, 1879-03-02
T,OCAL POLITICS.
rha Ticket which the Democrats Are
Thinking Of.
r.neral Endorsement Of 4. NJ.
Wright by the Repub-
1icaDSs
Tho Hyde-Parkers Want q Straight
Ticket-~-The Fiatists.
THE CONTEST.

Ticket-~-The FlatlSts.
TIE CONTEST.
The two great political parties are marshalin:
.n.tr forces for the spring battle, and soon thu
'.saers gill be selected and the fight go bravelJ
80 !. The Republican City Central Comlnitte.
4..,n5ed itwise policy to hold of little lonce,
s.fore fixing the date Of the Convention, and
rms showing their hand to the enemy. The
romrnittee has been called to meet again Tues.
a. March 4, at 8 p. H., at the Grand Pacific
ua,e1 where it is likely the time and place FOL
~, Convention will be fixed
rrhs Democracy have made q move. The
-n.nohers Of the City Committee OF the various
.r,nds have selected long list of persons who
~. N he the Executive Committee which will
..tsna 10 ali the business Of the campaign, and
ths first meeting Of the body will be held Tues
,.r errnine, at the Sherman House, when some
w. ", fnv tonducting the canvass will be decided
~ p1' The officers Of the CITY Central Committee
o ~. to iii the similar positions in this Executive
COMMITTEE
I. 1ery little change to note in the local political
1;.n,t;on since last Sunday. Two or three gen.
,'smen have cndeavored to take leading posi-
t;on IN politics by trottinE out new candidates
for @ The Mayoralty, but they could not stem the
+ide ri nopuiar feeling that has brought the name
ri i. II. Wright to the front With such unpre-
sed,nted uuanlm;ty, and he has the same pros
4srt Of 3 walk-away for the Republican no1nina-
4;on and tor election by the people at the polls
~ h. had some time ago. This feeling Of unan.
iT,;tr smoug the Republicans Is indicated in the
;ndorsemepis % already given by the Ward Clubs,
ths Fist, Second, Tiird, Fourth. Seventh, E!cr-
en;h, TFelfth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth. Six
Il Aaftfh
Wards having adopted resolutions dec!aratory
of M, Wright for Mayor, and it is likely that
crer1 Republican Club in the city will favor his
csnuidacg.
Some weak efforts have been made lately by in
te1ested persons, out Of purely persons! motives,
IL order to further their ends they have sought
to bring forward Aid. Cary. Of the Third Ward,
Int It MRS considered doubtful whether that
gentleman would allow himself to BE- set up as
= candidate in tha: sort Of a way, and perhaps
be compelled to withdraw from the field BY the
strong popular will that brought Nr. Wright
forward as Its choice.
THE DEMOCRATS.
. The situation from the Democratic standpoint
Is shout as follows: They have been beaten
now pretty steadily for several years, and the
leaders are trying to see II they cannot induce
the rank and file to accept good ticket With
which they may have some possible chance of
victory. they have been looking around for
some time to find candidate for Mayor. Mr.
Letter WAS applied to nut positively refused. He
didn't want to III the first place. and in the next
place, Mr.. Field, for business reasons, strenu-
ensly objected. MIR Grann;s. OF Grannls d. Far
we'll, also positively declined, Clinton Briggs
Vas called Oh by committee, to whom be gave
eu equiyOcal answer as to whether he would
be will not. and that he would be defeated it he
did. Carter 3. Harrison has written declining to
run. The problem was to find somebody who,
znile satisfactory to & the boys,' as they arc
allcd, would also stand we'll among the respect
.blc classes. It wouldn't do to put in silk
stocking, for the aforesaid =" BOYS +" would not
stomach him. So the proposition is now, and it
ooks rery much rs if it might be carried ont, to
nominate Col. NJ. C. Stcarns, an old resident,
who stands high. in the community, who
vas an honest member of the first
County Board; hss whq baeinass has ;a. large and
in Bridgeport, where he IS quite popular with the
Healey5 and other leaders down there, and
Who it is believed, would bring ont full party
vote- 1t is proposed to put on the ticket along
With him Adolph schoeninger, the North Side
,sH tor and Nal John
Gen. Duct's stall, for City Clerk.
pitched On anybody vet. They
want to find good lawyer, and.it is rather dif- !
$ft frn ff43% ar hfn1H $tSn
LEADERS vonf ~ mi ~, vha+hor +a,r ~, ~
able ia fonce II through = convention is anntder
1ucstion. Rcneated defeats have. hnxever
,.ugLt the Dcmocrac7 some sense. While Coi' |
,tcarns Is nos candilarc in The sense of hnnt-
nr for the offioe. it is understood that hc vii
ecept the nomination it rendered him, aud that |
provided. ~
The hot contest orcr the c;tv-a ttornevsh;n
TIL continues
The contest for tho f>;+r rra,e,,-oreb;,, IL
rad1ally rett;,,T .arn,ar aS a1act,on"1a,. IEo.rs
ear. West Side Rennhlicans are nrcss.
~ han1 for Coorra Shar,,aad P,e1o
as received strnnc ;ndorse,nen+ frnn' rmu
epubIicans arc 11rt,inr v5oorous1v for tt,o nnIni
alton Of Marcus A. FarweIl and i. r Hall, and
lany active WORKERS think the ticket will be
for A,to-na 80 asor, FL flpMes' 19r hGa
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