, 1875-10-17
THE DEYILcFISH TICKET,

THE DEVurFIsH TICKET.
A few days since We drew parallel be-
tween the "Opposihon party" Of Cook
County and V1c7oR Huao's horrible monster,
the Devil-Fish. We showed the striking
similarity of habits between the two as well
as Of construction; that while the one Was q
monster provided with tentacles which it
wound about its victim while it sucked its
Gfe-blood away, the other Was provided with
tentac1es also, which it has wound about the
city. and county preparatory to its corrupt
purposes. The Devil-Fish on Friday moved
out of its hole and spread its tentacles, and is
now swimming towards its prey. On Friday
the Opposition party gathered in Mccormick
Hall, accompanied by its gamblers and loaf
ers, its bunko-steerers and ballot-box stuff
ers, its thieves and buumers, its roughs and
rowdies, its rif-raff and scum, gathered from
the dens, alleys, slums, and grog- shops.
They swarmed upon the floor, and they
swarmed in the gallery they voted on the
floor, and they voted in the gallery. All the
tentacles Of the Devil-Fish were in active mo-
ton, all twisting and squirming in the direc-
ton Of the County Treasury. The finances
of Cook County constitute the prey of the
Devil-Fish party. Its object is to get those
finances under the complete control Of that
fostering mass of corruption which was in
Mccormick Hall on Friday. To eat the
taxes is It's purpose. Whether the people Of
this county have the courage to slash off the
tentacles and save their treasury remains to
be seen
The Deril-Fish party has nominated
ticket. The Eaore completely to carry out
its purposes it nominated Forcign-Know-
Nothing ticket. Look at the tentac1es. For
County Treasurer, A. c. HEsNG, German
for Clerk Of the Superior Court, J. F. FINER
TT, Irish for County Surveyor, ALEXANDER
SuyERsrARRE, foreign; for County Ooinmis-
sioners, M1KE Mu11oY, Irish; PAT C1EARY,
Irish; ScauLrzE, German; CosLr, Irish;
CRAWFORD, Scotch,-not an American on the
county ticket. The plunder centres in the
County Board, it has the stealing and pill
fering It builds the big Court House. It
lets contracts. It sells bonds. It distributes
and eats taxes. Hence the Devl-Fish party
was particular in its selection Of Commits
sioners. Mu11oY has been gate-keeper
of race-course, a prime qualifca-
ton for County Commissioner, and
is in the present shrievalty Ring. C1EAnr
was paid $4,000 for collecting some person.
al taxes Of the South Town. ScHu1rzE is
shoe-contractor for paupers, and suits the
Devl-Fish gang exactly. Cok1x is leader
Of the Ring, and one Of the Committee on
Elections who refused to allow Republican
representation for Judges Of Election CRAw-
FORD is also one Of the Ring, and voted
against giving the Republicans Judges Of
Election. This does not mean reform. It
means deliberate intention to keep the
County Board corrupt, to continue eating
the taxes, levying on contractors, defrauding
the Treasury, dividing the spoils. It means
sillainy.
The duty Of Republican taxpayers Is evi-
dent. If they do not strangle the Dev1-Fish,
the Devl-Fish Will strangle them II they
do not a1nputate the tentacles, the tentacles
will soon be wound about the city and
county, and it will be too late to escape from
its clutches. The Republicans must not
make the mistakes that have been made by
the "Opposition-" They must put no half
way men on the course. They must no1ni-
nate clean ticket, with nothing but honest
men upon it. They must at least recognize
Americans, who pay three-fourths Of the
taxes, by placing somo Of them upon the
ticket, to sho~ that they are still citizens and
are not DISTINGUISHED by the unfortunate
accident Of birth in this county. There
must be no bummers or soallawaes
upon the Republican ticket. They must
sink all differences, all jealousies, n: and
Ill personal aspirations, and unitsssEt mon
the strongest, ablest, most s&hnest,
and most respectable men,.wb5g9 ser
vices can be secured The DaviiFish party
has nominated bad ticket. Tie >:kepub.
licans must nominate good one: II they
do, and thu tax payers then dannt come out |
and vote for it, they deseye:B Is be stzanp,ad
by the DasilFish. Ws believe, however,
that, it the Republican delegates nominate
their best men, the people will turn out |
Aad Tots for them, Ind ws bslisve that there