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, 1877-10-28

The most contemplate position in which
candidate can place himself is to go about
the streets exhibiting his sore head when he
happens to be defeated for nomination to an
Office. Mr. DAVE HAMMOND is making Just
such m exhibit Of himself. He wanted to
be County Treasurer, and began his can1-
palgn early, worked industriously, md spent
considerable money in manipulating prima-
ries and fixing delegates. But he invested
his greenbacl1s in win. Many Of the men
he bought refused to deliver the votes
contracted for; they took his money,
but declined to vote for him in the Con
vention. This is his story. There are
people Of askeptical turn of mind who do not
believe that Dave spent prodigious amount
OF actual cash, or that lie is ont of pocket
one-teuth part as much rs he would have
people suppose. But whether he squcndered
much or little money on suckers constitutes
no decent reason for the d;sreputable and
nnrnanly course he is now reported to bo
pursuing; his threat OF boiling should be
treated with contempt. What cause has be
for boiling? None whatever: The gentle
man who received the nomination never spent
adime to getit; he fixed no delegates: he
made no bargains, entered into no combina-
tions, made no effort whatever to obtain it.
The nomination wGs rendered to him freely
ard unsolicited on his part, He was non1i-
mated simply because the Convention believed |
him to be the strongest aud most popular |
man they could select. II AIr. HAMMOND is |
sn honorable man he will speedily heal mp
his so:a head, take off mourning, and turn
in and help to ratity the choice Of the Con-
rention. This will be the polite rs we'll as
manly course for him TO pursue By boiting
he will intlict on himself infinitely more
harm than he will on AIr, AIcCrrA.
, 1877-10-28

this time, but it is equally grave tovote half
million of dollars extra to he handled by a
Board Of Commissioners acting under L1EB's
control. The choice between these two evils
must be made by eachtvoter. he must deter
mine whether it is better to vote the money
and take the chances Of having it expended un-
der Boss L1EB's direction, or Of rejecting tho
loan and suspending work on the Court
House until an honest County Government
is elected and secured In either case, the
duty of the voter is clear one, and that is
to vote against L1En. Defcnt him, and there
will be at least beginning made in the way
of honest government, and then tho Board
Of Commissioners, no matter Of whom con-
stituted, will be relieved of his influence and
control.
, 1877-10-28

One of the very limited number of respect
able men placed upon the Democratic ticket
Mr.. Apo1pH ScHoESNoEn--has declined to
DO candidate for County Commissioner
He does not relish the association with "the
gang" aud refuses to be used rs one of
LHp's tools. The filling Of tho vacancy de-
Folves upon DAVE TuoRNros's County Com
mittee, composed in most pnrt of saloon-
keepers, bummers, aud L1rB's employees in
the County Clerks Office. The vacancy will
probably be filled by a counterpart Of Tox
Hogan, another Of L1rB's candidates for the
County Board. as is well known, the Ring
need only the election of one man Of their
kind to insure the continuance of their
power. L1EB will be pretty sure to have at
least one of the Democratic candida!es fill
the bill.
, 1877-10-28

