slr .c"'a' r.,
was Illegal anu YOU. 1ne a''eea1'ohs Ill REFER
enrc to injury and damage were very general.
The hill, lii fact callcsl In question the exercise
,y tf,r t;oyrruor OF a power rested IN lin ty
~ 'ne u s%u,rI, ~ w." ~, ,.x." s"t",; !,
TIC otasc' ."o"s" ~ "as HUI ts.s'S Ac'en''
ant. II did not raiso the question ot tlc
puwers Of tho Governor to remove an ollrcr uf
II. nwn nnpotut,ucnt, It concciIcl tho iur,a.
.,u,t,,r iu,t nuc.t,oa,rt1 III. excr,,.c ~ nt,wrr
"~.H''' WV ,'!etS S,,"..'.e rt,.e - po"s' -
uhdcr &iIat larisalettosl' lhe coHeplat1ia'lls IN
cert Sought to review tue action Of Tic tiovcrh'
ur. and to suspend tho Criminal Code of tile
st,tc win resnrct ia tim c,.tnfly of thc nnt,lt
s'asc wiz a., sa. =" w.. 49, ,a.,n. " 's ~ s .e
feco1"s' ~ nteie"eo ."e! e'Mn'e" 'uat t!ic
laws of the state were Inadequate 10 Keep tho
peace. Tho Gnvcrtor did not tntond to charge
thc t!ccap!tatcd Commissioners With ialteas-
Tue u,ain questions raiscd in the suit were:
subject matter III tic present litigation; seconi,
whether the Court 1lHd tho power III auy case,
beer na3c, to review tho action of
the Executive Of tho State,If not,
that ,llt,osclt OF tho case; third, II thu
Court VII, u tho opltiion. that II iad poEcr.
Injunction could bc properly issuc,l, Or whether
TIC motion to Dissolve el1oud not Gc granted.
There Wna no provision IN rcEar1 ~ tic ter
nnation Of tho term Of ofico OF the Commits
defining tho tcrns Of The lrst board, Tic sta.ute
prescribed tiAt nll vacancies shoHld be l!ltcd rs
foon It's might be hy appointnsnt Of the Gos-
eruor. The necessity, II the o!lieo was for life,
@ Sss 20 nps ss er9sr ps%rt % It sq yep hsu e @ RI
efficient. The. Governor's nosSer Of removal,
It WIS argued, wns absolute, Ills Judgment
uu tho asIv!sabilfty Ut removal was conclusive,
antl wien he made an or,lcr that order was flnal,
and wns not subject to rcrscw by my Court.
Onc department Of Government could only bc
Il exceeded tts power, or where tho right to 10
20 WINS given to another department. No Court
had Tho right to Interfere with tho oxerIsc ot
tne,,t, m Where thc net was within tic power ot
such department, whcru It belonged to tho
lterl that lEfjnftDGnts NtltfN tlllt fiEtnrt4
,nrnt hal fhc tuntroi nnt h,lnrtvj,fnu III fhc
nri. lieu tbs action of such ,lrnart-
mcnt was toi,clusiyu nnd ilnai. AZ il
tha nrl,nrir,y Of nas.In. m nrt.
fnr ,n,tnnt.. III thr Irrta}at,trr II. Ia thc VII,
,,,o, NJ s,rI, mt. thc ntttn of tim fcri.iut,,rc
was conclusive, md could not DO passed on by
aCutt, Tic bt,l tlia not affect any property
dTt,t Int .j,nry 1IItcstitnc.i fin tr,,,,ri.tr ~
lne W. t,In iat 49, VIZ ~ sp ~. tnc
saht - Actst'Hl'tlE th'lt tas eulntmni'hh.ts t y,
ehohtu REMAIN tii olheo anu ~ r. Tic b1ll
was 0tleat!cti. anu is uls1nssal u!tl not ihycsl
tic defendants With tho tltlc to 0fee. II was
to determine that the defendants wero not
entitled tu tllIcc US sl,cf II involved the u,les-
fim, ~ titlr II, t,y, nnI wns rnvcrnct; IT. ti,o
rrtsiu,, ''t ~ ~" aon,t @ r." Ss 1as., ~ by INV "u
I.nr"mo T.orrs ~, ,.nnsa ,1ts '~'' lug" ~ tHe
oaltehs SouEs tNu 3cass aao' -
il!e t,fotcF rcnlessY tor comn'a1nant* II
thty "cIo h5ef'eScH was a. law, "
writ 0f 'tuu warFaniO. to try tho title
OF tEc ns'1rping party. The pUslt1Gn was
political one; thu exercise u the bowers OF a-
pontnlrut mud removal OF State pilicurs, a1Il
thr filIinw III yncnt,tte. w1,ir, m,,rIt o..c,r IN
Statr ni1ircs, wns i;,,1 will f,ncti,,' a, -.
frn.t mi 80 - r.,,.nt. ~ .,ai t'. ti1.at VII !
s,.,, a'ts nI pt ~ ,nus. t Vi tasI, " anesata
aten'5. Aua I''t oLtScis ~ u hoaIa 80 crcatcu
Wy BLnLHLH 10 GAtfElf4 tu4&G nAtltr {uFEttplla