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do anything but misrepresent it, because be
is utterly unfit for it.
The Republican candidate for the Second
District is Col. GEORGE r. DAVIS, man who
is highly esteemed in private life, enjoys the
respect Of the business community, now
commands the First Regiment of the militia,
md served with honor during the War OF
the Rebellion. Against him the Democrats
have renominated CARTER b. HARRISON,
whose career in the last Congress is sutf-
cient reason why be should never go to Con
gress again. When he was not acting the
buffoon in the House, he was subscribing the
interests Of the South. When not babbIng
of spread-eagles, Marine Bands, and Indian
miscegenation, he was applauding the utter
ances Of Ben HILL and trucking to Confed-
crates. The West Side has no further need
Of man who has made himself an object OF
ridiculo from one and Of the country to the
other.
In the Third District the Republicans have
placed in nomination LoRESz BRENrANo, a
representative German, who was banished
from his nntiye land for his love Of liberty.
He has served his city, his State, and the
United States in various capacities, and in
every ono Of them has proved himself to bo
an honest, incorruptible, faithful public serv-
ant His election will be fitting compli-
ment to our German citizens, and will send
to Congress man who has never been any
thing but Republican and will never sac
rifco one Of his convictions. He will prove
true as steel 81. iuae1ibly upright. His
competitor is Mr. Ii MoxNE, apteasant gentle
man, who loves mus:c all knows pictures,
and is too fastidious to associate with his
constituents. AS these qualities, however,
are not essentials Of craftsmanship, there is
no reason why he should be elected; on the
other hand, the fact that every vote of his,
if elected, would be on the Confederate side,
is q sufficient reason why he should not be
elected. He may be very affable, genial,
cultivated gentleman, but he is in bad COM
pany.
AS between these nominees, the citizens OF
Chicago who have any care for its interests
ought not to hesitate. They have already
the records of two Of the Democratic candi-
dates, showing them to have been do-noth-
ings in Congress, and they have the reputa-
ton Of the other, showing him to be unfit
for tile position. But the three Republican
candidates, excellent as they are, cannot be
elected without determined, energetic
effort and unusual vigilance to prevent
frauds at the polls. There are but few
1.fk = L. Il
all three districts, which are clearly Repub-
lcan, can be redeemed if Republicans will
wake up and do their duty.
, 1876-10-29

o'clock in the opening prospects OF ous1-
ness and religion. Yes, it is o'clock, and
time to get up. Good mornirg!" This re-
minds one Of the correspondent OF an East
ern religious newspaper who wrote from
this city q mixture Of the most heterogeneous
news, and was consequently said to make
sometimes q s'sad mixture Of pork and
piety."
Why is it that we find ourselves more and
more led to suspect not only the good taste,
but also the thorough honesty, OF the gush-
ing religionists Largely, because SO many
facts look in that direction, and because that
kind of sentimental practice is so unnatural
as to SAVIOR Of artifce. One may not com
mence it with any purpose Of deception. he
may even fancy that he is rising into high
er phase of piety. But in the attempt to
feel and talk in this unnatural way, and from
the habit of using metaphorical words and
phrases of lofty sound, he will gradually fall
into religious cant, and this will 1ntalhbly
generate disingenuous state OF mind. 4
mans words soon outgrow his actual feel-
ings, md then they tend to become g cover
for positive evil. How can we help suspect
ing one who, when called to face hard facts,
and to oct upon clean-cut principle, begins
to talk sentiment, whether it be IN
politics or in religion? The people have
finally discovered that the Hon. Mr. Bag Of
wind, who e1patiates on the Rebellion and
the iniquities of Slavery, when asked about
Civil-Service Reform, or who glor1tes the
tbattle-b born and ssblood-stained national
currency, when urged to vote for return to
specie-pnyments, is an unreliable character,
and should be left at home, instead of being
sent to Congress. He has evidently been
studying how to draw applause from On lg-
norant crowd, or how to please the specula-
tors who long for return to. " klting times.
Can we judge differently the gushing religion
ist whose whole capital is set of phrases,
ringing of changes on favorite figures of
speech, and display Of 81 true in
wardness to the outside world? To con-
demn his bad tsste is not to sit in the seat Of
the scoffer, but is to protest, in the name of
religion itself, against the holowest OF
shams, which threatens to bring into disre-
pute all that is sacred. Give us earnestness
in religion, as in everything else, but deliver
11s from t e71sl"
, 1876-10-29

