, 1880-10-26
TIE COUNTY BOARD.
Mayor Harrison Hunting for Some
Political Capital.
4 Dubious Petition and Stump Speech
-C0urt.ll0uso Furniture.

Tho County Board mot yesterday.
It WINS agrcri to ll''1l Rn adjourned meeting nf
the t!onsI Friday afternoon.
An Estimate tr fnyur Ut Thomas Nclanr. for
f3,it2, and another In fayor of tho I,ufinuton
manufacturing Company for &5,1s1 for work
'l0fic on tho new rt.Ilousu, were sent to tho
Finance Committee.
a long communication wns sent tn by
ttEsHY HARMS,
nsktng tho Board to pay, without further lIt1Ra.
son, Tho aHlos.nt Of tho ngrlod Judgment hB had
0htAtnc'l aRaIn.t tho county ms the result Of tho
recent trHi. The Judgment Is for $50,ol7.
A molten was made BY Commissioner Wheeler
to Aand tho matter ~ tho JuoIary Committee.
with Instructions tu rcport Fril!uy. Thts mo.
tfon WIS lost. whcreupon Mr. Senno moved tho
reference Of the communication to tho saruo
Co,nmlttoe without Instructions. Carried.
cou4r.norsE rrnStrunE.
Architect Eunn. upon the recommendation nf
tho 1nfnt Committee on Public buildings and
eSes &c tho III a'a Il "fi to
new ctlrt. .}lth,se. at'd that he bo paid tho sum
The nrehteet was also Instructed 70 tlx Yp the
commissioners rut'ms In tho now Court-tlouso
Tho bushes. ct the meeting WI then sus-
pcuded IN order to purln1t
MAYOR HARRISON
to grind out little poticnl unpital lie stood
iorwHru. clasptnK In hfe nr!t:a very inrEe bun.
dio of paier. which he pr,,c',elel 10 aay WIS a
Pettsina + from ,hs ,wsrk!9s ';s. E%rs
had becn = appointed Il, a coliuitten @ to val.
uImn the Cnunty I'oard md lay tho cnse before
T. melubgr; 81 T T. proved to le IN M .leKEd n1otsst
fnir !llttrthtltnn 1T polling pilces In the wards
rhc Nayor pr.'teesled to res'I Il t!rade attached
ss% 5 as ns has So was. H e
sp"ns,nlc fur the lans,are. Il altered TINT tho
lsunrd had wslIfs!ly cnnspIrcd 10 lt.rranchsc
IH
nut propose to bc tnHde white sares without
nrutcsi. Tne petition. the Mnyor claimed, con.
5anc M @ ae ma wne rrr ~; ff nryr ,
Mayer arruet sho,,ld he listened 10. sfr. iInr.
rison: i i!eed scarcely he sait embraced - ta!s
IN very large doscs to tho horuy-fsted SONS Of
Tho worthy Mayor hnvinY finished hi. oration
him how Il catlu TO pass tt1t most Of Tho ln,nea
In tAe petition hnt' hccn written by ono person.
rious Mayur. with ssnllo thnt wis "chtllllko
and hlAnd were gathered irrespective Ut par
n t,e tee!InS, and havc probably been eoped frotn
f'ho petition certainly ,nlteascs. TINT tho names
i1ntl becI eop!et.- .-asitl copied By city employees
4 M eompnrison ti 6f statistics published In TIE
TKIDurE WIS mnde BY sIr. Cnburts. showing TINT
tllu t,11tubcr uf polling pInces cstablfAhed was
TIC worthy Mayor once moro Rot on hts fort,
and wont into tc4tHs1es over tho petitioners.
4lElE HpLHlTtHtl1tf III f0&G HlS III lEB HlSJLe
sftR Or In The evening. They cDuldn't. like tho
wealthy ~ md vo,e whencvcr they elected.
An1 s,l TN. ..
The CtlaIr in brief speech. said he wished It
to he 1lslarrstood thnt tho app0rtfnnment bad
been made,
NOT ~ 4 rAn11sAS srllt1T,
eut to tho l,cst Df thglrahDltty. Tho city during
thu winter. would bc redlstrlrtcl.
Mr. Fuller anre his yiews. After he Fbt
through. Mr.. Harrison. In explanation OF the
reassln fDr thu similarity Df handwriting In tho
petition. sM1d the signatures hltl t,een nos.fy
taken lt worklnQH,rn'b meetings. where the seq
rt'tHrE hAu written thhIn. Thuret,pnn Mr, HAr.
r1snn ind Mr. Fuller Hrin.in-ar,n walked 1nt 0f
tho rut,n. leaving their documents And tholr
speeches to tho consideration nj tic flntr,l.
sir. SratrurL accurately defined the wtluic
schrsuo when hn sll i wns merely nn nstesnps
~ make political enp!tna on tic part OF tho
Mayor,
Nr: Wood thought 1t wns nothing else tl,nn m
GlettioneurinH t!uuae: that the Appnrtopmdnt
had loen male Irrespective Of 1arty. ind tint It
WIS lnposslb!c to ndl to tho pulling. places ut
this time.
Tho petition wns tlnllly referred to tho Conf
nlitt.'t On Public Service.
Il &1ntinn wua made by Mr.. Wheeler, aud
pissed By tho lhIarl, asking why the Sheriff
does not notify the 1stnra WIN hilyi heen drawn.
MIR. SpnIIurl moved Tint Mcneil 4 Son bs nl-
lowcsl *l0.00 on tho saJ.000 nccount for work
done. l4,ss.
Adjourned.