| From those whom we know to be of for
eign birth, and from those whose names in
| licate as much, we Judge that American,
! have been excluded altogether from tht
! County Democratic ticket, except for the ju
dicial places, for which the foreign elemen
| on. the Democratic side seemed to furnish nj
available material. This Is a species o1
Know -Nothinglsm rs offensive in every WAX
rs combination OF native Americans will
the purpose Of refusing citizens of foreign
birth all political recognition. An exclusive
alliance of Irish end Germans is LrEn's poll.
cy. It represents his single notion of polit.
lcal SUCCESS, because it was by means of such
an alliance That he was first elected tn of,;ce
1h's was IN 1875, when the foreign clements
were united in opposition to the Sunday and
saloon ordinances. But he ignores the fact that
the conditions Of that campaign were pecn1.
lar. Ihc Germans consented to an unnatu-
ral political affiliation with the Irish, because
taey believed their personal rights were
threatened by fanatics, and conceived TINT it
was only in this way that they could protect
themselves. That al1innce, having accom-
pllshed its specific purpose, resulted so die.
as'foos'7 as to thoroughly disgust all reputa-
ole and responsible citizens of foreign birth
or antecedents; the bankruptcy of the citv
anu tho betrayal of public affairs into thu
control of the hummer classes demonstrated
the folly and danger Of any permanent pol;t-
1cM combination based upon nativity raca ~
class utilization. The Germans csnoc;o1r,
had reason to regret their re1ot;,ne
"4to Tue lr7sh' who showed disposi-
ton to absorb all the Offices. pobb1a
az the emoluments, and bring the alliance
INTO "srepute by tho low character of tho
men with whom the departments were f1,od
II Is doubtful whether even O specific mr.
pose could again have cemented tho T-;r1
and Germans into solid political moyement.
but it is certain that, in the absence of snc,'
purpose, the reputable citizens Of foreipn
birth and extraction will not indorso no, act
with another s'People's party" movement.
Thus LHB has overreachcd himself, The
purpose of excluding Americans has been
made too apparent. It will not command
tho respect and co-operation Of respectable
citizens of foreign extraction, any more
than an attempt to organize a M
nEe American party and exclude all !
foreign citizens would command the respect |
ana cooperation Of thoughtful citizens of
y birth. The principle is all wrong |
IN both cases. It means discrimination and
oppression either to crafty low prejudices or
10 seize the spoils. In the present case. it is
lue spoas tnat Boss L1EB, his man LYNCH,
~ anu tne remainder Of the foreign Know
Noln'ngs are eoseting. It is a desperate
e1ort to appeal to class and nativity birotrv
:, u otoer to resist the popular demand for
ne smashing Of the County Ring. The
and specnlators have cnunted viii.
, 1877-10-28

struction. To- make religion rule OF con-
duct requires dogmatic and spiritual re-
construction. However practical the one
may be or difficult the other, they must be
met by the lenders Of the Church if they e1-
pect to arrest backslidcrs and convert the
working classes. The character of the Church
is none the less sacred, its aims are none tho
less exalted, because the problem is not met :;
but, If these agencies are not utilized, that
growth which an good men desire and pray
for cannot be exnected
, 1877-10-28

it will continue to be m important agency of
the Ring in the perpetuation Of their power
from year to year. L1EB cites, in extenuation
Of the e1orbitantcost Of running the Office, that
he has been compelled to submit largely to
the dictation Of the Board this is u confess
sion that be will continue to do so if re-
elected. What the public needs: however, is
the substitution Of man who will not sub
nit to such dictation, but manage the Office
in n business-like way, and expose and
oppose the operations of the Ring at every
mint
, 1877-10-28

Is it not about time for American wome, j..
enter practical protest against the practice ~ ~
calling themselves pet names? The evil h,s ~ ~
tended through eli classes OF society, till va -.
In momentary expectation 0: seeing some ~,
plfeer rise and speak OF ABE's wife. s,nr
Inc hoelty OF EE1nlE, or the difference !.
tween the sisters MoLL1E aud MArr1r. n.
woman with weak1ing name can attain tn ~"
emlnence in any worthy pursuit. Could NJ.
w., rlL.AEp command respect it she we're called
fASf or what would the public think Of N.
p'cA1SsoS l. or Miss ANTHONY if they urot-
their names Mamie and SUSIE. 1''s
, 1877-10-28