The public good is superior to all mere
party considerations. In fact, no party has
anything to commend it to popular prefer
ence, unless its claim Of superior ability to
promote the general welfare. In the admin
istraton of local government the public in
terests can be best promoted by the selection
of such officers as by experience, intellectual
ability, and personal integrity can perform
their duty the most etFectually, faithfully,
and honestly. That party which fails to
present candidates thus qualified and com
mended fails to deserve popular support, and
it is the duty Of every citizen to defeat the
candidates who lack these qualities.
We wish to call the attention of the voters
Of this county to an impending calamity, for
which both parties may be held responsible.
We refer to the two important Offices of
Sheriff and States Attorney. These Offices
are of vital concern to the peace, order, and
safety Of the community. Without under
rating the importance of the courts, it is not
the less true that an incompetent or untrust-
worthy Sheriff, or weak, incompetent, or
faithless States Attorney, may defeat the
safety Of life and property in the communi-
ty, and allow crime and the criminal classes
to have complete sway over all things, social
and political. in Chicago
The candidates named for these Offices
are, for Sheriff, Mr.. JOHN FL C1ouGH, by the
Republicans, and saloon-keeper named
CHARLES KERN, by the Democrats; and for
States Attorney, L. L. MILLS, by the Re
publicans, and EGBERT JAMESON, by the
Democrats. Citizens of each party have
direct personal interest in the character and
fitness of the candidates Of the other party.
Each voter who has the least solicitude for the
common welfare is personally interested in
the character and fitness Of any man who,
being candidate, has even possible
chance of being elected to an Office of such
vital public Importance es Sheriff OF Public
Prosecutor. The Sheriff is the executive
officer of the judicial branch Of the Govern
ment. He does not cxpound the law nor
give verdicts, but he selects the juries who
sit in the nine civil courts Of this county,
and the grand and petit jurors who pertain
to the machinery Of the criminal courts.
He has it in his power to aid and promote all
the ends Of justice as between itigants, and
between the public and the perpetrators Of
crime. He may make the administration of
Justice respectable, honest, and effective, or
he may make it disgraceful, dishonest, and
abortive, as it is now, in great degree. He
may, by the manner Of executing the laws
and the duties Of his Office, repress crime,
encourage respect for law and authority, and
contribute largely to the elevation Of social
order and public safety. He may be Sher-
if to the great benefit Of the community, or
Sheriff more dangerous aud fatal to all
public interests than the worst criminal
whom he confines and boards.
The States Attorney is also an Office of no
less Importance Like the Court, he may be
aided in the performance of his duties BY an
honest and competent Sheriff, or he may be
, 1876-10-29
THE CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES,

One Of the most important ends to be se-
cured in the forthcoming election is tho
choice Of the three Republican Congressional
candidates from tho First, Second, and Third
Districts, SO that Chicago, with her yastmer-
camille and commercial interests, shall be
tit1y represented in the next Congress. To
this end, the Republicans should labor ener-
gehcally and faithfully. The candidates are
deserving Of their best efforts, and if elected
will do much to remove the stigma that was
placed upon Chicago by the Ignorance of
CAu1F1ELD and the il-timed e-Millerism Of
HARRISON. We want men in Congress who
can remember where Camp Douglas was
men who can attend to the interests of Chi
cago, instead of setting themselves up as OBJ
jects for laughter; men who can act, speak,
andwork, and represent their districts so rs
to command respect and enhance our inter
ests as city.
Alr. WILLIAM ALDR1cH, the candidate from
the First District, is public-spirited citizen,
a prominent and successful merchant, md a
gentleman who has had Legislative expert
ence. In his long business career in Chicago
he has commanded universal respect, and not
shadow Of suspicion has ever attached to
his name. No man in Chicago stands in
higher esteem, and no man deserves better
OF the community. He will bring to the dis
charge of his duties an intimate knowledge
of the needs of his district, conscientious
appreciation Of his position, and a character
above reproach, h,-qualities which will make
him and his constituency respected by
Congress and the country. His opponent is
cunning, scheming speculator, identified
with jobs and rings, and working in the in
terest of subsidies; an ignorant man, who
would be the butt of ridicule; q man who
would lend himself to the lobby; schem-
ing adventurer, who has an itch for political
notoriety; man who secured his nomina-
ton by doubtful means, and is now seeking
to secure his election in O corrupt
manner. Between these two men there
should be no hesitation as to choice upon
he part of those who have the best interests
OF the First District at heart. Mr.. A1Da1cH
will represent the district with credit to him
self and his constituents Mr.. HozH cannot
, 1876-10-29

