, 1877-11-25

| A1ARS ~ LIZ CHAiIAAS.
| Another caucus has been held, aud the qucs
tion Of the Chairmauship"of the next Eoart
may low be said to Lc settled beyond any dis
pute. 1t was stated yesterday that there l'at
| been caucus, but it was not until Yesterday
! morning that tue reporter could get ut wla'
| transpired. He was saunterittr 1cisurcly along
! State street hungry tor news. wien lic was
hailed by an old friend with "Gool morning
! what's the ncws}" Tie reporter had no news,
OF course. He took cigar with his friend, amt
| both were soon Seated in the Palmer talklns
about bank failures and things In the course
of conversation, the friend advertcd to the
County Board. and mentioned that . caucIs
OF the Republican members had been held the
dAy before, and that one uf the attendants had
told kim all about it. This was cheering to the
reporter and the pump was applied At oIlre IT
did not take llim louS to ascertain all that hau
taken place, aud, iuas1nuch as it is news, it Is
given.
The caucus was held Friday afternoon in the
Morrison Building, corner Of Madison
and Clark streets, and its Object was
to settle the dispute about the Char
nlauship of the Board. There were present
Messrs Ayars: B1esel Wheeler, ssnne. Meysr ;na;
become seated than tile curtains were drawn
and the doors locked. Thu object of
the meeting was at once brought up, and
the whole situation was canvassed In the midst
reporter might be lurking In the halls, nlcm-
ber proposed that vote be taken for Chairman
which resulted: AyarS :, Senuc =, tue Candl-
dates, OF course, not SotinS: Mr.. Iayars ';as
declared the Republican caEdidate. aud, mas
uiuel as the Republicans have eight votes, q
nomination is equivalent to an election; espcci-
i:ly is it in the Of Ay3rs, Tor he is under
stood to have several Democrats III the Board
pledged to vote for him.
AS soon as Ayars had been selected as the
frfntu f,i41l ctr
]ected to i rigid cross-cxamination, which was
deemed necessary in the face OF the reports that
he had made some pledges to the " Kingsters,"
in the event Of Ills election. Tic came out flat
said that in the appointment OF tic committees
he would bc governed exclusively by the will OF
the Republicans, and Furthermore pledged that
when lie had made up the list hc would submit
it to another ea,icus for revision and correction.
This appeared to satisfy those present, where
upon lis caurus-clection was made unanimous,
and all shook hands and smoked the pipe Of
peace. Nothing further WAS u0ue, and it Is
highly probube that nothing will be for several
days, or at least until Mr.. Tabor is able to he
around, who assured several members Of the
caucus several days ago that he would CO.
operate with the majority Of the Republicans in
the organization.
The reporters informant expressed himself
as soiuewilat surprised at the result Of the eau.
cus, for Ec llau becn Informed that i majority Ol
tine new members woulti support Sennt; hut he
accounted Tor his defeat Oh the ground that he
absolutely refused to make any pledges vi any
kind, and for the further reason that he had re-
fused to accept more than $50 per diem, anu
the members were fearful that as Chairman Of
tie Board he would refuse to sign tieirwsrrants
for grcater amount than he himself was re-
cci;ing lie thought the per diem matter, how
ever. had been tho most putent influence against
Sennc, for he had sounded n.cst Of the new
members OH the subject, aud they had hootcd
at the idea Of accepting less than IS per day for
services as county Legislators.