The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-15
THE GARBAGE QUESTION
NO EVIDENCE TAKEN AND An AID
JOURNMENT UNTIL WEDNESDAY.

Yesterday, at the opening OF the meeting OF
the garbage committee. all the members being
present Administrator McCaffrey handed the
following letter to the chairman:
DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS, !
New Orleans. October a. 1878. J
P. J. Cockburn. ESQ. Chairman of Committee:
Dear iS7-To- day Monday being fixed for q
continuation Of your labors, have to reques q
postponement for a day or two until the I'D
iournment Of the present parish nominating
As you must be aware am q candidate for
denomination for my present POSITION hnq 1pr
that my e nd ateh ha W o 81 1 von
sittngs, Us ha4Smuch, at stake In your pro-
ceedings. The range taken by your investlga-
sion Of your labors, or any conclusion ia time
to allow me to protect my interests before the
convention. Seeing no reasonable objection. to
this request trust 1t will be granted and the
matter Interrupted for q few days
A refusal on your part would compel me TO
employ counsel on expense which 40 not
think should be enforced upon me-, And even
the best counsel could but serve under the dis
advantage OF being without my assistance, who
am In possession Of all the facts.
Begging your kind consideration. am. re-
JOHN MCCARTNEY,
Administrator of improvements.
Mr.. Bosworth took the floor to say that before
the communication was acted upon he wished
to have read two paragraphs In the address OF
the morning DEMOCRAT.
The secretary then read the following:
Instead Of this, he delays. without just cause.
| any action unit til October 4, 1878, and that COM
mittee delayed sitting until October .. only
5Irge six xa days sn prior to The conyenon
Mr. Bosworth said that this statement of Mr..
MeCaffrey was not correct; that the members
of the committee had not received their notices
until Saturday. the fifth instant. and had Or
| ganized on Monday. the seventh, Sunday only
| Intervening and he wished that his remarks
| should go on the minutes.
| AS to the second paragraph. which reads rs
| follows:
| At this meeting on Saturday, pursuant to nd
iournment, attended. and Imagine :. my aston u,
| journmeDt on Friday. without any notice to me
| and with the assistance Of DR.. Holt. who has
acting fh as I aeyara m
residing back Of town were taken. who, In my
| absence and without any cross examination
| could make any statement (fOr none OF these
witnesses are SWORN they chose This may be
fair. but 1t Is not In accordance with my ideas o.
(! fair play.
Said MIR. Bosworth 1t is also Incorrect. We
went down there to see the dump, and without
any intention of taking any evidence. Some o.
the persons whose evidence was taken were
lying sick In bed. and we thought proper tc
Mr. McCafYrey was present or not. AS TO thf
reference to DR.. Holt, We met him acct
dentally DR.. Holt is not OF counsel be
fore this board We admit Of no counsel
He is simply q witness, and We think that the
entire public owe him great deal for tbs
energy he has displayed In this matter
This Is q campaign document, and We are no
to be lugged into. it.
Mr.. Howell in his turn. said that the commit
tee were not arraigning Mr.. McCaffrey poltti
cnlly; theywere Investigating matter OF publ
health this thing had existed for twenty years
and the poison was deadlier than that Of tn
Upas tree. ,
Mr. McCaffrey replied that to substantiate hi
statement In his address, he would say that tn
first notice he had of the appointment OF th
committee was on the eighth instant, at /
o'clock and that he attended q meeting for tn
first time on the ninth, and that the minutes
would bear him out in what he said.
| Mr. Howell took occasion to remark here tina
he had frequently visited Mayor Pills bury dur
ing his occupation of the Mayors CHAIR an
had ever hoard him speak In the kindl1ee
terms.
. Mr. Bosworth said that he wanted to be sc
right before the public in this matter. and tina
it had nothing to do with politics. II the inves
, tigation falls upon the head Of an administra
. tor. then he must bear 1t.
) The committee, after some hesitation. &C
, guessed to the request of Admi illustrator Nc
Caffrey. and the meeting adjourned unit
Wednesday at II o'clock g. IN.