Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-09-11

have done nothing to warrant arrest.
The meeting on Saturday was all
right due notice was given, and there
was nothing wrong about it. This all
comes from id lobbying scoundrels,
and the thing is disgusting. Simply
because a man has the misfortune to
be a member of the Board of Alder
men he must submit to all sorts of
abuse and vilifying.
NO MONEY IN THE BOARD.
II tell you no one ever came into
that Board and offered a solitary cent. :.
There was never such an offer as
million dollars made for the franchise,
that the Board knew of, before the
franchise was granted. All that sort
of stuff came after the matter was set
tied. Why didn't these men make
their offer before the Board passed up
on it? It was advertised fourteen
DAYS previous. / tell you if tn ey are
honest they would have done 50. The
whole fact of the matter as it appears
to me is that this Mr.. Chittenden got
up the whole row for the purpose OF
getting business for himself. Talk
about a million dollars! Why the 5
percent. of the receipts is far better to
the city. 1t was a question with us
whether the cable road had claim
any way-whether their commission
was legal-because some of them had
resigned or wouldn't act. We think
we'll enough Of the system, but it
shouldn't be tried on Broadway. Let
it be tried across town in the upper
part Of the city. They need some
thing of the kind there bad enough.
"But wasn't your meeting a rather
hasty affair and open to suspicion p
"Not bit of it, and no living man
could make such charges unless he was
some disreputable scoundrel who
would not be believed by any one. The
rules of the Board adopted January,
1880, expressly state that in the event
of any emergency arising to necessitate
special meeting one may be called
at any time designated in the call
when signed by three-fourths of all
the members of the Board"
CLERK TUOMEY IN COURT.
In obedience to an order granted by
Judge Donohue, in the Supreme Court
Chambers, Francis Tuomey, the clerk
of the Board, appeared in court yes
terday and was examined as to the
formalities which were pursued in
convening the special meeting of th'
Board ON Saturday, when the fran
chise was given away. Mr.. l.. r
Chittenden and Mr.. Townsend botf
appeared to examine Clerk Tuomey
and Luke Cozans was present, appar
emily tor the Board of Aldermen, bu
he took very little part in the pro
ceedings. Mr. Tuomey was sworn be
+ fore Judge Donohue and with tn
lawyers went into one of the unoccu
. pied court-rooms, where the examina
| tion was quietly conducted. MI
. Tuomey testified that last Saturday ;
: little before s o'clock Alderman Full
graft called upon him at his residenc
. and informed him that he would b
!. wanted to attend a special meeting c
the Board which was to be held tha
morning He went down town, an
+ in the usual way directed Deput
a Clerk Maloney and sent out the nc
+ tices to those members of the Boar
y who had not signed the call for tt
meeting. The notices were prepare
, and sent out in the usual way, whie
+ is to send them by messenger whe
!. practicable, and when not, by mai
n He first saw the eighteen members wi
n signed the call, at the meeting
% about 9 o'clock in the morning. \
= notice, he said, had been sent to Il
M Mayor, Corporation Counsel, Com
q. troller or any of the other heads of Il
II city departments because they had {
ar previous occasions ceased to attend t
re meetings when notified, and thereto
r. the practice of sending them motto
ar had been discontinued. The motto
n for the meeting last Saturday, he sai
i had been sent out exactly in the sal
10 manner as was usual Oh such occasion
n. This testimony will be used up'
10 the argument on Monday next in su
"a port of the motion to continue the
l. junction during the pendency of t
a action. Mr.. Cozans requested to
at furnished with copy of the testin
o. ny. The request will be complied wi
90 THE TAXPAYERS PROTEST.
70. The meeting at Chickering II
yn this evening of taxpayers and citize
to I'd pfOtcsI dSdiuSt tuc dCtioh VI
no Aldermen promises to be an imposi
Is demonstration both in point of nu
,.t bers and character The arran
ed ments are in charge of Mr.. Chittene
to and members of the Anti-Monop'
he League. Mayor Edison. who has b'
We a vigorous opponent of the stupend
ill steal, will preside, and the course
in the Alderman will be unqualifie
R. denounced by prominent speakers.
nix Among others who have decla
YES their intention of being present
of William r. Evarts, ex-Mayor v
eat liam r. Grace, William Dowd, Pr
ro- dent of the Bank of North Ameri
i is Solon B. Humphreys, ex-Gov. Corn
Tho Robert Sewell, r. l.. Cutting, F.
,rc. Coudert, III. K. Thurber, ex-Sens
John G. Boyd, John L. Stewart
d. B. Turnour.
red
ity Friead to the Poor Man Indeed
(er- From, the Greensboro Patriot.