, 1879-01-07
appeared to be In perfect coincidence With those
of every othrr person present. 1t WAS PICKED
co.erte, OF tfnrulnr uniformity Of oplnion.

N usar AZ could b. gathered bs 4 distnterestcd
listener, waSsome:htng like tho following: Too
mem Of the Board. Thy argued that there
WAS 4 yearly increase Of expenso 10 the me1n-
befa and corresponding decrrasc OF accommo-
dattons. There was also = howl about the th'nty
they appeared generally satisfied that he Vas
good man for ths place, md they had nothing
10 particular against hsH', hut they Thought bo
waa making too much money out of the 1nstttti-
Hoard oi Trade, so,ool IRON the National
Bonsd, with tho time TO 10 ulls
work taken from the local establishment,
and most likely pegisss amounting tsx , sqs a
plenty OF goosI ablc men who would be glad to
acrcpt Mr. Ranfloloh's position ata salary OF
5000 per annum, fnsteAd OF fJ0,o0o, ~ the
latter doubtless reeelSed, and 10 me work 1nst
preston that the asaessments and expcnsea Of
Inc members should be reduced ~ : matter OF
Justice 10 them, and for the good Of the organ
izattoD.
OF the more prudent unes did not appear to
relish being made public, At present At Last.
Ia the matter Of
II seems that there has been for long tfmo
hack q Kick anong many Of tha members about
having to climb 40 high to get into tho grand
trading hall, which It was stated the board paid
20 .nnusl .snt q S2 70 hs re- cRsmoes m ,s o.
ton Q! Mr. Duw ns the Reform" rrestslcnt, II
WIS considered that they had gotten down "one
story" at tcaat- When questioned as to what
was meant BY this, reporter va soti!dentia.y in,
auxurmte i radical change; that perhaps Mt.
Randolph might retail his Present position Tor
soti,s time t0 conc, but eventually, It was hI1.t-
ed, IL was the plan to dissolve the present or
eanzatton Of tho Board, and, With Number Of
men that could bo dcpcuded upon, start another
organization in a new place and under l.cw
charter. 1'hts was what WAS meant bY "con40
down one atofY," and 1t Was stated That psssibly
another building than the Chamber Of Commerce
wnutd tu required bcfote tue future bud come
nlurh ncafer. rhls was at frat thought bv tllc
reporters to be a mild and errattcsenttment. ex-
dressed By ono or tMo irscsponsible parties,
but suudfJ hints and lnnuendocs, as vel! as ,
lew pla!n words which were subsequently let
tall by severn! different otes, see,nrd ~ convey
the impression pretty generally TINT thts little
eensnt1on was mere titan tde runsGr, mud rev.
olutIuu IN the BoAttl may be expected at auy
tins.
the reporter succeeded In detachsng
| non DHucE
from this littlo assembly of choice splrtta and
| tn walking hin over to Il cuTsier, where tile
pumping process Has inauVufated with limited
SUCCESS.
.Btg thing. wasn't 1t, Bobl" said tue villain
| with ts sulillnR cnrck.
the other Bruec, referred TO In Scottish history.
!" Reform u alcud. Randolph, . got to 20,
| Nuw, sec Lcre. wire proud of this thing. VIC
| nrr. aud want YOU To- give Charley Stiles and
The reporter sov,leratel that he did. and
ndded that lie VA glad to give honor whers It
| WIS due.
"AEa Dow e elected" continued the nan
Tbs .eiers arc still counting, but that's oslcaf,
| sou kntIT.H
The reporter. wondered where Bob got bis
figures, aud now 1t was tint they were official
t1Ttf
"Iie's elected and Randolph must 20. Been
there long enough and got too insoient, you
ko M {.ns 5ess ssss ao what ySa s Il poS No
md Charley STILES atd Bob Bruce ret the credit
| for thta.h .
Tie reporter assured hss informant that tho
! credit business would !" 20" as 10 had said II,
and, having received further evidences that tho
| gentleman considered It q big victory, and that
tho age of reform was coming IN a. Randolph
went out, lie backed into tic Inner sanrtuni aud
mingled Will the other jolly sports who were
| rejoicing ~ those haYlnE cause.
/ Oue Of these WAS
aR. v. G. LINCOLN,
who also faw In the result Of the election the
do*aiall al Of the 'ae Obnoxious ! ,sseere,nEy
Randolph went home Tonight With a bad uttark
uf ttIs blues. 1iis day has culne. 1t's been a
!e,9 nTht, but victory bus perc''ed, Or words to
!" "Yes, hut how hare yoss accomplished this
to~dayt You Invent maturity Of the Directors
Yet-"
"Alr, my boy, but don't you acc ve'vo rot Ia
the men who l,ave the Influence: Nov. d. II.
hest kind Of fellow, you know,-but he ,ad "a
tiepcnd on RnndDlph TO q cerrain extent, Mud
.le rssut was that Randolph ran tho Whole
thing.h "
"Dltapbotntcd III entirely. Why, when
Hayes was hcfc, he inanltcu us By telling lis 10
tuke uff osr hats, ~ It NO titdn't know cnoseh
hcts,0 gentlemen, to do that anyway, aud b.
behave with dignity and dccoru.n. Tl,ats tllu
kll.0 Of man ho was. Dnt tnere's d change
t,aw. The men who haycn't offended Cnarles
Randolph and becttlnc the vletttns ii hiH pcE
sunnl .ltsp!eahura can have chauco n0w.h
! "Ycs, but huW arc you tu Ict rid Of tIlM ! "
"Nc1l, ttAh't tell ynu lust how, but YOU cat
put II down that CIbaflrs Randolph Is tu 70
There's ~ hap for It now, and ho knows 1t nut
The next gentleman tackled, howcver, gave il
away cnttrely, w.,rn he mYstcrtously lnforlnt.
tho scribe that the schema wnK to
CUT RANpoLpM's SALARY.
That gentleman, having grown rich In IT,
aerytce, would turn w his nose ut tho reduces
pay, and, to use seriptaral phrase. stkirk.
llu wouldn't stand It. fle would get down an.
uut, and # ths Board Of Trade conlln'. iurnI.!
1t huh better guilt
TIE reporter reserved for the last yctim t.
his recording pe'ieil
rs te II fami!tarly enlIc,l. NJ Chtcagosu need
to te told ltat "OIh llutrli," bclns. Interpreted
. tnrans .Mr. u. +. llutrhinsotl, Of the C,ru Ex
| Change National Bank. Sir. lIutchinsun ~
tsus7o'ue rt..bstsslan a,u neycr kwrars, "
There wcre several parcnthescs IN his spcsc
, | last cYennY,-seyeFal s1lpa,-1a will huppen t.
/ esen aooo tnan who occasionally goes wrong
. ! ewing TO undue excitement.
1 ~ fOl1 HhPn hr}liNFNI f3rH hinfF ,,fu rfcto