, 1877-09-18
with The Commissioners, waHil llasr resulted In
s"tl'.c One clsc tluiu.. Tie county work.

with thr commissioners, would 1asr resulted In
som. e enc clsc sl,,tn.: tic rn,tntl work.
Tue Criminal taur' was .st tupicd Yesterday
In the trial If Mis-. Maria WAly tnr the killing
a. ~, North Jefferson street In lune,--tlat /.
l'e fracas uturrrh,-whlrh tho tra1al .iury lIrId
'cd to the death nf Mrs. CarsIn July 4. The
Etory Of the trouble has already men given:
ami asked ler for 10 ccus with which to bny
bres. Tho demand was mt granted, whcrcnfMl
tl!e defendant threw decreased on The aluor and
kicked her. Subsequently the deceased was
The injuries received The evidence ceftcd yes
tcr1tay was conflicting, and when Dr.. Holden,
w''o held tho post-tnortcn examination, was nut
on the stand tlsc ease ranc tn aI'cctly enh, for
ho tt',,l.l not swear that the deceased came to
her dcntl, frnns tho Kicking The Stntc's Al.
torne5. conviction being ltopc1ess, recommended
ler nssla'tta'' anl ,,l.t tl.e 1,'ry - fos''d'
For the past two Years there has been a con.
tlle more rcsptetal,lc members TO rcducc the
uees q s"a" M pos 1 ~ 'T na te'f u
salaries, but tho mixing Of atlllltons
| 10 the uutnbcr of ssnecurc pus.tons.
In the County Clerks ol''cc, ior'rstat,ve, whrrc
little else than hainllc thu innncy tint comes
in, antl wilcrr one lnaE could attend tu the nnr-
riagcltccnsc wi.n'uw, H. i1nW lakes several. TIC
| uuIllbcr OF clerks connected with the Hoard,
1
| anil lh the other departments, excepting the
ot'lres Of thu Sheriff ant tic Criminal Clerk, a
similar condition Of affairs exists. CotnHsis.
| Bioncr Scune ns been InuAt aettvG In seeking to
correct tho evils, but all tic progress c has bec.t
able to make las l,cen toscc1sc tic appointment
nf = Subcommittee of Which hcis Chairman, to
ook over ttc Eruuntl, anil report wllert rcdus.
tlons II. *aiurles ntnl employees could le .nuic.
The ct'Mtnlttro has duIlr its work. md lis re.
| tott wns tU have been snlnlttct! to The Board
| yesterday, Ht!t. u tplcusEcsl IL, would DC II
saving Ut alJo.lt Sta, ,0W pcs year. Tho substance
vi tile rrrori I,as A'rcly been outlined III these
columns, but II WAS not presented because Con.
aln! IL IL feared this will l'r thc en of 1t. Nc
Calf,cy's opposition tn IL IL based on the
| sup.,usstio,l that II lie signed II, lo
coi,tl mt hu reelected, nnl lluIen reasons
a.ttr tile same style, la,'si"E under the Idea,
evitcnt1r, tslAt the lax.ca'rss, rather than the
ta1paYcrs, aru the prrsuns to bc protected. IN
their ,tcl.lsou they iayt uiso tried to persuade
especially str. Nucnsher. But they have met
| with ltttle success, t3tenli,cr has not unly
signed It, hut will lO what e can for Its aIup-
tim, atl lit 81 tlnlng Is consistent tur be l.as
atst, held Tint the salaries wcrc too .h f'r tic
titncs, The rciurt sllutls! Gc presented, even II
II Illus to cose ana tntllUrtyrt1ort, Ior some such
ncttun is an imperative Necessity. The unst year
tho county has run beEnh n1lunt $:O0, ,UAD, ut,d
even NOW t1lu srvrrnt Institutions are ctnE cur-
ltvlcd un credit Tie coming year the tax-lcvy
will be lcSa, AMI, un1rss rcsturtl0ns are made
somewhere, the fnturc 'hust be wprec tsnn tho
past. III M utf.cr c4aunrl can tho needed cGuil-
omy he better lnauguratcl than tn tho rcluc-
| loppiig ptf ot sIncsure pUsltious. Mcssrs. Senn0
nsd Uueut!,er deserve credit fur tllo stand they
fnYu iuKc1l. aftt ca rest assured that thclr con-
! stitucnts will not grl,nbtc.