Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-04
REES rs RESENTFUL.
HIS COMMUNICATION REGARDING
THE MAYORS LANGUAGE.
A Document for the Council to Consider
on Monday--A Matter of veracity.
Different Constructions Put
on the Records.

The battle between Mayor Hazard and
Councilman Rees is not over and bids
fair to be renewed at the session of the
council on Monday.
Councilman Rees has prepared the
following communication. which will be
presented at the council meeting to-
morrow:
Angeles:
GENTLEMEN: At the last session of
your honorable body, in the controversy
between myself and his honor, the
mayor, and after his honor had applied
insulting language to me, to-wit: that
II wore corporation collar, number
no." l retorted substantially with the
charge that his honor, the mayor, had
drawn from the emergency fund the
sum of $25 in direct violation of a city
ordinance; that he used the said sum
to pay his personal expenses to Sacra-
mento; that he drew the said sum from
the city treasury on the day when the
council was in regular session, to-wit:
February 2, 1891, which fact rendered it
not only possible, but easy for his honor
to present requisition to the council,
and thus obtain the money in the usual
way; that his honor had not filed
with the city any evidence
of his rendering the city any
services for the money thus obtained;
and thereupon his honor. the mayor,
forgetting the dignity of his Office, and
the amenities which all gentlemen are
expected to observe, called me ga liar"
and stated 'that the council had auth
orized him to 60 to Sacramento" 1
then replied, that if his honor could
show, from the records, that the council
did so authorize him. was ready to
offer him an humble apology.
And further, gentlemen, if the records
do show that this council did authorize
his honor to 60 to Sacramento to pro-
mote the city's interests, l shall deem it
my duty to also offer an apology to your
honorable body for the ungentlemanly
conduct involved in making q false
charge in your presence. And if the
records do not show that his honor was
SO authorized, it will be nice opportu-
nifty for his honor to withdraw his in
sulting language, and apologize to me,
and to your honorable body, for his un-
gentlemanly conduct in calling me ''a
liar"
Now, gentlemen, this question of
veracity between myself and his honor,
the mayor, can be determined by the
city records, and I therefore request
your honorable body to instruct the
city clerk to make careful search in
the records OF the council proceedings,
and to report to the council whether or
not he finds therein any record of your
honorable body authorizing his honor to
go to Sacramento in the city's interest.
II it is shown that no such authorize
tion was made, l request your honorable
body to take into consideration the
question of requesting his honor, the
mayor, to again return to the city treas
ury the money obtained by his honor
from the emergency fund as herein set
forth. Respectfully yours,
SAMUEL REEs.
An examination of the records of the
city clerks Office, as to the council pro-
ceedings, fails to show that the council
explicitly delegated Mayor Hazard to 60
to Sacramento as their representative
regarding the city charter. However,
on February 8, 1891, the council, on mo-
tion of Councilman Rhodes, granted
Mayor Hazard leave of absence for ten
days from that date, to be absent on
official business OF the city, at Sacra-
mento.
Councilman Rees contends that this
did not give the mayor authority to
draw $25 from the emergency fund for
his expenses. On the other hand, the
mayor claims that the above resolution
gave him the requisite authority. The
decks will be cleared at the council on
Monday morning. and the two combat
ants can lock horns for the final
struggle.