, 1877-11-02

was better than white man. Wasn't T. strange
that he hail bccpnc such Epot1 Democrat.
[Lnughter.j Some said klokke hadn't power
tnouRI, to heat Licb, Before ho was elected.
his Randolph street .stnn.y. tLaurhtcr. 1t
was als, said that klokke was not poruia: among
the Germans. The speaker ,lenlc.l It. He was
! not popu'ar among ihuse who foafetl around
with hls family instead Of IN their company.
Arp1ansc y change was necessary, not unly
in ihe County Clerks ot'lrc, hut iu Tie Boar. ut
Cun,nlissoncrst IN ot,lcr to break tho back Of
the "Rlns." tArnlauso:l
then addressed the meeting. He sa!t! It WAS
recognized by MI that The cunning election was a
very flnnortant one. bnt there WINS more At
stake STAKE than prople GENERALLY realtzea; ona
complete the Cotrt-Ifou.c.. II the Ring wcrc
to rrt,,ain III rowct It would he nnwtse to vote
"yea": but II live hnnest Commissioners were
to hn elected 10 thought Al, atlfrrnatiyc vote
wonli he right. because The completion Of the
hntLfnF would give employment to men who
ncedn. 1letten referred l., Jack Stephens, 'the
one.lcr0ed so's'ier,n anying be Was competent
applau.c1 ami upright, and Ju.t such nlaa
was ncc,lr.l ~ Clerk Of the Criminal Court, for
a hal nan there cond manipulate turtcs anil
defeat the rn.lA III Justice. Thcrc shoni, he no
hesitation betwcan Lich and Klokkc. The
for'ner was not as honest ~ his frtends sup
posed, kokkc would never employ clerks wlo
could scarcely write their names. VI men WIN
would draw a day and divide It Will, him.
Leh's office a. now run was political machine,
anil he hat! given Il out that no onc cutss,l haTe
position there unless he had "inllue,lcr.'t In
courlusio, Mr. Hancl,ctt sAl.l II c were elected
Clerk ot the Probate Court lie would manage
the affairs of the oflfcc on business principles.
Applause.
NH. nERRixo
adycrtc,1 to the nomination OF soldiers by Demo
yrats-tlcn. Lteh, Tor iustanre. Had not tho
Republicans put "t}oys In Blue" or their
were just a. gsxsl soldiers as Licb. All tho IT.
Republican party, and they Wo1llL tlo 50 this
time. [.Applnust.f The Democratic party would
lc buried next Tuesday. ant after that there
wuu',! he an honest Republican county admin.
Albert Bocsc, candLfatc for County Commits
fioncr, also slMkc. lie hal never been tefore
the public until this tn,c, an'l II elected would
DO all tn hs power to eradicate The "Rlng."
was tile next speaker. liz said he had pledged
htmsraf, when he asked for the sulTraGcs oi tho
people two years aGu, TINT lie would Do ntl he
sg!, sS,,iA y battle that corrupt County BosGl.
knew. H. regretted TINT he lad had to light
singlc-hantlcd. II ho had had the corporation
of i fattilfui energetic Clerk, tnany nli.l many
stcal might l,nve been prevented. All were In
trrcstcl III etNNl government, AMI It was for the
people to say whether or not there were tU be
Two years more seiEn Of that Board, II AtcCrea
hnd Ktokke were In Office. hc could ace wheru
thousands Of do'nrs could he savc.l. That
Hnari hnd embarrassed him when he first took
charge, OF bis ..i1icr. The law unfortunately
gave them far too much power; but when the
law was not sufficient. like tlcyil.GslI, their
arms reached ali over that building, nhll they
he do things which were illegal. lie had resist
cd their repeated attempts 10 enlarge thu county
debt. lAppIause.j Wien Lirb w4s elected liu
proposed to run The County Clerks Office for
sear n,.n,s a axs @ @oey In t"S years
gets ~ for f"nr years more. the speaker dA
not know what the annual cxpci,se would
bc. Lieb WIS the tlrst one who signed tho
warrants, anu II he had helped him, (iluck)
Sums OH fraudulent contrscts couA bare
bern prevented i.cb was certainly friend OF
thu Hing. Mr. lIuck anDea'etl to thusv present
to 60 thelr whole duty ruestlay. Appausc.]
Republican uarty ila,i alwass been the friend uf
the work!ngmei,, and lie sai.l they we're very
foolish II they supported the candidates ol the
Democratic purity, which had not been their
friend. tApplausc,
III response to calls,
MR.. \. c. HEs1NO -..-.
then made few remarks. After referring to
the htness OF The Republican candidates, lie
struck Ills tarorltc theu,e-" bis former tren.,,
Ltcb." aud showed hin, up thoroughly. ile
atvcrtcu 10 Lttb's attcmpt 10 get the utIlce uf
Clerk fur ti5.nn, ,-saylng he won!d rim It fur
that: yct the expenses had increased evcrr year.
and the cost Wa now over $lULuU. lie had
bought two or three conventions, aud lts ex.
ucnacs wers great, dclcKates ct,stiu2 So auti
SaI apiece. The clerks he employed could not
absorb all the tnuney taken IN. The ttst pub
lsstcd tn TuE THiBrSE showed about 10
tierutans 1nd 1jU Irish. SIany OF them cnilld
neither rea nor write, and were utterly uscless,
hut were kept to lo political dirty work. Quo
man. Just from Eltropc, wus given position,
yet those who were citizens Of the county cuilll
get nothing FROM f.fcl,. l'etrr Hand, who had
charge of tue n!arriagelIrense hook. though a
,barkeeper, ronll mt spell tar. lio had M
assistant ut SIN day tn carry the book 10 him lu
tho morning. aud a,lutllcr ut the sumo pay IL
carry It bark Ut night, Aitrr Peter had been
srribbtng unlntclliglbtc stusf on tue pages.
Hall VI tho clerks wcre unnecessary. Mir. C. Is.
FarwGlf had offered tn taxa tAe u1f!cc and give
bonds Of 45UO, ,tal for tue faithful performance
OF his ,lnties, and not Hsk the tuunty cent fur
expenses, and get make 41D, ,tkU ycar out o! 1t.
When k1okkt rot IT,, lie would find much crock.
eGness III the iH,oks. Mr. ucsing predicted that
the Republicans would carry the county by at
leaxt 5,ttU.
After few words hy Mason D. Loosnts in ref
ercncs 10 tin necessity fur clearing ont the cur
riptton In The Cuunty Building, Thu meeting ad-
t0HTuct.