Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02

iSDi,H,--ia this publication Correct u :aw
ertors wllt unavoiably crep' in!o the ! III,
publication L the same an! whic. were sue
wholly 10 ms abs,mil;.ble ehiro. ra ply not
, having revised the. proof az l shoula-F1
"a Protest"
Such is tho title of 4 lengthy art;,.le
by the Hon. Nathan Richardson. in
the last weeks Transcript. re!;4tiy. to
the action of the village councilin H.
lowing certain bills.
I am not one Of the council, am
the "ornament." wish t., trrrert Il
few possible misapprehensions.
The ccuncir did NOT disregard my i'd
vice in any respect. Ny advice was
this:
''That the bill Of A. F. Storey did
net constitute legal claim against
the village that is, the village could
not be compelled to pay it, but 1
thought the council had a right to al
low it for its equities"
am Of the same opinion still;
amongst the bills presented to the
council, of this village, or any city
or even the state, many arc paid
that are not legal claims in the sense
that their collection can be enforced.
For instance every city in the Unit
ed States, whether it is allowed
panper fund Ivy law or not, pays fu =
nights lodging and one meal +, r.
tramp in extreme cold weather tt ,nr
is no law allowing it bat tie Is " n
humanity; ard continually or ,cer
when assxiIed by individual &C .;o,,
against them for performing thei mite
of their Office, have been protect cd y,
tn. civil government in whose inter
est they acted.
The United States furnished connse
for Phil. Sheridan and han,lr ,ds If Il
o'"ceis "hco "l'er the W"rT hey wer
sued for alleged trspass, " thrne
not now, and never wag3s ,,w rb;.]
authorized the expense ese m,4ter
cannot he regulated by II xttta in al
vance; they are adjrstsA hv the Inv
of equity and com,neA4 ense who,
they arise.
But to quote higher nd more van
cradle presidents LEI " look st. home
la the latter part O j. 1889. the mar
shall of this vi!lag We ,unda,.. an inno
cent party. 500 a(h :r BILLS were pre-
scented for the. CT ire. board an
attendance OF t'a;s ,1n Mr. Richard
son WAS villag ut ornev under hi
ao''ee' or Al east withor + any protes
these bills IRE r aid anc, 7 think hon
e"N'y ana Sol aslo' : paid, but they di
'o' ia any 'e''s constit nte legal CLAIM
against 1"e VIII .ge, as civil corpora
alton is le: fslly liable fr the wronyfu
"c's o' lis ON GERS; if the shooting q
k'""oe'e no rss ia wrongful, sureI
snooeln:: y man is. Where WAS til
protest.. th' n? Again, these Charo
'or"es "ces not shot; 1t time when
ofaan .en'e Il the cor neil, but at a tin
WINE Mr' Richard son, the protesto,
was the crnamen :. Did he protst
"s"' hst u g action, of the officers j.
s''' 'otlnf the hors es: 1t WIS discusse
oe lors him; he knew Of it, but Ii
IL eyer protested. The timo to kill
" 'e@d is befors it destroys the crop, an
paase 5 to seed; '.he time to protest wa
heio ,e the co, nm;ssion Of these act
~n ch equitab] $ entail this expense
tn' ;se horses were shot in oGedienc
10 almost una aimous request Of tn
CT LIENS of TIN 4 village; the only defec
IL that the f. rms of law were not fol
owed; been ,se Of this defect, the Off
GERS are sue d individually. This dut
MAS done 81 the benefit ofthe village
not for tn benefit OF Peter Lemay O
Peter Ne dyed. Does the HONORABLE
protsstor now demand that the villag
stand on technical quibble and refus
to stand by their men? That theor
Will DO or the attorney of the othe
side OF lhe case, not for citizens VIII
believe that village IS al indiyiduu
should have conscience.
e, Fl. FAKNuAM,"
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