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not dsoming It = fair division. 1la objected To
tho proposed reference 10 the Commlttee, nud
Wsniot1 f1nkt action kSkAn at once

not daoming 1t . fair division. 1la objected to
tho propoHod rnferenco 10 tie Comuttee, aud
wsntot1 final action t<kAn ht once.
All. Whito Raw no raRAoll for reference. Tha
question .1ts LofDre them nntl aold he aettloi
without delay. Tlloir constituents woro iooi-
Ing to th0m to ted}atret tha city, and tho hooner
1t waS done tho batsAr Tor the clty. In iaw
yoars lha Government cenBus would bs taken
and thsn they could make another Apport!on-
mont
Aid. 0unlorsou wanted now deal all around.
motion, dispensed With,
Aid. Richardson m1yed to tako up tho ordin.
hneo Eection BY section. Tho mRttor might ~
woll bo hott!et thon aA ut any other tne. A
census could NOT be taken before tho spring
election. A rsfosnnco To anothor Comtn,t,oc
would lead practically to the ssms result. In
four wecka thpy would lavs to call tic election,
and II tlley got into = wranglo about tlIcse
wsrds 4 would not be Guided bY that time, aud
tho Alderman would have 10 be elected on
general ticket. bomo dosired to run agalu, aud
wanted 70 know whoro their lines nere "a ko0n
M possible. II precedent proved anything thsy
would not got through tho Appropriation hit
before March, 1'y that limo tho election would
TO upon them. Many Aldermen would ke can.
didates a9aio. aud othsrs would bo helping their
friends. Every Alderman Ind tnado up bis mind
on tbs rnAttoE. and waH competent 10 pass on Il
at once. lie admitted that II tile ordinance
Wero adopted, somo uards would be larger than
% % unit. tho no1s Podcral census. Tho
Hontt Side Aldermen had made up {hcir
miHuB. Homo Weat-Sile Aldermen waited
changes ia thoir wards, and Ito believed there
would ba no trouble In making thon,. At all
events thoy ought to avoid eating Into wranglo
Aid. Culterton did not beliove tAs Nortl, sdo
Aldermen had thor amendments ready.
AID. sclatfnor said they lad.
=, AID. cul1arton wss doubtful about the West
8itlers.
AID. Campbell rcaasuEeti him.
AID. csllleIton took up the school census Of
September, 1874, and, rntorrng to it, said that
the Ffsat, second, hnd Third Wxrds would mako
ono ono prstty dsoent war. on tho west tiao. They
Sixth Ward had 5tvo; the Eighteenth,
and tue Flftosnth 1900. II h ths
eantlomen TopresentinE tho EIevanth, Fonr-
racnts rosdy to bnuy their waEds somewhat noar
an equality. he ras ready, because 10 believed
no of,augo could DO mnle In tho Havonth. TIE
Fourteenth Ind 16,0ov and tho Fifteenth 45, Oo0,
aud they ought to he brought nearer An equality.
In ls74 the North and South s,dcs Ind l72.000.
aud tho Wost Side 2l9, ,0u0 leaving ali oxcess at
47t00o, cnough fos two pretty good wards, taxi
ing tho Firat, 8ocond. and THIRD ~ criterion,
II tho North and West Hido Aldermen wozo
taady. 10 Has hut ho doubted II such was tho
casc. no hAu eoen BY last Sundays paper that
o great many Of tho Aldermen were candidates
for re-eiection. Bomo might bo rsdlatrlctod out,
md, OF course they would have to be very ca,o-
fnl. Ono might get into Cicoro,-ho himsotf
lly1d In Lawndalo.
AID. Campbel!-0ne might get In Toilet.
AID. Culorton-Bo the Journal says.
hld. Fitzgerald SAW no necessity for waiting
Three Or four wooka till 1t va1 loo late to cali IN
election. Tho North and South SslaH had been
burnt out and had not yet recovered. They
would iu timo, and 10 II WAS batter to await tho
Federal cenaua bcFose making final roappor-
document. Even though inferior In population,
tho South 6idu rRsd two-thtrds Of tho ta1oB. 11o
did not uso TINT ns atl argument.
Aid. Woodnan moved to paBH the ordinance as
presented by tho CommiLteo.
AID. CuIlerton moved that the ordinance, which
WtH nDkuown to majority Of tho Council, bo or
dctcd published. lilo wished to answer tho
gentleman from tho South Bids fEItzgorald).
tho Boutl Side. lilo WIS not huro TINT they Weta
not assessed that much over thero, but thoy
never paid their taxes. Tho professional tax
Gg4tors nearly all lived on thu South slio.
Aid. Ca,npbell SAID that, whmlo tho Wess
Division Ind us many people AZ both Tho other
tho representation. Lie moved to lay Aid Cut.
,erton's motion on tho table. Carried by 81
los
Aid. schanncr moycd that tho ordinance bo
taken up ward by ward.
AID. lIidroth cnterod Its respectful protest.
and about a acore Of points Of ord.r were rAiacd
and nnded by raading tito ortinahcs In full.
After that coromony bad boon concluded, A!i.
Richardson moved tho previouA question on all
tho nattoTa concerning tho ordinanco. It wAa
ordered bs so to &.
Tho question thon REQUIRED on tho passage Of
tho ordinance, aud It was unanimously adopted,
MI tho Aldermen voting for It except Lougaeher,
Lynch, nnd Jonaa who Hero abscnt.
The Council thon adjourned to Wednesday at
$50 ., N,