| Inc ollce"seckers among the 1ndustrials Wit
negotiated the corrupt bargain with L1EB aui
LYNCH, When they found themselves dIddIee
aud ba1nbooz1ed, set up fierce howl OF foul play
Punlc 1aith, as well they might at such an c1hi
! biton OF treachery. But there we're other hearts
which had j right to grieye at the treatment
they had received. We copy passage from
the literal report Of the Industrial Central
Committee meeting last Thursday evening,
called to mourn, czecrate, aud purge their
ticket:
Ms KEnSs remarked that they were burning to
es'antisa their prlnclple5,-to etand independent
OF alI parties.
Mr. WAnAfSaros asked 31r. KEnSs to point out
sing'n M Republican on the ticket; The nominees
were all Democrats. II there had been fairness it
would not have peen so ouc-sided.
Mr.. LAttEF said the Workingmcn's Industrial
nafif was composed Of Democrats. and that fact
Couldn't De got around The rank and Gle were in
thcr ranks, md the Democrats couldn't help them
se.sea, sae Men were not nominated because they
we're d Democrats: Each one stood on his own ner-
it,. The Republicans should bring all the strength
they could to the ticket.
Mr. Dixon understood now just how mnch Dem
nesat'c "orklnsmen loved their Republican fe1-
The notorious fact is that three-fourths Of
those acting in good faith with the 1ndustrials
have been Republicans aud never we're Demo-
Gratis. The noisy, brassy, grab-all fellows are
the Democrats, full of otlice-seekins and inso-
lencc, like the chap LAHEY. We cannot con-
cclEe how any man who ever had d drop Of
Republican blood in his veins can act with q set
OF men who snub and insult Republicans, and
use the Industrial organization for the benefit
Of such Democrats rs L1EB and LYNCH. They !
are in pretty poor company; and if they have !
even the spirit Of mice they will back square out
IF IT,
, 1877-10-28

4 divine, representing himself to be the Rs,
MAkTfS' preached sermon in New Yor. >.
Gently in which be characterized the neus,,ns.
as tue American Bible" and then went ros =.
aud the style OF news it presents. ave rad H. r.
newspaper" said he. "about man in f,1,na.
County who has succeeded in raising sona.h
that weighs fifty pounds. What of ita W..
do we care about fifty-pound squashcs! Thrn.
are greater things in this world than eren s IT,,
pound squashes!' That's so, but it will he
SAD day Tor the memory OF the Rev. M.n7v~
when the American public loses its interest !,
6quasl1es. wv ~
, 1877-10-28

St. Louis man has managed to fire him
self into the courts with n singular reyela-
that village lie was in the employ Of firm
of wholesale c:otl.iers, aud one morning WIS
accused Of having robbed The concern of
$1o.noo Locked mp and refused all CON-
1nnnication with friends, he finally con-
fesscd. and turned over tie amount in bonds
These he seeks TO recover on the ground of
innocence. asking, bctlmes, $50, 900 DAM
ages. The singular part of the case lies in
the fact that IN innocent st. Louis dry-eoods
clerk had $4,000 in bonds.
, 1877-10-28

Among tie other commendable actions
taken b7 The National Von1an's Christian
Temperance Union Convention, which closed
It's :eooss yesterday, WIS q thrilling dcnun-
cation OF tho American flag for unfolding
ass elones over the iniquitous rumsel1er,
&c delegates had been wearing rosettes OF
RED, white. mud blue, but Mrs. Lar1rop If
'neh'san, polnted ont tho inpropr;ety of
%eafans the colors of flag under whose
'olas the nquor-dealer finds protection. and
ion her motion gold and white were seyec,e,3
'as representing hucs to which the bpdra dc
penser eau present no claims.
, 1877-10-28

Ihe greatest danger that threatens Cook
County ct the coming local election is froud
at the Votngg-placcs~ The reputab]e classes
IN Chicago hare been cheated of their RIGHTS
IN this manner on at least two previous oc-
cas1ons The gang which made up L1EB,s
two onrentons-Industrial and Democratic
-:nc1uded all the practiced repeaters aud ex-
perts at ballot~boz stufins that are to be
found in this community. The County Ring
have the appointment Of the election judges
aud clerks The ballot-bo1es, before and
after election, are in charge Of the gang that
run L1EB's Office The appliances are all at
hand, and the repeatezs and ba1lot~box stuf-
, 1877-10-28

