, 1876-02-05
ALDERMANIC AN X!ETlES.
Tho Proposition to Hold Owe,
Abandoned.
Diflcultic, Encountered in Rolistrictin,
tho City.


Difficulties Encountered III Hedistr;cfinr
Wig wy
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What Ia pronoenl In fto n,rorn,. n,
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Visions.
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Humors that The Co,nmou Council rnt.nd.,,.
,-aI.,.:. At. -.
.4'i 'oA'1 .9tna'"e ~ -" hu elea-
''on !" the spF1hR! na'e oeeoho 10 preralnn4
within tho past weak aa to cause a BtsouR In.
precision that they were .true, Wetc theaa ~.
rnoru correct it would be- hard 10 oay w,sth., ~.
.a..H.'S =. Mos ~, w AA'N :. o"1 "A''"oE ms
Hosatop1'on OF tn9 ataYoF' os tn' ohsia' la
geVi's houshs pS she Council. wonla convoy 'hs
tiou and cosruptnoss OF tho party that brouob.
m mn,v NJ t1on, i,tn ,n,,r 1,o ,ro !. sas .4t..
". - 49,. 49, oa,o , ] e.,.,, t... w. ~ "l'''
Ivy " ~ 70 Wv teGl'o aau io'Hp toto,ok Sla5os
even to lilo Gnu OF Lis dhys, "hothor tho people
want him or not, ard tho othors aro continually
carving at leaBt f9ozon ace in eac,, Of t,,ni,
canac,nns ,,ockots ri,,ct tl,cv nrc on,v too ...,
~. - p.As'e ivy ,, ~ VIZ Nv tcaa7
~ !" st'1o a. BONO lon''cat Rl'nus'one' nomo Of
aboya tho political trtcks.ers that predon,nato,
aud arc there at tito urgont solicitation Or thr,,
constituents, but tlleso men are fnw aud far b..
tween. Having alecalY obtained fepu,aton
for grecdinesa TINT knows 10 safety, ,n1nya.
triekery in relation to tho noxt olcction ver,
truo, juat ns convicted thtof IL ntsasB t.lonabt
to DO up to soma devilsry. As 1t happens. hS1.
ever, these ruuors wcro but tho
MourltlNaH or SOME SHALL rnY,
who losro to emulate tito example sot then, b,
tha Mayor. : Tho muro senslbls att 4nnoat meu
~ tho body havo no such iuclIuasion.. Tho chsr.
ter OF 1872 distinctly plovdoa for tho olo.lon oj
mot mora tlau tAirty-slx Aldermen Tie tifst yas,
after tho act has been adoplot1. Not long Am
one OF tho Committees requested al opin.ou
from tho Corporation CouitBoi AZ to whoti.al
thoy could hold over iu spite Of tllis provision
and tho reply uas slccta,yely that they contd not
That Corporation Counsel has since risen to tht
diguity of sout on tho Suprono Donoll, and an;
legal battle that tho ,CouLcli might outer upon
regarding this point Houfu DO asitc To he frowu
cd down BY hin in nn unmistnkable manner.
This tho Aldermen knoH full woll, n,d they nj
Bl,re wder tlhn to attempt lta violation. -
This point settled, tho next that hottlors thc1
Ia the
nEpIsTn1cT1So or TILE CITY
under the llow charter. which provides for bnl
tio1o are twenty. Tho charter providoa .i tIsi
this shall by dou4 bg cens.,s taken for tho pu..
poao mud the wards m1do equal AZ to population,
There arc Berious objoetibIs to this plan il 1
city constituted liAo Chicago. The West Ds
tlo other two divisions put toge.Aos,
and In 4 Council constituted Ilkt
tho proscnt ono she West Division would
como In for mora thau Its Share OF public In.
proyen,cnts aud genorai benefits. Not iuug aeo
several old heads Ia she Council bccamo lnfatu.
ated with sho Insane idea Of locating tho nov
Uourt-Huuse iu tho Woat Division, aud tho
proposition was only abandoned for tin lack ol
sonio thrco or four 'votey In Wow of this al.
paront injustice. it became generally understood
ii, tho Council that to tako D consua ~was Of no
account. aud 1t Has proposed to remedy tho dim,
Guilty by combining Two OF tho wards in Tie
South Division Into ono, and dong the aama
thing ~ tho Nortn Diyision. leaving nine warls
in tho West Division aa before. Tho msttor va
to llavs como mp Monday night al tho last reyu.
ltr weekly meoiipg. bit within tho proyious
week
COMBINATION WAS STATED
aHony como Wesk DIVISION AIuorMcu, who nrs
Ma yet unknown. whereby the Wess Division wal
to iupist Oh having tou wards. majority OF txt
osor tho other Two divisions. What thls oo,nbi.
nation may amount 10 1t ia impossible to predict
but from present indieationB its existence IL oil
q myih. Tuu probabilities ntre that tho redis
trcting will bs done by tho onnlest way, Huch a,
combining two wards i.ito QUO Whenever it i