, 1875-10-17

will STAY the Devil-Fish party as surely as
did his namesake slay V1oroB HuGo's mon
| ster IN the Douvres Rocks
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
4 County Convention of the Republicans
| has been called for NEXT Tuesdny at II
| o'clock, in the Council Chamber of the City
Hall. It should be the pride and personal
endeayor of every Republican voter to assist
in the formation of Convention that will
present the strongest possible contrast to the
crowd Of bummers, gamblers, roughs, and
thieves who assembled in Mccormick Hall
on Friday Lost. The city primaries Will be
held tomorrow from till o'clock p. m-,-
hours which admit of the attendance of all
classes Of voters. These primaries are, in
fact, as important es the election itself. A
set Of delegates should be elected from each
district who will give character to the Con-
vention, and who will go there IN
pledged in the interests Of any particular
candidate. OF course, there have been GER
tain persons cumming around for the Repub-
ican nominations as well Us the Opposition
nominations These are the persons who
ought not to get them, and the delegates
running at the primaries in their interest
ovght to be defeated. 1t can only be done
by the Attendance Of the respectable voters
and taxpayers, and the election of dele
gates whom they feel they can trust. There
is no doubt that the leaders in the Devil-Fish
party will busy themselves at the Republican
primaries, through agencies best known to
themselves, to secure the choice Of delegates
who will put weak ticket in the field. Thap
success Of the HEsSa ticket depends more
upon this than anything else. This wire
pulling and pipe-laying can only be defeated
at the primaries.
The Foreign~Know-No Nothing party repre-
sented by Mr.. HEsEG, and assisted by the
class of people Of whom MIKE MCDONALD,
JoHNNy ConcoRAS, NIKE MULLoY, aud "Ap-
petite Bill" are the leaders, is the most dan
gerous political coalition that has ever been
formed in Chicago. It is counterpart in all
essentials Of the TWEED clique that con-
trolled New York for years and loaded down
the people of that city with debt from
which several generations will not be able to
escape. It has it's Is Cosmopolitan Club, its
"Union Club, its Bean Club, correspond
ing to the Americus Club and other similar
organizations Of the TWEED crowd in New
York. It grows boldor and more aggressive
with every new thievish success. It has its
eyes on the public treasury and both paws
deep in the public pocket. It's highest ambi-
ton is to obtain the largest possible amount
Of the taxpayers money in city and county.
Incidental thereto is the protection of the
thieves, confdence-men, gamblers, It fences"
pawn-brokers, rum~holes, and generally the
vicious and dangerous classes Of city life.
These are the people who furnish them with
the ''ba1ance Of power" and it is necessary
that they should be given full license. Such
o combination should be attacked at every
quarter and on every possible occasion.
The only hope Of defeating the disreputablo
crowdnow in possession Of the city and county
Offices is in the selection Of men for every posi-
ton the mention Of whose names is sufficient
guarantee Of the honest and capable admins
tration Of the public trusts to be confded to
them. It is necessary that q responsible
political organization should undertake this
task. The only party that can do it SUCCESS
fully is the Republican party The Repub-
icans have 9 majority in this city and
county, If they present IN unexcephonably
good ticket throughout which will bring out
the voters. The Republicans who voted
with the so-called Peoples party two years
ago, when there was no Republican ticket,
will have no excuse for doing 80 this year.
The Republican party viii have done its duty
if it puts forward the Kind Of ticket we have
This can only be done if the re-
spectacle men control the primaries. If they
do that, the Republican party will have done
Ill it can do as an organization, and the tax I
payers will have nobody but themselves to !
blame if they permit such ticket to be de-
feated-