, 1869-01-24
1HousAHD-DoLLAR AIpxRHAH1c EAT.
AR1E1.
The Chicago Common Council p,ssed
the following resolution Il It's las, uect-
ing, On The mnsInu ff.Ald RnAhls,t.

1ne chicago Coumpu Coup-jl passed
the following resolution Il lis las, mrct !.
ing, en- The motion oiAld Buehler::
.Rno!et1 1htt the Corporation Counsel |. In.
ssEtSted 70 t1AH hill providing fof I s13sfv y,
eLNu % e pA,d 70 saeh Aldoresaa 1rtus services
AaAAt1sf OF The Biate, to be plased ~ en asnnnn
@ Tns reaoInunn was passed oy the following
,,:4T ,ATt7A!d. MsRoy, Sheridan. Walsh. Esel.y
Fus Fssn; e5ss;c RaGs5yt .ssp Gsspeass. s.l'ssay. B.
ke: ehaekfast. and Kehos. TONI Is oet'
1AAt[Ald: Cux. Dixon. Donnelau. W1tknr
da3 ~. MtSo9ads Aoicau, Il L Rusao!l, snd Mn
The Council thsn adjourned,
:,Ac1crrnsd quite sausfed with the,r
evenings work.. M doubt. But We have
not heard Of ary public meeting in .the
n1'y st which the people passed resolu.
LODE adyising and Iustruclins the Alder.
men TO- vote Tor their thousand -do1T,r
AN rdnent to the char ftey, tor down be-
ieve heH viii give their sanction to thls
: 1fthe Aldermen who voted Rsith .xuc1,
asaeTity for lie el,0o0 resolution frtl
That they Cannot attend to the du,iea Of
The office for the honqr and from sensc
-;o1 public spirit, let theta .resioa-.,ThM1
pisces can esslly be supplied with pnt-
ncssphited citizens who will ask no s,l.
a1y, and zTe'the city jest a. hGcepih hbly
1s they have done-perhsps mora "a.
When these Aldermen we're elecled thpv
SOUGHT and took the olace with n,
knoFlege and understanding that Il was
not : salArled odlce, and they had better
! shek TO- their: bargain, q. step nslde and
iet 'he people choose Aldermen yho. zl|I
We firce1e1y tfust that ihe Isgisliture
will not amend the city Charter. making
tie office OF Alderman now or hene.ftc1 =
falaIied Office. :,
or = superficial view I, may seem: l.Ir
aad hight 10 Pay The Aldermen fpr meet.
ing together two or three dozen eyeainr,
IN a year to discuss the affair, Of Tho citV
and vote approp pr1asions tor various nur-
peaes ;:;strdy par 1ffiamentary lava: fsu31..
1af1ze themselves with public Affairs:
receive distinguished company; 20
abroad On dead7nEad excuisions sc,ye
their friends make Themselves nonn,ar
with the people Of their wards, preoara~
tory to running fer The Legislature ar
some cf1ce that payg. and having good
line, generally. Il may 1eem perfectly
proper to pay these gentlemen twenty
OF thirty dollars each per evening fir
pteaaant services Of this deacr,ption ; but
people, On reflection win bs ant 70 d.
.uul: II will. be, tins. enough. To nA1
salaries when pnblio-spir1ied citizen.
cannot be fouEd to serve on the present
terms. =, -. :
The day that salaries are attached To
the Adermanic Office will nA.k it, de-
cline both ID usctulneas and respectable.
~, and II will degenerate into }obberr
and cor1uptiou- # Pot-house politicians
3, VIII then run Tor: Aldermen, and .uack
ward caucuses for the, ,mkeo, the salary ;
and once In otf1ce they will seek to sun.
plement th pay by Improper mcans. Il
WIN bring lower grade Of men into The
field as ~eampetilofs los he place, and
stnf the Council with sAlderme vbo
VIII be- ~on- the miken We haYo al
feea how tahIitT Aldermen Ss,ye tht
people In New York. III WAS no, t,nt;l
pay was attached 70 aht office rh1t ri,
legislative government os that civ feri
Into the han1s, Of thieves and 5coun-
esv WIDEN me ofhco- " 'prolsasious
Alderman" is established. 4 thousane
dollars will not satisfy their rapaclty an,
longer than until The next Lsgtsistu,t
meets, when II vail BE- raised tWo. .tbIe<
or four thousand apitce, On 'th,
ground OF ihsdequacy Of compensation
ior 30 great al cf1lce. .lsis The first tter
mat costs, Begin By making this pleasant
aoo desirable post Of hcno1 and t1u,, i,
otaee Of profit and pelt, apd the Counci
WI! Then BE- on the dosn:hilI grade whlnt
leads 10 ircorrigible zascaltty and The con.
! nsestion efthe prouas1y OF he sls1..payerr
L:t the thousard.dollar resolution be ne
sc'nded or The peopk1wlll Iquelth thos,
who support II ' {7:,