, 1877-11-04

TIE STATES ATTORNEY.


THE REPUBLICANS or THE TRSTu WARD
met at No. a56 West Lake street last evening"
The attendance was large, and the meeting the
most enthusiastic Of the campaign u. T..
White was in the chair, and Il. D. Jennings
acted as Secretary.
The first Speaker was State's-Attorney Mills
who was introduced with three cheers, which
werc yociferously given. He spoke OF the
mission and influence OF the Republican party
and said it had it's basis in ideas, among which
was the graud idea that all men are equal.
tApplause, The party mad cernentcd TIT
Uuion, and to-day was the party called upon
meet the question OF reform in the men
in office. fApplause.I The emergency that had
brought the party together still existed, and thc
real lssue- Was honesty a4:a'nst dtsnouesta'
;AppIause. The recuru OF tue Two ptftes' he
salu, was familiar to ali, but in the present can
vass the people were to select oct"een inen
III. Republican party had nominated the very
best men, and nothing could bc saul a@aitist any
uu,,tJl them, MIR. MvCrea was purely repreoeut'
al,ye mana man vi business, honor, au! lnte1
r1ty. Aguust hn Was LylIeh VIII sltllptF iep-
resented body o1 desperate meh-ihcu Muo
Knew not the meaning oi the wO1u relorfn lhc
ptV,,le were TO cnouac between ti4eiil, anu he
iiuu no doubt oi What the c"o4ee woulu oe' 1Ae
ul.ser candiuates ut the party were equally 1lc1
ltorluus, hc said, but from anlou5 tuel' !!
,,,. would single Jack Stephens aud Seth f.
ual,cliclt rs especially worthy ol being fc"a'u-
I'd. Iucv llad gouc 10 the War, had lost c:itn Il
llu1b in uctcnsc Vi the country anu the patty
:.t.d they si1ould be supported to niasi, not
simply because they had tccu to tile iront: put
ue.ause tuey were deserving. honest, elae1eht
men. .. ~
lie then reviewed the fact OF the existence o1
liking" in county affairs and argued tnat tse
sel-salIc Ring hao nominated Inc oppoaulo3'i, -
LrNrt. Though the lneillucrs ol tnc 1d1=
.lad not been eoiivi~tcd BY 4 Jury, lew "e.hs
.yo, the rin.s,crs stood CONVICTED bciore tue
ycotlc fAppiause.t The uuIy ol tue people
was to crush this Rug" ,1o,.;raic aad .1c
done Iya = thun ra at thc polls Tuysuay. Tue moral
example OF crushing tue Ring - would scuu !
turi!l over the counlrv as was uohe "Hcfl
Tweed, the great Democratic EE!t. WAS clottea
VITA the stripes he 81 richly uesel'eu. !a??,
plausc.t We mlgut not bc aulc to - STRIPE
any o. our kingsters, but we could give taeh
LIZ stamp OF public COnutIl !atiOnl "Aleh IL "as
The duty u every one to ass.st III. nc &C.
t4ou oI the Republican ticket would oc inc tsl~
,upn OF honesty over dishonesty, ami lie pre-
,Iictyd that on TUESDAY the county woulu take
Il position Oh tue question whlsn wo1ld pc
looked up to BY the country at large. At tAe
unuI1,siu1I Of his remarks he was glve!l thfec
uurc hearty cheers, :" hleh amounted 10 u pef-
lcct ovation.
4 convert from the Democratic party, was tue
urxt speaker Lie salI ne had Ie-utne disgust
ru with the party of hs ho7hoou, anu h'u
,.,j,,cu the Re Juulican party to escape assocla-
l1vu with the 1iuse-s1,ashers, ear-clewcrs'
.ovcrs, aud gamblers: lie WAS in favor Ut tnc
cIcrtlon ot tic entire Republican ticket, BECAUSE
Ac believed the canuluatcs unexceptlohaDle,
,nl trat q NECESSITY existed for ct.augt i'll the
management o1 county a1lairs. His remarks
w,.rr rcce,yeI wltn tine greatest enthusiasm.
The other speakers Wire the lion. JoAn Went
wortu, ". L. Underwood, Col. j. II. Roberts,
+. i;urliu., cx-A4d Gunue1son, aud Col. ]. ".
Bennett.