, 1876-04-21

During tho past fow days thoro hnve been
many absurd rur,ors M to the probable conduct
OF the present Aldermen In canyassing tho ro-
turna of TncBday's election. Ihe facs that no
definite timo Ia lxol BY tho e1latlhg Chaftor
whom tho now Council shall assume the munlct-
nal roins was st.licent warrant for tho hssortlon
that tho count would DO delayed sndointolvs anu
TINT our city fathers would taHo advantage OF
this oversight of the lau-mAkoss to freeze on to
their ollicea. L,tiio oredunce was placed In
those runloss BY tho thinking portion Of tho
commuuity, but In cortain circles the belief
raincd ground that'tho prosent Council intend.
cd by hook OF crook to koop their legal success
soss OUT Of office M long a. possible. a TRin-
Isg reporter yesterday made It hia business to
interview M many OF tho Aldermen Oil this roint
~ he could como across. Tie result was reast-
fyIng, iuasu.,ach ~ it proved the utter abaIrtty
at the assertions w4lcn haso bech given wide
circulation. Not one Of ttla Aldermen foo!s In.
cIincd to delay tue csnEass; indeed, most
0i %itb '10 a's 70 ''sins s!!ow 70 those oeesea
Tuesday to tal;o Their seats by ths lat Of May.
TAn vioTH Of cacI man acot wore briefly ~ tol-
lowa: .,,,
ee'ss. et1ss 0''' "''s' AAD %" ~ l''s'N ~
AID. DICKINSON
presumed they would commence tho count noxt
Monday pighs. II the law WIS not dcflnIte
cnuugli as to whom tin old Board should yacate,
he was In favor Of passing in ordinance tsxlnf:
day. III hiB opinion it would be M vol to fol-
low out tho old regulation Of thirty days grace
III order 10 alow peud'ng BUSINESS to DO aisposed
AID Foloy hold similar views. lie WAS In favor
of an carly CANVASS. but waB dcsirous TINT tho
now uohrd should commence With clean sheet.
Aid. CullcrtOn saw no rsahun why tile returnA
should not bo cauyasssd right away.
AID. BroEr,
who took quite a philosophical Wow OF bis de-
feat, was also ID favor OF doing Tho Job up pnick,
III order that tho now men might COMO in for
fair Bharc of newspaper crlttcianl.
AID. Dave CLARK was wiling to Gtyo up Ills Beat
to Mr. Eoidlcr that evoplng. The soouer the
u,attcr was ncttletl tao bettor.
Aid, Schu Huer waa also an1ious that his suc-
ccBaur should get to work ~ BOON nB possible.
IIo wanted tho CANVASS to 10 boguu that vofS
evening.
had scarce recovered froM hlB victory Of TueB-
| day, Abont Monday, io thought, he would ba
| sunicientIy calm to do 4 little arithmetic. ...
AID. U'Brien was in favor OF haste, but was
| OF oplnon that next weok would bo carly enough
| to hHgin.
A;d. l!cdy thought thor should retire sonle-
time withlu mouth, a. uudar thu old cnagtcr.
| AID. l.ENtACMtn
thinks thoro should be no ,llordInhso haste in tho
mastor. For ycar4 past tho Cotlncll has general.
IL managed 10 clear up VII blsnobs iust previous
to soing into IN election, in order that the nou
Council might bosin wash ~ lghs aud
| as clean record as Fo8alDc+ anu Cd.
pecially should this COURSE bo pursued
| IN this instance, vheIo thcrs hre &C
many odds and euda yet untono, and wheu the
| fisw Council Ia mainly compaEcd OF now tutn.
uo tAuks tho Council should clcar mp all bust'
ness OF baud at the regular meeting MondaE
| night, together with wbatoror specla! neetInEa
| MAY bo caod for then declare tho veto tho fol
lowing alonuay. and install tho new Aldermen
III their placeH, thus giving them ftcah s!art or
| the llrsk day OF May. .-...,. .,
AID. Quirk IL In favor Of declaring tho vote al
m oArly day M practicable. lie, too. tlinlls
ihe Council ought 10 clear up ai! outstanding
business, and particularly the Council Commit
tees. who arc botter qualified by experience t:
| Hottlo 1t than their now successors. There hre
no jobs containing lucro, and henco there cat
10 no CRY OF dishonesty while thus hetti'nB up.
| AID. CLEVELAND
ia In favor Of going slow III tho matter and set
t!tng everything ms it conea up such as recount
ing Tho votes nhere IL Is demanded, and OF do
clarlug tho vote In . tegaI nsnnor. 4 week OF
| two he tAnhs would suitee.
AID. Stone Of the Fourth Is In favor OF dolIt
| likewise, and wisos particularly That all out
utantling bustnosa DO cleared UP,
Aid. lunderson rotlrea 10 private life bocaus
| of titto political trick played upon him by Hosn
of btu constituents. who a1m.rcd George White
nice clothes and flashing diamonds moro thai
HIS 1iomolY mRnnors. lilo il SO dlssuated That b
wants to retire at onco, and therefore IL strolgl
in favor OF declaring the vote At the earliest pot
Bible moment.