Year: 1879

Ne Repuhllcana wanted.


Not satisAed With carrying the city


election which would not have been


carried except by fraud by the Demo-


crats, they are still restless a. long


as they sss single ofacs in the city


filed by Republican. Thus the Offices
Of City Solicitor and City Auditor, the


former filled by Samuel A. Macallister,
Esq., and the latter by g. B. Under


wood, are syesores to them, and they


are puzzling their brains TO arrive at


some plan by which they can remove


these oficers and put in Democrats. To


effect this purpose their verdant and


fertile imaginations have devised the


plan Of abolishing the first named office


which would disposssss Mr.. Mac


allistar, and then the same schemerJ


propose tore establish the same office


again but to bs called the City At


torney's Office instead of the City Solici-


tors Office. This would seem like a


strange procedure for any other body


than the City Council which is under


taking the task. Though petitions have


been in circulation some weeks getting


signers to effect the change
proposed, the proposition seems SO


monstrous and absurd that but few


we're found who would countsnance the
scheme. But whether it is favored or


not either outside or inaids Of Council


it is not likely that Mr.. Macsllister
will sit quietly down and submit to
such monstrous injustice without max
ing some effort--not to retain the Office
for the salary that is in 1t, but for the
sake Of showing the Democracy that
though they may debauch the election
with dishonest votes, they cannot re-
move faithful officers at pleasure before
their terms Of Office expire. In the
case Of the City Solicitor, he is not only
the legal attorney for Council, but by
the provisions Of the city charter he is
the prosecuting officer at the Mayors
court, which, though It has become OBJ
solste, has never been abolished by any
act Of the legislature. At any rate,
there Is room for very pretty little
contest before the higher courts, and an
injunction from the Chancellor may ad-
wise the Democrats not to be in too big
. hurry. With the City Auditor the
case may be little different, as that
officer has specific duties to perform
provided and specified by City Council.
II, therefore, the City Council can got
along without a City Auditor, and let
the bills due the city for paving go uu-
collected, that will be its choice, but it
does seem strange that just now, when
80 many bills due the city have b; sn
and economy and reform is
the watchword, that the City Council
should all at once want to abolish
The Office Of City Auditor. So strange
a movement can only be accounted for
on the grounds Of extreme partisan.
ship, which never works we'll in muni-
,ipal reform movements. We know
that the present City Council is very
,lastic but whether its powers can be
stretched to achieve this extraordinary
Ichems remains to bs seen. If they
IAN do 1t, it is difficult to see why the
City Council cannot abolish the Mayors
'fice or any other Office pertaining to
,he City Government. 1t is true that
his hide bound partisanship would
ose the Democracy hundreds Of re-
pectable votes, but this does not alarm
hem any more since they have adopt 1
ID the principle of allowing some
drunken hummer to vote a dozen times
md therefore Offset the votes of doz- c
N decent citizens. We shall however
watch with some degree Of interes the
'rogress OF the question through the 9
,ity Council and it will be especially q
Interesting to note the vote Of the Fifth
Yard members that were never elected b
0 Council.


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