, 1876-08-31

i,;s Lasaile street business. as = matter OF
SELF -prcstI alton, therefore, the members Of tn"
Of "ho an VI ntnnn II tue a r IF
lack upon hin when The cycntful day
IN November romcs, aud Nfs. Kern finds lin,scif
r. s5Ts a1S,,'y NJ. yy,, 1t 'uultkey that ho will
fs candidate for reelection. BEFORE he went
tnto utllce lie was eustdcr, III which thpAcity ho
*as failure. The sane remark my b9 % made
Ills legitimate business, lie has bean modelling IN
outside riattcrB,-sueh ~ the tonstructso! Of
TIC foundations Of the Court. .1Iuuse,--alld has
ssa 9assso1nH 70 e. nhv s ngsf Into .S ~
McNc!l and otlcr hldsrs. Thc causes which
brought about his unsniuatfou In 1874,-ha en-
th,siastlc support by number Of prominent
lrshmcn,..-hayc csnsct to exist. He broke tue
pledges which he then made, and has succecded
IN securing the warm hatred Of avery man who
worked for him two yeara ago..
In many respects tic strongest candidate
wllam tic Democratic aould put forward 10
sun3R WALLACE.
It Ia understood that he wishcs the Office
that lie is worn ont by Bill 800 and other tax
collection problems; and, while willing to re-
main lit the County building, prefers TO change
ss ss 0 Wssse eps vii. a asany 1s
during the War, was. appointed by President
johnson Assessor Of Internal Revenue, was re-
n,ovel BY PRESIDENT Grant, Vas no1ninated and
ssstsa agg S TIC G9ua,y caar n M q
when he TIN upon both ttcketf. lie has there.
fore, Quo year more to serve.
DAN o'uARA.
But ther0 Ia ono other competitor In. tho Go'd.
Tie said not long ago. at a Democratic meeting,
that ho was not i candilnte, but feeling on his
part Tint duty 10 the pnrty requires 1t haa again
brought him 10 the front. Such acpnatderatfor
alone. rould. tear hltn. from privats life,
scoro Of years. Yielding 10 party demands, hc
las been Clerk Of tbs Recorders Court aud
City Treasurer, aud iow feels compelled 70 be
comic Sheriff. THIS is Dan. 0'nara. Owing to
Of 1871, It s not now possfbta to settle the point
prcuisciy, hut the honor Of buing the first Irish
Democrat in Cook County Hes botwtcn Mr..
o'Harn md Thomas lloync: John Wentworth
when he rame hrre .h1r. 0'1lara was spoken Of
a. MI old and stancl party man. a Scotchman
by birth, ho Is an Irish leader. Although not
oyer.wesithy, M hand ID Spcn ~ the day. aud
went away from hun disappointed. Hc rns
lukewRr1n In the cause when the Irish sought to
conquer Canada, biit hts labors to secure them
the control Of Cook County have been incessAnt,
escape Of the political prisoners from Australia,
he haa signed numerous petitions for tho par
don 1T prisoners ut Joliet.
Among the dtsrcputable. canatdatoe there "a
one who n,ey bo mentioned, and that is JOHN 7.
Corruran, ttin ex-Aiietman and keeper Ut the
Hatch House. lie was n candfdate bcforc tue
Uenmratic Convention tn 1871, anl ca1no near
being nominated. Ills record Is 30 bxd how
ever, that It is not beiicved 10 can eomnIand the
strength lis then did: ifln own ward, which ho
once trrruri&ed, has bcon pftrged 90 by lre, and
lie cannot secure the delegation from. that Soc
tIon. ALL lie tau hope for is to pick up q few
votes on the North Side, where, however, llo
cluttH6 them al.
ararNts ATTouHFY.
