, 1874-10-16

Tho Opposition pnrty Bomo TWO weesa ago
made their nominations OF Legislative candi-
lates. Some Of these candidates. resigned voluu-
taraly, and such was tue character Of many
others that tho whole ticket was referred to
committee with full power to fill vacancies, and
to make new nominations in all casos where the
candidates could be replaced with hotter mon.
For this bravo aud oxcellont triumph over tho
corrupt CAUCUS systom. that party deserves gen.
eral commendation it has scs m example chat
all other PARTIES might follow NTH profit. d.
With this experience bofo:o them. however,
tho Peoples Party leaders should hayo had tho
moral courage to abandon the primaries for tho
nomination Of q county ticket and tho Aldermen.
Their failure to do 60 resulted In tho gathering
Of noisy aud dlsgraceful mob yesterday. Had
the came crowd assembled for any other than q
political purpose, 1t would probably hayo boen
disbanded BY the police aa tlrehteniug good
order and the public safety. The gamblers wero
OIL hand In force. aud the ealoons must have
been secured for Delegates. Hike Mcdonald
VAS thore, principally in tho interest Of Cor
coran, tho lending candidate for Sheriff. md
ready With money in ono haul Or for row with
tho other. Tho Twentieth Ward (Corco,an'el
cast over 1900 votes in three houre at tho
primary meeting, which oonAsted Of one pre-
ciuct, while the entire vote Of tho ward last fall,
cast at four precincts aud between aunrieo aud
| sunset, was only 1900! This incident will fur
| niah n correct iden Of how the Convention Was
| got together. lie worst was to have boon
| expected from such gathering as this,
so that those WHO nro Interested in tho Peoples
Party must ind their conaolatlon, such as 1t IL,
| In TINT the nominations wero not ag bad as they
might have boon. Corcoran was not nominated,
though tho influence Of tho gamblors "a dia-
| tnct political elsment asserted itsot In keepine
| their candidate ahead for couple Of hours.
Frank A2new waa finally nominated for
| Sheriff. There seems to bo little known
| ot him except that ha ia q co,l-
tractor and has enough ahlliltlon with
| such crowd aa yesterdays to got nomina-
tion It thoir hands In q hot contest. Emil
Dietsch, who was nominated for Coroner, Ia q
German Of good standing. Tho nominations fos
County Commissioners ara, for tue Waat sile,
q. G. ?. Holden, who generally gets nominated
for something, and Pat Carroll, WHO ia In Lie plas
tering business; John 3lcOafsey aud L. George
Schmidt, formerly !Aldormon, for the North Side
Theodore Guenthcr, Of Worth, snd john Con
10y for tho country. The last two were mem
bers of the old rotten Boarl OF Supsrsia
ors, and John Conloy was ops Of fou
who voted Rgninss Kcarnoy's expulsion from TIM
Board. Dut es Kcayney is candidate for th'
Legislature. 1t ia meet and proper that coule.
should 10 candidate for County Commissioner
no haye only this much to say OF yesterday
dolngs: II they fail to tuduce tue people +
abandou the primaries for municipal eloctioua
; tho people deserve no better.
} The ssrne party through isa caucusoa O.
"edneadsy. undertook to nominate candidate
Tor Aldermen, and No suggost that ths bnsines
Ct pnrging the ticket IL eyau mora uecaasar
F" than 1t "Aa III tha case Of ths nominees tor ,h
4 Legislature. Tha nominations made gere 4
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1 ti4s 8ixtoenth. aso " present u,omboss ot IL
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