, 1879-08-06
LOCAL POLITICS.


held at The Grand pacIlc DAY before yesterday
was tic outgtowth OF desire on tho part Of the
better elsmcnts In tho party-prc.cmincntly
tue businessmen, who have no la11kerings or
no consuming desires for p!nccs Of honor, trust,
md oInolun,cnt-to improve upon, purify, nna
refurm Republican politics ID Cook County.
Although! 1t was n secret EatllcrtnE, TIE Tnln-
uHE was enabled to ]ay before Its readers yes
tcriay pretty much all that was said or
done. Thu attendance would have bcon
larger hut for tho fact that scycsa!
OF those who tuu been Invited, and who havo
cxprosscd themselves ns heartily III sympathy
with tte move, wcro prevented ny nnsis'ess ct,-
Gagcu,ents from putting IN al, appearance A.
adoption OF n uIAn for reorganIztnE tho Re!lllb.
l|can party in conk t:otlnty, the tat,etas sono-
how or Other did not yet down to actual l'iet-
uess though the discussion was bc1i:lcsas III the
1nittrd and wllcro improvements wcso pos-
nipp, II une idea 6tooa out cear-
cr than another, It was that thu
dignity an'l character Of l., n's h., party
II, 10 Wit: tie Cook County Ceutrat Cumm!G-
tcr, he plnlc up Ut better nntuEiBl ttlun that
which has lucu nllowtd to compose It inr too
long pa8t. Tin situation wRs thoroughly c"n~
ynsscl, at,dt although tho ais ras fH1l of sltg-
gcslious nothing was done except tn adjourn
uuttl o'clock Monday afternoon, when sunle
vi tho suggestions will probably crystallzo into
aci1on. -.,
very outset, nv II were, OF the pnrty's reVtvnl.
tlat ali ia not rs slnt,ut Us It might b. between
the collsstng sta.csnn It Is sllrc~tly suf',ltsed
in SOME quarters that ilte motion to adjourn
OF iecllug Ut nlarna that so!no of thc talk.
| willis It was ycsv gond wouldn't 90 down With
| the Republican Senator who IL slpts05ea To run
tl.!nEs In this ssect!on OF tl!c stutc. III other
~ L. n 1Ith
mover tbat his ctstcf would smilo upon thss talk
abput scutilug tlu "blt,nniers" to tho rcar,
ntul iIcncu tl1u motion 10. adjourn and let Hi
thing 10 oysr until Mnnday, bv which ttmo co.'.
aforesaid ch!cf, approving or rcproy.
@s 's, aa ~; ,sxxa xssF''fs h .s ssf coass ss
marking tut iha Iluo OF duty to b. fo!inwe.l III
that 4 tlsst meeting waa hardly cxprctcA to dtl
muci Is one of tllu reasons glvun fur thu nd
iourn:nout OF tho caucus until uext wcuk.
b,xyEENy!1 wANn.
The Sixteenth Ward Republican Club held a
taeetn ;a.t eyeS IT. ~ S9sar T. q ,E",r
Ihu Cnnirtuan submitted thu following iettel
whlcl hy t.ati rtcuycu from tile Secretary Of ths
Fourteenth Ward Republican Club:
ny order Of the Foastoo"lh Waed narublear
ela ID 20" eo.opssato viii she othsr Nspucan eiana
III lho city fF tho puFpuse Of duvisai'x nsa',s q!
reforming lk0 party, m0Ie pAsHcu'AFlf ~ " AHt
e1rrdisncY IT clrtaiiing the powers Of lha yat!pn
ErltraI Committees. and tho purifying of TIL
primaries, The principal reforms f1conl'elsdo.
BY our clnb are tAut tho 14ase4 Of ntlmar!es aaa1
b. appo!nsea by tho Ward clu6s III coa
) tho Judges OF primarios shall :, 10
! under Any circumstances bo eliothl
!, | to sGrYo ~ delegates at nAy convention, and
| shuu1d their names appear Oh my ttsxes Yotof a
any ptlulusy, such nans9 shall not bt cnnNteH, tu
slal. no thrown out; that the tcsot VOTED At .ptl
u,nttcA be printed plaln white paper Ut unifotl
slxo; that thu unu. snun puwur be Ionc away witt
. For the purposo Of carrying out thcso aal othe
reforms tile Fourteenth Ward Republican Glub ha
| resolved u ctll c9Iyahtlon oE ull tha wat4a |
| thu city, to Cunstst uf live delegates from cac
watd. Ttp,u and place Of holding sasd eonsens!o
! 10 bs deCldcA huyuAlt9E: Your CLUB IL horaby In
: yIled 10 c0.0pstate In thls movement
! Tho letter Was received and placcd on Ole.
Oh motion, the following committee 0G fl
: was appointed 10 act "a delegates Ut the col
q youtlu,, spoken vi In tho icttcr; Lo nru,
q Rhodes, Lengachcr, kne!l, aud Aeakngs.
Y 4 COMMITTEES IRON tiie Fourteenth Ward VI,
i present to learn wheu 1t would he most co
. Yenieut 10 havo convention for thu 4boY
:. liat,ieu uurpoae,
. Thu Chairlnan thought the Fourteenth War
t. | who had takun thu Initiative IN the matte
U should designate tic l,ie.
i IN tuotlou. II WAS decala4 "tlqtat II the aen