The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-18
OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL.


II Ia q source Of much qualification TO
he citizens OF Dallas 10 know that we
low have In the new city council a
,ody Of wise, experienced and repre-
citizens, who, at this early |
late, have shown that they are tho
right men in tho right place, The first
two meetings Of the board were lraught
with much significance TO the future
welfare of the city, inasmuoh az the
contest over the principal position OF
trust was brought before them, They
showed by their actions In dealing with
the question Of deciding upon the law
fully elected city assessor and collector,
that, while proper respect and deler'
ence was shown the distrlct court,
where the contestant sought remedy
for his grievances, thoy--tho city council
OF Dallas-were competent 10 look after
affairs pertaining solely TO the interests
of the city, and that they would mains
tain their views, based M they were ON
common sense, precedent and na'
tice, The manner in which they cons
pletely sat down upon Mr., Ogden, the
late city assessor and collector, who by
his actions cast the imputatlon OF corN
ruption upon the judges and clerks Of
the late city election, was u just and iitN
ting rebulfe TO tho gentleman, who un'
fortunately isnot possessed OF the wisN
dom and discretion wo had previously
accorded him. Mr. Ogden comes in at
tho eleventh hour and sets up tho plea
that his successor was not legally
elected" and prays for time TO test
the case before the district court,
The returns Of the votes cast having
some time before been canvassed by the
city council, and, upon respectable
majority Of said votes showing that Mr..
j, G, Bogel was duly elected they, the
council, proceeded to issue certificate
of election to Mr. Bogel in due form
Following this they proceeded to in
stall Mr., Bogel, yet in spite of all this
Mr., Ogden, upon the assumption that
he is infallible in his theory of election
frauds, treats with contempt the only
authority under heaven to which he is
amenable for his official conduct,
by failing to comply with re"
Spectful resolution, carried in tie
council with but one dissenting
vote This resolution, we say, was
respectful because it did not per>empN
torily demand that he should turn over
oil books papers and effects belonging
to the city of Dallas, but requested"
the same. He showed his contempt
for and disrespect to the council by re,
moving the books, papers and effects
out Of the office, Here, truly, was
leniency shown when the council pros
ceeded to carry out the wishes of mas
jority of the voters of the city of Dallas,
by standing up squarely for Mr.. Bogel
They did this by locating the office in
another place instead of taking steps to
enforce the section Of the city charter
which provides severe penalty for the
failure to deliver over the books, papers,
etc, to his successor, of 'any person
whose term Of Office to which he was
elected or appointed has expired. u
Mr., Ogden's attempt to defy the man-
dates Of the oity's representatives is
certainly very unbecoming, to say the
least of it, and the city council has won
golden laurels in the estimation of
almost the entire city for treating the
matter in such dignified, sensible, yet
determined manner Should they con.
tinue to pursue the course they have so
auspiciously inaugurated in dealing with
important questions according to the
will of majority Of the people, they
will have won for themselves u good
name and be lasting credit to the
city And we doubt not that they viii
do it,