The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-17
THE REPORT RECEIVED.
The Council Hold u special Meeting
to Consider the Recent Invcshga-
tiOn.tO Declare the May.
Or's Seat Vacant introduced
and to be Acted on To-Day.

considering the report made by the committee
on ordinances, composed of Alderman Hunt
chairman. Tillman and Ervay, to whom WAS
referred for investigation the charges pre-
fsrred by the city marshal against Mayor
Thurmond.
The mayor was in the chair. Roll call-all
present. The msyor stated that he had
called the meeting at the instance of several
aldermen for the purpose of receiving the re-
port of the investigating committee, and MS
be was the object of the charges no would
with their permission. retire, which he did,
Alderman Bohny taking the chair.
Alderman Bohny stated the object OF the
meeting The secretary read the call for the
meeting, and then the
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE,
Which was listened to with marked attention
by tho board and the crowd present, was
read by the city secretary.
To the Honorable the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City OF Dallas;
Your committee on ordinances to whom
was referred communication of the police
force of tho city, and also certain charges
preferred by Marshal Morton against the
mayor, make the following report:
That on last Monday al the council hall,
after due notice to the parties interested, we
commenced the investigation and continued
the same tor three days, examining every
witness produced by the parties and contnu-
ing the testimony to be reduced to writing,
which Is herewith filed as a part of that re-
port.
As to the communication of the policemen,
A. . Al hot in hn
argument made by the mayor, in the Goldsby
case in Justice Edwards court. that it was
improper and wrong for him to attack as he
seems to have done the police force as a
body in general terms. Ifany particular po-
icemen was derelict in his duty, the COM
ments of the mayor should have been con-
fined to him, followed up by charges
before the police board and not
thrown broad cast at others
who had no connection with the Transaction
and especially do we think the mayors re-
marks rejecting on the police generally ILL
advised and injudcious, because he is a mem
Der of the police board and such remarks are
calculated to produce ll-feeling and nsubor.
dnation on the part of the police.
As to the charge about the horse, no
corruption or attempt to corrupt is estab-
ished by the evidence. We must say, how.
ever that the mayors statements about the
horse were not in the straightforward,
dgnifed business manner becoming the
mayor, and which probably led to the mis-
understanding between them. As to the
charge that the mayor uses his office for the
purpose of abusing those he did not like, we
are not disposed to be hypercriticsl as to the
language he makes use of to Migrants and
nersons vi wa. e,ass sonanuwu po oto I hi
liners ID some prop, noMe.o., .uas w , n"''
ron lhs oencn, wheh eours WAS ~ 'I bofono
spoken u,sparaglhgiy "a p1tsor' s; nGt S''oi'
'he eour', aiIu 'n,s we .n.nN ~, unu' Sr'Hou
we iurther i'hu .la' tne ea,n.ps or
1,hanee passeu v' ns iu, I'm o.,
of sa;S ronth and NV which tho minimum
Sao co, non,;rn ia }on dollars WAS not on.
Snr g mill tbH LET Of Nav Inst the fines for
CANINE hetpeon SAID dates heinz generally
So lila and n,sts Az this ord;nsnce was
nosooa wbna Moyor Tburmond was in Office
sr;mnsS hr hin, and el;c;tad some d;scnss;on
IN making il confirm 10 the state law wa do
not vary uorv Swe,l ,ne how he conld have made
w. ,,;.toIo 81 6n;ng nnaor the warrant in
stsad 81 the Gaming ord,nance
Marshal Morton "a not nader investigation
- tb;s nro,aod;nr hpt "a ha ;nyokos sentenco
unnn wbonsoeyer the ;uvestiostion shows IN
a. su,, ga a. shor,n hu HE own s5r,;S ,
SION that he was tight on the 9Th instant dur
;nr n,bi;c colohTot;on in Dnl,as wo verv re.
onec, t,llv raomes, him not IN reneat il on such
an occss;an And in conclusion we ask
Lava 10 s,.to that we regret eyceedinolv
,ha controyersv that bas GROWN nm hetween
WV ,o En- c;,y cff;"ors and tb;nt ,bev vii
hast T subsoTye their own md the city's inter.
ats hv nov;nc forward in The limo of
g 1 o hoora ,%a o;,r Mil tol,a oa ra
o s,So;r limitation All Of wh;ch il rcsnect.
S g, ,u,r ,h lu' y = u,,wT 'N'p'N'
iu''s s'o'n'''''' ~, Nv Tr,,,,v~
IN IN = ;'I E.r iLr"NNN'
While we concur IN the foregoing report
IN the main, we are OF the opinion That
Mayor Ihurmond violated inc gaming Or
| dihahce knowingly III Sel,eIal! iuiposins
fines of one in place OF ten doIlas, winch line
of ten dollars IS the lowest me that can De
imposed by the gaming ordnance IN force
since October Il, 1917:
| Tx: I'm. llLLMANN'
| Ii. 5. ERvAY,
Alderman Whitla moved to lay the report
on the table.
Alderman heeioek moved 10 receive ana
adopt the report as whole.
Alderman Hunt called for a severance OF
the questions.
A vote was taken on Alderman Wheelock's
motion, it being the only one seconded, and
was carried by vote of to l.
Alderman Whitla moved to adjourn. Mo