, 1876-11-03
McALIISTEI2.
Appointing a Committee to Pre-
sent the Petition.
Tho Manner Of Presenting It Not Yet
decided Upon.
What the Religious Papers Thlnl
or the Cnsc.

fkRFAtiSf TO APPOINT C0MNITfRE.
meeting uf the gentlemen having charge ri
the circulation II the pGtItton asIs,nE Judge
McAtlfstrr to resign was held yesterday nftrs-
noon III tic routr uf tho Arbitration Committee
Of The loar1 Of 'rrale. Tho meeting was rall'al
tnurdcr al'unt 2:3o, and Mr.. q. +. Bsscll was
cllusen tn preside.
Mr. hleFartcn, ut tic Committee appointed to
ret II legal opinion M to tlle Icst time to pre-
Informed That tic 1ro1Hr tt,np was out of tic
regular court-llonrs, either III tllu courtroom Br
ut tho Jn,lyc's lIousc.
Atr. Randolph was 'nskct1 hIs opinion. III
thought SOME lawyer should present tic pe.i.
tlon tn tho cdurt-rnofn, Or Use a committee
could present IL ut the Judges house. l. hal
been suggested TINT further actItl bs deferred
until after the election, hut lte d''i not think
nol;iia had anything to do with this matter. OF
HAT It would III any wny INFLUENCE the cutlrse Ut
pulItIrnl events. lfu was In favor Of Il s,llutl
ci.Inmiitcc, representing tho v4rons brahehcs
0t hllslness.
Mr.. afeFarrcn sail no lawyer would present
the petition frulh DusItreA tt,asons.
Nj. llnrlhlirt muyet touplH'1,ta committee 1f
fse tn g lcct IL colnmiltee of twenty to prcsent
Tic petttt,n.
Aintl,cr gentleman offered, ns an amendment,
thAt tile GulIIBlttGp to brcsptit the pctitfuH be
RmttGd tu trN. ,-..
Mr. sle'arrcn mnvrh ~ appoint cnnlmfttrc
Of iilc, ont nl thsc present, I" reseht fllu tte-
t!f!n". lle tllo'1ght tl'c thIsiness way wus. tn
ch'mse MN ff'"n thc rrcscnt meeting. 70 That
they might a1e.tnplisI, something. liz 'lIl
MT want Julg ,tcAlii.tcrs prophecy
about tho "Ehicagn tvycr' tv be
carried ."t: ~ fll"rt, lie was , IN
hnving sntnetlll!g dime. llu referred to What
! seemed tn bc the
nACKwARnHga* OF CERTAIN GENTLEMEN
In nut volunteering to present this petition, and
hoped thc ,Hccttny would decide upun sotnc~
Thing ut u,Nc.
Slr. Randolph was IN favor Of Mr.. llug'hurt's
MUtIUn. llc tlIaNt.'!t there waa nothing Ftrunyt
III Tie faet tint volunteers Ind i,er.I backward,
| n1tl sni,l there was II mstaae In THO Idea thnt
this WAS nn exclusively Duarlf VI Tn :c Inose-
Hcnt. Fourillths Of the tlKncrs were not Oh the
| Hohr,l,
Finally MIR. 1turlhnrt's notiou, ns amended,
| tn appoint n C1tnil,ittcn OF ten out Of tlle
egners u l!': petition, was carried, null tl,a fol
| !owtng so'nnIittGg appointed: u i: ll4rlhlrt'
/ II. o. Stonc, Oliver A,talns, Ci,arleH T. lsau-
| do1pl,, t;corRo n. KnMrk.
Mr., l.'Nlo'p! Thought = copy Of The petition
| should BE- made, III tasu tlle original were lost
| or destroyed.
Mr.. Mcrarrcn moved tllat when the meeting
adjourn It adjourn tp neut ono weck iron, tlatc
ut u'ciprk, mud Iynr the report If the Commit.
tcr after 1t lad presented the petition.
| Mr.. kf'nbark urged the lEupricty
HAVING THE PETITION PRINTED.
The Original might CDIl,u VI, for further ilse
Mr. Wiswe1l-W0ultl copy have the sa1nC
effect that tito original pct!t!uu woulds
| Mr.. Rnntulpll-l prcst,i1lu 1t would, Sir; Just
abnnt ne murh. l4aughtcr.1
Mr. Williams nrge1 thu printing If the pls-
titlon ~ next Sundays TRIBUNE aud Mondays
| iuftr- {}tft,H.
Mr. kl,nhark said tic movement WINS not pt.,
l!ttral, md II the petition WIS printed III o,c
paper II should bo printed tn a!l.
| Mr.. A1cFarrcn said hp wnntcd to keep up the
organization nfter tlu pctit'nn was presented.
lie did mot want tlis tll!ng s,nntlcrctl with red
| tapu. He liAl no idea TINT tho petition
wDulh d0 any good Itself. It would
mol bring Il resignation. Judge MrAl1ister lid
not wear Tic kind vi a ht!c to hc cIrssri nn.o,e
the f,len WIN resigned ut''ccs. lie, moreover,
limited at something to he tlonc besides the pre-
euntatiun of tllr petitinn but did not iisvlost
| wllut that ptau was. In closing, llG renewed
ha moi,o,t to met IN one week from date, the
Committee to .prcsCnt tllc petition IN thu 1ncn
time, atMl TO then rcpurt the result of thCfr i'll
tcrytcw with Judge slcAl!istcr.
Tic motion Tns rasrird.
Mr.. Randolph then put his suggestion about
printing Il! The forln III motion that thu Com
| lnittcc Ut Five proeurc, in tleir own wAy crr.
| titled copy Of tue petition. This mutton wnt
| ulso carried and tho meeting adjourned.
| a private meeting OF the Committee Ut Five
was flclh afterwards. Whatever their action
WAS they preferred to kcup It 10 themselves, fot
the rrason tllut some Of the Committee uf Ten
might not hc willing to serve, anu They did noi
wish any announcements lnat!u until they Weft
certain who WIS Willing 10 brave thu bold Meal
ltstcr lu hls stronghold