The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-25
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

The Democrats Endeavor to Prevent q Re-
consideration of the Pattison Matter.
The Board of Aldermen did not come together
last evening at the hour appointed, only the five
Republican members being present 1t looked
as if the Democratic members were absenting
themselves for the purpose of frustrating re-
consideration of the vote by which they non-con-
Cured on Monday night in the action Of the
Council in the Pattison- surety matter. The
Republican members waited, however, and the
| Ave laggards. three-quarters of an hour late,
broke in upon the body with an air that gave
suspicion to the thought that they had been eau
cusing
| Mr.. King, more excited and more ungrammat-
cal than usual. said he would like to know by
what rule they could have called meeting that
| evening, and moved to adjourn
| President Endly-Would it not be we'll to
| transact such business as we have before US to-
night2
| Mr.. King-I say this is not debatable,
| Mr.. Pritchard-You make speech and call it
a motion to adjourn It has been tacitly under
stood that the rules governing the last board
| were governing this.
| Mr. King (subsiding)-I withdraw my motion.
| The clerk then read the call for the special
meeting. Mr.. Prtchard said that at the last
meeting he had Given notice that he would move
for q reconsideration of the vote, and then moved
that the vote declining to accept the proposition
of the suretles on the bond be reconsidered.
Mr.. Prier-I move to lay that upon the table.
| Mr. King-I second that motion
Mr.. Pritchard said this was simply matter of
dollars and cents. If there were any gentlemen
| on this board who had a deposit at Ritzingers'
Bank the alusion was understood to be directed
at Alderman Schmidtl and 90 cents on the dollar
cash were offered him on that deposit would he
not accept it9 The mayor and city attorney,
who have examined this. matter thoroughly, say
| that SOS, 900 is more money than the city could
possibly recover, if an execution were put in the
hands of the sheriff against these parties to-
| day If that is So what reason is there for 60
ing into lawsuit and coming out with less
| money in three or four yearsi 1 am informed
| that my friend Mr.. Schmidt took the position in
| committee meeting that if this was private
matter it could easily be settled but that he did
not believe he had any right TO compromise for
| the city, and was in favor of suit even if the
| city could not recover q single dollar
He is not taking into account
the thing most advantageous to the city treas
lawsuit would favor it. AS Mr.. Schmidt has
| said, we represent the city and no one else. If
| the gentlemen who oppose this settlement have
| any way of showing how We can get more than
| sos, 600 out of this bad scrape / would like to
| hear it,
Mr.. King said, II move the previous ques-
tion," but nobody paid any attention to him.
Mr. Schmidt being at that time addressing the
| Chair. Mr. Schmidt said he did not believe the
time for a compromise had come. He believed
| in case of suit the city would do better. and
thought his position wouid be supported by a
4 majority of the people Of Indianapolis.
/ Mr.. Prier gave as his reason for opposing the
settlement offered by the sureties that it was a
bad say to thus relieve the city treasurer. Mr..
| Pattison says he has lost largely in the banks.
J II that Is the case. Why doesn't he turn over to