, 1873-11-16

mcn1notH OF tho Pofaohnl lliberGy Lbihuet W
American, thin1s, mud bottor nnn Tim n,oat
# Mos"s sS osh'F eH''n Ho s n' want IS sGa 10 hsop
IN 0'Nolll, tho prosent incnmhont::, Pat RatIor.
ty. tho old Alderman from tho Nlnth and Pat
Powell would 1ilko to DO 0as Inspector, but he
waB Oh tho wrong Bilo.
rltE COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
Tho Roportor-1ias anything heon dono IN tho
way Of maklng I'D tho Council Commlttoos ?
Air. smitll-Not thing. It IL ono Of tho
hardost jobs In tho whole lot Ws woro afraid
to intorfero with tho choice Of A1aormon. md are
gaddlod with HOMO whom wo to not know wlat to
Tho staais. .zeiiung and Ar. Mosing say tho; do
not, and Afr. Colyia says llo toeB not, but sonle
OF tho Aldermen aro In favor Of going nhoad ut
onco. Mc0rati has plan, which lle thfiika lo
ed aa Architoot; wfRiio nalloy ana iIilirotl. arc
fighting ns to which of them sl,nll be Tilloy'a
special champion, and got lin put In, and SGT to
WORT work maltng hs preliminary draTinga., Bailey
be at the lload Of tho Judiciary Committoo.
= Htdrotn wants to tako charge. Of railroads, but
coiy!n IS inclined, as I understand, to keep
DO not 500 how lio cnr mRko it up without ignor-
ing our Aldermen entiraly.
pnEs1DENT OF TIr COUNTY IoAnp.
:. Still wo dc. not apprchend 20 much danger
Thoy aro tho most irresponsible body IN the
State, with no check at al upon thoin, md from
present appearances they intend to elect Sam
Aahton Chairman.
Hesing'e influence boat him last year md put In
Miller. CnuuDt llo 10 1t now !?
Mr. Smith, do not doubt ho would like to,
but Ashton can lead Off with tho votoa Of Craw-
dorstool thnt aonlo oi tho othors aro pledged to
him, and say f,o has promised to make up good
committees which menns to put Crawford a. tho
Tho only man man who haa my chance
l1o III shalf pledged to Ashton himself. So
do not 300 much escape from the election OF the
latter. Still, il Lonergan will conaent to rum
Clough aud bogue, nud several others, will aup-
port him.
THE MAYon's B1LL.
The noporter-Do your pooplo want the May
orh bill extended
h1r. snith-Now tint we havo tho control Of
the City Government, and not Nlodtl wo do.
Aldermen In ordor, but We hardly expect to got
suoh measure through tho Legislature, for it
will DO opposed BY NicGrath and kolloc in the
sonate, and Cullorton and otllora in the House.
tainty Of much talkng about railroad mattnrs, We
do not oxpoct anything
the bill to get rid OF anybody besides Washburn
Wright for instance?
Mr. a,nitll-Tho pressure is very strong among
tho Gcrn,anH to haye Wright put out. though
| they aro not SO anxious to have Kloklse in. Bnt
there aeems to bo no nocesaity for any immediate
action. We have mnjority. Of the Board with
! out ilokko. His case Is ponding in the Supreme
| Court, aud 40 opinion will probably DO filed III
| January. Nothing would bo gained by putting
| Klokko in that can SEQ, except to satisfy tho
feeling against Wright. who may resign anyhow
by tho time TINT Dond is going out.
1 "A
The Aldermen rho represent the People hold
anotEer CAUCUS lnst evening, aud succeeded in
doing something They considered tho walls of
Noom IT, CITY Hall where they met We woek e ago,
porters. soourod q room in tin Hatch House, on
| North Wolis street. This hotol is run by AID.
John Coreoran who, to secure full attendance,
Invited his as1osatea to sup w h rst wne
lug thors ~ were twonty.two pros
sent at tho CAUCUS last evening.
AID, Jones', of tho Twentieth Ward. was a6-
Bent,-le was out Of the city. 4 good supporr,
tho large aittondanoe When tic Aldermon'a
ston,achs woro full, tho twenty-five ndjournad
! to tho par1or and wero called to ordor. Aid.
Cannon was elected Chairman, mud Aid. Tom
Bailey Secretary. Those namod below were
Corcorau. Mahr, Keloa, White, Atociowry,
Foley, Murphy, Eekharlt, Ou1lorton, Hildreth,
Longaclor, AlcGrath, Lynch, brandt, FitEger.
aid. and Mlk0 BAlleY. After n1l hours ta!k III
oonfor With tho Mayor and ascertain whom lie
intends to appoint to tho various offices. Encl
Alderman present Pledged himself to sustain the
Mayor Through thick and thin,"', md ths
"twenty-threo to present " solid front
when tho nominees were sent to the Couucll fol
Nothing was hoard nhout a slato during the
discussion, and tho Aldermen asserted after ad'
iournme1lt, that mono had been made up. 1t il
IL 1f4f&
Holid support " in tho cases of tho Corporation
Counsel, Comptroller, Police Superintendent
aud mombors Of tho Doarls, the Mayor vii
listen to suggestions from the twenty-threo ir
references to tho minor Offices.
AROUND THE BAR.
The Aldormon. judging from Appearances
after the cauc1ls Wns over, had lna1o up their
minds to stick to first principles. They crowded
young mall dispensed cfferyesciug beverages sot
up BY AID. corcoran. They were "know,
Mornings I" WHOM aslsod what bad boen donn in
the caucus: and thoir conversation failed tt
stso show 1n%hDg y fa a moro d an n that thoy ht
Of thought among S1hoso IN tho bar-roon rar
you you igding to drink !" "oa,'t hold anolhe
drop, by CT; Tn chuck full, alrondy." "Woll
gentle query as to wl,nt tic august Aldermen
Ind accomplished Mt thoir little eaucrs up-stairs
ono Of tho body blurtea out, Not Cd d-t
thing by 3d." and added Rotto-voco "Wo'r
going to run this city, wo arc, and old Colvi1
too, II ho unit mighty pleasant"
For oyery two Aldermen present tlore wor.
half-a-dozen oflcc-seekcys, who were psofase II
tue matter Ut Invitations to ''tako little bome
thing" Ono Alderman who steadily rofuBod tt
drink Was aeized upon by couple Of Office
aeekera. who began to pull or his boots by paJ
OF persuasion, and by that moanB finally sue
eooded in overcoming lily bottor Judgment, L
broyity III roally the soul of wit, the proceedings
brilliant. Whothcr # was TINT the moro agroo
able duties presided over by, Aid. Corco
ran and tho fat and apathetio bar-tendo
engrossod their attention, or theirintcllectH wert
bowed down with tLo mighty, affairs Of STATE
discussed upstairs, tho fact il Tint, beyond
casual "What1l you hayo2" and "Don't caro i
do, just this oneo, " and IN occasional hicoougb
the prevailing tone Of the congregation ia,
feoblo and unintereating. With few moro sucl
! lively jamboroe-caucuses tho approaching bum
nlor civic Goyernnlont will be ftly and fully In
augurated.
A Glnss Cameo Vnso.
Mr. John Northwood, Of Wordsloy, Scotland
has completed, after nearly ten years labor,
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