, 1877-11-03
MINOR MEETINGS.

Tho Republicans uf the Secnnd Ward held
meeting ut Bennett Medical College Hall. No.
511 Stuto street, last eycnng. Gcorge ". 8pof-
ford, canlljuta for County Commissioner, lnado
sensible speech, IN tho culir4e Of which he
showed his hearers the ucccsalty Of plagtng men
In tho County Donrd who would snnsll thu Ring,
which everybody knew existed. lie would not
dcul in personalities, lie sastl, but the members
Of tic Ting wcro quite we'll known 10 every In
tc1ljEcnt man, atl the cotcrte OF otflctholdefs
who now control tl,e county nnancea sought
10 pcrpetuate their hoaA upon the pat
ronage they uscl TOR thelr own purposes.
Mr. spo!rorl also demonstrated the necessity ol
ptaciug loans among tic People, and In proof Of
tho fnet that there was plenty Of money held
by thcn refarred to the amount-e0 0N,0 ,0O0-
that hati been ptarata III Tho savings bAnkB. iio
would Issue registered bonds, say Of $500 cacl.,
bcartng fair ur current rate Of Interest, anl
p1avu them among tlie people hero At home, and
they should be limited so that ru oye Should
have Wosp than OTIS In lis possession q tla'v.
10 tat spectators mud e1pitaf!sts could nut hny
them up. They would BIZ absolutely safe, ard
pruyu good investment nh1 secure u0p0stt-
orv for thu lt,onoy placed In them. Throughout
Ills a.ltlress, anss At lts conclusion, the speaker
SIi1lcop ". 'king. Esq,, also addressed Tho
Mtcctitlg on the Importance Of the election anu
ltHEs8 u ttlU Cl414l44kG9f HkAGE WulSA MI Hus
journ,ent was had.
FOURTH WARD.
Tha Republicans OF the Fourth Ward falllcIt
n iorts lasl 'l.glt ut clcqens sa!non, CORNER of
Thfrty.uinth street and Cottage 0ruvc avenue.
AID. Stownrt occupied the cfnir.
Tile Hon. s. II. MvCscn sail lio supposed II
was nruper t!at tho voters should scv the
candidates. As Intelligent srau. he Hoped
IL reality tt,cre werc only two H. tho
ifeld. Thrre were soma sidc.ahows,
l.ut these would be wiped out betoro eIerlIon-
lay Gndo1ntea!y tbs Rppu1San t,'. tlsSst Of
eccd in elrrttnE tilcr caudltlatea lor County
Commissioners. they would next gu un and tako
IN the City Oovernn.ent: Lleb was making d
very heavy lIg4t oil Klokke, and would stra.ll
every nerve to beat lin. L'eb hui! on hls pay.
roll some :'jo men, when seyenty.,lye could d.
the work. II tlte King s,ccees'cd, Chicago
wuuld. III all probabtlty, Institute ring as basl
az TINT w,,icl, disgraccd New York.
.laics, and consiu'lea win tho DECLARATION lhas
" electrA l.e would administer the affairs uf thu
uillre In ali economical mud cil'cient nnauusr.
The f.u.nbard Gleo Grub gayu tatnpagu sunv,
with ti's Inevitable "oE1 Shady ~ ~ encorc.
hal for twelve, years been an ulllc!cnt publ:
tSsrvrnt; e. 4.s;.rs s1a NJ 'f5s'1ts p o. sAyys. W..
was Mo eol.tpasison whatever between aiestry.
Knlckerl.Hksr aud llanes. The tlr.t named
had prAct!red sauny years au tho County Court,
| the otl"r baud, Mr. IlaIpes wAa Young aslu Ut
| tcrly tnext,erirnt ct. Against Mr. klnkke no
man roulsi say 4 word, an! Messrs: flaurhctt
ana Stephens had shown thelr patriotism OH tho
battlefield. Mr.. Altert U. Lane iIah servetl
the ptopie bsiure IN thu N,sttou TO wllicl. l1a
nnw a4pired, and although by the failure Of q
bank be lost much money, the county did not
lose gent. Applause.
the Fourth Ward VI What the City Council Ind
done to reators ths eitf's credit, 1n,patlel and
almost ruined by Dcsnoc1attc n!srulc. Much
ot This es..no,ny aud reform was due to The ef-
forts nj Mr.. McCsea. A. to tbs County Con.-
mtssloners, tue tnost tnpottsnt u tue cault-
DATES Oh tile ticket. he hal July to asx ll.p
xoigrs ta slo9,e Y, between such .nen as spolt"rd.
| Uurllns, and Meyers, ani such, On the Other
polustion Of the ring witch lind a,rcady atolcn
Tic lion. John Wentworth was received. With
| tnuct app!ause. lie sail ll,at 1t restc.l with
Republicans to prove themselves equal to the
prrschl emcSgencv-tltc question uf honest Eoy-
esnment nDw on trial. lie denounced the
| OrccuOack party tu very strong language. and
reached stli tho tinanecs ot the country PLACED
ou Aonest basls by the efforts OF the iscpubslcan
| party.
"a. Pierce and scvcral other speakers nale
addresses. aid tho meeting adjourned.
| The residents uf thc uolthcru portion Of the
sa1ur wnrt uiet u thu curncF ol T,scns}.ssyentl
| street aud Cul,ugr tlFuve syenuc, Sir. Peter
Vol presiding. Mr. Z, II. ll4rris reviewed the
claims ol the candidates Ut soulu leuKtt, alll
spoke OF the untitncss Ut lteb for tue rcspopsl'
tte utre 10 whi1h lie sought reelection. sir.
r. u. Dodge also Suuke briefly.
The Huu y. IL. McCsca, III short aud very
telling speech, showed hu~ the contest Ivy ls.'
tween honesty anil surapacltY. II the Republic
| eau tlrket were ehosen the sitizcns VI Cuuk
County might depend upon M Aui,tst admluts-
sEa.lul ~ their 4H4rs during the uexl four
Years, whiic iu such surety existed IN rasc tut
DelupeFpcy lriumplcI. Tie great hyns woull os
Tn County Co!n1n,esiuncrs, luE they hal the
spending of tho peoples money. A1cssrs.
Wheeler, Burltng. Meyers, Boese, and sisonurl
| We're all well-kuuwu citizens, gou4 business
uagu. un1 abuve rcptoash,
AE. I. J. Y. kIolke pIo.ni.ed tt4t u clerlcd