The other important officer to BE- selected IL
the Status Attorney. Tho statutory pay Is
s7,uDn but, lit addition, there ars fees. The act
ncy to report in writing to tls Circuit Court, on
the first day Of cacll term, all fees, Mce, anu Tor
FIXTURES collected W HIM provided. however,
TINT TINT suction should not be construed 50 ns
to app'y to st,es % ,st shs t tstfd ;ls.s, Which,
TINT only. How this provision found lts WaY
into tho law Is unknown. This result IL, that
only one person. and that the btatc's Attorney
hiaiself, knows Aor much Is collected 'n The
largcst and on1 Of the criminal counties In tho
State. The lccs provided by law arc SIS for
each conviction where tho crimp u punished by
dtath Or confinement IN tue Fsnttcntfary. and
s. for each anu all other convictions, When
this poFtIun at the laW wHs s1Hdar confederation
lu thu Legislature II was ob1eetcd to by sou,e
humantt9rianB on thu ground that Il WAS o
direct bid to the States Attorney " labor by all
possible means to secure a convlction-that lie
Tor the sake ot It's. Il & pleasant to state how
cyer, tlut, 10 fur as Cuuk County Ii concerned,
thsse allegations lave proved to bc unt2un!lcd.
Thu States Attorney 10 also entitled 70 IS IN
forfeiture 10 set asds At the lastaaco q the do
PENDANTS; to $40 for tic trial Of any person
charged with eastarly, and 90 where, Ia i ease
Of indictment for false !ulprsaohlncht, Or Wtllful
will their verdict Of not guilty that the
prosecutor acted nslac|ouslY IN the premises. 1t
has bean nsalmcl that the income from these
hossres amounted to about b2U 900 or $50 10D a
year; but thers ara no means OF arriving at the
rIict AMOUNT,
cIiARLHs II. HEED
In 1871, bfr. Cisatles Il. Rdcd was elected
Btatc'e Attorney, ~ tho successor Of tho Hon.
Joecpl, Knox, WhnaG assistant lie had been. Ile
wss rselestoa elected n g., 1ss epd aR1tn a. In lsT when when
elpal obstacle IN the way Of Mr.. Reeds sclomi-
nation IL Ills geographical location. It Is likely
that different system Will he pursued ~ hold
Ing conventions this fill from that which haa
County Convention met aad nominated county
fts 9sea. ."s s sesa sa' ts s sfs ",S ss
officers, such as County Commissioners,
system gave rootn for Unlimited trading, an',
tie man who found lie could not secure tho Cor.
nuershtr, Tor instance, traded OF Ills few votes
to rival IN exchange for promises of support
lQf NAttEs lHt3 3Ghf tHE ~OAfEutaUll
called fur tho purpose Of Illuminating q Shcrif,
8l&te'a Attorney, Coroner, Kecar.leE, and Clerk
Of tho Circuit Court, will probably nominate
those officers only and other conventions will
bu called Tor tho nomination Of tile minor otli-
GERS. Two al tho prominent candidates for
Sheriff come from the South Side. It is mt
likely that that division of tho city Will carry oil
both tie SherlH and tho 8tutc's Attorney, antl
It therefore becomes q question, not As To t,s
strength Ut Mr.. Heed aid his Rivals, but as to
.ha xtreagtlo OF AeSsts Heed, Dixon, and Clougl,.
II either Ut tho latter he nominated for Sheriff.,
the cllanres Of the former for stase's Attorney
will be materially dlsniniahe1.
Its un.feratoad that. II Mr.. Reed cannot nc,
cure tho position himself, he would like to fol
| lar the precedent which obtained IN his ONT
case, aad hand the office oser to Mr.. Birch, wl,u
tsaa long been his assistant Bit. Birch IL younH
ani insiubtrhA,s lawyer, who has had pretty
| thorough EalntnE In the ruItino dntita
Of the ol.!rr, but there arc other competitors In
thr esli Us young as himself aad whv aas .lo!ax
Itln4ell lAure wur(1.
| Gus ot these Il Air.
| LUTHER LlHLlN MILIst
who l!as been dulllK snuic hard work 10 the way
of canynsslng tho wards. Aty. Mills " \ young
lawyer OF great PROMISE. liz ID un earnest and
| dcy1tcu wurkrE, bcart au unbls1uiaAcd reputa.
tiol, mud would, II elected sttclIJ to tho dntted