, 1875-09-26
TIE APPROACHING COUNTY Ell

| 4uE A1-AuaGdINt CtuHI4 ELECTION.
The people Of Chicago and Cook County
must not forget that the local election in No
vember for city and county officers is of far
greater importance to them than the State
elections in Ohio and Pennsylvania, notwith-
standing the latter involve national issues.
The issue Of the local election is not the kind
OF money to be used, but the amount of mon
ey to be expended It is IN issue Of ta1-pay
ing. One-haf the City Council and one
third the County Board are to be chosen.
These bodies together expend six or seven
millions of dollars year for public purposes,
which comes beck on the people in the shape
Of taxes. The difference between honest and
competent E1en and dishonest and incompe-
tent men in these Boards is difference of
many hundred thousand dollars every year, and
difference In the taxes Of every individual
proPerty-owner in proportion to the amount
he pays. Public wastefulness or public econ
ony, therefore, rests with the people; and
the people If Chicago and Cook County must
care for their OWL interests at the approach
ing election, or suffer the consequences.
Recent events have demonstrated that the |
Board of County Commissioners requires the !
special attention Of the Taxpayers There is
no longer my reasonable doubt that there is |
a desperate and corrupt ring in the present
County Board, which was strengthened, if
not created, at tho last two elections, This
ring may be broken if the five vacancies of I
this gear be filled by good and true men; if
not, the public may look upon the recent Jobs
and the present disreputable management of
county institutions as but introductory to
more glazing rascality and more costly steals.
There are five County Commissioners to DO
alected, VIZ: Two from the First District,
which comprises the three divisions of the
,ity, and three from the country towns. Tho
:etiring members from the city are JOIN q.
cIoUoH and JoHN JONES, both South Side
nen- The two vacancies will probably be
conceded to the South Division of the city by
II parties, though there is nothing to pre-
'ent their selection from anywhere within
he city limits. One Of tho retiring men,
JOHN q. CLouaR-s6ould certain
; be reelected. We understand TINT he is
cry much disinclined to serve any Longer.
ut this Is an additional reason why be {
hould be chosen. There is no man in the i
'oard who has been more devoted to the pub ,
c service than Mr. CLoUGH, and every motion, &
ote. and utterance Of his has been in the d. t
ect1on OF public economy and honesty. Such 7
man cannot well be spared As to the =
ther vacancy from the South Division, the t
olored people seem to think TINT they have =
claim upon it, and gathering Of that race s
ave nominated one of their number in place s.
JOHN JONES. Any aversion that may be i,
1t to giving the colored people continued :;
preventative on the Board will be greatly b
rengthened by pushing JONES of the track, ri
i'd putting up some new and unknown COL n
ed person. =,
The vacancies in the country districts II
ould also receive the special attention OF O.
Q residents and taxpayers Of those districtz o,
sATFo2D goes out, and the Towns Of Ley "
n, Proviso, Lyons, Cicero, Riverside, and IN
Ike elect man in his place. RUSSELL. T.
es out (and shou1d stay out), and Lake NJ
ew, Jefferson, Norwood Park, Niles, DE-
anston, New Trier, and Mortified 70
the vacancy. The Evanston and Lake N
ew people owe it to themselves cI,
send different sort of person Us their d.
in the County Board They VI
numerous enough to control the nomina- th
n and election Of the Commissioner from all
IL district, and they ought to have not a
y their own interest, but the interest CO.
The county, sufficiently at heart to supply an
vacancy (which does not occur again for do
ee yeazs) with an able and reputable cih- tn
md taxpayer. Tue remaining vacancy on
hat OF Comfy, and is to be supplied by the sis
Hlct comprising Bloom, Rich, Bremen, m,
and, Paloa, and Lemont. If good man co,
Il be returned from this district, which we fh
my ioox 1or' as well % the others, the da,
N .ne county Board may Be rendered Ih
'etisas tor harm. Il the contrary, It viii be,
10 powerful ttzt tho psop1s eatuns ssoapa iii