, 1877-02-06

to those whose special qualifications best ht |
them for tho places 70 which they are chosen. II
Is the desire of sensltle Americans aud 1ermans
To elect as Aldermen men HhO are competent To
deal with tile grave financial problems which arc
al present confronting the clty men whose etlc-
tcsa in the management Of their own pirate
st1alss has been sus a. 81 r. oo1a warrant tnc
The affairs ot tho municipality. Neither tho
Gcr1nan nor tho American j. IN favor Of picking
up q sa1oon.keepcr. or q blacksmith, or ahys.
questions that require tne thouehtful eousfdera.
ton OF nancsers. II the Offices arc to be Oiled
on this issue Of nationality, both Germans aitd
AlnerEcAns arc In favor Of hllLHg them IN pro
race contributes, not IN proportion to It's herd
Of yoting catslc, or TO lts array Of paupers. II,
this basis. tho Irish slow that they have a.
large number Of taxpaycra ~ tho Amerlcans,
Ia that thcr want TO ovcrstep that limit. They
want 10 count In not merely their taxpaycrss
but tho motley hor1cs who come troopfng up
ts
un. They want to claim representation for tic
gang aud rabble, who car1tcd the last sprlnE
election. But neither tho Germans moi. tho
Americans arc inclined to believe TINT the inli-
vitiunls who stuffed the balloteboxes on account
of their lore fur 0lccson, Phillips, and EraEa
arc entitled to rcnrcsentatEon Of any kind.
The serious feature about tho altlcle Ia the
t!tsterH Catholic IL, that 1t tsn
Botp DECLARATION
Of what has long bosn private article Of Irish
faith: that IL, that thcy haze majority III Chi
cago, and are lords paramount Of tho city.
evsrythns how WE tiey as tro@ Of ea te mask u % Se
they eousilcr useless, and arc proc1aimtnG their
Intentions on thu luusetops. And when ono
considers tho political situation Of tha city anl
county, there arc actually many things Which
justify thcna IN this BELIEF. LOOK over the
long list Of officers, from the head Of tho
county ticket down to tho foot, and
You WI ind It inl!, d!spfoportlonately full,
.. h a e by o qsor
meat Of last spring. Out OF ts forty members
s!xtscn 9s seventeen were lrtsh: The then
Mayor. ~. Coly1n, Was ~ American by oiItb,
Sas NJ I'ii% IL To- ans t6o s ne "" who OF IT,
banks Of tho L!frey Or tl,e poyne could haro
ncch more 70 the taste o. the isasnnlen Mho
laas year, coupled with tho election 81 Ill en-.
t'rr1Y pew Counc11s h"ep. tlas sct
out. o. cxtete4cc' ING CountY noasu
AoWcTef. chan0cs ns mcmocfs mgfc Slowly.
thirt! oclng elected txSh ycar;;' LOOK ior mo
incnt g. tllas moat intlaentia! anu most 9aeon-
tsol!nb!c body IL lla!no!e, seven OF sts Attcsn
meua1ers are if1st ana taoso stsel contrc! tie
Hoard. lheeo Connt9 Gommlss1onefsaips ~
Themselves ar1 Of ltts va,ue tor tho pay ,s
purely nominal: nut, oh INC ottcf hane, ,1 1ho
patronage eot1tfolict i8 oycfHnelmihR. lll1S
Irish eletncnt In tho County Board makes appro-
psaions o. Gses ~ H. yeor. tnsnn. .e
!ai,, ~ n1sp,a suu a. ~ !. lo1ouSei a,s pI.s
;sc: l1sh ad l,is tso9tp.s 1. to Do
pers, Il y III thts !netrest way that tho Irish
Na1'ona'ts1s o. eh'eako Asso
coSTxoLtEp TIE DssTia1Es
Of tho county to a degree far In cxccss Of what
tter taxpaylug, Or their voting strength, even,
has authorized, Look orer fho llst OF county
contractors, and you will ilud that the carpen-
ter.work ts lons BY tho freshman Sexton. thc
plumbing By tic lrshman Hogan, tao drawing
painting BY tue 1rishu,an Nelson. tho furnishing
Of meat BY tho 1IahlMan O'Dunncl!, tho fuEntsA-
Ing OF milk 6J tho lrtshman LEVINE Aas m
ousify alea OUT amoag tio Amet1sahs
moslanes3 american contractors, American
assAtcetst Noho1y oo5eetA 70 ~ hogan
necauss DC ~ l'saap ,aa oni 1ete ctaso ~,
County Board solely hccauso he ID IN lrlsf, M
tions!tst, VINO hss patfiotlsm enough 70 make
bills 80 per cent n e1cs:s Q! those which are
made y pefso.s no. iMlhtnl 10 asMa e., Nat'onal
!sn,. rug Americans ana defd,aha ao not want
word wcro an 1tIahmsa awarded : con.
tFact simply because no Nas soea WofAMans
1ut tney 20 o0lcct Haen wore III HSeh to poor
mGn. simply because ihoY ,ss shase J., tug opinions
in Dub!tn., ..-.....
Tho lrsshmen q chicago are apparently pretty
Wcll represented ~ the otate Leglslatusc. thcy
have scnator, and they hayc numerous Repre.
scntailvcs. A year ago they hsa the Ctty
Treasurer. a year aEo thoy had the s!crl1;
aud Ml1ile the uynaaty which 1an THO County
building hns been turned out, number Of thu
deputies who l!cla o!aca under Agnew have
clunK to their p'ares, and tue Nationallsts, who
hnA an organ ~ tue ltes'ern tataotte. cannot
complain that they lack representatives afquhd
| tho eonrts.' There IL at tlls moment an Irish
Enthe's seprsssns!nx onc u the Eohxsesst9nA
Districts Of Coax County 10 the House ol hop-
rcsensatfvcs: ThcEe ts at thls moment ~ Irish
Catholic acting as Clctk Ut THO Recorders Court.
For ycafs tho police forec Of Chicago has beot,
chiefly composed Of lsishtAsn. Fos Some cause
or another, Americans have been
ugAn1g 70 osr pLAcEs
there, tho chief reason probably belng that most
Ct theaDntmsnts ~ we,e n13S or Hs.%9ns s1 ,
controlled hy Irish Natiuuallsts, 1t Was ouly
natural that tho police forcc should bo made up
Hmrrtrans have read from tiuc to time Of
factfon.fchts In Belfast. and OF broken hcails