, 1874-12-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

CAECEsING FOB THE PHES1DENCf-
Monday afternoon tic new Board Of County
Commissioners will meet. Tho first business it
will be called upon to transact will be the elec-
ton Of l.res.ding officer. The most impor--- ut
subject wIlich will come before it for consider
:tion 1t future sessions will be tho question Of
the erection OF q new Courthouse.
THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN
has now butome u matter Of special interest,
since upon him sleyolyes the appointment of the
committees; it ia hc who decides which
Commissioners sllall have charge Of the
fat picIsingB of the .'Poor-Houso and Paupers, u
of " Jail aud Jail Accounts Of 'publc Build
ings," and of Public Service" While. OF courso
no ono has the least ldea that nny member OF
any one Of these Committees has used in uha
past or will use iu the future these positions to
make money illegitimatcIy, yet there are th ou-
sands OF wava in which friends may be rewar led
or enemies punished in which political in du-
ence NAV be acquired for the future. and in
which contracts may be so let rs to induce the
recipient to remember the glver.
The Importance attaching to some OF tn 3se
Committees has been shown during the last
rear. During the last week thele has been
CONSTANT SERIES OF CAUCUsEs,
in which all the members of tue County Board
have takeu part, for tue purpose Of fxin. upon
tue new President. Tnls caucasnS has also
bcc1, complicated with tho interests OF A1r-Egan.
who desires to TO continued as the architect Of
the proposed Court -HouBc. One set consists Of
aIessrs. Ciough. Burdock, Guenther. Holden, Nc
Caff-ey, Schmidt, aud Carroll. They controlled
to certain extent hy Mr. Hesing, arc in favor
the Board: This gentleman was put upon the
Peoples ticket by afc. Hesing, who has always
held linn in high esteem.
THE SECOND SET
is composed Of Russell, Jones, Lonergnn. Hcrt-
ing, und Crawford. They are in favor of the
election OF the last-nnmcd individual rs Chair
man. feeling assured that, with the control
of the committees in his hands, they
will be awarded the most lucrative positions in
his gift. In addition to those named rbove.
there nre Commissioners Conlay aud Christian
Busse, who haze been oscillatlug from Pide to
side, claimed now by one party and then by the
other. At first it was definitely understood that
they were going to support Mr. Burdick; then i'll
1uences were brought to bear upon them which
turned them over TO Crawford; AMI from Crawford
they swutg back to Burd;ck again. At the eau
Gus held night before lust, composed Of Craw,
ford's Irish friends. who are in favor Of Egan
and opposed to Hesing. and therefore sup
port Crawford. not from any particular love
for that gentleman. it was understood
TINT these two Commissioners were !" safc,'
aud also that one or two other lriahmen,
especially John McCaffrey. wLo had been count
ed Oh by Burdck. would be apt to leave his side.
Yesterday morning, however,
ANOTHER CONSULTATION
WAS held, at which the opinion was EXPRESSED
that there would be no detection among the
Irishmen who had at first promised to support
Mr.. Burdicls, aud that neither McCatfrey nor
Con1ey could be relied on to vote for Crawford.
There is still, however. 60 much uncertainty as
to the votes OF one or two Of the members that
the result OF Mondays election, If the matter
comes to vote then, is somewhat doubtful
So fur as Mr. Egan is concerned, it ia claimed