, 1873-10-16
LOCAL POLITICS.
Meeting Of More Citizens in the
Pacific Hotel Last Evening.
4 Committee Appointed to Cooperate with
tho Republican and Democratic
Central Committees.
A Proposition that tho Three Commit.
tees Shall Nominate a Ticket.

lEtS 3llatl NVIjJHlat1 Itthtks
4 meeting Of citizonB WAS held yoatortay ovon-
Ing at tho Pacific Hotol tor the purpose Of con-
sulting in roference to putting In tho field a
ticket In opposition to tho one to DO nominated
by the so.callod " "Peoplos party"
Among those present wore Obadiah JaclHon,
Robert II. FosH, W. !. Datoham, st. Clair suther-
land, Z. Z. nanyan, Col. Baldwin, Capt. J. ".
Drockway Carter II. Harrison, T. L. ChaHo,
AID. Woolman, ]. II. Dauiola, J. D. Colo, Abucr
Taylor, Thomas Courtney, Capt Lnughlin, John
Walsh, Aid Mc} }onniss, Edwin Leo Brown, j. D.
Briggs, Z. II. ". Fuller, mud Constantine Kann.
Mr.. Harrison sail tho object of the meeting
was to talc action In viow Of the coming olcc-
ton: Two or three organizations woro hlroady
getting ready to place men IN tho fold. Ono Of
thom, made up Of descendants Of tho puritans,
had becn supposed to bo running ono ilea.-
preventing tic desocration Of the Sabbath. Tho
opposing purity hold that mon should cut and
drink whom and what they ploaacd. Another
party believed mon should act only with view
to tho prosperity Of tho city. It's monitors did
not want tho financial affairs of Chicago
disroSMnrtod M md only whisky and beer bee thought
Tho sake Of economy aud order, making police
mon neither spies nor loafora Tho peraons who
wanted ouch ticket had bcen studying how to
ocratio Central ComEnitteea should act. But
thoy wanted tho beat citizens, such as wero
present, TO give them their support In deciding
how competent and well-balanced mon could bo
put In tho fold. Ho moved TINT Mr. Colo take
Tho chair.
Mr. Colo declined, and nominated 11r. Il. T.
Crano, who Was elected.
Mr.. Harrison also moved TINT hr. Charles
Cole bo elected Secretary. It waa agreed to.
Mr., Harrison, to try tic sense Of the meeting,
moved that they declare 1t to DO tloir opinion
Tint it was for the interest OF Cook County md
Chicago TINT there should be d Citizcns 1nde-
pendent ticket. Ho wanted tho bost men, 10
matter who nominated thom. But If those op-
posed to tho He sing movement we're divided,
tho latter would win. They could bo driven to
put ar good men1 only by opposing them boldly.
If Hesiug saw their ranks diyidod, be would
nominate mon he could r,1lo. So lot tho outsiders
nouainnte their best men, and force the oppos-
tion to do tho same, and thus good mon would
be elected, whoever won.
Mr.. Cole wanted the Republican and Demo-
cratic Central Committees and tho Committee Of
Seventy asked to join with thom. The former
met Saturday.
A. II. Ferrier thought some otlium attached to
the word :" Independent" If it meant inde-
it.. He would like to have q representative
ticket, which would be q popular ono; but it
n1n. mast come right drom tho people He would
dependent" but withdrew 1t after explanation.
Tho resolution WIS adoptcd.
hlr. Harrison thought nan1eB had better not
DO mentioned until campaign committee Was
Mr. Cole was asked IT 1o wanted to press his
suggestion to invite other organizations to CO.
operate.
He, thought ii thoy did combine they would
win, but if those present started in alone the
others might not Ike It. Ho moved tho oshor
Committees bo invited to come in.
Aid. Woodman snid TINT the Committee Of
Seventy had issued Gull fora big convention to
meet noxt week.
Mr.. Colo had been informed they would join
with them,
Mr. Woodman moved the meeting appoint u
Committee Of fifteen from tho city and Avo from
the county to unite with the other Committees
and get Up ticket. # they waitod till tho
Convention OF tho Committee of Seventy met,
1t would be very hard to agree on n ticket.
h1r. Dateham movod to mako 1t nine from the
city and three from the county, and tho Alder
man accepted it.
1t WAS suggested by Aid. Campbell that thero
should be ono from each ward, but Mr. Woodman
MAS opposed to going into tho wards at all.
waassa f o Know | i Ss Hs s
County Committee. He understood majority
had gone over to Hesing, and only about six
could be relied on of the city members. Then
they woro too far from the people. The move
each ward must bo consulted. That gave more
aatisfaction than ticket made by fow men.
Lot tho people have hand in: BY Tuesday
parties who could make satisfactory ticket.
They could 20 elected by primaries or at tho
present meeting.
Capt, Lon.ghlin denied that . majority Of tho
Committee Ead gone over to Hesng.
It WAS stAted thnt oach ward was represented
on the Central Conmittoo. Add to them tho
proposed Committee Of Nine, and the result
would DO satisfactory Oh Ill sides, and would
terrify tho opposition.
AID. Woodtnan said the two most successful
tickets were those of '69 aud II, nominated by
very small bodies Of men. The Central Com
n,ittees aud tho Committee Of Nino would do
better than large convention.
1t WaB suggested by h1r. Wiley that they
should have two from each ward. Bomo Of the
members Of tho Republican and Democratic
Committees wore not representative men, some
having barely escaped going to tho Penitentiary.
Ho moved that the committee organized that
night bo two from each ward.
AID Woodnau thought tho committee would
DO unwialdly.
). A. Daniels opposed 1t for o similar roasnn.
and the amendment was loat.
Aid. Woodman's resolution was adoptod,
It was moved by Mr. Ferrier that one man
from oach newspaper be invited to corporate
with them.
John Q. Hilton moved tue appointment Of
committee OF three to nominate the twelve.
1t was adopted.
Tho Comnitsoe was made up Of nlr. Hilton,
DR.. Jordan, and 7. E. Eor1ier. Mr. Hilton do
rlined and AID. Woodman was appointod.
Tho Committooe retired for consultation.
Mr. Harrison sald NJ platforms had boen tho
bono Of contention ut other meetings, and ~ they
had mot as buHineas men looking for business
men to nanago city Affairs, ho offered
q resolution to tho effect that they
would hayo no other platform than tho character
Of their nominees, asking no pledges, since men
who made them ware dangerous. The Commit
leu should nominate men who would act only
for the greatest good Of the groateat number.
Tho Committee then made the following re-
port County-O. II. Dalton, Daniel Booth, and
+. 8. Taylor. Clty-O. II. HARRISON Il. Il.
Crane, j. l.. Campbell, Daniel soully, @. L.
Woodman, n, a. Divine, lArthur Dixon, Louis
Wahl, and ii. ". Fuller.
Mr. Harrison declined to seryo on tho Com
mlttee and suggosted w. Q. Datehan.
Mr, Woodman suggested Z. +. Runyan, but he
declined, being on the Committee OF Seventy,
and proposed Thomas Courtney,
Mr. Courtney wanted somebody e1so.
Mr. Woodlnan, III reply to an inquiry, said the
Committeo was politically we'll mixed up.
Mr. Harrison suggested Robert Foss, and he
wac Il