, 1875-02-21
Necessity for llore Romp and Cir
cuqstance in That Body.
Ths Uniform and Duties Of the New
Dignitary.
Meetings for Consultation and Pre-"
.paratory PRACTICE



opening OF the Dominion Parliament, in whic
the digni.ary known a. the Usher Of tho Blac
Rod, and the peculiar dn:ias which he ia calle
npon to perform, we're faithfully described
Hardly any one would hare dreamed that thi
Its nature; ret recent discoveries show thai, tax
1t stoselher, it we're better that a least ona ror
ton Of The TR1BuSE's readers had been left il
ignorance Of the natnre- OF the pomps an
Tanities which form part of the process OF legis
latiou in the slce-monarchy which lies betwee,
the mediterranean confines Of the Uuited State
and the North Pole. This acknowledgement O
unintenional error is caused By The fact tha
within the past fortnight eudden desire *
emulate the elories Of the Dominion Parlia
ment has slowly but all the more certaiul.
developed ltself among the Members Of th'
Common Council of this city. Il mrat not fol
m instant be supposed that this body, is relaps-
ing into love for monarchical institutions, for,
If there is anything which they dread, it is tht
slightest approach to one-man power. Nor can
it for moment be. supposed that there is anJ
desire on the part Of the Aldermen to add 70 the
dignity Of their weekly ceremonial which il
already graced BY the presence Of Dixon oil
Clandeboye, Forrest, Of Queenstovn, Otto Blum,
and the rect. It ia eafa to assume that
TIE MAIN INCENTIVE
to the creation Of the ofics Of "Ueher OF: tbs
Gisck: :nod to the Common, Council OF the, City
Of Chicago. x.p the fact that rbere vera. still
some prpteges OF the Peoples party unproyieed
for, and that inasmnch as Ill the Offices at their
disposal we're filed. nothing was left but to
crcate new ones. OF course, the conclusion
that such . dignitary 9as .an absolute. NECESSITY
to the success Of the Councils future delibera-
l9na, was not Jumped at On tho contrarK
many eaucus-meetings we're held At Which = Ger
taid amount q: opposition vas, shown 70 the
PROPOSED creation of once, but opposins mem :.
prdbable thst the bylaw creating the otacs viii
be adopted ny the Council to-n'orrow evening
nth alnost nnahlmops vpte: The only
trouble, in fact in connection With the
% cf!se ~ a , be ths sRpo;ntane,ltt H.. of a the
gle will aliso. 4 very ehort tlme aeter the idea
Of cresppsan. Usher WAS set: ahoat by the City
CLERK, whose Rristocretic tendencies are too we'll
known to, need mors than q passing a}lualon,
qnite number OF the city employees WHO had, or
supposed they had figure and personal greeaa g
generally which adapted them for the position
began
1oBBT1Sa WITH THE1E FRIENDS
in ths Council and, az there are hat-a-dozen or
mora candidates in the deld, Gxch of.7whom
ths appointment vii be lnnk and severe. It
must not b. snpposed that there arc. any,Avowed
candidates; on the contrary. TRIBUNE reporter
who has been recently dcyo.iug bis time TO sedq-
lonsl1 bunting. mp f.e;s Il regard 70
RoR b. :Ps oa u tSs
tions OF any OF the parties whom be considered
to be candidates it R1ll be open to item to ex-
plain the neaain9 Of the peculiar &ctiops upon
Thieh be based his incorrect conclusions; But;
to review briefly the action Of thoao who intend
to create tho new othoe. As has already been
atated,
THE pEA o11o1xlTEp>
IN the mind oftbo City ClerE, and It Tas in obe-
held. This meeting, though divided on the sub
1ect 1t first hecatns . INIT baIora itS close on
indorsing the great necessity Of m Usher, to
give proper eclht to thameetngs OF the Council;
but, ~ there Was , total lack OF unan-
Unity on tho Question OF the Uaher's
the Mayor, the City CLERK, and AID Mahr,
was appointed TO prepare report On the matter,
to be submitted 3: the next meeting, to bs held
on the following dAy. Beyond q. general cau-
Easaing Of the question nothing Was done until
the next meeting Which had to consider the re-
port OF the COMMITTEE on Uniform. Strange to
say. there nas no uniformity among its members.
They had been ul1able to agree upon either the
coat. vest, breaches, boots, Or black rod OF the
Usher, and each member was ready With minor
itE report Without giving these in full, synop-
nls OF each will convey sufficient idea Of the In
ventise gecius OF its prsparer. The report Of
the Mayor opened With
4 FULL DEGcn1rEoy
Of the City Of Chicago, its police force, Board Of
Trade, etc. (see files of last summer for that
Eptech1, and, nfter aliudpg to tbs necaBatyr Of
III Usher, insisted that his dress should Is Tar as
possible, lie e1ub1ematic Of tue city of whose
Common Council tie Vearer was to be- the pr1n-
clpa1 ornament. The following was the uni
form suggested in bis report Tie coat to be- Of
tue fu1 of that animal known among the anc1enta
Us the mustela puteus. among certain rnodern
ratious n the polecat Or skr.,E ana 1roono the
Indians "a the eheeEavro: from which ToT} he
uzma OF our citv was dor1red: :W;th 'ya1a1d tn:
the cut Of the coat that conld ha 1aft ~ INV
rosr,ectahia and n,n5srsta nrica5 +.;Is- Ths.
rdnort rnnosad tnaeshr.ocha. ~, -. s.r.-.t
ry+ffncin1es Int hacnnra- +ha osrt1ann., uho..
the NsyoT had in hn exa a. th9e T1sS.1 - ~ ~.
ture W. not nartien.1i1 TeiI dsrconed IN ny that
portiou ~ the Iee ;r,n,sd;.fe,v he1ow ia Ensa
ghlch IL sne nna nf,, oS r. rr,acafn1 ro,rsr ~
Aaah-tiehte.' ria report e'et1s' "s4tsA =.
orposrn ~ corxrnz,r
also. and surreste1 thaf fhs racnia i'm hat fas
suppplied by Elokke,; Of i se1gca1t ~ P6Iics Nas
suficiently harLsome far the nnrnose ,enuirsd.
Tbs idea -oi boots With ellyer buckias vas IN a.
ku1dity, "a was also the hacG rod Of lbs Canaolan
Cshcs. These should be replaced by pair OF atous
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