, 1865-02-14
Meeting Of the Ward Committees
Last Eveningg-T Injustice
Of the Enrolment in Cook
County~0ther Portions
Of the State Favored.
APPOINTMENT OF 4 COMMITTEE OF SII-
TEEN TO TlSIT THg AUTHOR :.
tiles At SPRINGFIELD.
Senator Trumbull, Hon. I. n. Ar
mold, Hon. John Wentworth,
Mayor Sherman and Joseph
kIedill chosen to Confer with
President Lincoln.
THE ASSESSMENT MUST BIZ COR.
RECTED.

The Chairman stated that several prominent
gentleman connected with the various dslft asso-
Citations had thought 1t we'll 10 meet together for
the purpose Of deyising some plan for united ac-
send committee to Washington and pay The ex.
pensc- Mr. 1anoea Miller had been sent as such
committee; he had returned; the meeting. how
was . ifuitiess one. Nine Of the wards bad
agreed upon uniform system Of recruiting. The
present meeting was called for the purpose Of
E. r. To~ne was appointed Secretary.
The following Wards we're represented: First
Second, Third, FouEh, Fifth, Sixth. Seventh,
md Sixteenth.
The Ninth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth Wards
we're not Represented.
MI. Miller wts called On to Eiye 4 relatlon OF
his experience IN Washington.
Mr. Miller said he had bur little to report ont
side Of what they already knew; he was nnsuc-
ceesful. The proposition 70 create sut-dlsEicts
Associations to put iD their owu quot e, had been
declined By General Fry. The attempt had been
maj made to do thls On ssycrsl former occasions and
quota Of this district at a lttue orer thIrty~tWo
Hundred. Hc had pressed almost every man IN
the City Of Washington into the service, hut TO no
wns made, gentleman told him thnt he had seen
two sets OF figures at Sprinsncld giving the
quota Of Cook county at t, ,o and go respective
IT, AL that he wns able to ascertatn was
that tho fixing OF the quo'a had been referred
10 Governor oslesby,. General Haynie and
Colonel oa9s.. a hoard Of Ieylefon had been up.
Cock county wss excepted from their notion mud
referred to Springfield. Upon what basis his
estimate was made be gould not say. He snp-
enrolment, and we had from ten to twelve thous-
and more on our lists than ne should have lie
saw nothing to he done now hut to send sone
parties at once to hcadQuariers-to the President
-tnd instst upon the revision Of the lists and thc
consequent reduction Of nc quota. letter was
RTsssntea, but not , read. ifon General Fy giving
| grantedJ General Fry had said that the Govern
mcut wanted men nov; that at the last draft he
Sege Rsa no ~
| solicitation Of the delegation from New York the
| President had consented 10 hold twenty-five per
| whether or not similar favor would be extended
| to Cook county. BE spoke Of the fraudulent work
in New York. instanci9g tie town Of oe1hl, D:la-
men, had been filed entirely on paper credits not
| one man having. gone into the army. With re-
| gard 10 The tubstitute brokers, he thought they
bad taken more men ont Of the city than would
". 7. Hancock moved the appointment of
committee q one to request the Secretary Of War
nent officers as may be directed, to prevent any
and all parties that may he liable to drait in this
city and comfy, from leaving the State.
then only ty giving sach bonds as win ensnTe the
| procuring Of Euhetitute for such persna 50 ab-
sent IN case OF drsfsthir TO 60 into effect imme-
| Also toappoint committee OF one to wait upon
the Board oi Supervisors Of this county md re-
Quest them to @ alter the amount to be paid to re-
Aleo to appoint committee from the various
WaEda to unite with the Board Of Supervisors in
deSising come plan for converting county scrip or
Afro the appointment Of q committee to visit
Springfield TO examine into said quot. and to cor.
rect the enrolment Of the county, II found to be
Ind on the table By vote Of as.in.t4
j. W. Spodord moved that all present be invited
but 1l4at none hut Representatives have 7ight q
| vote.
AZ. coniskey opposed the last part Of the
Alderman RaEerty waxed wroth on the eub,ect.
Colonel Hongh came there As 4 citizen, not az q
man subject to drast. He came for the purpose Of
Gown the alleged quota. He believed hat CooE
county had been called on tor 1850 more men
tEan she had right to furnish. General Fry'a
figures we're 20 remarkably different from those Of
the Springfield anthoriticst he could not douht
that the thing would be corrected before the draft
If proper measuref were taken.
Charles Randolph nud Others spoke to the came
The motion 1nHt offered prevailed.
