, 1873-03-20

form, would fill columns Of this day's TR1nuNE,-
mhttor TINT can hB we'll bo comprisod In fow
TGGs M Rqse Az It. to oay tha nGt snse 1 a1
woro tho ones WHO should know, It anybody
dl-cond venture to pronounce whether tho
heting Constnblos wore legally appointed. or To-
gaily holding olllco, Or othorwiae' Ihere 6 VA was
namo ono among. tho acting constnblea who waa
not open to s,lBpiciona aud
o1IAnuEB OF THE WonsT KIND.
Information Of 30 purely negative kind wna
not Of that conclusive character generelly con-
s25 to $50 per week. Tho reporter, therefore,
wont forth In annrch Of the County Clerk and
found him III wildornoaE Of deal dosk ontrouoh-
ments TINT Inns boon thrown up iu tho vast Bolf-
tudeg Of tho Court -Iouse rl1ing.
" Mr. Clcrl," said tue porter OF .Enber's NO,
~ want to seo your List OF County Con-
"Hayont got my"
swell, want to aco anything you l,avo got"
what you want"
evidently looking upon his quosionor ns n mom-
tic County Clerks Office hlaoo,is, with thcir a.
moutntiona, rather haughsily demanded with
what object tho information sns songht;
rl,e manufacturer Of idcas for tho million inti-
matod tiat tic County Clork had loft him iii tho
care Of tic deputy with tho Wow Of bolng sup-
piled with, and not supplying information;
wlloroupon the inquisttivo deputy proceeded to
qneS II egpsns tn9 dfb LAD eda snai made s1s o s'
ouTnAoEa rEHpETRATEp DY coSsTAnIEs,
lad reached tho car Of tho County Attorney,
who theroupon nlado inquiry into tho .mattor,
but succeeded only IN myatifyipg himBolf most
County Constab1oH. It appears also that tho
records as to tho appointment Of tho coustablos
by tho iliiroront towne woro mostly destroyed by
ora1 @ oyidonco, which 1t ID aillcnlt. and, In some
casos, almost impossible to obtain, to show COLI
olnsiveIy whether Or not M tho men % noy claiming
cascs 81 such extreme doubt md difficulty,
1t would not do to proceed hastiiy,
and, perhaps, plunge tho county in q protractcd,
expensive, and uncertain litigation, and 1t was,
to send q circular to tho variolis town clerks Of
tho county, desiring thom to state, aa aoon as
practicable, tho nnmcs and addroasca Of tho
1egally-appointe5l oonstablon In each town This
this request, by Bomo
tho towns Of Wost and North Clicngo llnvo
{ai'sa @ in this tn simple md important sa duty Tho
o1orks s who CO. Compiled, md : ho W saya plainily
that the list is not to DO doponded upon; that
10 cannot youeh for any q tho rarties m named e
| Ia informed some Rixtcon or moro poraoug arc
claiming tho right to act, md aro now perform
! Ing tho duties Of tho of1lco in connection with
coftan Police JusticoB' Offices, but TINT ho does
not know who they are, nor whore they 1.-Two, nor
| what JuBticos thoy work for, and that he has
no record to show whether thoy or anybody elso
arc duly appointed Tho following is
/ THE LIST OF coEsTAnLEs,
or persons claiming to DO such, furnished by tho
Town Clerk Of South Chicago: William Swim
burn, ITO Adams stroot Charles o. McLano,
ITO Adams Htroet G. L. Hastonor, 500 Adams
street LOWS Bartels, 905 Adams street and
Those who know anything Of South Chicago,
or those who hare buainosa at Tho Juatfces' Of
nces, will read this list, and laugl.
How did thcso men got thair places They
fro. Eomo Of them had acted in pyavious
years, but their time had expired mud tlst now
aeize1 an opportunity Of rushing in whilst all
was disarrangement and trouble, hoping, to
asss o G1sln' sood 5 ds%a S1s en ' aaa @ ehaEs
c.mo from outlying towns, nnd now dofy tho law
to turn them out, Insisting that their appoint
mont In any town in Cook County iR good for oil
the towns Of Cook County. It 30 hGppons, al
though the fact eoo,nH to bio not generally known,
that under the new act respecting JuEticoR Of tho
Poace md Constables, passed July, 1879,
THE ELECTION TAXES PLACE Arn1L ],
no1t. II this he go, as stated by tho County Az
| Of the fact, SO as to prepare.
| Mr. Root explained tho difforonco botwoen tho
| old and new statutes. In both, each town cloct-
cd it's own Justice Of tho reaco aud Constables,
yidod for 1lftoon JusticeR Of tho Peace for Chi
cago, to bo appointed by tho Governor, on tho
Recommendation Of tho judges; which has been
duly attended to, but thcre was no provision as
| to Constables; 30 new Act waa passed, july,
1874 for tho election Of ConatableB. It provided
for tho election Of two Justices OF the Pence. in
| every town, except Chicago, and in Chi
population, and ono. Constable for
oyory additional 1000 Of population. The
theory 81 thia Inv IL that oil shoud
| The now election, but tho Supreme Court has
decided that this clause is not good. The At
tornoy- General hao further expressed tho furthor
opinion thai the lawful ofllco-holdorB will ro-
| mnin in Office till thoir tormR orpire, in which
| opinion Mr.. Root concurs.
| If this bo 80, We shnll bo afflicted with
| TWO ARMIES or CoNsTADLE5,
the old and the uow; and with respect to tho
formor, most Of them insisting that they aro
elected for life (and tho opinion OF eminent Law.
Office, whatever that tenn may boz, It becomea
apparent that it is necessary, frst to1nd out who
arc acting second, those who aro entitled !, to
| net, and, third tho terms for which they legally
that THE TRIBUNE has prcsontea somo facts to
| the public, tho existonco Of which, II la true,
most people suspected, but tho diroct bearing Of
which on nearing events had to be declared to be
o moro fitting remark than one made by prorni'
mont lawyor, yesterday, in connection with this
| subject, nnnely, "1 do not bolioyo thoro iH
sinqlo legal Constable Of the county, or Of ths
town. or Of tho city, now acting in Chicago"
| Ah1UsEMENTs.