, 1876-03-30
THE NINTH WARD,

INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS ron ALDERMEN.
Lnat evening Tho taxpayers Of tho Ninth
Ward held q meetnB tn Parker Hall, corner Of
Woat Madison and Unlisted ssreots for tho pur-
pose OF nominating candidates. for Aldermen.
D. y. Lovotoy called tho meeting 10 order. y.
ID. Avery being choeou to preside, and Il. C.
Wontworth N Secretary.
11r. @. T. 1IotcAkiea, from tho Committee on
nom!na.ions reported the names Of jacob Iodlor
and Dr.. Jared Basectt ~ candtdasca for Alder
moD "a gent!omon Of high integrity and b,ist-
aud Dr. Dassott Democrat.
The following resolution accompanied tho re-
port:
Reso'ptd. That The citizens Of tho .in.h Ward, II.
tnaton afs. Jacob Icidlc1 and Or. JARED llaxet ~
their candidates for Aldermen, aud We hereby piedHo
nnrtelYct, one to h9 otleI. p bind ~ our Personal
election.
Addresses were malo by Mcaers. Van OedeI,
Moore. and others, IN favor Of Tho gentlemen,
as mon in whom implicit confilencn could bo
rinccd, and who were juet euch men wcre
necessary n tho present state Of cur atraisened
financial Affairs.
Tho report Tas accepted and the resolution
unanimolH!y adopted.
Mr.. Loveloy stated that ho had waited or tue
candidates, who were reluctant about sorvlug,
but were induced 70 alluw then names to bo
used. hut would not plcdgo themselyos to any
political organization.
AID. WQOpMAH
boing called. said that ho approved tho nom
inhtlonR, but said that thero never Was moro
honoHt Council than tic proseut ono. Thore
seemed 70 10 deaif0 for now deal, and tlo
sixteen who voted for now election for Mayor
would bo left out OF tho no1t Council, while tho
twonty.one who voted for sustaining tho Mayor
ia of1co would DO returned. Tic Eleventh
and Thirteenth Wards lad voted for change,
| nud 1t was the sarno IN the Ninth, Perhaps it
| t,&Sk
bo chosen would find 1t very unpleasant. anl the
position would take grens deal Of thcir time.
They would bo misrepresentod, as tho present
Council lad been, through the preHs. They Ind
to lhe Board Of paba orEns. lth wnich t tbe
Council had really nothing TO do. sud in reulity
| had given it but S22, 900 for nine months, Of
| CO.., ,0tD for tho year. This Doari's monoy was
mostly. raiael from tho watos.rcceipts which II
oxpendod. THE Tn1nuak and Times wero de-
termiued there Rhcu!d bs q new deal. 1t might
| he fot tho best. The Common Council YVES q
| r,lucs ln which much was to bo learned. and It
would tako several yoars to become familiar with
| the routine. They had received unjust censuro
| to a great extent. It was ssuo tAzcs wero llgh,
| aud that there was no money in the Treasury,
but 1t ~ag because people didn't pay tlelr taxes.
Whifc ha believed Colvin ought to have ro-
signed: 10 would aay that s. $. Aayes was first
euss. sasd eS % 4lsro sss sas a. 9 sas anpaa iF
taxes. He raw no other Tccourac than to die
Charge our ro!ico and iiromen. aud put ont tl'e
city gas. A largo amount OF these certificates
worp coming duo III ehort time. and there was
NO money to pay even tho school teachcrH. Yet
tho Board OF Public Work lot a6o, ,ooo contract
tho other day for which certificates hnl 10 be
this matter. Ho then attacked the Board
for tho number Of dead.beats It kept On
ita payroll. expcndtng e1G,0u0 for Halaric5
monthly, almost usoleneIy, md merely giving
kx, 1<fr IA