, 1876-04-16

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Hi1ieenth Wsrd-Frank Lnsenbarth.
THE THIRD WARD.
NAse-HErrNo At CENTRAL HALL.
A Republican mass-meetiDg WAS held last
niRt1 At Central hail. corner ot Wabash avenue
and Twenty -second street. An audience OF eoy-
eral hundred in number assembled NTH the ex-
pectasion Of hearing from Messrs. 6to1rs, Reed,
Anthony, Barber, Mann, and others, but owing
to some mistake the majority Of these failed to
put in IN appearance, and it was not till late IN
the evening that the meeting WAS organized py
| the election Of George Armour for Chairman and
| ". 0. Cole Is Secretary.
MR. ANTHONY
was tho first speaker introduced to the meetlng'
He said that for the last week OF 80 he had been
| unusually busy in political matters and ne haa
seen that there MAS general impression that
there MAS something the matter rtn lineage. t net
people seemed to DO holding grand tnquess
! over her. Tha citizens had come to dead ha!e,
I as it were, and were anxious to know What was
| the matter, They had been visited by pestl-
lenee, By panics: and oy tires; Now they xere Yer
| the Great Fire the State refunded to Chicago
| - 0Oo 900 Of taxes. What had become OF that
Slnca that time the Board OF Public Works alone
has expended $4,000, QUO. It had a enormous
I force nndor its control There wero himllar iu-
stltutions in the city made for nothing but to
spend money. Now waa the time when our cit
| ,zsns should 500 whera the money went and
| what ofices could bo dispensed with
The speaker said that the great trouble
! etficiency OF tho heads Of departments.
| Within tho last year, Chicago had adopted new
| charter-a good charser. It centralized the
power in the heads OF departments, and
lost last year mora than $500. GOO through neg.
i,,lect alone. An equally largo sum was expended
E1or useless officers, such as Boiler Inspector,
| Smoke Inspector, Gas inspectors, Sidewalk
Elnspectors, and the Lord knows Whist kinds OF
}F1nspectors. .
| One OF the greatess evils OF the> day VAS
| the fact that tho best men would not 60 luto
the City Council That body spent spnuauy
moro tnan many States lts power was as
] great g that OF tho Amphyctionic Council OF
| GEeeca, but good men had refused to en-
ter it, and the city therefore suffered. The
| people Of the whole world SHOULD be shown that
| ChicaEoans could manage their o'n AFFAIRS
| properly. When the people voted on the new
charter it was expected that Cotvln would 60 ont
| when the Aldermen did, and that the city would
have new deal. So great was ths power con-
ferred by this charter in the Mayor, that Coiv'n
could clear the city Of gamblers and thieves in .
| week it he wanted to. But Cofvin associated
| with class Of men who only cared to keep in
| Office He showed by bis acts that be did not
| wish to have men about him who we're OF high
| character.
But tbers we're higher grounds on which
the speaker objected to colsin's holding
hslped 70 frame the present Constitution.
That Constitution explicitly stated that no law
should be passed which should operste to extend
tho tarm Of any pezzon'o Office beyond that Tor
/ which be WIS elected. Colyin. however, claimed
by tho marc facs that the charter said tna1 ths
mayor should be elected in the odd year. that ne
had right to hold on. But it was plain to see
that tbs constitutional provision was back Of
this. xnd that he had no right to be IN office:
Colyin WAS the man who ought to- BE- put ont OF
| Office. II the people OF Chicago could not elect
| Mayor then they should see that good Coun-
ell was elected, who would elect person to act
IS Mayor. Every one should see thai that body
WAS composed Of persons who were mgner snan
hostlers aud whisky GauEers.
a new danger had sprung up IN our CITY while
the last tew years. Chicago lad begun to
initiate New York and other cities IN having
Tweeds or public plckpocketa, IN having sruffed
hearsed the history Of the town officers aud the
bajlot-bo stuffng Of Tuesday AZ an illustration
OF this. The voters of the city must be on thel1
guard against these men, be said. The Demo
| Gratis had made public pledges to act with Re-
publicaus Tuesday to secure IN honest election,
and there was no doubt but that the Republican
candidates could be elected If there mas nc
ballot-bo1 stufhDg.
Mr. Anthony sat down amid storm OF ap'
p1ause-
Was then called for BY the people. He At firsi
refused to say ANYTHING, but as the audience
pernstod in calling upon him, he asconded Ehe
platform, aud said that he Has not in the haol'
Of making speeches; He %ona n2t 1ass h.d no ay
informed him that the people deslred to aee
their candidate for Alderman. He had beer
4 nominated by them, but it WAS much against MI
will Nevertheless, the times demanded ina
every ono should bo willing to sacrifice some
| thing and ho ,saR ready to give I'd his time fOi
| the public good.
rR. GALLOWAY
then addressed the meeting. He said that IL
| the recent election, IN the Third sand FourtL
Wards alone, there we're over $500 Republican
votes. Only l, 400 OF these we're counted. Anks
Evans robbed them Of 5000 votes and put II
| 2, 0D0 OF his OWL.
| MR. J. Il. cLouaH
| was then introduced. Last fall, hs said. there
had baen an issue between honest and dlahones
meo. 3 pure and stuffed ballot-box respectable
! citizens and bummers. On the 4th inst. there
was another fair issue nade between the SAINT
parties. In this last contest, the good c1t1zent
, | turned out, but we're beaten BY thieves ~
said that anarchy and monarchy we're awaiting
the people who could not maintain = pure oal
. lot-box. Except gamblers and oface-seekers
} every citizen is interested in good government
Whist is the reason We cannot have this desld
era.um? II the excitement and interest which
has been taken in the last few elections Wae al
lowed to die out, the city would fall deeper intt
the pit from which it had begun to bt
lifted. It was easy. be said, to hold meeting,
and pass resolutions, but the great work was x
be found At the polls. They should see that eV
cry one voted once and only once.
judge Carey ma6e few remarks to tho meet
ing. He said that the people generally got vha
they deserved. A bad Government Was tht
! result Of neglect; good one OF vigilance
, | Nobody had q right to complain Wednesday Or
account Of the election Of bad oft1csrs it he die
not turn out and vote Tuesday.
!, Tbs Chairman read : note which had bee1
sent M to him, which stated that the City clerl
: had not sent out any tally-sheets With the bal
lot-boxes and that there waa an organized At
) tempt to stun this ballot-boxes.
: Tho Chair announced that there would be
msss-moetlpg At Burlington Hall Tuesday even
iug, The meeting then adjourned.
THE EIGHTEENTH WARD.
ass-MEE1ISg AT TrRHEB-HALL.;
Tho Republican Club OF the Eighteenth Waf'
held large meeting last night ut Iu1ner-H"ll
On North Clark street. Mr. N. IL. Pence pro
| sided.
| Ia Rt7yark