Telegram-herald., 1889-07-06
MAISONS DE- JOE
The FIRST Ward People Have a
Hearing Before the Board.
PETITION "REcEIYED AID FILED
Ihs Beard T.kss No Action Probability
HAT az VIII Lei the Matter Dart
-fBa CosaEsittss EseeIsiag OF
Isrs vi dsasy aAd Lssai Aid

The petition Of the First ward resi-
dents TOR the removal Of supefntend-
enG Eastman because ot hls refusal 10
break up the Wateri0O-ss. nsa5sosss &c
Joie was presented - the Board Of Com
nllssloners yesterday. The record Of
the proceedings OF the board tai 10
throw any hght upon tae subIect, and a
TELEGRAM HERALD reporter made an
attempt ~ extract some information
from the comm sslOners individually.
lie met, however, with indifferent sue
cess. Commissioner Leitell could not
be found, and on routing out she family
atg3 Jeffers0n-aye. twas found that Mr..
More had moved.
Commissioner Powers was found at
MS home but he declined 10 say anv-
thing thatwould directly commit either
himself or the other commissioners on
the subject. lie said, however. that
the petition had been presented and that
4 had simply been received and hled, !"
and perhaps no action would ever be
taken, bat that Il had always been the
object Of the board 20 cOuhne tins evil
10 a certain limited district as 4 mere
matter Of publ.c policy, without max
ing any excuse Tor the crime or trying
"a protect or shield t. lie Went 50 Tar,
however, a. 10 intimate. without styiag
- IN positive language, that II tins
great social evil was not isolated IN
some WY where Il could be watched
aud Kept ma subjectlOn that It's spread
would ultimately result IN much more
social anu general harm than II con
nned 10 certain confines.
"lhen, Mr.. Powers, your board Will
not remove Mr.. Eastman, Will lt?"
well, not on that ground"
Mr. Powers last answer was given IN
q tone that might, 10 most people
mean nothing, anything or everything
but when pressed for some specific cN-
PLANTATION the subject was permitted Il
drit INTO far-away channels, which
were likely, II persued, to lead to amy
bat the results aImvd AT.
John Steketce, one Ot the committee
which waited ON the board, sand that
the board gave them a full hearing
and that the committee were satisfied
was received.
Some of the commissioners asked
why they had chosen the house oi
Estclla smith, and were told that IT
was simply because they were deter
mined to try the matter To the last ex-
tremc and they must take some house
% make out any KIND OF a ease, and
they had decided To take this one
i. A a
had tO propose, and were answered
"Noue. W. simply wish TO have tht
laws and ordinances enforced"
The whole case was land before the
commissioners 20 plainly and fOrcIbly,
that lt any doubt had been entertained
hy some of the commissioners that the
petitioners were not IN earnest, it wa.
soon driven out, and they now find
themselves confronted by a party ol
a good citizens rs reside within the city
asking them To remove the greatest
curse 10 society that the city, and
specially the First ward, is called upon
To- tolerate.
Mr.. Steketee said: eve are get
ting voluntary offers of money and
legal aid trOm persons outside of the
FIRST ward and they wlIl find u.
tAOtou- ulE III earnest. Every step ludl
we have taken thus tar has been taken
under legal advice and We are sure
that We have made no mistakes. We
have no malice toward any one but wt
are contcnd'ng Tor principle
The petitioners wall now wait unit
after the board has had two full meet
ing before thvv make any further
move. They wish 20 give the commits
siOners ample time To- consider then
petition before beginning more yigor
Gus measures I'd rld their ward vi TT,
pests