, 1876-01-30
4 Curb to Be Put Upon the Poison
ing Propensitiea Of Apoth-
ecaries.
po!;tics--Some Horse Talk---Amuse-
ments..-Persona|, Etc.
pndgets OF Gossip from the Cities
of Racine and Kenosha.
p,pnlar Collection Of Paragraphs from
tho Immediate Suburbs Of
Chicago.
WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE,.

MIL WAUKEE.
FORTUNES EASILY MADE
e..~;af rbyrespondsnce Of The Chtcaoo Tribune.
Wnv.rrEr, Jan. 29,-When men can afford
- .cand thousands Of dollars to secure election
=. =, oaioe the legal emolQments from which fos
uhole yeac are insufficient to recoup them the
! .,rand;tures OF ) unglo campaign week, it ie
lime to investigate. This is d work the Tax
p,vrrs' Union is trying to perform. The Union
h,a .}re,dy Influenced legislation, to SONS OK
spnt snd is doing other good work, in which all
mr. citizens are Interested. Hero arc few
facts from them, worth recalling from recent
campaigns: For the office Of Sheriff. at last
,,ection i. will be remembered there vero nearly
h,1f-a~dozen contestants. These gentlemen,
between them, are credited with having expend-
nj The entire income Of the Office for q whole
yesr. inside week one OF them not only ex-
hansted bis own means for this purpose but
BORROWED TIE LAST CENT
from his friends aud still faied OF election. For
other offices, heard one defeated candidate SAY,
in exclamation Of his Ausreflit1, that he "hadu t
money enough, and exhausted all his resources !;
but few hundred dollars more would have done
it." For one Of the best Offices in the gift OF the
county it was well understood tho successful
eandidate had
EXTENDED QUITE fEaE's INCOME.
and this wss rosition, too held for two Years
ou1y leaving the incumbent only one years in
come for two years work.
None Of these candidates Tero rich men. Most
Of them were in comparatively needy circuu-
stances. The salaries, to obtain which they
msd, such sacrifices, were not large. Almost
all our county officers hold for ouly two years,
and it follows, where one years income vas
spent On election, the compensation for two
years' service WAS reduced 0ne-haf; that ia to
say, to secure salary Of S4,GO per year, o1
5000 for two years, an expenditure Of s., 900
prior to election left the successful contestant
emily Il 100 to receive during the two years~ Or
f2,O00 Yer year. Men are not likely to expend
largo sums upon Euch an uncertainty as county
election unless
THE TEKE Is WORTH MORE
than here appea1s. The fact ia. in not single
instance does The compensation fixed BY law rep
resent the sum zctually received. Fees, per-
uu1sitee commissions on accounts paid and con-
Tracts made, and division OF profits in every
thing almost for which the people have to foot
the BILL double and treble the remuneration of
the officials In some cases officers do not even
perform any Of the duties for which they are
elected but pay others clerks WAGES to represent
them
REGISTRATION or DRUGGISTS.
An amendment to the charter having beon de-
te1mined on regulating the sale OF drugs in this
citv, and reaui1:.c tho registration Of druggists
4nd their assistants the retail trade have agreed
10 y compromise amendment. requiring thatfaiI
druggists and their assistants he registered: that
druggists shall euperipteud the preparation OF
ii nrescriptions Compounded by aasistantg:
competent druggists, selected By the Mayor, out
II six recommended by the trade, shall be ap-
,ointed one to be registrar; tnat druggists and
ssistauts falling to pass an exauination, or
:onducting BUSINESS without being registered,
shsll be fined not to exceed $50, aud from $50
eed 1-1
teit.ng drugs OF medicines, aud that all poisons
shsll be divided into two classes tho first not
20 be furnished except On physician's order,
md the SECOND to be property labeled as poison.
The explanation Of tho movement is, that
,ome prescriptions hare been wrongly made up
Tor . long time beeu agitating the profession.
c1rI POLITICS:
The Democratic party carried this city, conn
y, and State, by forswearins its oolors and
amalgamatiug with the KefoIm party A short
period OF n1srule convinced the people a. lsrSe
that with aualgamation the existence of the
Reform party 20 = political organization. or q
political possibility, had ceased- Things poilt~
tcsl began to be known, once more. by their true
nsrnes and Democrats became Bourbons, and
Reformets Republicans, for the purposes OF the
Gubernator1A election The defeat Of Taylor,
Democratic candidate for reelection a. Gov
ernor, soured the Democrats against their quon-
dam allies and this sourness, long uneasily en-
tertained, ut length found vent in call for
Conyention oY Democrats to smeud tho psrty or
canization In tbis city and county. The Couyen-
Eion took nJ.ca- and one OF its most important
scts rns b. DECLARE tta Reform coalition at an
End AMI tn rad ont of tho 7,arty ali WIN do mt
enroll themeelyee Tor service hcnceforth and for
ever under the Democrntic Iourbon banner in
pure End def,ted .
Now cornaa TIA ye1,o,d Gerrnan naner. cham
pion of the Raform can.e 1nd koon To nerceiye
ths nToft nf GeTman nuh}ie tni,,ion. ancensine
,he ncrinn n tha nennocraric marty snd iaa1jnr
itself md m pefnTners Vim hc];aYa WITH K
ont of the 1;onrhon n1ran;zatinn. ntterly reject
inr With scnrn md ,o,1i,ine nv connect;on with
snch t,,,lv mt ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Az ali ina ia Int VA rev-note nf What in to
follow Ill over the state looF fnr a rreat rDsh
10 Ina Rennhl;can s;da ~ tha rolla when die
hanner of Waehhnrn ;s nnfnr1nd tn thn Radcer
Ststo zenhvrr.
The oniy other ite,n or c,tr no1i+;c., inform.-
ton that artstos the public mind Is tho einrular
fact that three newsnauer men ara candjistes
for
TIE OPTIC. or c,7v c,,zur
namely, Mr. Hareer, city editor az tina JIIscon-
s1n Mt. C. George, city editor of tbe Mems and
Mr. Damon. lately reporter On tho stafr Of tha
:Ae,rs, aud now deputy in tbe Office of the
Superintendent Of the Poor. The Incumbent. q
most worthy gentlemen, is also understood to be
nos unwilling to accept office, If bis friends
thlnk III TO re-eiect him. Mr. Hsreer, ID the
lonEesI Connected 6lth the city nresH cnrht to