, 1877-01-06
Holden and Mccaftrey Rise in
Their Wrath.
A Committee Appointed to Inves.
tfgnto Aynrs and Fitz-
d. gerald,
Decatlso They Stopped tho Payment of
Bills from tho Wrong Fund.
Holden Talks Of Rcs1gnIng, nnl Is solic'
itous TO Protect the Credit
OF the County.

va; held yesterday NJ, nlternoon, Commissioner
Holden In Tie chair. The full board was pres
ent.
The secrctary Of t1,e Washinptonjan Home
..I.aI 49, ~. ,,,a, ,,a a,,o1 as,,,,art,,n., I'm
1sN.u sat =" o'aes y. passsu . au
treasurer % for II The % balance oe Of the license per-
It ferrc1 IN ~, the e. con,m,.tcs r, % m 1,truscs1 I'm
Thc ofr,sin, ~ @ ,,on, nt1. - ~ uns m -. co,,cc,or Of
taxes for 1s WA referred re- to the Committee c on
Finance.
The communication Of Recorder prockvny In
reeaii, N HI. hair. yvr,ch ~. t,rt,t.1p, IN T,,r
Tribune, was sent to the Committee on
Kecordo ...-.
Tho County Agent reported that the cxtraur-
tnary rush OF eunlfcants for relief had increased
.ss anosnt u 'apoe 10 oo pes.olls ~ uy ."e cn.,
ployes of tho ofllee, nnd requested tliat sosnn
extra remuneration be allowed them. Referred
to COMMITTEES on Public Charities:
o.a ,ra.a rn,or.oa ~, nn,,..,n.;.4n enn,n,n.oo. '
c1e'' were 1cse11ca 10 appropriate coH'"'htees'
-,...... sExnoa's NIL
As soon as the order Communications aul
Petition. }, 1,,f, bccu .1j,Dose1, Of The llalTmau
ros or,, ,t,1tc,s.I t,,c 1,nori1 fo,ovs. nf,cn.
.os' a''' a"ut nv uo"." - e
t!c1ncr, at our last meeting the boara ordsfea
tic payment Of three hills in favor Of Mr.. +. J.
llosrital building. Ono Of The vouchers was Tor
sasa5 another s., 2,551- and the third $sN. THIS
morning Mr. Sexton CAME TO mic anil reported
had presented them Mt tho County Trtasurcr.'s
ofllci, and payment wns refused. Immediately
went to the o'lice Of thu County Treasurer to
ascertain on what grounds tho orders OF THO
Board had been dshonorcd. THU Assistant
Treasurer told inc, frat, TINT he had refused
payment at tho request Of the Flnnhcc Commits
tcc. retnntkcd that ! could not SC see
Committee Ind MT been in session
On tic subject. Mr. Dege then said It WIS at
thc request la writing OF two members Of tho
COMMITTEES. asked to sec tito pnper, mud ho
b!lls IRON tic general fund, signci BY toianmis-
sloners Ayats aud Fitzgerald: Thought this
was q strsn!sr proect!uro On tic part Of those
gentlemen, and dccih 1t my duty now to bring
us you may eonslder racGcssary to rsosect Tic
credit OF Cook County, to tf.e cnd that wlen-
ever IN order is drawn " special fund, itttele
Is any money to ~ <1cit TO ,neet Tue Indebted
tasfon. II the usc9tsnt IL oYerdraWn, the mailer
SHOULD 10 Afrangcl p, some manner 50 TINT the
credit OF thc county shall 20 III howiso inquired
or JeopardEzcl. ...-...-
COMMISSIONER FITZGERALD
rose to explain Ills action: !lc sait: took this
step Thinking Il was for tho best interests u tho
county AMI elty; hnl thought u Tpuld t hayo
nrs to tgs9 , ;erany
payment Of thoss 9tlls; Bnt, \ 70 far as my
knowledge extends, think thnt II Ia propcr fur
payment for building co''tracss to be maac out
.! .n9 nug 10; rmnu an no o., hauGs. AZ 1a9
tne billa IN question came to this bNty, l Told
tho Chairman would not s!gn i bceausu the
orders wGrc not drawn On tue Bu!latng Fuud.
aye nj Ill Will Mr.. Sexton IN this tuatter, nor
think llaVa uversleppeu my duty. II thu mat
ter was np bolore tllo boaru agat,, Bh0nla ger
taiuly veto axainst It. There ia but s5s.W9 to
blls which properly snould come out Of tho
l}utltltnE Fund ut tue last meeting amounting
to ovcr S.oEu, and others tt,-tiay amounting to
SoUN Or S1on, Wil!Sh M Il !s pnrposeu should y.
drawn out Of tlat little fund. Nov, ! think y
y my duty to look alter the a''ntlry nrcoants
TINT We have to pay FROM week to week IN SUP
port q our ihstituttons,-tho !nsa!.t- Asylum,
poor.ltouse, Hospital, etc. lth!''k tt;wonld ba
better TO pay those aeeounts' md 1T air, Sexton
whit tWo Or three wecks until Wo can make sotau
arrangements o'pay his claims Without Jcopard-
| taltE tho t'ltercstA oi tue county,
~ ,M'1ATFNEr;%
Commissioner hletaIlroy-l1 the gentleman
WAS not positively surc that he was doing right,
Il would lave been MI easy niatter fDr him tu
lave sought . little Information On tho subject.
ty by taking the stop no dld: member u I,
fur'ncr Boal'! undertook 70 !eslslate Tor US tho
same a. thpso gentlemen wait to do,
but Ae 70" h!s nllstake, and rec.
! tl'tetl IL pretty lu1ek' Il ING gcnlIcH!eh
think they .ure going. to lee!s1ato for
Cook County. They art ''s!ssaken. str. Sexton
tau take that paper aui sell It on thu street, VI
llu can turn It into bankcrs collateral, anu tl,at
banker will present It, nt,tl the note Will En to
protest OIL ths part Ut thu county. II they
"nntcd " saYu tflu county funds, IT would have
been ~ easy nMster for them, in conjunction
with the other 'uc1.lbcIa VI the klllntco Co!1i-
miftec, to Induce At At. sSxton to Withhold N tha
nrtlcr lor awhile. But when 1nn]osty of this
Board !A'ssea an oricr, no Individual l'as the
right to 70 an say tsat It SaIal not he patd. !,
therefore, nDye tlat, In yIuw nf tho uc.Ion
taken by Mcssrs. Fitzgerald anl AYart, tlIo
chairman hc antiIorlzcti TO reconstruct the r.
naflso Cohamittrc' ancn pruceculhs was e!l'
tlrcly uncallcl Tor On thu part OF my ,nr'aber,
1ilu flhHk they ought tt' bn cctisilrc.I.
! COMMISSIONER F!tzscrstla--The gentleman
| speaks us II lsc was tho fnanclcr OF tho Hoard,
but du'l't think he ts 4ny nprs snancier than
nlyl'ody clac. We dill nut tn tilis hy ourselves.
Mr were requested to do Il By tic Assistant
Treasurer, Mr.. Bcyc said the lsoar'l had p1ase'
al order which VAS Not Gutto lawful. liz snltl
the 0E.lcr ought tn have. been ma,!c oil thu
building Fund. Ills explanation WIS Batts!ar-
turY To tnc.
Tho Chalrm1n-D0n%t you know tlera was Tic
| mOnry iii tho Building Fund!