Even If LIENS management Of the County
Clerks office had been satisfactory tn thu
people, instead of being e1travag CANT, waste
tpl' and scandalous, the public interest de-
mands change. The term is four years.
which is equivalent to two terms Of most of
the county and city Offices. The office is
intimately connected with the County Board,
and change Of hands is essential to the
smashing Of the Ring that have obtained
control Of that Board So long us it may be
used Tor political hange1g-on and dead.beats.
, 1877-10-28

A strong pressure is brought to bear on
The Secretary Of the Treasury against chang
ing the Post Office front and locating it on
Clark street, instead of Dearborn street as
contemplated Several prominent citizons
have signed E vigorous remonstrance setting
forth the title By prescription Of Dearborn
strect to the contested front, and demanding
recognition Of their rights. Il all sides are
accommodated in this scramble, the build
ing will closely resemble the Irishman's
hospital,-ss the back fronting this way, yer
Honor. md the front on the back"
, 1877-10-28
4 terrible picture Of woe in the once beautiful

Atcrriblc picture Of woo in the once beautiful
"'ale OF Roses" near Shpka Pass, is painted
by correspondent Of the London Times:
An the way from shipka to Teni saghra, at
which place We took the rail. the air is polluted
with the remains Of the killed The bodies Of
men. women, and children arc to be met with in
all stages Of decomposition at tho roadsides, in
the cofn-helds and gardens, TN the banks of
streams and IN the beds OF riyulcts. Some hun
dreds were choking the shallow river within a
quarter Of a mile from where we campcd at Teni
Sachra DcsolatoD and ruin appeared along the
whole way. The remains Of formerly prosperous
Villages. which it was impossible to pitch tent
even near, rinpine mountain streams in which
our horses refused to drink, the bowling of wolves
around us at night, brought down from the
mountains earlier than usual by the horEid fcaats
preparcd for them tthc largest / have ever seen
lay dead, evidently recently shot, hy the side Of
TIE roat) not far from Yeni saghra, anu, worse,
me occasional ehriess from hnn,an bcings, lol-
lowed b5 solitary rifle reporta which maize one
shnader more than the damp night a1r,-aIl these
s1eh1a anu sounds went to form one great horrible
phantasnlago.ia. which none of us are likely to
1--we ions enough to scmcr,"cr without pain.
, 1877-10-28

We are greatly gratiGcd to observe TINT ~,
Ne" 1ofk Gun is becoming confirmed in il,
Communtstic tendencies. For second tmr
C1lzcn JoHS sw1SToS has been leading Citizcn
ecnwAD's rabblc to disorder Whenever the
Communists of Sew York rise in their 1nie,t
We trust that Citizen sw1Srox wifi content hin'
sen with executing as hostages Cardinal ,rc.
CLosAEf, ChicfJustice DAILY, and few clerrr.
men and policemen, and not insist on dcc1mat.
1ns the editorial staffs Of the New York na,crs
which, as rule, do not take kindly to his Com.
munls.ic preachincs.
, 1877-10-28

ers are all on the side of the L1ED-LYScH
combination It is only by the most
comprehensive preparations and the most
active vigilance that this danger can be
guarded against; the Republican managers
and the citizens should organize similar
system to that which was adopted ut the
local elections two years ago. We believe
the people are sufficiently in earnest to vote
down the County Ring and their agents /;
they must not be swindled out Of their efforts
after making them.
, 1877-10-28

When Mr.. McCREA heard the ridicnlon4
stories OF ''buyiDg and selling,' which were ~
distressing to Mr.. HAMMOND, he yery frankly
and enphatical1y exonerated him. He DECLARED
that there had been no understanding, bargain.
or arrangement between them; that for him.
self, he did not spend nickel against Mr.. H.y.
AoSD or any other man to obtain the nonn,.
tion Tor County Treasurer; that he bought m
delegates vote, tried to influence nobofr's
vote, and used no effort whatever to obtain tte
nomination.. It came to him unsolicited.
, 1877-10-28

