The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-27
A FINE SENSE OF HONOR
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 MT. Goodhart-"You knew the amount of the appropriation for city advertis- ing, did you not?"
 MT. Sreet-"Yes, about"
 MT, Goodhart-"Did it occur to you that to print this advertisement would exhaust the appropriation?
 MT. street-'I did not think anything about it."
 Alderman Rourke-"Did you have any conversation with MT. Ryder about this matter?''
 MT. Street-"None that I have not stated"
 Judge Stoddard-Mr. Street, do you know who made the resolution in the board of aldermen to table and print the assessment?"
 Witness had no knowledge on that point, George L. Fox, rector of Hopkins grammar school, was called. The usu- al questions about birth, etc, were ask ed and answered with the usual re- suit.
 MT. Fox was shown a copy of the Register of May and asked if he was lllG ClulllOl OL d CSll ldlll in the paper of that date.
 MT. Fox-"I wrote the article"
 MT. Goodhart-"Do you think a dis honest motive actuated any city official in placing this advertisement"
 MT. Fox-'I cannot answer that question, because I cannot enter into a mans mind"
 Mir. Goodhart repeated the question. MT. Fox answered that his only source of information was the news papers.
 Mir Goodhart-"Did you understand that the recent street sprinkling adver- tisement was dishonorable and dishon- est?"
 MT Fox-"That is a question in two parts You will divide it and separate 'dishonorable' and 'dishonest' Then l say it was dishonorable as showing a lack of sense of official honesty. If you mean dishonest then say, No '"
 MT. Goodhart-"Will you state upon what you base your opinion?" | Mr Fox-"I will go back. I find that l the street sprinkling act does not au- 1 thorize advertising, but says that the | persons assessed should be duly noti- | fed The only basis that l can find | for the corporation counsePs opinion is { section 31. It does seem to me that un- | der these circumstances it would have i been much better if the corporation counsel had kept in his mind the tax | payers of this city and not the news papers in which he was a stockholder. 1 Then there might not have been a charge of jobbery.'
 The witness was asked the define the word "jobbery." MT. Fox-"It is doing with other peo- ples money what you would not dc with your own" | MT. Goodhart-"Are you aware that the corporation counsel had given an opinion in regard to the street sprink- 1 ling advertisement"
 MT. FoX-"Yes." l MT. Goodhart-"If this was the hon est opinion of the corporation counsel you do not charge him with official dis l honesty, do your"
 MT. Fox-"If that was his honest opinion. mo-"
 | MT. Goodhart-'As that the I corpora tion counsels opinion was hon. est, and that the city officials in the discharge of their duties had followed that opinion, were they guilty of a dis 1 honorable act?"
 | MT. FoX-"If the law made it obliga, tory to publish these advertisements ir their own papers, then it was not job | bery'
 | As Rector Fox was about to retire | from the witness stand Mayor Earns worth, who had been present during the entire hearing, said; MT. Fox, did you ever apply to me for information { concerning this subject? l MT. Fox-"No, I think not
 Mayor Farnsworth--"Or to any other official?"
 MT. Fox-"No, sir" Mayor Farnsworth-'Do you consider l that it exhibits a fine sense of delicacy to make an address of this kind fol publication in the daily newspapers that can be plainly proved to be a lie and islander? Is that an exhibition of a delicate sense of honor, according tc your understanding" | MT. Fox-"I don't consider that ] l was slandering anyone in making that l staleHeHt. II did sIoulu certdlElS l apologize" | MT. Farnsworth-"W Well, MT. Fox, am perfectly willing at this or at any other time to have my sense of deli. | cacy of honor compared with yours by | the public of this community" l A ripple of excitement ran through the audience as the mayor ceased speaking. Aside from one individua who slapped his hands together once there was no demonstration.
 c. W. Pickett, editor of the Evening Leader, was called but his examina. ton had only begun when the commit tee rose at Ii o'clock
 Dr. Smyth was called twice during the evening but did not respond. | sbnriff Tunoe will cI1r,,,oo,o hin, tbi,