, 1875-10-22
MISCELLANEOUS,

TENTH WARD lnDEEEYpENrf.
1hcse was 10 have been nlaetiug Of tin,
Tonth Ward independent Club ~ no. 40 sontt.
1Ihtsted street Inst night, but owing 10 mis-
understanding AZ to timo one-half Of tht,
audience lafs before tho other half assembled
Mr. Kceley unfortunately pnt in an appearance '
with tho frat installmeut, and. things pointes
to failure. be aud = number Of hin supporter
adjourned to an independent gathering In tM :,
scyctth Ward. The rccoutl half included tht !
DliccrH Of the Club Hi,0 were m,lcll annoyed q ::
tl.n turn things hnd taken. They had antict.
phted All enthusiastic ratification meeting with
speochee from Keelcy hnd othcrn OF the fndo.
pendent Ticket After = short consultation n1.
tue situation, aud AT exchange Of nntes, whict,
indicated strpng independent fe ling in tht.
ward. It Was agreed to postpone tho moetIng tn
ThussdAy aven'ng next 1T No. 81 West Mndiyou
street..
THE t,xTn WARD.
meeting Was held by the Workingrncn's In
dependent Club In their hall, At 101G Boath
11Aisted street. for tho purpose Of determining
who they would auppor. 10 the coming election.
ard IN Investigating committee WIS appointed
to report 1t the next meeting.
STRAIGHT DEMOCRAT.
To tht Edttsy ef TIE CHICAGO Ir,bune:
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-The vewB OF "s.ratght
Democrat ~ reported in your paper thin morn.
ing arc teplete With common eenke and blunt
integrity. This ia 4 great city; It's financial In
teIest8 arc large and complicated, surely requir.
ing as much akilI and efficiency to manage suc-
cesHfuly hs one Of our lsrgest banks. Tianh
Of sucll men na are now in the major
ity in the Legislative departments Of our city
and county, attempting to manage the First
National or the bIerclants' Losn aud Trust.
Docs not everybody know that solid ~ these
banks now arc. they would be run into bank.
ltF,fs$ nd o$
Nox, Why do ne permit such government Of
our city2 Everybody La injured by 1t that has
anything to be Injured. Our city ia fal Of cara-
bio men, who haro experience and character.
We haEc only to select auch tuen, Hithout regard
to party. lusBt upon their serving through pat
11ot'sta and, the ice betug once broken. through
| such an example, tho position would gr1w
at once tn be honorable aud he sought after by
our best aud hta1chest men. "Stralsht Domo-
crat /" auggests such men AT Cooibaugh and Boi
! smith for County Co1nmisalonors. That's the
talk. Start IT once by persuadng two such men
| to serve, aud tie board woall eoou bo composed
| Of such throughout. Think how We would DO
| hdsantngea by euch o board how efficiently
| our iutaresta would be managed what standing
| nnu solid credit NO would hAEo as homo anti
! abroad. Such tnen would not lAso to count Oil
| tleir fingers to tell how much twice five II they
You'd DO ~ much business In day NJ
our J'fasent buna!ners do in : month, and with
this lHcrcnce, that they would do 1t right, aud,
| instoat 1f plotting to sErlp and denuda Lhe city
theY would he clniaiaX her with PROSPERITY aud
| honor. Two or three days III each quarter year
would be at the time such men would need 10
do All tho buBltess, aud If Ne paid them twenty
times ~ much per diem a. We now pay 1t Wosli
30 tho bsst Investment we over made.
II the DemocrAts that arc tail kiaE hbous call
Ing convention will adopt the yisWs expressed
bv n .,St1a,ght Dsuoorzs to -FOUR reporter, To-
Wit, Iat. tbs othor Officer 30, and put !orrssd
the very bess no,,, regardless OF party, y,for poll
Tics ought not to have anything to do with 1t,
but honesty and competeucy sveryth,uE,-for
Couuty Comuisatooers that they cal Persuade
to serve, they vii! do themselves great csedit
and tho county . great favor. 6uch lneu would
be appreciated mud elected n.