Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-10-18
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S1fe.s e"iSs iosS % VIC alnpSEC, duu OF JOun
L. o'Sulliyan. said 70 be one of the chief NOV
ers in Ill the Cuban msnnvres in this city
will come up for a hearing Capt. Schlessiu-
ger who was apprehended with them, and in
cluded in the indictment, for the part taken
by them in fitting out the Cleopatra at this
port. will not of course, be able to appear; he
being one ofthe prisoners now on voyage to
Spain. Idonot know what will be done with
his bail il. however, the Government adhere
to the letter and spirit Of the law, Charles
o'Connor. one of Tammany's most beloved
sons, and a main pillar. of the Union Safety
Committee, will suffer pretty smartly; be
having become bail for the gallant Captains
appearance.
Willis suit against Forrest for That little
hiding in Washington Square. viii be call
ed up in few days; butt. is very doubtful
whether it will be brought 70 an issue this
term. The action Of Mrs Smith Coddington
against Gen. Webb. which may be said to
have grown out of the Willis and Forrest fra
cas-, viii be heard this week. and the inter-
minable Forrest Divorce case win, perhaps,
advance one stage farther, before the courts
ADJOURN.
The Democratic Judiciary Convention met
last night; but it seemed to be regarded by
the politicians as small potato affair." and con
sequently not worth troubling themselves
about As was expected. the contested seats
were decided as the ones of the previous night
had been. and the reformers were again kick
ed from Tammany Hal. by a descisive vote
! hope that they now Know what they hare
to expect from place 50 rampant with gin,
brandy, and moral and physical corruption Of
al,kinds. The City Convention meets again.
tonight, and the excitement will be redoubled.
| fully expect to see grand kick-up in the
Convention. before it adjourns. The nomina-
tions cannot be satisfactory to all parties.
In the 5th Senatorial district. Dan. Sickies
received the nomination for the Office Of. Sem
ator, last night. The district is composed Of
the 9Th, 9th, and I4th Wards the latter strong
ly Democratic. and the two FIRST doubtful. II
good vhig is put up, he will beat him by a
thousand majority. if things are managed right
In the county of Westehest ir, Abraham
Hatfield. an old broken down city politician,
who moved up there about eight months ago,
has received the democratic nomination for
Assembly. He is equine to be beat" Just as
sure as lection mornin' comes CrandeR Rich,
another brokenwinded old hack, is also putin
in his oar up around that district This is
quite new plan. Instead of staying used up,
they move somewhere within fifty miles from
the city, and commence anew the exciting
game OF politics
Henry NJ. Western, Chairman Of the Hunk
er General Committee is at present putting
on air Of extreme virtue, in order TO get nom
ination from temperance people. He now
wants to prevent other candidates from spend
! ing money at elections, for rum, because be
has been kicked out of the party, and not al
lowed to spend any himself. Hesaid the 9TH
er evening, at temperance Convention, that
he did not know hardly person in the room
! knew he spoke the truth. when Iheard it
but had he gone into any rum-mill in the 5th
ward, he would have known every person
there. Thus it is ever with Tammany politi-
clans.
The present mode of letting out city con-
tracts excites much discomfort among the
| working classes. Personal favoritism, political
partizanship. and spirit of exclusion, are the
chief characteristics of the system The prac-
tice of letting-out contracts to the lowest bid
ders is also condemned BY the worknen, be-
cause they think that it operates injuriously
upon them. by causing contractors to lowertbe
rate of wages But the practice Of, letting out
city work to the lowest bidder has, in my
opinion, very little to do with the rate of wa
ges A contractor, in calculating his bid, does
not take into consideration what reduction he
can make in the rates OF labor,'but he calcu-
lates according to the rates of labor then ex-
isting. Sometimes, a contractor finds, that in
stead of paying lower wages than he calcu-
lated, he has to pay higher rates. because la
Dor has grown scarcer, or the demand for il
has increased.
Thus, during the past summer, the wages
of masons and house-carpenters have been
have beam higher than they were during the
Summer and Autumn Of 1850: and contract
oEs for buildings have had to calculate occord-
| ingly. Any who have contracts from last year
classes of workmeu, an advance on the wages
of 1850. If the Common Council were TO
abolish the contract system, in compliance
with the demands of the working men, en-
ploy its laborers, and FIX rate of wages for
them, it could not carry it out into practice,
without originating evils. and entailing an ex-
pense on The city, to which the citizens would
not submit Favoriteism and party PARTIAL
ties would completely control the employment
of,laborers; and the expenses of the city gov
ernment would be increased, and affairs would
soon get involved in disorder and confusion.
Until the demand and supply of labor be-
come realized. until all the necessaries of life
can be obtained at a settled price, no fixed
standard of wages can be set up. The only
way, too, in which public works and public
Improvements can be carried-on with most
advantage, and with the least confusion, is by
the contract system. But that system re-
quires to be properly guarded, SO that cor
ruption and partiality do not attach to it.
The city is alive with rumors of bank fail
| ures. and the utmost consternation exists