, 1879-03-30

aud punishment. The Law is eEninently ta'r,
and hundreds of thousands OF peaceable and
orderly citizens might pass to and from Ine
polls under the most rigid execution Of It Wlth-
with or ANNOYED. 1t is only the rough, the
shoulder-hittcr, the hummer, the repeater, INC
political criminal, and the political fraud tla1
are intcr}ered with and brought to sudden
stop and to punishment. Whether any one IS
opposed to the law or in faFor o1 II oepsous ~
upon whether he is in favor Of riot or peace at
the election; whether he is in favor OF tne
shonider-hittcr and ballot-stutfer, Or whether
be Is ia favor Of order and peace. Inc rlg'u en-
forcement Of this law secures, the rule OF Lne
majority, aud it's overthrow removes "i
imuedimcnts to vio!eace and 1raud-
But it mar be said We need no such law. Inc
dangerous and criminal elements nave nos
heretofore made such demonstrations as 20
Justify such fears. | shall answer this simply
bv review Of our own city politics anu 1echll
to your mind only facts "hich are wltnln w,
knowledge, and all Of which have occurred
since 1878. In 1873
MR.. CoLy1H WAS ERECTED MAYOR
of th;e citv for two Years, his term expiring in
December, 1875. By the new Constitution OF
1870 it was provided that all cities IN this state
might organize under general chaElef OF law.
and il city so decided an election should take
place on the 18th Of April. Gown ana n's
Council, therefore, called an election to pass up
on tic adoption OF the new charter April Is,
ar FIVE days after the election should have been
held, If such charter naa osen ~. - ~ s,ectad
Mayor under tnls ne" ~ :" - ~ - - Csst
every TWO years. a,u tnG ~ ansoiracr a. there
election. Inc o2!cet ~ ,o,, Ir.n ,lraoI for onn
year and for the Mayor power for two years
without coming before the people. :: 10 ln-
sure the change IN uae ia4eti cn4reti p1oAlo. ior
ing TINS emu .ale so.,s,1e II hr q III, crmg-
~nlen 1e We len tha LAY sa;s,ar1re ana then safe
gleu ~ hair The ejection odoptng the
s,an cho1tor as is now penerally known, was
ueH ~! - ~, s,,,a3 90 s-,,fsnrr md franii
caf,aea n th ~ 1Sth of .nr 1S7f one rear lacking
Vn u.e to.n 10 " a,,ction 1 fnr The chartnr Tas
AsG & y.1,a.o -..as ro.e for Aldermen, and the
cai!cu' M t.1es aro ehaScn ~ n order to piye
w iees ettii ,nothoT rear when tne c]ection was
called omitted 70 @ ssats m .et conI 1i hod
taken ~ na1o.' ~ aG6nt3n 1T The charter The
years 1IuIn Luz aoop1v ~ uroth ~ ~ .nd tna Hon
People' hJHve.' r1as 1.' oiac+ed mornr recciviur
~ ~ a.. ~ 81 nna ,,o+ns cest h3t fbe Courts
oeeauea sIat t4t ~ nnt;ce Which the Inv rennir.
e!ectu,'; !: f..'! 1e7e ssror Haath vac e1ccted
ea, anu i t y4 r. AotE ot,;, Mi thc nreset tine
Na@ - lr1 nc zee what this cron OF nolitcians
vhnsc rcirn was thus pe1petuated by fraud and
for the want of an election Law, have done for
our city. At the end Of the Colyin term sthe
bonded debt Of the city was about s13,500,0 ,000.
illegal certificates S3011 ,39 The Treasury
was Illegally drawn npon 81, 500, 900. That is,
for instance, the water tax fund, which By law
eau be used only for water, had been Illegally
used for other purposes, and the police, fire.
men, and other city employees had not been paid
for five months. 70 this We should add tlat
the city credit was ruined and not dollar could
be borrowed in any commercial centre In the
world.
- contrast oood government md men wbo