Peter DaEgx. from The Tenth Ward, Vas author
to aa q ess e
essasy. for the purpose Of getting the enrolment
miiee of ave, to proceed e Springfield for that
Joseph Medi1l. OF the Tn1BuxE, uas asked to
speak. He thought that the thing to b. done was
to ty TO get the assessed quo,a cut down He
hardly thoucht that the old quotas would hive
been hauled up: bnt when he heard that the quota
this county would get salted. Thc
difcu'ty lay in the excessive enzo,lment here. II
our enrolment WAs composed only Of those liable
military dufT they JTnDt1 hare unfhfrrv -, ac
but to provide the men. The enrolment fast year
was about 50 ooo: and this year 1t was 81 0oo the
trtcte. It was hemat1cal impos:ibllity to nd
liz men liable to military duty ont Of i voting
population Of 100 men He fslt certain That out d
erch fraudulent enrolment rs this, Hamilton
county. Ohio, hsvtng population Of 10, ,0o0 more
than this district was only called on for 100 men
| men who ought not to be enrolled from physlcsl
disability and other csuse.. We had e7,0o1 votes
here last lall, md every rote pollcd. Multiply
BE was surc that there 1ere not more than 1900
men In this c'y capable Of bearing arms
This was the fault. Now We are eaiied
from the beginning as based on these fraudulent
eDsollments: He had inspected the tables, and
found That Of all the districts In the
state rook copnty had furnished more men in pro-
portion to her vorng list than any Ease one-the
thirteenth. There was but one thing to be done
to send en- influential committee to Warrington to
order for new enrolment Other counties had
not been assessed more than sixty TO sf1tysi1 par
esnt Of The vong ponaaton This 4o 81
head and have It corrected at once. Cook county
It was shame thst Cook county should. liter hay.
Ing given her full ehaEe Of men and money, be
pointed at as the only dietriet IN the SUITE which
had not done 1te duty.
Elliott Anthony Was in favor, not .oply Of eend-
ing COZ mi'teee, but OF calling upon our Repre-
ssntatiEes md Congressmen to aid u pressing the
most unfai, and unjust thing Tint the enroIment
Of come Wards should be 2.000 more than tho
number Of voter. BE wanted Provost Marshal
these enrolment lists, and that 1t must be done;
be would not consent to stand by and see such
fraud perpctrated. Re wanted the committee to
that Cook county had always done her full duty,
md was always willing to do her full duty, aid
that sile DID NOT want anything bnt Justice. BE
signed On the basis Of an enrolment Of ali the
blind. the lame, end the aliens in the city. He>
moved. therefe1e, that IN addition to The com
matter.
Colonel Housh said the error must be corrected
ut Springfield. The figures there Tpntd show that
VIC hare furnished nearly 19, 900 men to the army,
not On paper but sctuay pnt Into the service, pre-
IT s1o5s q TO the present eail This y. ops.tenth Of
owe mnn under the previous calls. lie would
have the deeeatton to Springfield to consiat Of one
Charles Randolph thought that the most sensi-
bic plea wou1d he 10 ask for suspension OF nfty
per CENT Of the aseessment, NJ till the enrolment
could be corrected.
Col notgh eaid the gentlemen at SprIncdeld
were alone responsible for the excessive catl on
M. They knew that Chicago had always done
What ~ns asked Of her, and thonght that she would
do 60 still hence thcy wcrc easing of from 9TH
cr poEiois Of the State and THROWN. It to CHI
Tho meeting then voted to send this commit
tee Of enc from each ward 10 Springfield, and the
following were appointed:
1st Ward. Z. r. ToNne; 9nd, " T. Hancock:
2Id; !. g: Wicker; ~, Eo1onel Henyh 5th, a.
james Mullen; 9th. S. Mccarty Ilth Peter Dag
gy; 11th, Aid. Don1i 12th, c. Caseelnau; 1sh,
]. Atunter: 14tll, 4 n. Dickens !; 18th. A. c. ucs-
ing: 1tth, c. L. Woodman.
The Committee were directed to lcave thts
morning =! ls! past seven o'clock on the Alton
End ST. Louis Ra1road
TWAS then decided to send committee Of five
mold, Hon. John Wentworth, Mayor SHERMAN, and
Joseph Nedill constituting the Committee
On motion of MIR. Randolph AF. Medtlt VII. df.
rected IL telegraph immediately to Senator Trum-
bill to speak 10 the President On the subject and
procure suspension till the rest OF the commit
ice should ar5irc.
The meeting then ii tjourned ill Thursday even.
irc.
BEPEAL OF THR BLACK LAWS.
ColoTed Jubilee Mt Metropolitan Hall
-iddreAses-Hefresh
Under The ausp'cice. Of the Chieaeo Repeat As
soctabou, jubilee over the repeal OF the Black
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