, 1874-09-30
: Sixteenth Ward Republicans
! Adopt tho Communist
Platform,
Jonrad Fo1z and Carl Killings
Kiss and Are Friends.
Senator Logan Unburdens His Con.
science in Indianapolis.
County and Congressional Nomt
nations.

IN TIE INTEREST OF MIR. FARwELI.
From tue looks Of things during tho last fer
days,--fron tho row In hcGnrry'B saloon Eatur-
day. and In tls Sixteonth Wurd A[onlay,-tho
lion. g. B. Farwell, candidate for ConEroas
from tho Third District, appears to haye Bpons
hls time While III Wahlington in reading Cd On
ioman history. lIe muBt have been specially
peaBcd with tho habit which rival candidates
1oF tAe ConBulship Ind of surrounding tbem-
selves with gangs Of armod slaves, hired g1adi-
ators, dependents who had oiflcea in Roman
c'setom-houacs, and impoverished clients. whose
only hope iay in getting plnces. This line of
policy must havo pleased him, since othcrwigo
hs Mould not hayo act to work 10 industriouelv
to emulate 1t.
We hayc no gladiatoss in Chicago but thore
arc an abundance Of ahouldcr-hitters, peniton-
ttnry graduates, and Worthless vagrants who
are ready to enlist under any standard 10 thas
pay IL certain and immunity secured The
names Of all tho recruiting officers employed to
drum up mon for N1r. Tarwelis body-g,1ard aro
not known, but tho Superintendent Of Police Is
confcsaeay ono Of them, and to his oxortions
tho enlistment Of Nick Gcary. John Garllty, aud
Mike McDona1d-naming them in tho order Of
their importance-is loubtloEs due. Tho pla-
toon Of tho South Side division OF Dir. Farwells
army began active operations Saturday night BY
invading tho place OF business Of IN auti-Far-
Weltito, and causing him eoyeral moments Of
acute uneaaincss. 1t waH on public street, al
an oarly hour IN tic evening, but tho Army OF
Invasion vent at it's work as il outside of all
civilization.
On tho North Side, Republlcanium is lost
a,t.. There arc EepublicanH thsre. but they aro
Paid SO much month By tho Federal Govern
ment for boing 80. They arc regarded ~ car
pot-bagEors by tile mass Of The population, and
no one particularly carcB to associate With them.
gang Of lpoBtiferona Workingmcn, headed by
hleHsrH Kliugs aud limbo, one cutler, tlle
other q retired chorus singer who appeared at
Crosbya OpeEa-HouBe III "Dor Ffoischuotz."
Their ranks havo thinned sadly since January.
Ant the contributions Of tho fnithfui haSe fallen
Oh. Still few hundred remain, who. unablo to
set up for themselves, aro willing to hire out "a
FREQ Lauccs to The highest bidder:
a cofpls Of W9oka ugo Conrad Folz. Jailor,
rho. ont Of q moaest income Of 81 900 a year.
has bought horse, house and csrriaRe, and
many diamonds, waa commissioned by Mr. Far
we'll to recruit Tor him Oh tho North Side, aud la
succeeded III securing tho aeryicos Of Capt.
kllngs, Lieut.. Ztnabe', and their followers, uho
a!doratiou to turn things upside down in North
ChcsSo for the special bcnetit Of Mr. G. 3.
Farwell, provided Of courso somebody else dll
not outhi1 liu.
h4oHuAY !l!nut Enc Fc0Floa O Eaftg holQ moot
Ing OIL North avenue, Klnsa and Zin,bel wera
present with thcis solliess. Had they mere'y
yelled, no one would have objected; but they
began riot. and got trounced, which put tho,n
ina very absurd position, They wore arrested,
taken to tho station, and bailsd out. Then they
marched lip to tho saloon undor Fo1z Hall, wl4cra
Conrad personally welcomed )lis " lads Of brass." +"
and "tet up tho beer :" for them. even a whola
kog. Which they drank down to tho very drcge:
Drinking Is the so1dcr'a pleasure,
itch thu treasure, sweet tho plcaburs.
6weet ia pleasure after pain.
It is true t1,e EXPEDITION was not altogether
successful ono; tho assailauta got badly routed
aud carried home cracltod c,owns, but 4 }itslo
practice Of tbis Kind will help tAc'n to get their
lnnils in.
Thus far Mt. FarHoll has not oztondcd his
operations to tlo Wost Division, aud it is 10 bo
hoped he will keep out Of there. Tue dragoon-
ing Of tho First Sixteenth, seventeenth,
Eighteenth, hineteonth, md Twontlnth Wards
ought to afford any cue man sufficient occupa-
tion. Tho only hope now is to dosoat Mr.. Far
well for it ho is sent bacE to Washington, aud
allowed to resume hls studies Of Romao history,
there ia no telling what antqnatod and unl'loas-
ant systems Of carrying gu election ho will bo re-
sorting to il 1876,