, 1877-02-06
SECOND WARD REPUBLICANS.


The regular scmt-month1y meeting Of tho
Second Ward Republican t!lub was held last
night at No. 513 State street. Mr. II. ". Jnek-
som presided and sir. Phillips performed clerical
duty. The attendance WAS large.
Mr.. ". r. Page, of The Special Committee, ro-
ported revised constitution anil bylaws which,
after some sllght amendments, were adopted.
Mr. Page,. Of tho Com,nlttce appointed to
dent, presented the following:
At no period during tho existence Of tho Second
Re,nss ns9SSa ss i; pos. r. dqsqg ts
aa naseas', ssse. I'D mansias! oalss: q psoat
5 das ae so xsSe y
g o. ossttssor ,hese polit!sas sdsensose.. sad +
eiaess uorefa@sd Ra' the s sseond 'a0" @afa ae St
sthes Ksnabeaa, s.,.,ast G'ss; Of our ,sity aaa
see 4sion has n Seen aeeonphed aEey
BY The aid or ours and siuiila. oreanIzs,ions "a
think no reputable citizen can deny. No large
suidins iix mind W must a1l aeiao~eass tSat H.
e: nd os s
whn has guided a,td directed it, work With tho
eonfaae ana spirit q m upright citizen and
' Essotr<d. That ihe members OF tho Second wurd
Republican cIb tender tsetr m ''sartfe,t @ thanks to
LUG DQtb93Nk lEGBtSIlL+ Att Ia Cil1kut I1{ luz
ability, honesty, and imparttallty displayed By
him 10 presiding Officer. and for hts adslt1 IN the
pesfo,nianea Of the arduous dulles that dovo'ycd
Tbs ~ stsong sss psossst * iio;rss" Eay, %ho
while entertaining the greatest respect Tor tho
late President, objected to tho sweeping charac-
The iist 81 officers Of tho Club waa then COM
plctcd, as follows:
nrestdeat1-H. ". jackson.
Bonn, i. L. stsskei, u: Il. rase. - '''''S' ''S''
aT;srt.sry-MW; T;ss:srsy11W. G 1. fss,,lltR.' snltRB'
NJ: sssost e. t.Se 2ad; ,'a g. Gies.s G ss1a I:
". il. Turner, Charles Thomas. b.. T. Waterman.
~ F4a"Ss fy,snm G@ts-M M;asoi T. xaFwo g. T. uos-
Nfnj. Wakeman offered tho following:
WMEnEAs. There cxist4 certain body Of men
known ~ tho Hoard Of Commissioners Of Cook
County who haye tho control ut large amounts ut
q s s5 q Tss s a.asses sS e
CITY Of Chicago and tho County OF Cook largely Do
Of the people 10 guard md protect thsr intstc.ts
and to promote tho htgl1est and best good: and.
u a' aatsa
have squanderea md diahoncstly appropriated tho
puhlie fund.- md hass ,sorfaptiy Sa9asd together
| Ward Republican Club Of the CITY of Chicago, arc
waich }ha Ioatd may b. cgi.aed out IL IL fa oxi.t.
ence. aud tho county and city thus relieved from
tho gresp O. ling. tha oppre':ion of which in only
sy fhs St t.
ms4ioners Ayars aud Fitzgerald are entitled to The
~ R e nj
far AZ they could, tho o,nsu!nmattc0 Of tho Donrd
dishonest and fraudulent seaen,es to got tho publlt
money.
p Mr. Gleason thought tho names given In The
resolutions should be stricken out. It was un
like this. Mr. Holden, wien hu !lrst went intc
tho Doard, was great teformcr, but now 10 Il
one Of tho chief engineers Of tho Hing. The,
did not know but what Mr.. Fitzgerald und hil
supporters might follow in hta footstcps.
rs M q eaS as
bo surprised II tho Commissioners culoCtzed Il
the resolution Were actuated by purely stlhsl
considerations. BY md by they would visit I'll,
homes Of tho colorcd men and kiss the ehfllreE
In tue hope Of haY'ng tho support Of their pa1
cnts IN their capdsdacy for higher offices thai
they now held.
On motion tho last resolution was stricken
out and the other passed. -
Pr: siulth entefed a!.e an earnest protest at TIL
| The meeting then adjourned.
THE cttlcA 90 UNION VETERAN CLUE
met In Koom II Pacific Hotel last night, Dr.
Koch In tho CHAIR. Tho resignation Of ten
Mart1n Dcerl as President Of theClub was &C
ccpted. Capt. Jacobs, fEoul the Committee o1
Selection Vt Rooms, reported no progress, ant
asked shat tho Club Designate the uasufe Of tht
| rOOIa3 demanded by tho necessities o{ thu Club
| 4lAl. ltoblnson moved that rcoHl4 bo aclectcd
At q rental Of from $l1 to Is per month. Car
The option OF moro when tho dnancea will pet
| init. Adjourned till Wednesday tho l4tt,