Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-11-23
MAKE GUNTHER DiS0ORGE.

While the air Is filed with dcnuncia- |
lions of the obese County Treasurer.
| the public IL wondering why the re-
formers overlook the olcaginous city
Treasurer.
| IT there Is u good ground In law for
the city to demand portion of the inter.
est on the public funds In the posses.
sion of Sam Il. Raymond. there must
he similar grounds in the case of
Charles +. Gunthcr.
What Is sauce for the county build.
ing goose should also be sauce for the
City Hall gandcr
IT the County Treasurer should feel
any Iualms Of conscience or of stOm.
ach In eating his Thanksgiving turkey
Counsel Charles NJ. Walker. Gum
Drops Gunthcr should have feelings Of
| scasickness for the same reason. Cor
pOratlOn Counsel Walker Is n good law
yer and he Is quoted rs saying In re-
gard to the interest accrulng upon
county funds that ut IL the duty Of the
Board Of County Commissioners to as
certain what. II any, interest for the
use of public money has been paid Ia
the County Treasurer, and II any that
the county should. according To tho
: spirit Of the statute. account for AMI
: pay over to the city of Chicago It's just
proportion of the same.
IL have held back this opinion" said
the Corporation Counsel. until the
Burke trouble was out of the way
There Is nothing political In this opln
ion. The matter Is now In Mayor liar
! rlsOn's hands"
This Is all very fine, Mr. Walker
D There may he mo politics In It," but
t why do you not render an opinion T.
! the City Council on the question of the
i collection of interest on the public
$ funds by the city Treasurer!
Mr.. Walker, the Eagle would REMIND
4 It's readers. Is II reform official, ant
q of course, rs everybody knows, ere
). form" has always had for Its basis
i broad stratum of charity.
!, That being 50, the Corporation Conn
i | sci should remember that charity be
). gins at home.
q 1t Is peculiarly II domestic virtue, AM
!. being so, Papa Gunther should be call
j. cd upon by Chlcago's chief law office
I to do the right thing In the line of tn
T. heavenly virtue and incidentally Obc,ll
epce to the law.
@ Corporation COUNSEL Walkers opinlo
Y on the subject In question Is fur'he
: quoted as follows:
v from an examination of all the ot!
or eases that have found am OF III
+ opinion that, independent Of legislntlv
:, or constitutional provisions, the Inter
est arising from deposits of publ
u moneys Is an increment to the fund IN
- becomes u part Of It, and that the fun
so increased by interest belongs to IN
h original owner, In this case, II intefes
l. or other compensation has arisen, III
city OF Chicago. and that the Count
- Collector of Cook County and the SUR
n ties upon his bond are liable to a.
A. count to the city Of Chicago therefor
T. Why should not this line OF arg'
% mcnt apply TO the City Treasurer q
al well as to the County Treasurer?
I'll Gum Drops" Gunther has nevt
~ been an element of strength to IN
Of Democratic party.
~ His career in the Council WAS a hug
Of joke, but his conduct of the nffail
i'll of the city treasury Is nothing I
tn" kind, II Is u serious matter Il
go til" taxpayers and may hcc0mc even
cn more serious issue IN coming Gle,
nc tiOn>.
IN The Eagle cndcay0red to secure frOl
RI the Corporation COunscl's office yeste
he day some idea as to what that institl
% tion considered to he the law In regar
to the handling of interest on publ
n funds by the City Treasurer.
It. The information obtained was to Il
he effect that there was nothing dcfni
al prescribed by the law on the point, bl
that there was some sort Of prOvisiO
rs under which the City Treasurer WI
co Obliged to turn over to the city at lea
n. 80 per cent Of the interest on the pu
ID lie funds.
nj Now II would he interesting TO Il
ty public, If Corporation Counsel Walk
T. would tell the taxpayers through Il
ne City Council just what the law IL
re this point, and be definite about 1t.
10 would be valuable information II !