The Chicago produce markets were rather
quiet Saturday; provisions being tame, and
breadstuffs frmer, in consequence of small
receipts. Mess pork closed &c per brl lower,
at SIS .2o@l5.25 for old, seller October, and
$15.o5@15.27t seller the year. Lard closed
firm, at $9-G7t@9.70 cash (new) and So.32!!
@9.35 seller the year. Meats were steady, at
G4c for new shoulders, boxed; Sic for do
hortt-1ibs; and SIC for do short-clears. Lake
fre;ghts were dull, at &c for corn to Buffalo.
Highwines wero steady, at 81. 10 per gallon.
Flour was dull and steady- Wheat closed 4c
higher, at $1.1o4 cash and S1.1ob for Novem-
Der. Corn closed 4@4c higher, at 4255c cash
and 43c for November. Oats closed fc higher,
at 322c cash OF seller November. Rye was
firm, at Gle Barley closed dull, at SIC cash
or seller November. Hogs were dull, at q
further decline Of 5@1oc, packing grades
selling at S5.o5@5.50. The cattle trade was
fairly active, and prices we're firm, at $2.5o@
T. s5 for common to choice. Sheep were in
demand, at So. 25@94. o5 for common to prime.
One hundred dollars il gold would buy
$1o9. Is in greenbacks at the close.
, 1876-10-29

Ben HuL, who was forced into the Re-
bellion by his fervent desire to preserve the
Constitution, which, when he seeded, he car
ried off in his coat-tal pocket, as it were: fol-
safe keeping, remains as devoted to that sa-
cred instrument compact, " he calls it-a
ever. As in 1861, he is satisfied also that tue
sacred compact is imperiled, and to his
Georgian compatriots who then seeded and
made war upon the Union in order to sus-
tain the Constitution, he appeals to now
stand by the same. The peril that besets it
is the same, too. It comes, as be explained
in his speech few days since ut Columbus,
Ga, from !" the North, which comprises all
the States TINT didn't join the Confederacy.
He said 1--WE quote from the report of his
speech in the Columbus, Ga, EnQuire7.) !:
s' The North had always been on the offen-
siye' and the South defensive under the Con-
stitution, and the Republican party had not
been approved By majority of the people
OF the country. There is not q provision of
the Constitution they have not violated
It was to the restoration Of this vio-
lated Constitution that he urged the
people of the South to rally. The Office
of ssthe South ~ in the Union, according
to him, is to do precisely what, accord
ing to him, it went out Of the Union to do,
to-wit: to preserve the Constitution, which
has been persistently and continuously vio-
lated by the loyal people of the country
from the hour Sumter was fred upon by
zenlous defenders of the Constitution. It is
for the preservation Of the Constitution,
and for the restoration of government
according to the Constitution. then, that
the Solid South is arrayed against the So
called loyal, but really disloyal, States
which have thus violated that instrument.
Mr.. HILL, in the speech already cited, said
and the reflection seemed to afford him o
deal of comfort-that the South toas now
solid, and he hoped it would SO remain, for
the preservation Of the violated instrument
In that fact be sees the hope Of the country;
and not a man south Of the Ohio River is
there who believes the invasion of the sacred
soil of sovereign States by the Union armies
was unconstitutional, not one who holds un-
constitutional the whole Of reconstruction,
including the adoption OF the amendments,
is there, who is not Of Mr.. BEN HML's party
Of Union-savers, who aspires to regain power
to save it after their fashion, as they would
have done in 1860.
, 1876-10-29

Judge MCALLIsTER intimated to reporter
that he might commit for contempt the citizens
who brought him the petition requesting him to
resign! The first parties who should move in
any CONTEMPT proceedings should be bis seven
associate Judges whom he contemptuously pro-
nouuced religious fanatics unfit to try murder
case On account OF ignorance Of the law and
prejudice against crime
, 1876-10-29

The proposed action of the Citizens Reform
Association to remove the name OF Mr. HXw-
K1NsoN, the Republican candidate for Count,
Commissioner on the North Side, from their
ticket is producing great indignation among the
Scandinavians. It is regarded as utterly unfair
and:improper, as Mr.. HAwk1xsoS will make an
excellent Commissioner. He Is altogether 4
better and filter mau for the Office than the per-
son who is on the Democratic ticket against
him. We don't believe he can be defeated, ~
he Will receive almost the solid Scandinavian
support; and very few Republicans will be led
away from him by false reports. We hope the
Republicans will give him their solid support
Speaking about the same matter the Esnbsq
Journal says:
There is great indignation among the scandina-
vians at the proposed 0stracfsm OF Mr. HAwKN-
son, Republican candidate for County commfsl
sionef on the North Side, by the Municipal Reform
Club. 1Ir. HAwK1SsoS is old citizen Of Illinois,
was formerly Swedish Consul in this city and
Justice OF the Peace. He is known as respec1a-
BILE and upright citizen, and the Reform gentle
men will make mistake II they do not Endorse
him.
, 1876-10-29