see these gravel walkss' was his ncxt ones,...
replied that did Then why dou,t yon W..
thcm!' I don't know what put it into ~ ~
head !said sfr. Co1], but answered oo ~ ~
instant. Il don't know, s!r, but guess It :. ~
cause there is more grass than gravel whs., ;
came from.'" From his late knocI,,lovn ~ =, !
eandldature for the SpcaScrship there seem, - -
De more gravel where he is now than tbe,e ~ -.
grass anywhere ' =
, 1877-10-28

a New York Coroner recently found the
corpse OF young aud handsome woman with
its throat cut, q couple Of bulet-holes in its
breast, and caved-in skull. He held an IN
gust On it as the body Of IN unknown man Of
u who had died OF pulmonary phthis!s, and
the jury rendered q verdict in accordance with
the acts as related By him. Next dav the hus-
band proposed to dashinS widow for whom be
had bng entertained q passion, and the Coro-
ner lifted mortgage On his house.
, 1877-10-28

The change OF administration Of the City Gov-
ernmcnt BY which the CoLv1:. gang we're routed
out has saved the taxpayers Mt less than one
million OF dollars per anDum. The County
Government expenses will be cut down in equal
proportion if the Republican ticket is elected.
This is morally certain But let the L1EB gang
retain control and there will be no roform and
no rctrepchment.
, 1877-10-28

To the other questions which have been
submitted to Ton I1Scu-LmD's candidnte
for County Treasurer-may he added the fol-
iovi,g: Did lie or did he not contribute Il
large SUI, say 5000 or thereabouts, to
help dcfcat LIZ AIoYSE when the latter was
Democratic candidate for Congress in the
Eorti, DiyiSio.l9
, 1877-10-28

i nan who l.ns IN Office for two years and
administers it economically aud faithfully
nsy have SONG claim to reelection; but this
:ertninly does not apply to man who has
acla en otfce for four years and administered
t e@t,nvognntly and scandazously- It is the
after condition that describes L1EB's claim
% reelection,
, 1877-10-28

Mr. sAAsET Cox is around telling good
stores about himself. ''When was fresh
man at Brown University" he says, II went to
coile&e o;1e morning in hurry and made bee
inc across the grass from the gate to the en-
trance to my room. {You know how the gravel
Walk winds about through the front campusN
Wen, was about halfway across when I no
tlced DF. WAYLASD's tall form coming out of
TIC chapel In q minute be was beckoniug to
nc IN hls stately way Then made u bee-line
Tor him. My son, where did you come from.,
1 answered that came from Ohio, .Don,t von
, 1877-10-28

Among decent people there is general feel
ing of regret that the four darling ducks. Nc
CAFFREY, HOLDEN, CARROLL, aad SCHMIDT,
were not rcnominated By the Democratic Con-
Tcntion. The universal desire upon the part OF
honest people was to give them such testi-
monial at the polls as they would feel proud OF
all the remainder Of their days.
, 1877-10-28

Il ,:ust haye been III aIIectation of virtue
sl.ie3, led q crowd of sa]oon-kcepers and
L1EE's bunmcrs TO exclude ore poor devil
from their committee who happened TO be
], jail few months for burglary. It is a
ease of unfair discrimination; and the ex-
:;uded hummer should refuse to aid his
s:uc1i-np associates in the usual work Of re-
pcatiuc and bal:ot-hox stuf6ng.
, 1877-10-28

The wild whooo of the coming commentator
On the various 'plasms re-echocs through Ilorti-
cultural Hall, Boston, where 30 babies arc cor1-
petiug for variety OF prizes valued IA the
a@crceate at $1,000. Boston papers arc in.;ined
to think That all hands are likely to take prizes
Tor lack OF size and want OF lustiness, bu; in in
tclligence they consider the infants far in ad-
vance Of some OF the old settlers.
, 1877-10-28

With view to the education Of the Govern
ment in statecraft, the New York Tribune sur
gests:
It miehtbc well 10. the Cabinet to follow the H.
cens examine OF the House OF Representatives and
adjourn occasionally to assist at q horse-race NJ
some kindred form Of stimulating and hazarfou.
amusement, for the purpose Of gathering funded
experience 9 m exclusively worldly nature Fa-
miliarity wit, the elements Of moral science Ia
hardly an ADEQUATE equipment for q game Of biug
with pennsylvania politicians when foreign mis-
sion is the stake NA1"
, 1877-10-28

