, 1877-01-27

ana expenses, hno ybu can go into ttae m!atket
present feeling OF The people towards the Doard,
IL will be llartl to borrow SlD0,O00. II the cx-
penscs werc limited to The money received, the
county woatdn,t 10 hsrd up. We Gun certainly
Commissioner Tabor-Whnt arc VIC going to
do with tho debt ne nre already liable forl
Go@ss9uer tzEeFaaIhere 1, l Il only one one
lectcd, Of borrow. us Holden suggests.
Commissioner Holden sn!l they Ind reached
the point which be expected would be developed
ny fitzgerat,dl lio e. l,a 9peny stated ID, fiat !
paired by the action Of the Board in doing
certain things, and ret mentioned
no 1Do.ScSy way cSy by ~hsA s a 'ee T5s.s0' coy s
tesS essSey "a. sosa worse Of s was on
throc years ago. II owed saO,000 of aoating
debt, 100000 Of which was due May II, S1Q0,-
GOO July 19 and 900 0oo OF. H. How was It With
s4,o09'0oo, aud her funded debt about $1,000
COO. Yet she was applnuded by the very parties
who we're dceryfng tic countY's credit, although
the security Tor ,le payment y , ct the 60 Weounty's
e' Tas not y q c1y nt The tstae whGe %d
called for tho remarks Of Fitzgerald. An at
IN tho South Division to
DEFEAT THE coLLEc11oN OF TAXES.
Perhaps they woul1 bo successful. II so, he, rs
member Of tho BonFd, proposed that the coun-
u machinery should be run In some man-
ncr. It was alleged that the gen
tsen sn rs,tsasg %s s sss"{gsa County q? Clerk nos s
giving the booEs to tho duly-authorized Col.
lcctor Of the South Town-the public press had
so stated aud y WAS tho prevailing optniun--le
oer 70 Wssr ePe sss 9nh a IL
that he did not know. lIo would not assert
that, because sumo Ut the gentlemen l,al done
as much us any otl'ers to build ap the city,. but
ta1payeTs not only to cripple the county. bat
Doarti) were lntercstel In tllc South Town to
tho extent OF e7o0,G ,GO, thc city was interested
posed that al tic obligations should he met
aud promptly as they came due. 1t tho
South Town tax was defeated then It
would be time to tate action-to pursue
oT M and shut up tic County Agent's onla:, tho
Hospital, anu foor-1leuse, and Insane Asylum,
and say 10 tue poor pcople Of Chicago that The
1sltlr; OF certain wealthy, persnus against pay
ot things. The people should know what ob-
strllctiuns wctr thrown IN tic way 0f Evansect-
thug tlla tax-books by Robert Ltncoln ana Fltz-
gerald It had been stated tint tho County
resal,''aenaIng a loan. Was that truci
Tho Chairnlan said tho Trcasurerlud not told
him SO. lie, however, llad heasd 1t "outsiIc."
Commissouur Fitzgerald sail 10 lad hccuccil-
sutcl for being
AsruMDLiEd nLocK n, "HoLpEk's MOVES"
and also in the wavot tho Collector Of tho South
Town. He denlcd having DOM auYthing look
tug toward the shuttlug up, Of tho county
au,l the interests Of tho people. Holden Ind
been trying to solve "mysteryn IN which he
and ot.lcr members Of tho Board had allowed
solved It. They Ind drIftcd into Indebtedness
knowingly, and, having gunc as fnr as they
could, Holden now advocated, II the taxes could
not b collected ts closs .a nh e f. thS e. insi.u
| spent list year for tho aEgrandlzement Of \ few
people. That was wustc ot money In Lis opin-
lon. II the 500 100 wastcl on the Hospital had
| been put into tho Treasury, there would have
street In order to meet obligations. Holden Was
m OLD taxpayer, l1nd been in ol1cc great tnany
years, and kliew lust }cur when thcimHovelnents
! we're goInE ul', that times Tcro hard, aud tue
| pcuplu would hc dl1atory In pAyfng them.
Etncrge,,ctc. alloull have heon anticipated, ard
the Uoard not allowed to drift on q waye until
II run asaiHst rock and went 10 ptcces. They
col!cclcl; but they l,utl not been. At the first
meeting $l0O,DO wis borrowed. Holden aaid
that wonl be su1lecnt to brldgs them over un-
til tho taxss e. 81 San,o IN; IVY weeks Afterwards
II they kcp. that up, thrre wouldn't be much
left. IN order TO take up the outstanding 1onns
| uf,ttth IN ThA hHGfA I'm
,siic, % ~, r,,n i,nvcrm,,,ent Wa. tn t"rn -
"rn,.ns.s NJ stt,S, its ,,eans. nli INV na Won 90
T1Irn T1rsnst1"' 1'nuniv r Gnv.rn,rnt hatin,t hrn,,
!.,as,,,.J anu H. t,,., ,,nv H. cmml1ln,t n.v
n,a"HEsr Esi,.. "' II" III a1w,vs aIroc,t ~
~ ,,..tnt. d, ~ =, axmor.c. .s3sr. x .o"1n =.
done. dor ts but never The closing tip of ths irstiti
omS on i'' ~ t1M ,nr Ts ttvusxers Iro ~,
~ g.,a,}, stSn ,sn,ii nv w,,rn faIrr:s1rstci
tts !, oout" ,,tS o,iu ~ ,i1a, Tsnie ~ ~ ~
toGStti t',. HI. Jau tax,e -" '"9"'' ' A''"
'o"S'' 'As'' S s..,,,,, p,v,,
issulSa BONDS.
The Ctaarman-ln caso the supreme court
| ucclaca aueelacl$ IN TUG anessa0h VI ISSUING
bonds.-that tue issuing would l!aye to te sub
nttcd to q vote ol thc people,-xoaia e. noe ~
their consent 10 required oeiose inc S4.o,W9
could be used 70 meet t1lo Hanll't!ss arising out
q the eohsttasttoh o. tho Conssioasei ,l ; o.,
tho Boafu coatla afa" OIL that 1ana 10 nicet
other expclses. 60, -,
| Commissioner Iiolden-lhe County Hoars!
WIS e!cetcu t9 spechrally saIfy out ~ sp;tt o.
the CD1ist!tutlon,-to cuiluict to at!atE' OF tue
county. when tho supreme Court dec!led
they could i4suo no moro bonds, 1t would be
tinls enough 70 provide means for doing thc
next best thug.
Tue ChAlrthAn-Hut In anticipation OF that. 1t