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thank you, gcnttcmcn, for you attention. ZAP
plausc.
Speeches were madc by other gentlemen.
Aftcr enitc a number had volunteered to act as
ttcket.redAcrs to. day. The meeting adjourned.


AA0A VAANO 4sA4.Aks
The Renuhlleana OF North Chicago held their last
grand rally Of this campaign last evening At l'rnnds
Hail. corner Of Eric and North Clark attcctA.
The meeting was called 10 order BY Nj. William
Woke. and Mt. Ahncr Scranton was elected Chair.
man. 3tr. Scranton, on assuming tho cha'r. said
ho hoped tho people would be succeasfal and elect
for city officers tho best men presented. who could
be trusted 10 conduct tho affairs Of the city honcst'
~ and efficiently.
III. Elliott Anthony was introduced AZ the 1rst
speaker lie raid Inc time had passed for elaborate
tpccches. II rccmcd 10 him that by TINT tlmc
thcYu was not single e.ttzcn Who did not know
the results Of good and economical
City Administration. tho Republican party
Ind nlwnys tried so administer tho City Govern
n,ent N economically N posalble. They knew In
what condition Mayor Heath found the Affairs OF
tho city when ha naaumcd control. lIe tnangursted
grand inquest Al once. Tnerc war corruption In
oil branches, and no money wherewith to pay The
city employees. Not hank wonld 1oan any money
undcr the condition tho city WAS then In. Tbs
Council at once ret to work reducing tho expenses
IN al the departments. Then the Mayor took Il 10
h!s head that NC should not 60 on with new Inss
rtovcments. lie cvcn discharged The Commission
c.s OF tho Hoard Of Public Works. finding that VIC
could got along without them. Hundreds Of employees
were discharged because their services were not
needed ncfose three mnnths Of Mayor Heath's
aans snooshef tnan @ s i cset had s,eiore. we bai
provision In tho city charter that II city oaicor
expended funds Tor which there wa4 no aprropria:
Tim, or mtsapp1icd funds. he should b fined and
removed from office. Now, the very Democrats
who wtrn howllnR because thn streets were not
clean wonld have been the dtst ones TO 20 bcfofo
tha Grand Jury and have Mayor Heath indicted m.
der this law. There was no money Appropriated
ric Was able 10 ny from personal experience That
Mayor ~ Mr. Heath. liz explained tho Hickey
matter and showed that Mayor. Iie.th could not
have acted othrrwlsc than he DID, Had he listened
IL the charges Of Mcdonald Tfu1c d Co, gambling
could never have been suppressed. The Mayor
cnn1u TO nothing, however, without tho AID OF guph
Aldermen. They had nom!nhtedtn the Eighteenth
Ward Af Scranton. -as good man aa could poseis
i Mr.. Scranton waa elected hc would reject cred.
1t upon the ward and perform his dnttes honestly
and faithfully, and aaStst In reducing the taxes.
TnB HON. WILLIAM r0CKH
was next Introduced. The problem Of governing
great cities, he said, was ono which yet remained
nnao1sfd. All kinds Of experiments had been
tried, hut most OF them hal failed. They had
come to conhldct tho best mcans OF governing the
City Of Chicago for tho next two years. Mayor
Heath had htcn tried and dono we'll, and thero was
ctery rchson why ho should again bs tntrns,el
wcre that he would bo t!iumphAntty elected. lie
then said few good words for th- Republican can.
didate Of tho Eighteenth Ward. Mr.. AbncF scfnn'
ton. In regard 10 tho Town ticket he hoped the
people would choose the btat mca from the various
ii. u. Tnthill candidate for City Attorney, spoke
next, and was followed by Mr.. Caspar 1futz. cAn-
1fdate for City Clerk. At tho conclusion Of bis
rcmatks an ADJOURNMENT waH had.