NAsr's thumb is In condition to rotate md
ne comes to the surfact with an Illustration Of
the millennium representing the tiger anl tho
lamb lying down together. At first the lamb
does not show up plaihy, but card on tho
breast Of the Democratic ;iger bears the legend,
'For the Republican lamb,inquirc within" anil
a degree Of plethoric solidiy about the ribs Of
the carniyora indicates tho fste OF the sheep.
, 1877-10-28

SAMMf Cox, talking about s'Gov.r HATES
after, on the 1lta Of March, addressing him as
"MF. Presidentu and ttPresident United
States" is an amoosin spectacle. It is true that
When sAM'ir Cox recognized the President he
wanted favor; but on the whole his condu"+ is
such as to authorize us to describe him as the
Nan Tith-ihe-Iron- Check.
, 1877-10-28

S1TrtsG-RC1.L's reputation Us Diplomat.
achieved By his direct method OF cousiening the
late Commission = to the Deyil," suffers some.
what in the light Of tho complications with
which he has managed to surround himself. lie
refused to surrender to the United States au-
thoritics, anil now lie is warned by the Dominion
Government that If he crosses the border 1v;tb
warlikc intent, he will be souudly whalcd bv
the British soldiers. This puts Bull in n fir
He dare not chirp in Canada, and he can't cross
iato the only country in which be is sure of suc-
cess in fight. Verify BULL has been yoked tn
misfortune.
, 1877-10-28

CALcRAFr, the e1-l,angman, is preparing an
autobiography. 1t is said to be book OF sngu-
lar fascination, full OF moose; the interest is
always maintained and never allowed to drop;
and the reader will be sure to hang over it with
ecstasy.
, 1877-10-28

Four years are plenty long enough for anY
man to hold the Office OF County Clerk, with its
vast patronage. Eight years are altogether too
mauY Let us have i change. Things have rot
to running even worse than they did towards
the end Of Sheriff AGsEw's term. The Demo
Gratis felt constrained to rotate AoSEw and
nominate new man, and the change has been
Immensely for the better. Why did they not
rotate L1EB, and nominate new man with 4
clean recorae Why did They allow him to pack
convention on them with his clerks and
hcnchmcn! It is the duty OF decent Democrats
to scratch bis name off their tickets, as bis con-
tinuance in Office will be Of no benefit or honor
to them. He is 4 bad ccg.
, 1877-10-28

LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, No. . n A. M.-Ta1l, 7s
NonTac.* *t.-Src!al Convncaon Monday evening. Oct.
~ 7:3o o'clock for work the u. Degree. Visitors
=
, 1877-10-28

The Democratic Convention might have done
better than nominate for County Commissioner
an old political ward hack like CAssELMsS, who
is forever running for Office. Nhr hoe sise bun
rest! r.
, 1877-10-28

oue o1 the Partisan newspapers has invented
a nc" and ingenious method Of advertising it.
sclt. 1t prints in its dramatic column i fac
s'nl'c ot tirkct OF admission to one OF the
theatres, with the notification underneath that
II the reader will cut out the tirkct and
present il at the o"x-oflicc he will obtain scat
On payment Of q ccrtoin sum from :,5 to so Der
cent less than the ordinary prize OF admission,
In tins manptr The paper, the theatre aud the
reader are all benefited; the paper gets good
advertisement, so does the theatre, which also
attracts lot OF neS visitors, and tho reader
saves the difference between the amount of the
reduction and the cost OF tho paper. The iuca
Is good ono, and ono that some American
managers who are casting about for 4 graceful
way Of coming down FROM ante-war prices might
adopt with profit.
, 1877-10-28

The result Of the great race at baltimore on
Wednesday last will undoubtedly be to quicken
the grcenback movement in Kentucky. People
who bettcd on Ten Brock will clamor for moro
mDney.