, 1877-02-12

very lAIge-hized BuaG, WHICH may prove dan-
gcrous to them. At meeting Of tic City
Executive Committee OH Saturday, AIr. ONA-
HAN moved tho adoption Of tile following
resolutions concerning tho County Ring:
WnEnEAs, 4 I'LL IL now pending before the Gen.
csal Assembly proridinF for a reorganization by
means Of new e1cetlcn Of the Door.l Of County
Commissioners Of Cook County: and
WnEnKAs. Tho c1sstlng Board Of County Com
BY reason OF tho wcl1-toundci belief In the public
mind that tho county institutions are run in tho
tntcrestot closo ring OF unstfupuous contractors
anl that . majority Of tic Board arc In col1usIon
with those parties for the purpose Of personal
gain. nnd thnt nil important contracts let by satd
Hoard arc farmcd ont In total disregard Of public
Interests; therefore, he It
Rttofe<d, THAT tho Democratic City Executive
Committee heartily recommend the passage by tho
Legislature Of tho proposed bttl for tho reogan!za-
tfon Of said Board rs demanded by the best intor.
ests OF the City OF Chicago and County of Cook,
and by the almost unanimous desEc of tho citizens
md Taxpayers.
So fur from thore being m immediate and
unanimous disposition to subscribe to these
resolutions, thoy encountered good deal Of
opposition. A motion to lny thcm on tho
table, and thus get, rid Of tlaen, altogcther,
waa lost by only threo votes, and finn!ly they
wero referred to committee without action,
and this may 10 tho last that will ever DO
heard Of thom.
Tho situation is certainly very omba1rass-
ing for Tho Democrats. Tho great majority
OF the present County Doarl arc Democrats,
aud were elected by Democratic votes. II
the Democracy should take official action in
dorsing the proposition TO legis1ate them ont
OF oflieo On account Of their corruption, It
would not merely DO confession that tho
Democratic purity Of Cook County had eelect-
ed batl men to represent them in Office, but
1t would also be to court the ill.will Of Tie
fellows thus deposed, and theIr numerous
following among the hummer classes As
the hummer clasRos furnish material part
Of the Democratic votes in Cook County, the
party managers oro ayorse to giving
thcm otfonse. This Is ono horn Of tue
dilemma The other Is, that the County
Doazd, being notoriously corrupt, is con-
demuod by all taxpayers, both Democratic
mud Republican, and there Is universal de-
nand for complete reorganization, which
can only DO accomplished by mems Of tho
bill now before tho Legislature. Tho Demo-
cratic managers cannot roject or condemn
this proposition without encountering the
opposition OF Taxpayers and decent citizens
Of all parties. It was this dizagrecabla alter
native which induced the Democratic uan-
agers 10 postpone final action Oh Mr..
OsAnANs resolution, but, now that thu SUBJ
jcct has bceu broached, tho public will anx-
iously wait to 500 wlat position the Demo-
cratic party OF Cook County will take with
regard to It. It will not do to dodge the
tissue.
4 variety Of objections were made to the
resolutions, merely TO gain time, hut one
gentleman opposed Senator Rop1ssoH' 3 bill for
clean sweep in the Board, and the election
Of fifteen new Commissioners on q general
ticket, because he thought such course
would throw the entiro Doarl into the
hands Of the Republicans. This
same gentleman was Of the opinion that
everybody il convinced Of tue rascality OF
the Board, but WIS not'willing on that NC
count 70 sacrifice any party advantages.
We don't know how 10 arrived at tha con.
clusion that tho Republicans will elect tho
entire Board In case OF new election on a
general ticket, unless 1t WAS through lbs
consciousness that tho Democrats have for.
feited their c1aims for local government.
Only little oyer three months ago, at tho
general election, tue Democrats carried this
county by :,403, that being tho majority
which TnDEs received over IlAxEa.. The
Democrats ought not to fear contest, then,
II they will nominate men Win can rf,r,