, 1874-09-27

| ing up confident that, fresh az they ale and i
good wind, they can distance the old stsger
Who have been upon the track long before. Il
| politics the adage relative to the early hjr
catching the worm does not always hold good
especially il the late conner can stand nun
criticism. The Office OF Sheriff has more attrac
tons, seemingly, this full, than usual. and
most incongruous mass of persons Laye bee,
running therefor. Many of these have been al
ready mentioned by The TRIBUNE, but. since thu
last CHAPTER devoted to them appeared. there i,
A1iothe1 rachuona In Tue held. Oil tue Hlda of ths
| 'Peope's Party" ''He comes in The nronst
| and bloom OF two ecore, and his paue ls
JOHN T. COnCoRAS
famll1arly known AZ "Jolpuie" Corcoran A..
der1nan from the Twentieth Ward, and pro e-
tor OF the Hatch House. Mr. Corcoran ~ chia,-
distinguished by his trim, yellow mustache. his
immaculate shlrt-ffout, on which there plazcs a
diamond cluster. resembling tho headlight OF q
locomotive his complexion is high. lis hair
neatly arranged, bis boots we'll polished, and hc
carries cane. Ihls Ii all very 1uce for Mr.. Cor
coran alMs to be mice" and, SO far as personal
appearance goes, be is worthy OF that adjective
He aims, also, At being the John Morrsey OF
Chicago He can hold i4is tongue just az we'll
as that statesman; he knows quite asllttle about
things IN general.-e1cept faro,-but he has ncv-
er been bruiser, either in the ..ring" or
out Of 1t. THIS great and respectable qra!itica-
lion 1or representative OF the Cuicayo "swell-
mob, MF- CUrc0Tan lacks.
Mr. CorcoEau is
4 GREAT F1NASCIER.
At the time Of the panic Of 1873 he ran three
banks. and not one OF them failed They
were faro banks, and all 'ch;rs" drawn
upon them were duly honozed- He owns them
s1il, OF is concerned IN them to some extent.
HIS friends " claim that ho il concerned in the
faro banks ont Of pure benevolence. and that lie
loses money By that connection. Mr. Eorcaraa
does not look exactly like nlnn who would sus-
tam three faro-bauks out of pure good nature.
He IS mich too sharp for that
Mr. CCrcotAn does his best to be .'hich-
toned. aud hates 10 be called gau,-
bier stralght ont. unfortunately for
Nr. Corcor1u, the English language is
q very democratic illom, aad has
severe knack OF calling things by their right
llaules. II Mr. John L. Curcor:n-who runs
tAree faro bauks-is not 4 gambler who il? lie
is just in tue same box with Mlxe Mcdonald
and Jack Bowling, who, by the way, Srr 10:
ashamed to OWL taer profession, and do not as-
sumo virtue which they have uut.
MAURICE MARTIN AND uARnY LAWRENCE
a1e quite ~ we'll quallted to run for Sheriff
of Cooa County-so lar a. gambling u
conce1ned-as il Mr. John 7. Cor
cotan. But none of tbe parties
referred to lave got Mr.. Corcorau's "cheek,"
aud they can hardly see how 1uan can du dutv
Is Sheriff. issue warrants aud lang cri1n1uals
mud run three faro banks st the same time. Mr.
Corcorau has the most sublime ASSURANCE to
think OF such thing. He must imagine that
the morals of Cook County have fallen as low ~
those Of tho Twentieth Ward, around Nor.h
Water street, when he can como forward mud
proclaim himself candidate for tile Snrieval1y,
addressing his constituency from the dizzy
eight OF a gaming ta@ie, Q Ten pfrd but -Ir.
CorcoEan does not understand Lat. u, and tho rest
Of tie quotation mist DC spared.
The peoples Party" are hardly prepared to
carry
SUCH LOAD
as ME. Corcoran would prove, and symptoms Of
discontcnt are being manifested already. lie Is
every We to secure the nomination.
but would it not be unnerclful Oh tho part OF
Mr.. Corcoran's ''frlends" " to place him III that
position? Sner1fTs have sometimes to do tough
Lind of work, and even q Bgutus would bate to
have to bring his own personal friends to justice
all the time. 1t would be simply cruelty to
animals 10 make Mr. Corcoran Sheriff, for, to 4
moral certainty, his skill as hangman would
hayo to be used before tire end of h1e
Term IN strangling to death some OF his warmest
supporters. There is rumor that Alr. CorcoE-
II ls simply candidate III the interest OF Mr.
CleaEJ, with the intention Of throwing his
strength iu favor OF tue latter; but Mr. Cle4ry
lenies this. He does we'll, for he would ba all
he weaker for euch support.
COL. OWEN STUART
8 = candidate for tie same Office on the Eepub-
ican ticket, and will pcove very formidable ri
al to Tim Bradley. The Colonel has good war
ecord. He his spurs with the Sinctie L Il1l-
lois on n1anJ hal d-fought field t1e is man Of
rood appearance, and IS not over-burdeuad with
nd it is said that his prospects for nomination !
re very good, though Bradley will be Lard msn i
Q beat i'll tho Republican Convention.
DUTY OF TIE PEOPLES PARTY.
% The Editor Of The Chicago Tribune: |
S1R: In asking your permission to occupy i
mall space OF your issue tomorrow morning, I !
hall be as concise as possible. In addressing |
on this communication it Is not for the inter-
SITS Of any one person. but for the wno1e people.
propose to act with the Opposition, If it nomi- /
ates good men. We are soou to place before
he people ticket tor representatives in our
'ationa1 Legislature and for county officinlB,
nd call upon the voters OF Cook County for
aeir support OF the nominees Of tho Opposition
arty in convention assembled. We will soon
nteri into spirited contest, which will be waged
1th vigor by the respective candidates and their
:iends- Tue Peoples party now flushed
ith tho victory OF last fall, in which they car
ed the county By . majority of nearly
1000. With this victory fresh in
,ei1 minds, they are led into the belief
lat like SUCCESS awaits them this fall they
eem to be impressed with tho fas1acious idea
,at all that ia necessary is to meet Ii conyen-
on, nominate their candidates. and march on
glorious triumph in the November elections.
hey seem to feel so certain Of triumph over
leir political opponents that each one is urging
10 claims OF some friend for Office, without
opping to consider for one moment tho prin-
ples their platform must embody, the VARIOUS
ices for which candidates are to be nominated.
I'd, above all, the men whom they place upon
lis platform IS their candidates. The Peoples
arty, as known in Chicago, is composed Of
en- opposed to all the Of tue past and
-esent. aud they should favor reform and re-
euch11ent in every branch of the Government.
ct them. then, when they assemble in conven-
on look we'll to their platform let them adopt
,e sufficiently broad for all to stand thereon
t them lay aside personal feelings, and nomi-
ito men who arc qualified to I'LL the offices
cditably to themselves as well as the people
1om they will represent ; let them place in :
,mination men whose namea arc household
ords for integrity and business stn0ding- Shall ,
e have such platform? Shall We nave such d +:
,ket? Shall re lay aside personal feol- {
gs, and select men whom We can place !
efore the voters Of Cook County and ask thcu ! !
r their sn1rages? These are questions which
o Of special interest at this moment, when Z
ere is a general feeling that party lines ere
,coming obscure, and when mero party appeal t
ErYr,sad tn hA a1rn1at nnwrrleE6- This fall