The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-06-12

recitation that must eusue IL WI
wipe It all out. Judges Miller and
Dil on DO not think Il e,- bonds ought to he
paid in full. only all exceptional attorney
and possibly. bondho der or two want H.
All admitted, with these exceptions, that il
! was morally wrong 10 en'or,- This payment
! True. Ihe law said dIirrently. but every
| CON n unity that had tsken IA stand against
the Oontholiers had bea en- them. II took
time aud hard struggle, bur II could re
4 done, ard II W can do 10 AL would Ee well:
I bat ii not every hope Oi a prosperous future
, Tor cur peupIe would be crushed cut
Judge n. I Green said We were handling
! a delicate question. ;Ee courts who were
making this decree We're above US and moth
/ ing shou done to offend or be disrespect-
fui 10 them. These officers should
tell tie Judges, with all due respect,
that H. was EOi poss bic TO make the levy, in
view Of tue duty they owed To the peop e, TO
whom she levy would De the des tn kneil
He Proceeded to show the b tntfui effect of
the enormous levy upo the business houses,
wGich wou Il he more harmful than the .evy
upon real .St and the consequences would
be the loss OF ali our houses, who would move
eiseV h Re II WAS not question of O. e
eaI lew. Int IL involved q -est ons of the
iutuiv- In this terrible dilemma We must
act cautiously and so0erly. The lawyers,
with int one single exception would cCmpIO-
mise ;le ella Ms they represented.
SO Tar as tn- imprisonment vas concerned,
or their chillreu. Tell Judge Miller 10 send
YOU TO jail and plead the poverty OF
The people you represent: AM the people
viii not permit you Il suff-r The railroads |
for which these bonds weie issued now car
ried the commerce 10 other cities ana not 10 |
our own. He endorsed both resolutions al q |
hopSd the officers won stand firm.
Mr.. .Niehaus read letter Just received from |
bondhoIders, Offering to con promise $3.50 |
IL bonds at nifty cents.
p. Bauserman moved that the preamble |
of red by Col. Anthony, be preuNed II the |
Nicely Iesaut on, " hlCh carried.
Mr.. B. :. Richards, county commissioner.
said that the board fully uud sr>tood the Sit |
uariUn and al DO deposition u shirk any |
thing, but would face TIE mu &c H. Was
lily prepared TO leave has ,..Ii' -, bdt he |
hoped II would e kept IL 80 ii Sh-I { ~ the
people.
Mr.. II. c. SquiTeI county comm sSioner, was |
proud of the meeting, and q II 20 ses this /
free expression. Ii was Ho new subject, but /
the board had talked over f., time ana again.
TneIe Were but three a. Them, and tHIty /
thousand OF the peope. rrey wOnld not go To
Jail TO disc ey he Couri, bui {" obey the peO-
pie. All the boGdhOld.rs. with Que or tTO
exceptions, had been fOuid Wiling To- COM
promise. He wIIlIug To statd by the
pledges lie had IN gdr.. and wanted tine con
demnation OF the PEE pc II he did not II was
no cnild's play no edsure trip this sol
To Jall-but il they had to go the people
should see thnt their business aLd families
did not suffer.
James Pickens, chairman of the board said
he had spoken the most he had TO say st the
first. He had nothing TO add. When he left
home his wife asked him whe7 lie would re
turn aud he said IL might be "a day. six mouihs |
or SIX ears; and he mad left his family in |
tears and didn't feel very good himself. But
he would stand by the people.
Councilmen Latts, Michaels, Wilson and
Bser al expressed their hrmness, Mr.. |
Mlrhat , Tar 81 /
" hich would be as the people wished and |
Mayor Fortescue stated that the result would
not disappoint the people.
The resolution, with the preamble affixed, |
thsn passed.
Hon. Nv. Taylor then offered a res olution,
Dut without action the meeting adjourned. 4.
CRAWFORD MOORE, IL
President.
.. F JOHNSoN,