, 1862-03-14
THE GREAT svV.EN.DLE.
Cutting and Carving Cook County.

1X2E &NAH&k4N - " AH$ R<AfA[S
Cutting and Carving Cook County.
speeth Of Fer. Elicit Anthsny tgalnst FuIler's
Fraudulent Scheme.
In Convention, March 1ltf1. 1869.
The champion Of this nefarious scheme NOW
before the Convention, (htr: Fuller,) referred
to the flutteriDg which has taken place in this
matter. When did it commence? Let US
see. Let US trace it's history.
Saturday morning at 9o'clock the Cha7rmcn
Of the Committee appeared in Convention
with his inevitable ROLAND then, for the first
time, commenced the luttering which my
colleague, Mr. Fuller, bus referred to. ne
presented to us J. report. That report had
already been printed, md ia twenty minute; lI;
order for IL O'Clock, and directly after it was
taken up gentleman proposed the previous
question, and that it should be Instantly pass
ed. Representing in part, as / do, on this
tloor,a constituency Of 145 600 people, desired
q single moment to consider this bin. MI;
Fuller, one Of my colleagues, was here, but
two OF my colleagues were absent. After
considerable time, By a close vote, it was
postponed until to-day. I asked my col
Who t b2a been honoTed agaortan W1h
mcnt committees he has been on all
important committees, to my exclusion
as he was Democrat, and was MOTTO post
pone this matter until l could look it over
but no, sir. He did not want to hear word
from niche was Democrat and was Re-
publican-thcrefore, not 4 word, sir, in this
Convention, not a word. This was extraordin-
ary for 4 gentleman like him, I thought; 4
gentleman, allow me to say, who holds seat
upon this floor, by the mere sutfFages Of Cook
,x3-1a "a
while ago, as IA roy Of light from Chieago''-
say he is on the floor BY the merc sutfrages
Of Cook county-representiDg not majority
Of the people Of tllat county, but mere min
ority Of the inhabitants of that county. When
I 1appca1cd to him for 4 postporement, hc sud
hc did not consult Me, nor did he intend to
consult me, in any manner. Whatever might
be my views, was surprised, because We
bad in all other matters been in consultation,
and our rooms were in close proximity in the
same hotel. Yet I, his coIlearuc, never knew
this was to be brought in here at the time it
was brought in, and at the time when my two
colleagues Lad gone home. It struck mt at
the time with surprise, and what little time
have spent since in Investigating it, has in
creased my surprise. The gentlemen Of this
CONVENTION have had exhibited to them this
map as reprcscn' ins Cook county. I call the
attention Of the convention to it.. This black
line here represents Lake Michigan - and
aao5her dark road straggling line which yen M
brsachessE Which divides that sreat civ into
three great divisions, which are kno .n as the
north, soptl, and wezt divisions Of the city
ana nave "a al"ays oeen 50 Known az anu des1ena-
tsu ~ ~ Vi Ns liin'asltlnIs. ine MaIus On
tne n1fsh M aaa foasn siaes t1 run parallel WIN
right angles with the river and the lake.
There arc four wards in the south side, to~wit:
the 1st, 2d, Sd and 4th-with 4 population
ma -, t1,;s honntod h1- +bn (eh;ooao r;xnr S71a
separated @ f' from tie otIer I'd diyisions contain @ ia
population OF lI,s02-mak1ng IN all y little
over 1900. This makes one Senatorial Dis
trict. Then there is the West Side, divided
ard tho South Branch of the Chicago river:
ard but 5wo towns 1ylng lying Te:t % Of i, Io.wit:
t Caettv 70 ~ ~ ea1 - -, A..
part OF tne cl1y--auu pounoeu Us IL Is ~ Da,
Ie count4 ~ Ky W., ~, ~, 49,: ~ ~ VI slac e:sI
anu nortn, lo!nls tAt WEI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lns PopulaLlon III lne
Fifth Ward OF. %. u .5o2 West Chicago. $50
SiAtn nara;-.-. l6.u66 G1cero -.-..-.-. l!sS
lentA "afu- 1e,o0< E1kos1so''"''''"'" 1'<oo
~ s-o a. ~.
.,'o 1,.o' ~,
ms makes aHoelGr senatorial aistE1cl. Inc
etI ard az ,Tor,'s and VIII, taa 4nvns @ ann'
| tains 7.123 inhal,itants-
! this mattcr-if ! could be consulted abouf
| tlis-and could lave any voice whichever I
| would arrarre t1,e senatorial AND rcnrcse,t,
| tive districts in .bout the fnllowinr order.
e,,-r1, ,,,,.,e,o,-
", DAs sIsioN.
lAe towns ct 1loom, k1ch, Thornton, Bre-
Ms1' Qfiano, Lamont, faios, WORTH, Hyde
PaFk, Lyons and South Chicago; and the first,
sseond, third and fourth wards shall eonsti-
id dafret T. wed S1s Be aS ooTs @s OF ILLS
Bloom m............1ses Lake ...........,1 1855
Thornton. n...........1s56 South t:hieaso. :s;55
| Bremen, First ward .......1 II Isl
| g15aIa. .--.'''..--+-5 -5u65 Seco9d 60 -"---l0,s59
| Pxlos .1na; Fuu1i1, DO -. 5'ola
Lament. .14a3 -
Iofal. :. $3.50
Q:y5e lark Is included IN Lake)
is lnis e5apl!eis one gra'li oisls'oa @ o. CooA
county, any ! AnoWn .' as the so31A !. Division.
| II Is nGunaed on Inc sontl! ny " Ill county,
no,th ~ Tue man praoch OF t9e Eil:a:Ep river:
Wy Mest DS % mE sgotn 1r''nSn o. INC Chlsaso r,Eer
ana l1e no1s @ aao Masntsan Lanai cast oy
Tic Wais so"ns eoii'an u - s,i Sif
Two members CT the House of Representa-
| t1'es' ..-.-----........-.... .........-.....
,. .s szvzs1E Sn4ro1,A1 n:sa n.,.9 Dls7n:e4 ,;:
o ~ tne co.,nt,' ~ ,1: nd +,,s IN INK GhlS tx
sud 5h S vsds sn e q }hs ss sty @ Of ceaso e % ss
| be entitled to pl:c Senator.
| HIS Is EnOWl rs TIE West DIVISION, 1t is
embraced within the forks Of the north and
sonth branches OF tue Chicago river: It is
| pounded on the cast by thc uorth and south
| branches OF The ChlcaYo river West hy DuPage
county, south hy thc Illinois and Michigan
c:ra1, and north by the Chicago river.
,. Population Population.
,ceso ,---.-...--. 1'xss ':1s ~ ward --.-.-169.G
VIZ f,,;caco 1,egs IS; o'n ..."''-. u ou0
1nb Ward "a sSs ss3 T,.,, a 9os