, 1876-06-14


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IF tha netitiou ;ntrodueeI into Tin Com.
mon counc;i Monday oyon;nr asking TINT
tho charter Of 1B75 be- submitted To thu peo.
mia Ina 10 f,o1 bona Gdn signatures of tcoo,
yotcrs-bcinr moro than onc.c;phth of all
the ,era1 voters of tho city-thon tho Coun.
Gil can exercise no discretion in the matter.
Int in reou;red bv law To eubmis within
twenty tlays the question whether Chicaoo
sbo11 reorranize un1cr s,ch ctartcr mr. not
The movement for tho submission of tho
new charter ia certainlv ill.tined. ndd;nc.
~ It aoos. onothor computation to t,a m.
settled condition of ,nun;cipal afFaira, and
Tho nssnm,tion Tint III, potit;on has hcan
secured at tho instance of Mr.. Co1vrS anfl
his friends will prejudice good many p1o-
plo against it who would ordinarily favor its
adoption. There is little doubt TINT tho
purpose iu bringing it forward now il to
lcgislato tho new Council out OF Office next
fall, onc-half Of which would otherwise
serve until next spring and the other Aalf
until year from next spring. But NO aro
confident, it tho chartor be adopted, that the
hummer element can again be t1efcntod in
their hopo Of elccting Council of tho old
sort, and TINT all tho good men in tho
present Council can cnsily DO reelected
If they will consent to DO candidates. In
any evont, one branch of tho City Council,
being chosen by the city ut large ,sndor tho
charter Of 1915, would be composed Of good
mon, aud would have tho power to defoat
vicious legislation. With tho probability,
then, that tho purpose Of the hummer elo-
ment may bo defeated, tho merits of tho
charter Of 1875, If submitted, should CON-
mend themselves to tie people now o. much
as they did when the charter was at firut de-
vised but practically defeated BY BtufTlnp tho
ballot-boxcs in favor of the present charter
of 1872.
The charter Of 1876 may bc submitted aud
ndopted without holding onv mora cloctions
than oro a]rco,1y provided for. Tho Counc,,
Ina ca1tc,l n snccio1 clcction for bravor nm
July II: tin chnrter NAV 1,o sub,D;tted on
tha snmo dny withont rnntnria, incrcaso of
cYncuso. trhe law reunires on1v twontv
davs' notice. md If tho tlnto la fixed for
JnIv - at tbc ncrt corpc;1 ,neotiro ub;ch
ia to be held Friday afternoon. thers will bo
MI intervention of tyeuty-si1 daya Public
economy and tho interests of tho city lin
y;cw of tl,o ncccssitv of m,bmitt;no t1o
question in INV case} suggest tho adontion of
tlis nroora,n,no. If. then. thu charter In
adoptcd by majority Of the voters. it
provides Tint sI,e existing charter and
officers shall continue in authority until
tho regular election div in November. when
nm outire new set of officers will bo elected
and tho now charter will 70 into OBJECT, The
Council hnyiuu declared tho Office of Mayor
yncaut, and NJ tho vacancy will be filled tho
18th of July bv ponulor election, tho A1avor
chosen at TINT time will be the lawful AIayor
of tl,o c;tv III. lin rcu,,ar fiji c1oct;on and
Mr. co,vrs will baye 10 sten as;ao I'm sa,no
M II III. charter of 1s75 wcra not a,}ontod
Tha ,nnst conspicnors a1vontapo ~ ,ba
c,o,.ar ~ 1915 IL flint n ,;,r;ta tbo rota ~
c;tv tarat;op tn II mr. ccnt IN tbe ,asareed
valuation Of tho property, ThiB Is on tho
sto,o asscs4mcn. wbich IL tbo on,v osaoe.-
mcnt 1na,7o nn1or thu nrasont povon,,o 1o1v
trha ,cx.,avv of 1s75 waa ohout q, oao nm
on1 aro,ptal IN a p,,,, fro,,,or ,a.o I'm,
\ mr. rant on tho n.,,ouucd va,,,o,;on =, tho
nronerty. or noorly double tto ntnonnt mn.
.hor;xa,1 ,,v t,,o c,,or,., ~ ,a7r III ,,,o,,a
h,o lint ,v;t,, tHo ,at,,ro, ;nc-o,.a ~ ~
sto,o assessment tha c;,v toul1 1ovv . t,-oss
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