, 1876-12-04

with tho business of tho oflco with the mid
Of snglo nssistant becnuso Of Ills own CT
tcn<lu1 experience, rnpid habita Of work. md
nntirin9 energy. 4 duo consideration Of tho
interests Of this community would lnve an8-
gestcd giving tho nor Stasoa Attorney two
essiatants, instead Of depriyinB him Of tho
single ono heretofore attached to tho oftics.
The infan,y OF this proceeding is increased,
If possible, by tho simultaneous enlargement
Of tho County Attorneys satary from $1,000
to $1,000 per annum, though tho extra
$4,000 might havc been used for tho benefit
OF Tho county by providing q second assistant
IN tho state'a Attorneys ofl'oo. The lcgit-
i1nnto duties Of tho County Attorney aro
triAing by comparison with those Of tho
States Attorney, mud could he we'll and ad-
eqnately discharged by any ono Of hundred
fair lawyers who could bo secured for 80, 900
year. Tho only nrtiuoua md important
labor that dorolvcs upon tho County Attor-
ney il during fow tlays or weeks In summer
when tho payment Of taxes Ia scontestea In tho
courts, ard then extra counsel is usually
employed. Int tho present incumbent
Of the County Attorneys olfleo Ii q
ahrowd and desherato politician, who has
made himself useful not merely rs partisan
naviaor, bnt as tho counsel aud bruins OF tue
Ring; ho has stood by thu hing through
thick and thin, has drawn their contracts aud
defended them III court md out, and has
rendered prompt and efficient service in tie
various schemes Of tho tnx-levourers. Hence
his rowartl in M increase by 81, 900 Of sal
ary that WAS already larger than the dntics Of
tho position and tho merits Of the Incumbent
warranted.
These two acts taken together form new
provocation for such D movement upon the
Cook County delegation to tho Legislature aa
will persuade them TO unite in demanding
tho necessary legislation for elacting m cn-
tiro new set Of County Commissioners next
falt by the general voto Of tho county, thus
enabling tho people to cloan out tho present
corrupt Ring It is true that tho fixing
Of salaries was the Inst act OF the
Board as 1t has boon organized for o year
past, but only five Of tho old members go
out, aud thoir places will bo supplied by The
five mon elected Inst month on tho Demo-
cratic ticket, four Of whom at loast offer no
hope Of improvement over tho presont Or
ganizasion. The probability is that tho
power of tho Ring will be rather confirmed
tlan broken by the change in tho Boartl; |;
yet common shrawdness, ii no better motive
actuates them, should induce tho now Board
Immediately upon its organization to RESTORE
tho salary of the Stato's Attorneys assistant,
for failure to do SO will only incrcase tho
public indignation. If thero is any notion
that the aingstars, inside Or outside the
Board, will escape prosecution on account Of
the crippling Of the States Attorney, 1t nay
as well be dismissed, for tho people Of Cook
County will freely subscribe funds to secure
all needed assistance to bring tho villaina to
Justice. But the only por1nauont remedy
that Gun bo looked for is the privilege Of
cleeting IN entiro batch Of Commissioners
by general Soto Of tho county, and tho
Cook County delegation to Springfield ought
to make solid demand for this concession
from tho Legislature.