, 1879-07-04

MAYOR ItAIs1sISON.
His srAfEME.r.
lp order to get n full s a.eneot OF the MAYORS
pos'ta0h on 20 iinpnriant matter az this, re-
porter for TnE TnlHuNE calfcsl at bis house last
evening, aud, altar waiting Tor him to return
fram the Council Chamber nnd IN exploration
OF The State strset dives, which be il apparently
10 nuch In tarne8t abont breaking up, succena-
ed In getting that for which he ca,uc,-the
Mayors defcnse Of the stcp he had taken. alr,
Harrfson, at t'rst, remarked that h. thought
the correspondence between bimaslf and Mr,
Bsnner gave ali the essential points In thla mat,
ter, but little reporto'1al urging suticcd to
show him that the iupostance Of the sten Dc.
'nanded from HIN full anil explicit statement
OF the reasons which had moved hin.
II wtl then state," aaid hta Honor the
aayor, after lighting Ills mecrsrhaum and tak.
fng few Introductory puts thcrcat, that
SIT FEELlSas TOWARD MARSHAL nKNxEH
were Of tie most favorable character. / had
no expectation whatever Of disturbing him
"hlLG was In Office, unless something occurred
to force 1t. But when | gnye my Instructions
on the Rsas of Junc, which Instructions were
founded upon nhat believed to be- necessity
Of the cttY's finances, went to Mr. Bcnncr and
to Mr.. Dixon and requested them 10 study the
their Departments within the Il per cent, IL re-
qufred By law. After good dcnl Of discussion
with tic heads Of both Departments, sug.
Eeesed to them to advise with theif officers md
men, as was vcrS avcrsc to taking uny steps
which would not be satisfactory to them. The
POLICE Department at onco adopted plan Of
reducing the expenditures In several wats, one
Of which HaB to reduce tic par Of the men to
ts5o, the amount at which the salaries were
fixed last year. As that would not be sufficient,
still, to come within the requirements,
the other modes that thy confd suggest,
they determined to lay OF certain number Of
their men for axcd periods, 30 rs 10 get It around
through the entire foree during tic ret9atnderof
tic rear. A. far as l could learn. th!. had the
couscnt Of MI but two or tf1ee precincts out
side, and two or three prectuaA 10 tho city.
WHEN WENT TO Mn. pEsHEa
to consult with him, giving what thought to
be tho necessity Of the position IN which We
were placed. Mr. Ronuer rather declined to look
Into the tctEencflu'cut until he could sntIsfy
himself OF the Necessity II tho thing
under the LAW. 1'lts. rather surpreed nc,
ut the time, nlti stated to him, NJ ho vas
law as given by the Corporation Counael. In
fact, that up!utotl Was set forth In the Instruc-
tions iskucti to Tie heads Of departments from
tho Mayors oflice. hut he seemed disposed to
bonds in the sum of s25,oO0, he thought he
ought to do 50. then remarked to blu, TINT,
II he thought Il tncumbtnt upon him to look
into the iav, should feel dispokcd to get
somebody else tn his place that would not bara
to examine tic law, ut MI, but would
take the opinion Of the Law department. /
thought this htnt 10 Mr. Denncr WAS sufficient,
1t sceniea so at first.
