, 1876-03-26

detrlment OF their prlytte business, should bs
paid for it. salary is needed to componsat.
them in part for ATTENDANCE a. Aldermen at tht
regular aud special meetings and committee
I service of the Council. Few men Of any va11e tt
| the city in public capacity can anord tt
| give 30 much 7auab(e time as il required by
| tho manifold duties OF an Alderman without
being paid for the neglect which il thus entailel
1 upon their private affairs. Hence the policy
and propriety, If We would have men OF q hiehe,
| tyne, business men Of known honesty and CO.
pacltv, in the Couucil, and it sadly needs them
t at the praseut time,-to attach q sa!ary to
I the Office. THIS salary members may Of right
| receive, donate to SONS charity. or cover back
| into the Treasury. Let the present Council
wEose membeEs lave, through Mayor .Colrin,
| some hopes Of reelection, attach salary lin
| lieu Of stea1inss) to the Office. This salarry
| might be fixed at, say, 81, 400 year. or made
contingent upon the attendance and work Of
each Alderman.-as $40 for each regular meet
ing, $40 for each special meeting, and $5 for
member WAS present and served. Some such
compensation makes it IN 1nducernent for busi-
ness men to give their time and best services to
the city, ihstesd OF inlrusting tue public in
terests, az is so often done, to Council clique
whose sole occupation is to blacEmail and steal
from contractors aud corporations. 1 have
often thought, in view OF the many raecaliries
perpetrated for two years past by the s. Common
Scoundlelr." that, hard aa arc the times, and
eorely pressed az is the city for funds to pay
Chicago could better afford even now, to pay
eone of her best business men IS, 600 or 41A,-
GOO year for serving III the Council as Alder
mcu than to get the - services Of her Forty
Thieves for nothing. n. u.
TuE HISTORY or ARTEMus WARDS FEST ARTICLE
10 the Ed.tr of Tie Ca1eaao TRIBUNE:
CHICAGO, March 25.-One evening e1-dov.
Isiley favored the Friday Night Club with his
presence. We had been talking OF the days Of
yore, when Henry Clnpp was King Of tho Bo-
hsmians and in his glory,-Then those brilliant
and erretac spirits we're wont to frequent
Charley Pfaf's. As the Governor entered o.
cauyan was relatin: an anecdote OF Artemus
Ward,-whose face was quite familiar and al
ways welcome at the Long Table.
II suppose can tell yon q etory Of Ar:emus
which never has been circulated, as I seldom
have told it, }" said the Governor. " We'll, many
years ago WAS editor OF paper in Toledo. In
those days we had to get up early in the morn
ing If we wanted first cut q: the butchers, and
one summer morn as WAS hurrJfng down.
little late-I passed tail, seedy-lookins chap.
Shortly aftor heard come one cry out, Is Hold
on, mister !" and, looking around. 1 discovered
hl1n approaching by long strides. stopped
wondering what he could want of me.
t'Look here, mister" said he. when he had
might get good square meal for rs cents2"
directed him to q quarter OF the town where
cheap hastl-fonndEeB we're located and hastened
Oh. had nor gone far, however, whom / heard
some one again calling after me- It was the
same fellow Excuse NE, said he, but
You wero kind enough to tell mo where might
get good sqnare meal for 25 cents, l
thought perhaps you would be able to tell me
whore l could get the Is cents"
Considerably amused, l questioned him and
learned he wss journeyrlan printer, and that
he bad trapped up from Indiana I gave him
work in our Office It salary ot So Or S6 =
wcek,-which was not bad wages at thu. time.
One Of his duties WAS to bring proof to mo
delayed longer than usual, aud when returned
the sheets to him he handed me piece OF paper
upon nhich, it SEEMS he hsd been scribbllns
while waiting. glanced at it and found it quitn
amusing:
"'Sct it up, said land that bcliero. raa
the first article Of Artemus Ward'e that ever ap-
peaTed in prlut." ABruur kSur1soSE-
IE1sn AopEsrT.
To the Editor ef The Chicago 1T;Iune:
CHICAGO, March GA fair specimen OF this /
much-to-be- admired quality WAS again presented I
to the sovereign people Of this county in the
Town Conventions held yesterday |
On the West Side especially it was an edifying |
spectacle to see the cIausmen from the dinereu. |
this Kerry man as against the other |
fellow from Connaught, bat, Of course,
totally ignoring the fact that American |
Democracy is composed partly Of other
and especially that the Intelligent J
voters at 9 town election caro- but very little as
to the politics OF the men chosen to haude the
town funds and assess their property. 1tis high
time that this greed for Office BY this one natiou-
aty should be stopped; it is q matter OF vital a.!
rfa Horo $l.n1o
hereafter that wholesome rebuke he admiis-
Tered to this hungry horde, and when will u bet
Ter opportunity present itself ttan ut this COM
nS town elect,on? One delegate had the |
S'Fts Ss COMMON ts make ssD.s fssDe ef tbg appeal
Tention. and to domand that the natiye-born ele-
oant of the Democracy should also bs repre- !
'ented, but OF course he got Kicked for his
,ains; mo American need apply" was tho
satchword, and only d wholesome fear nado
hem cohdescend to place one German on the
icket. Where Six Offices we're to be filled, no
'ther nationality stood ghost of q show. 4
ew days VII now decide it this class OF people
shall agnin have control Of the town affairs
Democrats and Republicans alike are inter
'sted IN putting their seal Of condemnation
!pou such proceedings. aud it behooves
he property-holders OF whatever po-
ltleai l;a ,p pro:.lyltss to perform tais
yer tho taxes Of 1875, and dire vengeance WAS |
D be executed ; now lat the tax-paying voter
urn out and do his duty regardless OF the party
ash If the Democrats ern beaten at the town
lection they lose nothing; but, on the con-
rary, they will be in better condition to present
proper ticket hereafter II, after all former
xperienco, they again allow this election to 20
: default. and to be left altogether to the Irish
ards, then indeed will they have no tightful
ause to complain. If an effort be made like
rat Of last fail. aud every man will turn out the
ssult is not questionable. DEMOCRAT.
HOW TO BEHAVE
. tia Editor ef The Chicago Tribune:
CHICAGO, March 25.-I have followed With IN
.gest the several letters sent to your paper in !
gard to audiences, etc. Let me aum up tho |
hole, and. ~ s+ convenience" is the order OF
,e day. let me make it easy and convenient for
le managers Of the audiences to do something
the matter By offering to their deliberation
'ecimen or sample of card suitable to be
1t on handblfs CT On slgnboards for distribu-
On among audlorces.
Very Likely some Of the managers may take
tlon in the matter, if they shown how to
} it without much trouble. II you 90 into
timing room in . barber-shop, or take room
hotel, you will find - Rules'' sp1ead on. for
10 bathers or the guests. Why not do likewise