, 1870-04-28
cooK COUNTY OFFICERS AND THEIR
Salaries

day last, rejected evary proposition that had
been made looking 10 d reduction OF the
fees and enolumenta Of the officers OF Cook
County, and adopted proposition offered
by Nr. Cody, Of Dupage County, to pre-
vent tho Legislature from making such ro-
1uc.ion, ~ against any person now in Office
In other words, they voted to mako the new |
constitution more ohnonouz in this regard \
than the present constitution Subsequent
ly, they reconsidered their action, and post
poned the consideration Of the question
nntu the report OF the Committee on coun-
tics shall be taken up.
1t would be useful to inquire what inter-
est the representatives o. othas counties
have in continuing the enormous fees and
emolunents Of the officers OF Cook County,
against the united voice OF tha delegation
Of this county, and the unanimous vote Of
the people Of the county, Il it were .
Legia1ature, inEtesd Of Constitutional Con-
vention, which had taken this action, it
would be charged and believed that ths
members who voted in this way had been
bribed, and an investigating committee
Nbl14 QC I2ucA ALL kA4A9 o&+3EA1NA
would be confirmed by the reasons which
some of them give for their votea. Mr..
Goodhue, of Will County, for instance,
aays that he votes To continue these fees
and e1noluments because Mr, coolbaugh's
motion AZ was simply to strike blow at ono
man, and hc would no. encourage it, BE
Was for protecting the gentlemen who voted
the straight Republican ticket in Cook
County last fall" Herein Mr.. Goodtue
assumes that the straight Republican plnt-
for1u in Cook County last fall was lie and
q fraud, and that the men who framed it
| we're knaves, and those who roted that
ticket fools. That platform embraced the
following resolution:
! aIaaotraa, Tia. the candidates FOR the conren-
ton ar hereby Instructed to exert khsts be6t Cd
deavors to hare inserted In tho new cooBt.tQtsn
provision reducing the e1ce aas1e compensation Of
county oEcef3 to fir and reasonable 81l1rtea, da
to Aets al psotaat <7ao@unsss' pasd sato sas c69ay
7Seostry."
4 The men who voted the straight Republ-
can ticket in Cook County last 1aN vii be
under obligations to Mr.. Goodhue for tell.
ing them that they were liars aud svindlars,
and that, when they Published their princi
ples to the world, they intended to deceigt
md aefraad the people Bat Mr. Goodhut
says further that it is 10 blow ae ono man.
Therein Mr. Goodhue in guilty OF whas Il
sanrsin,es ter1ned eonsp'cooua inaecn
racy. It may be true tna1 only one Of IN
nine or ten officers OF Cook County who's
excessive e.oo.esa la. :, ~ ~ - 60 ~
down, has Ind The cheek 70 s" 70 sps'ns
! field in the character OF a lohes1ss, and II
tain members OF the eonsenaon 70 oppoa
the declared "asnes OF tne psopte q, 700
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