New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE ATDFRNFNS LAWYERS.


COUNSEL FEES 70 THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS AsKED-THE CONSEQUENCES WHICH
MIGHT HAVE FOLLOWED THE TRIAL OF The
ALDERMEN WILDLY DESCRIBED.
The Board of Aldermen received yesterday
an elaborate and rather eloquent description OF It's
mighty struggle with Recorder Hackett concerning tue
establishment OF a stand. Embedded in the d0eu
ment-which the joint production oil Aldermen
sauer, waehner, Lewis GedUey and Bigln-was the
statement that the lawyers who successfully defended
the board thereby saved its members from the fate
Of being excluded forever after from holding once
deemed their services worth $4,000 to the county Inc
document opens with the declaration that the pubic arc
well acquainted with the great trial. and with the VIM
detveness that characterized the Recorders charge 10
the Grand Jury which led to the indictment Of the men,
bers OF the board; the yiuperatOn to which the de
PENDANTS were subjected from certain quarters and the
persistent not to say unfair attempts to prejudice the
people city against them by parties interested IN
their conviction They certainly such as TO admon
ish the indicted members of the board OF the necessity OF
employing the most eminent counsel for their defence"
The committee then describe the dreadful conse-
Ouences that would have followed the removal OF two
thirds Of the board: There would then be no City
Government The for this year could not be con-
rmed OF collected; the revenue bonds issued In anUc
patton OF the collection the taxes for this year. fall
ing due in December next could not be redeemed as
promised thus irreparaby damaging the credit OF the
city, etc This part of the report ends with the words
"ChaOs would then have succeeded confusion" Inc
committee then say In view therefore, Of the gravity
of the case and the magnitude Of the interests involved
It was clearly the imperative duty Of the indicted men,
bers OF the board order to prevent the contamination
of the attempt made to degrade them and their const
uents and to prevent evils certain TO follow their
conviction obtain the legal services OF men OF T6cog
nized ability" The report ends as follows; Inc ques-
ton Of compensation OF counsel has been duly cOnsd-
cred by your committee The value OF services such as
were the gentlemen engaged for the defence
cannot well be estmated they can be measured only DIV
the extent OF the interests involved which IN TINS case
were more important in their results PROBABLY thail
any case Of like tried in the courts OF
this city After a conference with counsel as 10 the
amount OF their respective claims II agreed to COM
pensate them follows:
David Dudley Field 600 Elihu
SoIn nj ~ it a1S5sSIu--... 1000 $4,000
Accompanying the report was resolution requesting
the Board OF AppOrOnment TO appropriate SlOOOO IOI
the payment of the counsel The resolution went over
for Consideration until another week Alderman Shels
rose TO "a question of privilege" ana warmly dehlea
that General Spin0las project TO supply the city Win
steam was lob" resolution was passed giving "
disabled soldier" right erect apple-sand at NO
660 West Twenty-third-st. Alderman Ptnckney sug-
gested that right erect appesands be con- erred
on all disabled soldiers and said that this course
would be far better than permitting Italians 10 usurp
this privilege" The Aldermen then adjourned until
next week.