, 1875-10-12


HE WILL nuS ~ An 1sDErESuEsT CANDIDATE.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1l.-To Hle Voters Of Cook Coaa-
fy: Tho County Central COMMITTEE of the
Opposition party resolved, At : meeting held a
ehor. time since 1t the Sherman House, to hold
Convention to noniuate Canaidates for county
of1lcoa to DO filled At tue coming election. 1t was
x'ao resolved ttat primary elections for dele
gstes to tho aforesaid Convention slould be
held tn tho city wards aud county towns.
Many Of the voteFa Of this county kindly
suggested my uams In connection With thu
office Ut County Treasurer. aud urged that
EIuud become candidate bcforc the Conren-
tion. While ! fully appreciate tue kindncss q
nv friends and sincerely thank them therefor, |
nlst respectfully decllue to comply With their
r'iqs1s; ihs ceot1., Committee O, tho oppo,i.sou
PARTY Ia under the control Of Mr.. a. e. Hceinc.
aud. with few honorable exceptions. constitute
rug Which !s prepared to lnsuro the noMlna-
tion Of Mr.. Hontpg 1t I'LL bszards. Thln ring hab
appointed - Judges OF tho primaries men d.
gates whether they are elected ur not. No op-
ponont OF Sir, llesiug has been allowed rspro-
sentatlou on the Boards OF judges. Ills Judges
will have It all their own way.
Tie custom heretofore has been, whom con-
veations arc composed Of delegates to assign to
each ward aud to1n plumber of delegates IN
proportion to the party vote Pulled lu such sard
Ut town at the last preceding election. The
AppHlbOllt Aoiuk4lttEc " hA4tA A4A' " @o0-
snatoa lIcsng III Chairman, fearing that = fair
apportiohmoni Of delcsates might defeat Mr. A.
G. Eesiog. o. 1t certainly would, ignored tbs
lnusl custom, and arbitrarily apPortloned dole
gatos 10 PROMOTE the dsslsus Of tho ring.
Tne Fiyst. Fourth, Twelfth. Ihirteceth. snd
NineteeutL Wa1ds lave forty delegates for aot
quite 3001 OpposItIon yutss. whereas the Third.
sixth. SoyontG. Eighth, S1ath. Eleventh. fif-
teouih, Seventcensh, Eighteenth. and twentieth
Wattla have only H. delegates for l5 900 votes.
| On tho ring baeis Of representation allowed to
| the Frst. Fourth. Twelfth, Thirteenth, aud
| Nineteenth Wards mentioned above. thu Int
mentioned ten wards. VIZ. the Third, bi1th
Ssventh Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Fifteenth.
| Seventeenth. ElRhtecush, and T~eptieth would
| 10 entitled to totul Of 240 delegates, or more
| than donbls the number that hare been allowed
| them by tue r1ng.
Opposition party at tic last county election "at
| 303i. Dy the apport!onment OF Tho Centta
| Committee aixty-four delegates arc given tbcn
| in tho Convention. The nanth Ward pulled near
! " Ut uauy Opposition votca 10 all tho county
towns put together. aud yet 1t hAs only twelve
delegates. As further ILLUSTRATION, ton OF thu
above towns gayo on Oppoaltion vote Of l7s, ant
| ute given representation In the Convention
| Of twan.t delegates. The Town of Schsu1bsrg
| which did not cast stuEfe Oppos'tlon vote, il
rewarded with TWO votes in The Convention
| Why way this done2 Wly were the votors o.
| tile wnrds above mentioned dIsiranch1Bed Ant
defrauded OF their legal representation 10 tn
touFCht!onF HuH II uct tlAL tHe 1luE "4Ao 3Et
tho agents OF ar. Heaing desired to furnish hin
with delegates from, the country whom he coust
cout.ol to olrHot delegates from the city whom
in all probability, he. could not eonsrol
Is such d proceeding fair7 ls Dumo
! ctatic3 Or il it not rather the act Of
sat Of uuacrupu1oua tnen driven to desperation
aud compelled 10 resort to unfair aud uolarfu
means 10 secure tho nomination Of their MASTER
Ms. lIes,ug.
am opposed to rings. whether insfde Of out
nf In, in ifLft 1f
before they are elected or after they Are elect
ed. On previous occasions when ar
psaIed from nsete party to tho, peopl
hayc vanquished rugs. and Will
tue aaatatanco Of tue poonte I can yanquss
them again. While caunot consent 10 encounte
dIshouorsbte dovicea and political BkusduggeEy
| hercb3 anr,ounce myself ~ independent cat,'
| dldAte for the oftics OF County Treasurer, sub
tect 10 my concerted action Of my felloW-cltl
zens agAlnat 1lng Tyranny.
| MICHAEL kEELLY,