, 1879-03-27
l}EDFORD---LEMONT.
Interviews on tho Subject with Alder
men and Aldermaric Can
didates.
sslth Hard, m Exception, They Ire orpossd 10
Change at rrtstnt.


TRIBUNE, IA likcly to mfucarry, ns It lid laAt
year, unless something unlocked for occl,rs,
tluec ouly ono or two Al.ler,nea cnn bo found
VIII, arc III fayor Of as,nultiug the prcsont City
tlals contracts ,unl substituting Watkor's stono
for t;etif0rtl rh,to wsU can be counted I'll aa
s,trely orpnscd to thc chnpgct including tho
nnrs whose election Is considered certain, arc
thu following: ballard, Phelps, Clark, 0fauns,
Mallory, 1hruop, Swift, Everett, Rawleirh,
Knopf Tholnr,sun, and Wlldo. A reporter
luok advantage Ut thu Council meeting last
hight to gather
THE VIEWS or TIE not.n.ovKRs
on The subject, uthl learned wl,ut fotows:
AID. Tu!ry-1 ANNOUNCED when tho arpronrta-
ttun was .,.ao for this year tlat was opposed
lo my interference With the present building.
Aid. Culcr,otl-You emit interview the Until
after thu election.
AID. smyth-lt wol,ld cost something TO tear
howp n,nt cost something mora tn build up. I
ain not In favor Of tie eI'ange, from the H.
formation now have.
AID. Eisxncr-l can't tell whnt wilt do.
Thought 1t WAS wrung tU use Bedford btonc.
duil't want u say ANYTHING nov.
a.,l nut uuaer lha control uf my ring.
Aid. .lonas-1 beltuye III lettinH tho City-llal
alune Us 1uhg Ms 1t ID cotnlnenced. don't like
| lhe stone, bit asn not III tuYor Ut tearing 1t
down.
Aid. Turncr-As long as tip, work has pro-
rcodcd 80 tar don't be!!eyc II tcnr!ngtt down
anl putting up u t11oro expensive etrlIct,ire No
oue il authorized to nay, mn now In favor Of
1rIl,ust stot,r, tllouGl. did at first favor It be-
cause thought tllu TWO buildings should be Of
| uHu material; hut tidu't cure wl,nt stone WAS
used, so long rs tic coior was allko. l an In
! M0 ring.
aid. McCafrrcy-I am opposed 10 any change
| Whatever. was not fn fuYor 0f Deuford. but,
now tltat The city tas invested 50 much nonc5,
/ eay let them 20 ahead. n,lu lee the teaponsl-
bllity rest on ths gentleman who ia!heretl ts
| 1U, But think Ernlfte Instead OF h1ue Bed
forsi ought to be used for the columns and p!-
lAsters. ..-.... .....
Sons TO vote for change at MI expense Of s290,-
uo or seoo, ,ooo. Ny t5etcssnee would bo .,; l.;
he n.a'le for s1ooooo would v9to for !, as I
having the. buildings uniform, The bedford
stone now set could bo used in il.c rotun1a.
AID. Luwlcr-l am In favor OF the change ut
hsa s @ 0e eots mt ses ans s1
shown. Tie contractors arc not living up to
their contract: They arc Eoft to have tho etono
cut at Helior,l II tley, do tlcy will break tls
Aid. AirNurucs-it thu expense wasn't 80
grcat would yutu for tl.c change. 1 know of
liz sei,eInc to annul The contracts.
A!d. 5anders-I don't know, ANYTHING about
It. lun. dumb on the subject. bslt don't want
to een the city throw away Sl00.000 to get new
stone. Tile stone should be cut in chicago. As
to the building, lot the responsibility rest on she
fellows who put IT up.
TIE CANDIDATES.
The reporter lad seen In ttn afternoon sfr.
Currall, one OF FnrWe1l'6 clerkat who Ia running
for Alderman In tv Sixth Ward. lie said no
one was authorized to put Ills narne down os
ssS; Y i saas ssna be es y s Tse Or Hs s'' IL
had only seen Walker once In his life, aud
i.u1n't spoken to Mr. rarwell IN fyo ycara. =.
Geu. Cletiuin, who VAS also interviewed, said
he hatln't thought Of the matter, but as ut prus.
mt advised he would not ba In favor Of q
change. II elected, hc would look into thu sub
1ect, and do what he considered for tho best
:15 Mr. e. ". BarIafat. rot. Republican candidate for
Alderman iu the Eighth Ward, stated, In re.
isase Ssa svsn s ts s"Ssrt s ss ssoae nc
fully taken up with other matters: II sent 70
tho Council, however, lle shoud give It careful
consideration wf'cn 1t came tp aud net In tho
interest Of economy IL public expenditures AID
Mr.. ". q. Mccormick, Democratic candidate
fus Alderman frum tile Eighteenth, san ha
hadu't Thought Of TIT mnttcs Us yet, hl.t when 1t
@ on tss Subject 10 ali it, Lsarings, in % n,i net lust Is
lle would II he wcro building huuav Ut bis
own. In other words, ha should uet for uhat
seemed tD him to he the best Interests, eycsy
why considered, OF tho city, and no honest man,
! tlu Addcd, would act otherwise.
All Of tllcsu men with whom the reporter
talked wcrc satl by "knowsng oncs" to fayur
tho change, but II can be seen TINT the assertion
wns untrue as to ulnlUsr every one. Tho major
ity ure o1ltspokcn IN oppusltlop, but tho ttnfd
ones nru not Vi sufficient number to do any
harm should they really desire To sue tue change
nude.
!. Ills candidates not seen wero those Of tho
. Socialist purity, Dixon, Of the First, Jones, ot
the Nilltli, uild Perry, of tho Ninth. wlso wcrc
listed anung the friends Of Walker. But sh0ut.l
all vi them b0 elected aud really undcr control
Ut the ring which IL considered doubtful those
| who would vote to upsUt all tliut haa bcon done
as,d begin 0Ycr agRin. would be poW essess to ~
colnptsh tllcir purpose.
Ar tn Walker himself, he saye he would oi
course like to furnish tic st0nu, but ho doesn't
SEQ how ho ran work 1t in. ..
lliu impression yesterday was that there was
nothing In thu alleged scllcmc, though thoso
who ciAn,c.t to be posted adhered to thcir be.
lrT III It's oxstcnco, Mnd aald that tinlu would
Bhuw whether they vera right or not
pLUMP DENIAL.
10 the Editor al TIT Tribune.
CHICAGO, March 2B-l notice your issue Of
March rs llas placed my namu IT elected to tho
poa[tton OF Alderman fram the Twelfth Ward
among several others who arc ru,nored to have
| r.1r1,.n 10 ffnH Sf1