The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-03-27

supreme court decided it unconstitutional,
or merely Illegal for any parties TO remove
such stones withort the consent of our
municipal legislature, but this do know,
storm is brewing 10 councils, and will
burst with terrific fury upon any temerari-
ous iDdirl iuals who may attempt 10 dispute
the matchmaking Of the streets referred to,
In c0ntrsriety to the order Of that body.
look for troubl0us times in this connec-
ton.
| confess that ! am at times confused
beyond the ordinary mood Of very ordiDa-
~ intelligence. BY the conflicting positions
taken by the 'smoney market" man Of our
Ledger To-day hod him ascribiBg to the
appointment Of Governor Boutwell,, to the
treasurvship that buoyancy exhibited in
the stock market, the day Of, and since iis
'the appointments" announcement. There
upon be flies into a lulygium upon the new
secretary's abilities, Is nublic EDancier,
ard applaudng ~ monetary policy-pre
diets Ne coming Of good times. All such
e. have taken note Of BoutwelPs financial
record, know bin TO be, If not violent
then more than a moderate expansiOnist
and contestant for the policy of allowing
the financial problem time to solve itself
or to point oct to the people the most &C
cessible road TO its solution. In the ab-
sence Of any possibility o. the immediate
adoption Of the Labor Union plan this /,
our plan. The Ledgcr commends it, an
( thereby am | confused, for last week hi
spread bis Ink ia laudatiOn OF Grants al
poiBtment Of the Broadway millionaire
who makes no secret OF hIs hostility 3,
4 everything save contraction. Verify am
( at sea IL nv efforts to recon clle these posi-
lively paradoKical positions.
The morocco fnIshers strike was bu
partially successful, some establishment
granting the advance demanded, while II
others the strikers returned to work at I'd
old prices. Their union | understand
not quite what it ought to be in point q
numbers or efficiency. The discipline Of il
members IL said to be lax, and consequent
ly In a contest they find many weak knee
among them.
The efforts Of the ingram carpet wea
vers to enroll under the banner OF uni II
al the members, alluded TO some tin
since, are said 10 have been eminently suG
eessful. Weekly mass meetings have dor
and are still doing the work. So niue
-. energy.
The plumbers are q lively set Of mel
Tonight they hold a meeting in the el
IRENE upper section Of the city, as an il
ducement to those OF there craft in TIL
neighborhood to annex themselves. Ov'
sixty names already grace their roll, ar
the cry - 'fstill they come"
Although the Metropolitan Police Bill WI
Knocked higher than shosld care to har
some Of It's friends, wbose fcaltV remain
unimpaired by ITS terrible fall and untime
iuternent, they are making frantic efor
d 10 eIhume IT'S now putrife1 fragments, wit
p | am glad to say, bat slim chances Of su
e cess
Some pet schemessQf petty Represent
! lives, creating new AEfces, new treasu
leaks here, there andftve-y where, which
would require too much Il ace to detail, ha'
gone to that eternal bourne FROM when
there j. nc return passage 70 0e had. The
paternity has cost their c0nniving antho
! the confidence Of their constituents, 81
Z they will, no doubt, when next the Poop
! assemble at the pOllAto take cognizance
their records, be relieved from public 81
y vice aud placed upon the lengthy list
those tried Aad fouad wanting" So INC
' it be.
u Old Sol looked in on rs yesterday, 90
4 descended 10 remain ali dav, and decamn
during the night. As write, il IA diiIicl
70 say With certainty whether II is rainin
I haillng Or showing little ~ each
comblnedly making a Dis greeable carr
for pedestrians. Yours, truly,
WI. Ben. y (.