, 1877-10-28

An inspection Of the pay-rolls shows frequent
changes in the natncs and number Of the en-
pIoyes. No doubt those who we're not available
at ward meetings, aud were unfortunate enough
to be possessed Of no, influence among the
."buys,' were summarily dismissed to make
room for those whose ouly qualification consist
Cd in their ability to fix things at the gathering:
Of :Sthe gang.'
L1E1 HAS FREQUENTLY PROTESTED.
that he would srorn to compel the men under
his employ to pay assessments or take part it
political campaigns. 0f course he wouldn't
nevertheless there are thuse Of the clerks Who
say ttev were visited bv committee, aud re-
ouested to come down with 10 per cent OF theii
liari-earued stipcuds, when it Is
understood that they have had to listen
10 Lieb's speeches aud buy beer for
the worthless rabble which congTegate
around the political headquarters in every pre-
cinct OF the city during the excitement OF &
campaign. Bow we'll licb's nenchmen, paid bg
the county, did his political work can be well
understood. when the reader is informed that
OUT OF THE EMrLoYEs OF HIS OFFICE,
he had twenty-five delegates in the industrial
Convention, aud sixteen in the Democratic.
They we're as follows;
Indaft,'ai Conrsntion-Ale1ander Weinberg,
Second Ward; NJ; T. Evans and Timothy Cream,
SaHs shn sad MsdEHfy T. ssx hsSt, R9s5
and John Foley, Tenth; redmond Langan. Etey-
enth; M.A: La Buy, Secretary and - 1'is Mucky-
nuek 1,ren q The pFFty Fns;,.., c. D. c1staea and
and ". +. uartney, Sixteenth: nj @sss1t' J"In
sweeney. Seventeenth; T. B. LYNCH, Il. i'aer, J.
this list n,i.ht be added Albert Mahcr, thc COM
n'ittce Clerk Of the Commissioners.
Dtm9crutic Connenf'on-ucnry Z, Merritt, First;
| !: J: Garfcty Fourth; {. Eaton aud w. Edgar
Fifth: + J. Hickey, Sixth; David Walsh aud
Mag schuler Seventh; Pat Murphy and j. H.
S1fmodyi tfrn hkshth D. A. Slit, Twelfth: H. 4
Fred Freudenbcrg and Gus Busse, Sixteenth; 4.
een,h.
~, DemocTotie Central Committee Charles Eaton,
E!fth Ward; n. y. Ryan, Tenth; Thomas Flood,
Thirteenth; Otto Schifier, Sixteenth.
Certainly very clever amount OF learen
Wfltrewitti to work 9 political convention and
capture delegates. The only query is: Did
did he ''buy 'e1n up" with situations to te paid
By the county. 1t makes very little difference
how he answers, The people will reply to the
conundrun to suit themselves The Tn1BuSE
las established the facs that when the General
says lie runs his Office for the good Of the pub
liz service. aud not Tor political prefermcnt, he
simply utters what he knows to be an. untruth.
L1Eb's MARRIAGE LICENSES.
The falscIiool Of Licb's stories about lis
hiring inen fur their efficiency and not for their
political usefulness is best shown By the dis
Eras cful condition Of the mar-iagc-liccnsc
books. These records, which are Of vital im-
portance,-ot more value IN many respects than
auy Others in the custody vi the CleTk.-are in a
condition which would be disgraceful in the
books OF 4 tcn:h-class groggcry. They are kept
by set Of iliteratc fellows who are upac-
quaintcd with the English language, who can
not read, or write, Or spell. 4 specimen Of the
literary ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of one Of them will
be found in The following letter:
frcsnd lIm. Seipp: would to like to ask Won
Rec0mment My friend Tho. Loeser for the Possis-
ion us Baar Keeper be is worthy Of any Pleas hop
ing You will help him aDd Obiige
Yours P. HAND.
The handwriting Of this communication is
awful aud intlcscrlbabe. 1t was not long ago
that Father Thomns Leydon. pastor OF St. AIMS
Roman Catholic Church down on Wentworth
avenue, took occasion to speak to bis congrcua-
tlon OF the fnghtfuI incapacity OF the persons
who had charge Of the Cook County marriage
licenses. He held up before bis flock q couple
OF them which We're SO badly written thai he
nat oecn unable to dcciphe1 them. and he hafi
gone to the Clerks Office for the purpose Of
hndine out the real names. In mauy cases
names on the licenses arc 1nisspellcd, and in
many more are utterly unrccognizablc, even by
the parties for whom they are Intended. Tn
man who is partly intrusted With this business
Is Peter uand, who was at one time the JaiInr
oi Cook County, who -7as indicted for selling
liquor to prisoners in jail in violation of IaW
anu Tho was also brought before Commissioner
Hoync on charge Of violating the Heyenne
laW bF selling liquor without the necessary