Old BILL ALLEN, Of Ohio. in June last de-
eareo that he would not make any speeches
this campaign, but pressure enough was mt
on the old man to squeeze one speech out Of
him tue other day. The Cincinnati Cozette re-
port states:
ALLEN spoke for an hour. and had great deal
70 say about Louisiana, South Carolina, md Mill
ary desFutisn. Int very little about what thev
were waiting to hear, viz: T11pES and Fefn-n;'
About all thu adsies he had give upon his point
, 1876-10-29

There was one statement Of Mr. BEHRxs
thnt should rot be overlooked, and that was
to the effect that some Of the jurymen COM
planned bitterly OF the want Of whisky while
they we're confined One of them needed
his ''tod" so badly that he was ready to
throw BErnx ont of the window, SO the other
eleven could report their agreement.
, 1876-10-29

Is covered in the following sentences, quoted ve,,
batim: II advise you to vote for TfLpEy. mt h..
cause have any especial reason for loving TILDyy
but because have good reasuns for loyine ~,
Democratic party. anu. loving the Dcmocratic ear
ty, cannot do otherwise than do" He enlo4F1ra
CoorEn, spoke app,ovingly of the platform. 4 be-.
cause it is the platform of the Ohio. Dcmocrary.
but CoopEn il III situnrion which makes it whnifr
impossible for him to be elcctcd'' lie then shifteI
upon the subject Of corruptions and bayonet rnie
where he appeared to be perfectly ut home. hnt
when he attempted to eulocize T1lDES the euio1x
stuck In his throat The best he could saw Of hin
was that his Administration could not be any worsa
tlan GRANTS. ALLEN seemed glad to quit. and
said that he had said all he had to say. and ali he
proposed to say, when he advised Democrats to
exercise their right freemen and vote to sustain
the party the principles Of which they indorsea.
The home organ OF ALLEN, the Chillicothe
advertiser, on June %, few days before tn
DENIS nomination, said:
ALLEN was neyc, connected with the swindlfno
Tammany Democracy, but the fumous Eaater11
reform - candidate>Sas ''hand in eloye' with
TWEED for years. ALIENS reform" is reai
thing, TiLDES's is damned barren ideality.'
ALLEN is 8 Democrat; T1IDEN is not. ALLEN can
carry Ohio; TIIDES cdnnofA ALIEN can carry New
York; Tl1DEx cannot. ALLEN would be elected
while with TtLDEx az candidate tie Democrat.
,eould be deftafed more disd3fr0usly than then teex
zriM GREELEY.
, 1876-10-29

Ii the New York Gold Exchange on Satur-
day creenbacks were worth 81 cents on the
.7o11.r
, 1876-10-29

Gx:o over1674.... ................-....-.3.6o2 6o2
This Is nearly twice the recent majority III
the State. 4 reference to the map viii show
that I'll tic c2.t.-tt;;.s Of tie First asad 12srd
, 1876-10-29

4 careful analysis of the Indiana election
has brought to light the Interesting fact,
which proves also to be suggestive one,
that the only districts in which the Demo-
cra:s made gains Of any account were the
First, Third, and Twelfth. In these districts
they gained immensely over the vote Of 1874,
when they had 1900 majority in the State
THE situation there was Us follows:
, 1876-10-29

CHICAGO coMMANDEEY. No. 70. Z. T--Attcn'
tton sr Knights Stated Conctaxs Mondey eEen9G;
cou,teouslv Invited! ~ order OF ihr F. c.
CilAS. j. T1tOWDI:IDGE, Recorder.
, 1876-10-29
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pnspmlty and cordaty with which this plan Of frater
nal unity and co5peraton has been adopted must en-
courage an who have been looking and praying Tor the
coming together Of other fragments OF the Church OF
Christ. There is no more striking characteristic OF
the church at the present day than the preva'
le1ce OF spirit OF amity and reacn-
nag after. actual union where thero Is
uniformity Of faith and church order" TIE Erdniner
and Chronicle describes the agreement reached as "a
great omen for good. We glad" says TINS paper
ss ChrstiaDs we are glad as PATRIOTS that this victory
has been gained But 1t Is line OF victories when
not vet and viii not complete until more than the od
relations are restored the great family OF BaPtists In
the North and the South" The Chrtst,an intetgeeeT
speaks in this manner OF the reconciliation the spirit
of ie accomplishment cannot but have powerful IN
uence upon the reunion of other longseparated CHRIS
tan bodies and the peace ana prosperity oi inc
vhole oounfry.1
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