, 1876-03-21
THE RAG BABY.

Ing u Tho CIub-1soom of Tbs Tremon. House.
Mr.. 4. O. Cameron occupied tho ci1aif ard III.
James Taylor acted a. Secretary.
After tho reading Of tho minutes Of tho last
meeting BY tho secretsry, Nr. \. 3. Gardner.
Chairman OF tho Committee OF ten appolhsed
At previous meeting to organize wafd clubs. re'
ported that organization bad bonn eaected ID
most Of tho wards. Thero wcrc' ho"ovof, Q 10"
wards In which no clubs had Set beoo organized
because thes had becn unable to tnd any ono In
those wards willing to take hold OF tho matter
1Ic hopod that tho droenbhokora In those wards
would como forward and act with tho Commit
it,. Sbnrp, OF tho Committee of five arpofnt-
! cd to mike Arrangements for convention 10
nominate candidates for city ofiices' to run On
owing to tht fact that the Council vas to TAKE
action this evening regarding tho election Of
Mayor, the Committee Asd dono nothing tn tho
mattor, but would ask further time until next
meeting. Tho request was granted.
hlr. GottleHou ea!d no Ind worked bard IN tho
Tcnth Ward since tho formation Of the party.
They had tho strougoat War1 Club 10 tho city,
and ho had no doubt that the Tansh Wand would
Ticket The DemoEnta hnd concluded to 20 With
them. ss that party was going up tho spout any
Col, E1lithorp stated that heretofore he hsd
could do go no lougor. Tue industrial enter
prison had boon fnlling back IRON what they
wero. lie lad found tbat tho cause Of this was
there was not enough money. He has buried
tho hstc,ek, and meant TO BhAke hands AcsoEs
the bloody cl1aam. There wero as good ox-rebels
aE Un!ou mon. THIS roal Issue was the money
queation The woekingmcn were all In favor OF
gzeenbacks. All that was necessary to do vas
10 place tue question AquArely before them Ho
would not voto for the oost mau ia the country
II be waa an advocate Of hard money. Let thon
go on aud work for tho Independent ticket from
now until election day and they would s.eop
tho country from Maine to California.
4 gentleman introduced hlr. Rice, proni-
ncnt politician of ORle County, and she Club,
thinking that tho gentleman would make a
Rreenback speech, granted Permission for him
h speak. hlr. Hica, however, had not proceeded
very far when thoHe present perceived Tint thoy
woro going to catal1 Tartar, aa tho speaker was
starting III magultcentiy for nn immense argl-
VASE Was considerable grnmbling. Tks speaker, how
ever, uudismaycd by the signs Of dsappro1a'.
went on in hts argument, saving TINT ho could
not speak with such hifaiuttn ctoquence AZ
some OF tnG speafs ot'GE i, s n
his brow, but he meant to speak Bo that evory
echool-boy could understand hss argument, ue
would argne, two quost'ons., What constitutes
sssss ssss Ind what vas ss A'pss; psoens Sa;
''e a great j. labor and EXPENSE iii
product. and for this The Government Offers
him thing whion costs nothing. Thoy could
peeed apa y ase i Vors
papcr. When they bad gold dollar they had
| IN equivalent OF what they exchanged for it.
| But ii they had q Rreennack they had nothing
made BY tho Government OF tho banks. was
| otily promise to pay. and 1t that promise Was
not good for it, face saluo then Il VAS steai
and 4 f1and. Why not print enough Of those
lnouey be wants, 50 that they can 1.-Two htsh and
build themselves houses AZ largo aa the fremont
Houec. IA voho-"Thc fremont House was
built viii p.per~ no could not see s.;Ia wh.t they
like bus :. wheat. Suppose somebody
~hsss ~nssa .na say What ~ he % NUT sol i
for. Would not everybody think that MAJ.
tho Government to DO. To force h,m to give
hia wheat In exchange for thing that WAS
Worthless for RteenbacIs Ind shoir value only
by the torco Of the Government, aud forced
values wore tho most destructive agent ot al
prosperity 1at could be dovlsed: [signs Of dis
satisfaction and requests that tho speaker bo
stoppod.] Dir. Rico wont on to Kay that he did
mt speak Of lns own account. but was rolueat-
ed BY tho uiocttnE to do 30.
Mi. Elllthorp wanted to know OF tho speaker
wisat It ttat gave to the god dollar its vaiuc
Il waH tho Government stamp, aud nothing elao
Ar. l,ico fo,fed that tho gold dollar had an
Intrinsic vnlae, which tho paper dollar hAd not
II news should cosae hero to-day that tue Rocky
Mountains waEo full OF gold. nnmoo.lcns people
Mould 10 the1o 10 seek for 1t. Would thoy 60
also after mountain Of paper , Pepcr H'.II
President might just AZ we'll thaue proc1ama-
ton and say tho water had to run uphill Al to
Bay papor was worth as much ~ gold.
Ecnr!y all the gIeoubaokatu lad their dandor
up when h1r. Rlca took his seat. and each ono
wanted to 1oply. Finally Mr. y. 8. Gafdnof who
waa in great treptdation. got the Hurd. LIE
| wanted to know why greenbackH Wero worth 81
oeats on The dollar 10 England Z they wero
| Mr. Rico wanted 10 auswos the qucstton bnt
VIVA nut allowed to do 10, On tho ground that
tho speaker had already bud moro latitude than
was Just.
III. James Taylor thought that It was time
shay asserted their OWE principles; that wns
What sheY had znus for. He then launched out
into IN eloquent apeeoh, showlng low feArtnlly
tse'F noble cause bud boen m'aseproseutod by
| a1r lilce, of Ugls County.
Several othtts utdo speeches to tho ssms
| ofItct,
ME. Durdick wanted the reporters to under
lntIonia.u. All shoy wautea wan 10 1.u4ko green
backa worth 1norn, md MAKO than recuiyahlo lor
import Autlcs
Dr. Lsshrop introduced tho following preamble
and resolutions, shich were adopted:
w,IknxA4 Tho Need Of All .el,s working Central
Comnit'ee for hs County oi Cook Il daily felt,
Rtsr<d, That osch wa,, .nd tovn,hp .a. be eu.
titled to one nlenlter of rnch col.ulteo
issotpxi, That s'eEy ward sn1 tuxnlhip already
hefween thts aud Friday evening neat, shall stscs sua
report the Of the mesRlGr u said Consnstce
'9 ..as ssh r.. .. - .oon so, Q, III. ..ra.
sha report, tta saia CtMtEs cUa'Ilisttu sla sail
~ sa sn ss xati
1ut,.her OF ssid Committee ut oncS and forward Iii
credentials to said ceutsal conmlttee;
HtsQfcpa, That said Committee 1haA be 4tYed The
| CVok County Qseefback Central commttee.'
Altar announcing tAht meetings would be hell