, 1879-03-04
Tho Way They Played 1t on the
"Times."
A Pleasant Joke Of the Board OF
Trado Boys.
Tho Young Men Of the North Side Pre-.
pairing for Action.
Meetings in the First, Second
and Eleventh Wards.


dtasatib1ed with tic candidacy OF
A. N. Wright. who was not. in
their eyes, thc fitting man for The
lap as an opposition candidate for the position;
aid that this agreement had been arrived at at
a dinner nnrty held Saturday, at which ttme
800 ass.a.s. $500. n ..,,as. t;.s.rs 11,,trhin.
son, Charley Pope, A. L. Burt, Reed' Davis, and
Whitney. This publication undoubtedly caused
some surpriso to Mr.. Dun,an wheo ho euw these
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oi1lss upon bin, an', also So to Mr : wf'els, who
had counted the gentlemen mentioned above,
or The majority Of them, among bis armest and
stronpest friends. 13ut both pf them will cease
10 be- surpr.ed when thev hear de Exclamation.
ana learn Tint It was simply III.
tic practical joke Oh the part Of
the " boys,"-a putting up OF "stifl, y % Il Ia
salad I, tin ,.r~r.r. - ,ha v,,,rar ~, ~,
1ime'. They had lttlo champaene supper
Saturday evening, At which they fell 10 DISCUSS
Ing the political situation, and, being all frtcuds
Of Mr.. Wright, most Of them warm supporters
Of him, too, they began congratulat!ng ona an,
otnef on thc 'act elat oil hls fl.als mad hauled
aud tint tile newspapers, with all tt!cir hunting
ard, an searshtnE1 had eesn unable to tnd any man
agalnst him. Finally. one Of them said "Lct us
sec II NO cnnnot play d joke Oh tic 3in,es
mil get them 70 publish the natne Of somebody
% Board OF Trade candidate In opposition TO
atnrnatiyely, and, thinking oycr the list of per
sons who had been named at uue time md at.
other, suggested George L: Dunlap. They gu
thought that would be very funnV-tfat noth~
ulpg Mr.: Dunlap as Board of Trade candidate,
ani 80 Pope and one OF two others went over
TO the Office Of the 1iH1ta, and made solemn
report Of tho proceedings OF the meet
with MF. Wright, they Intended to
put their shoulders to the wheel, and
have MIR. Dunlap nominated In opposition to
him: that they were ready to furnish all thu n-
aencS 3S, h md all he M qy tint as
with 4 flurrah. The Joke was en,iuently sue
ccssful. Nubody over at tie 1snles perceived
tllc absurdity Of the thing: nobody was around
who was aware Of the peculiarly friendly rela-
tions which he sustained to Wright, mud so they
ieIl into tho trap without thu least difficulty.
The gentlemen ,', we're tn, thanked for 1l,r
mud went back to conclude tl,eir
party, waiting with impaticneo for Tho
appearance Of the following mornings papcr
with this exclusive political intelligence,
1t was crowdeo out Eunday, but much to their
delight, appeared yesterday morning, aud was
t!lc subject Of great rsioIcinE among them on
'Changc all day. 1t has sllnkcn their faith IN
tue iu!alibilty Of newspapers and It is doubt-
iul whether they will ever cease to crow over
the way In which they played II Oh thu Times.
It Is surrE.sing thAt nobody on thht paper
should lavo detected tho evident ansurdity Of
tiie proposition. Mr. Dunlap himself would be
The first man 20 Bce it. 1ie Ind ex-
perIcnre Of Office once before for a
few weeks as CITY Marshal, mud would
be ready to admit TINT he left the Office with tar
more pleasure than he took 1t, aud thnt. too.
actlY ia tic direction Of 1nuoiripal admtnstra-