, 1879-06-22
John Mattocks Gets Off Very
Nlournful Harangue.
What Judge Felch and His Committee
Discovered and Reported.
Mayor Harrison's Conduct in the PREM
ises Denounced Us Repre-
heusible.
Judge Tuley also Receives a Small Dose
Of Oastigation.


proved to be good deal Of fizzie. 1t was run
by the "Judgo" Felch-Scaplan crowd, who sue
cecded in roping in eprinklng OF respectable
citizens and number OF real workingmen to
give the thing effect. The leaders skillfully
managed things SO as to give the Eagle side
slap for failing to appoint high joint commits
sion to sit upon the structure md report upon
its alleged defects, and otherwise succeeded in
working up political feeling against the Ad-
mnstration alio certain members Of the Coun-
ell, while heJlauded the Aldermen who have lent
themselves for political purposes to the general
scheme. In this the leaders accomplished their
DESIRES, If getting the consent Of perhaps hun
dred and fifty people can be called success.
The makeup of the assemb1age was curious
enough, and more curious than all was the call
ing of John Mattocks to the chair to preside
over a meeting which had for one OF It's objects
the stabblng OF Carter Harrison. It WAS an ed
flying spectacle all through, and showed how
the Democracy is disrupted at the start Of dts
wild career. It was noticeable that, while some
of the s.notables" climbed IN to the platform,
certain others the obnoxious fellows and tho
mere passive, unsympathetic lookers-on--pro-.
yided themselves with advantageous seats
IN thu rear OF the hall or in the
gallery, from which they could see and
not be prominent. The reportoria1 eye, how
ever. sought them out, and, from the glances 1t
cast around the hall and vcr the platform, took
in the followiDg-named "prominents":
!. Judge Felch, John btattocks, AID. LaWler,
Harvey D. Colvin, Col. P. s. Turnkey, John l..
Houph. Sheriff Hoffman,, s. Goldwater, A. R.
Parsons, John ". Aston, R ": Dunstan, T. ].
O'Toole, DR.. ]. B. Duff, AID. McCaffrey, Capt.
McGtrr. Col. r. W. RicabY, j. ". Cooper,
"Conch-shell u Reynolds, s. R. Keogh, 0. 4.
Bishop, John +. Scanlan, G. G. Dixon, Arthur
Dixon, and others.
Col. Turnkey called the meeting to order
about half-past o'clock, and nominated John
Mattocks to preside. The latter put on his
most impressive look, rapned very loudly, and
addressed his hearers as " "Fellow-citizens and
vorking1neu.'' They had met properly to, dis
| cuss properly a real or faucied wrong, as It
might turn out. After some rhetoric
he got down to the subject of the
court.H House, the. county half Of Of
of money, vas admittedly most @ handsome 1s't o91
! half out Of taxes wrung from the hard-earned
| wages Of the laboring man. All we're, ol
course, willing to contribute. but everybody
wanted to see the building put up properly:
(Applause] t was charged that this was not
being done. Charges bad been made against
the manner OF letting the contract, the quality
! Of the material, and the inferior manner OF
putting it in. The speaker .,, 5evampea mp q
was va we very bard that the people should be taxed
| to pay for stone gotten out Of another instead
Of their own State. He saw no reason v why theY
| should follow the example OF !" Boss Tweed IN
tnIs regard. But, taking the contract as 1t was,
it was charged that the contractors were not
| carrying it out. Inferior stones we're furnish
ed.-stoncs OF bad color and worse composition,
stones that cracked and split, and had to be,
FILLED UP WITH RESIN. Z
"Beeswax," yelled one Of A1r. Nattocks' au-
diiors.
went on to characterize the Mayors response to
! the Committee of the workngmen-tlat he waa
unable to find three honest, capable architects
and builders to examine the building ana report
do-as evasiye. The papers had been silent on
this subject, from self-interest OF COURSE lap
And lust here John got fearfully wild on his
facts. He proceeded to say that no reporter naa a
ever gone inside the new Custom House TO 70, see e
tile fraud going on in that building AZ OF
which was openly, notoriously, and brazenly
folse1, and the fraud never would have become
public had It not been for the lats 1aaac,.ap pia -
Square !" scheme. lApplause ard laughter
Somebody suggested that the reporters nad
been paid 10 keep away from the GoVctnment
buad'nE, ~ a,;.ro n,u thaf What he did believe
pareo " pe.e .saN ID IN h..r Instructed to keep
was tnd1 Trranfs .ds iamsh1er na9 GRADUALLY he rot
away. lul9at Gs.u 1uu uaii sa;d IT. was shame that
PACK 20 tue t3o,,1d co eA IN ns II was'-nroyided
lais ou,una, nnE.s ooouso aors IL trne and thanked
uls tne ,anna snaagss ~ +ha honor shovered
ms nes ,,,;10 ~ hin, ~ the chair. winding up
upon nm ~ oa'11 ma1 n. Rennblicans. Social
WI Mtn as SOP 70 aike Who were in
ISIS, anu rsaa 1hronrh their REPRESENTATIVES,
Ysea ~ sAp1Gs;' p;.;a.a thev might hannon to have
wuatesst, - .op1A''A0 ''
aoout o".at, nle.n 7o+ IF v1ce-Presideuts,-
a eete.y, S,,s ,nehs'f .J xerc not yisible,-lnd
~uom apoot ~, Rosn1nt;nns consstnc OF James
!: So!tn''se s!t. a. p;sbnn Harry Stowell, c. H.
e"nt' -. - ~ ,hn.ias e,onnohue. were duly and
, Aaams, a.,u arn;ntsd ~nat1
soemnl9 appo'nteu ,,,,
PELcH toQoituh.
The Chairman called upon "1nuge ts. feich' t1e.
Chairman Of the Comml1tee aup3ineu n aa.! - ~ ~
West Twelfth Street 1uFner-dau mecstus s -
IS Investigate " the building, see the Aayor
. etc, etc., and the "Judge" " came up emAlnt
| viii a nrodigiously long report under his arm
rh;cn hs nrnccedcd to read to his auditors.
ILL.," ,nr- ~ esoted that the Committee had ex
thc aepoA ~ t,,;'J;nd, fonnd certain defects dull,
o.. 18th and nnhIished III the papers ut tht
: | time, but WHICH tne '9u6o l eta.,
+ ! read, and that they h2a empo9led 'Agss