, 1873-07-20
THE CHICAGO CONSTADULAEY,
Meeting Of Legitimate Constablcs to
Protest Against the Bogus
Article.
List Of Genuine, Constitutional1y-
Elected or Appointed
COnstab1es.
A Fragment Of Constabu1ary 0ratory
Rescued from Oblivion,

A Fragment Of Constabu1ary 0ratory
Rescued from Oblivion,
meeting Of tho logitimnto Constabloa Of
chicago Taa hold yeaterday ovoning in Justice
Aa'nes' otlfco, for tho purpose Of taking moaR-
urea to nift out tho taros from tho wheat, and of
putting stop to tho illegal practices which lad
boon 30 long carried on by persons not qualified
to ecs, aud tho result Of which Ia to take tho
brcad from tho mouths Of those whom tho poo
pio have chosen to intruat with tho important
Office of Constable.
Mr. George Hartman mnde 4 few remarks.
urging tho necessity Of notion.
n1r. JameS MoI,l1igott, Constable at tho Stock
Yards, etatod that tho country Conssabes voro
| Hounl on this groat question Of reform, and
would heartily co-oparato With thoIr city breth-
ron. He narrated several instances whore boeus
Conatab]es had ouohred him out Of Job. They
must undertake this undertaking, and theY
would not bo sorry, four yoara hence, for what
tnoy bad undertaken. Faw wore present, but,
in tho language Of Rioholiou, there was no such
word as fnl.
hlr. Kcolor stated that tho bogus ConstableA
| "ero trembling In their boota. They must bo
cast out, like uuctaan spirits, or they would
make the name Of Constable Rtenoh In tho noB-
trila OF tho people. Thon 11r. K. pitched into
tho shystor lawyers, who wero ns bad as those
Oonstab1os. Tho genuine Constabloa must hire =
good lawyer, and "hoop up" tho illegal ones.
Ho suggested committee OF throo be appoint
Cd to hiro good lawyer.
| It was suggested thatit bo deferred to fuller
meeting, and It was agreed to.
Mr. Keolor asked that tho reporters be TO-
quessed to auggcst to tho JuBticea not to give
papors to ecaliawaga.
Tho following list Of legal Conatablcs was
road, and people who havo papers to acrvo will
pleaHo govern themselves accordingly. To facil-
itate idontihcation It will bo vol to obtain pho
tographs OF The legitimate boys. The list IL ~
| folows:
South side-rhip Koehlcr, sIorris orehan, p Foley,
jesse 7. Gleason J. M Moore, ucnry best p j. Coi1-
molly, ". T. Dcupser, John Tunison, G. b. Chilcote,
george sg A. Hartman, ]. uoldnoss, Luke sunmernela,
Is:t S;ae-s1a!thov E1smm,ng Patrick Murphy,
Rockwell, David Walsh, Jr john s. Shoemaker, John
Laughlln, Henry pahec ]. T. Rhyme, Theodore Wocrth,
Gis nss %m Hay acSsa sn soe
Hall. '''-''@-- - '''' '''''N@ 'N' ''''
Sssa sa7, as,o9p n;g Thqrn, Tho. Meaaen George
s!oek Yar.is-jsmes 1cETiaott. N"'N '~'~''
| Hy,'e PGrk-John r Iecs.
1t waa ordered that ali these mon be requested
to DO present ut the next meeting.
&r. Rider requested tho paaaago Of a roaou~
tion looking to d Constabulary Btriko-that is, il
any Justice givos papers to acal!awag, TINT tho
| whole body OF legal Constabes refuse to aervo
anT papers for him.
The following fragment Of Constabu!ayy ora
tory is respectfully submitted: II know Of
| Constables to DO manufactured in Cook County
TINT novor had been Constable, that never was
ohEco undor the Constitution OF 1lini. I know
mon to be manufactured and Hent to serve
papers, and another Constable put his na1no upon
that return. 7 tell You now I want 1t
ask :'ate attorneys and Justices Of THO tho Peace eo
to stop those illegal steps, lot theae mon stop.
And thon It is high time for tlose to stop. Talk
about posting notices in each Justices office
more straw when there ia ITO other reod to sup
port thonl. Doguious Constables, he sayB, aud
fhoy are 30 but what is the use Of howling2 II
you meet, why meet mud DO mon bo as tho Con-
supporter. But do not manufacture any,
'''oss ss { {Ss eoSs 6Ss pa of p4Tsf po
prescribe, that 90 many shall bo elected and no
the Ponce, nor ITO attorneys Of LAZY, and do what
the Constitution Of Illini says you ahan't do.
But still thoy come and como aud como, and say
wo shall moot; we must meet, ne must put those
i
arc boguioua Constables. Now than, toll you
when they Say put them out. thoy arc tho worry
ones, I know, that kept tbom in and
gave them On infuccniont to. stay in,
wo 11~ %ut ao%Ss ss fSs Fsss ths isS
shall not no longer stay, then I say, be down
with thom, lot them fall, lot them stay where
they arc until tloy shall be taken for TINT office.
II tlley hare gut friends enough to eloct them to
it why SO well, so good, but don't lot in no
manufactured Constables when tho Constitution
says you shall not
hNow,, then. il you do moot, moot as mon ; il
il, don't stop til you win or bo dofoated.
night to sppoint any ono to NAc consult
m attorney, until first We hold bigger meeting
assemble with our full number, then lot us Say
much NJ is required. Whom no aro ready and our
machine is working. and not till then and when
that machinery is in running order, do not never
Or I am III your favor Then, when you have
gained your pint, if you have loat somo nero
triling sum Of money, it ma'os no matter;
yoq have gained your honor and qnalt-
ridiculod and disgracod by all that looked upon
it or over hold it Tor tho last fifteen or sixteon
years. Now, gentlemen, if you do go in to fight,
h men, bH anrng yon1f s DO ho mot
stay where they aro and when you stop it then
say to Justices and attorneys. We hare
stopped it, and now we ask you to holpus. Will
yol extend to liz tho favors that We aak7 T. is
only 1nero bono. It il only what tho Conatitu-
tou OF Illini says you ought to do, and Of course
when tho Constitution says you ought to do, as
you nro o citizen Of this country. you ought to
nbido by her lawB.' Now let thia yowling 10
dono It is no ,,se Of talking now about it, but
go to work, and got to this meoting eyery Con-
stable you can, all YOU can, aud then do III you
want to do, but do ~ tho law Of Illiul aays YOU
hayo perfect right to do. 1t Ia not because you
arc Constable that you shall not do
it, for wo ConstabloH have got a por-
foct right to stop these mon acting that
has no color of right. tell yon, It wo wait ua-
that aro not officers does II, wo will wait until
tho ago Of Mcthusa!um, and no maE knows hta
age. although 1t las boon dictated sovoral times.