"At ny next interview with him be informed
me that hc wns looking Into the subject serious-
j.. Soms time snce he submitted to 1uu Ills
plan os reduction. THIS plum contained several
items Of reduction. but not touching yck a
salary. He found thut he stil! could not come
within the requirements ol, the lam without
reducing on tho remainder OF tic year. including
the month Of June. ! suEecstedto to him nut to
touch the mouth Of June. but to take the pes-
mr. reasou for that, that Juno was then consid-
csahly ADVANCED. He aggulcsctd ia IT, then
suggested to him tile prapriety pt
GOING TO EACH or HIS ESolxH-uousKs,
asked him the number Of them, and asked him
II hd could not 70 10 each one OF t1lr houses,
house, a1d explain the circumstances in whIrh
VIC WtTo placed, the law, und the fact
that the law was not brought about by
our action; that We knew nothing Of It; that
lwas ignorant OF It unfit It wns approved by
the GoycsnoF-had never heard Of 1t In fact;
md that h. himself ought to hare known af
this moEc tfIan myself, III ha haa been In cou-
stant attendance With = ameH,hcr OF thc Legsla-
turc,-alM boft's AWAY, lad t,ot done ft,-n,Ml
to advise thosu tncn, TO cxp!aiu to thcfn also tic
fact that 1.ext year NC would bo crcunscribod
sttft moro than this; that for tic year 1878 VIC
made lew OF Esd upon the valuation of prop-
er.y tn she city, whirh valuation WIS abult |
S13t ,000,0 900; that TINT 4.5B brought In $3,- |
T5, GU in round numbers; but tint next yoar,
Il tic valuation shoutd Dc tic same, nc would |
be atlt u levy upon It only about e. COO for
central purposes. As the :! per cent is included,
It will bo necessary to ra!so enough to buy tic
interest on our bonded debt. The levy last sear |
for general purposes was nbout 81, 1G0,l0. bcins
$500 0oo more than wc Will be ab!c to lcvv next
vcar. aaked him to explain tn item that the |
citr authorities lad no control whatever
over the Astcfsors, and, therefore. nc
could not calculate OIL any Increased assets. /
ment: ltoia him that tht'u.ht It propur that
as a voiuutary act; that thought It would he |
ycrs grateful to tho public, md would be |
beneficial TO tho Department, whereas forced
reduction would bring about friction und |
lnrrue., Mt. bcnoer promised mo to visit hIe
expected tue reduction to cotsstIlcslcu on tl,e I
Isl tlav Of July, but on the 1st received frum !
Mr. benner communication In which he statcd |
that |
lie HAD SUBMITTED THE PROPOSITION
to tho battalion. thai they had taken u yotc, |
A9u that out Of 3E nen !iye "ero absent, three |
voted Tor the reduction, uni :A4 yutcd uCaIns. |
It.. Ih!h looked 10 the At once rs an unfrieniy
artlon on i'te ,art of ". Department. Yester-
failed. rh!s lnorulnE l went 10 Ills olco and j
'Mr. Denuer, II sec.ns yuu have lost
your influences " !tA your men, On l,is |
asklug me why, Il stated to hin.
that. ~ be haa oaly bad iuhnsncc ct,ousts 10
cony!nco threa sncn that they should come intu
uecord with lnr, | thought hi. tnaue.leo was
pEettv well gotic. liz replied, II, euhst atey
that ho had not though. It proper 10 uss auy
influences; that ho Aad left it 10 them. then |
remarked to htm thnt MA afraid IL wand l,o
Necessary for mo theu to gut soma persoll Who !
would
FEEL THE rRorRlE1T or us,so Ills IsrluEscE
With u,e men. 4 few nton,cats aftuswast, =
4nrut number uf 1reu,cn be,g in tic Comp
two of thesn--1uits .pFon,!uent ones, A,,,i eood
man, too-whun Gunw. a,l asked ts,r,,, aoN
i came tllat tIsS voted ~ they lid. tlru
learned that tlnaueneo from ahoya '-those mar
uot hayc been tE!c rtecsc words, but wh.t wi,
said wua ssnonynoua With that-had becn
brought to bear upon laen to yote as they .ikt.
then sent fur n: awensc, s,M talked
With hEm OH tho aubIect. While be
was In n,y ofllee Mr.. A1atns calne to
mo and !alof'asd uas that ale. neaucr was t. .4
otl!ce mud wished to talk With tue. went uu IL
soc him. Sir. lsenncr explained Ills views, and
informed Tim of "hat ha't learned aouut ti1esc