, 1879-04-11
CITY AFFAIRS.
The Strife Over The Organization
OF the Council.
Disaffeotion Among tho Democrats.
Harrison's First appointment.

THE COUNCIL.
IN city politics there was tho usual atlr res.
teftiaT. but. 80 far rs could bo learned there
"eFe no new developments calculated to upset
inc world. The ~rangie among the Democracy
1hcldefit 10 tho light amnpE themselves for p1aup
anu power was greater than Il bad been tho day
hc'ofe, or my day aimee tho election. Tile Law
ler iact1oh were particularly unensy, and reslly
inhklnE oil tho nofso. They saw thc hanawrtt-
'nE on the wall, Ms It we're. decreasing their DE-
teat and showing that wb!lu they haye been con.
spring to get away with the important Com.
snittces Of the new Council. the either faction
had been arranging to 10 do The SAINT thing, and
worse tlan at. were backed by str, Harrison
fal,,da.,, 1nd The party lights outside. Though
at.soncsrted Or Of foriorn. ut md ensas.y ieadey
by 1.a"lc they ut onre set about doing what
lhey could to prevent thr m0ru respectable cc-
nent VI both partas In slle Council ro-operatug
as they dk year ago, to tlctcut the ra,,,lc, or,
a. they Gull themselves. the party toers. Tie
first step Lawaer took was to rush over to lie
City Clerks otllrc, luok through, thr directory
Tor tic addrcssca OF tr lltwty-clctteJ tjetnu-
Gratis, atd make fequsiton upon tile Clerk for
pad of writing PAPER, a pack uf rnyeiupss,
anu supply uf postage stamps. From tllgnce
hc rushed back tu Ills gr,ecry as,tl wrote letters
70 thosc he l'a! gntten the ndtlrcsscs Ut inviting
them u attend i cauc1ts. etc. Iiu told iIv re-.
portcrs substantially That he lad called ,lle cau-
GUS 1or S1nday evening, a,nl expects 10 liave
them runtnaEinE the city upDt itlut occasion
looking hin! UP TO tie neglect os t,elr
religious duties. dust how tho.c whom he ad-
dresscd will resf'ond is nut knuwn, but he rvt-
densly does not expect much nj tlIeir hands, for
lIo 1ntlnafed during the day tk,at II It berainc
uccussarY lle would throw bfs net around The
Socialists UNI draw them iD, AnA also few Re-
puht!cais. II 10 sure TINT Bonlc Ut tl,eul will
ruiusH to attend u caucus Of hts calling, utltl
highly Improbable that he car yet eilOilgl, to.
EcttIer OF all pusBlblo political faiths tu auupt
sol Of Committees Of Ills making.
While this faction was 40 actiya the other was
ny 10 Ineans Idle or indifferent In themselves,
a'ld tur1t.er, being urKud by tlle pnrty leaders
apon The outellc to nake coalition with tic
Republicans to thu cnl That Mr. Harrison
might be properly surrounded, uni "a the
best mems of building up iie Democratic:
marty. But Just here comes the rtlb, for tile
Republicans. as much AZ they lovo good governs
tnent, will not tancly submit to Democratic
desatun, nor yet to being used by thu Demo
crats TO tgnr down their own party. Az lar NJ
could bc lcarnet1, however, Mr.. IInrTison was
Willing to make tEetn proper CONCESSIONS, anti
80 were the Democrats genurnlly, md there il
no good reason III the whole for believing TINT
tue COUNCIL Will be organized Us strictly par
tisan body. II 1t IL, with thu present entlttjon
Dl ailairs, the Republicans hnyu equal chances
with tlt Democrats uf getting contruI, for It ia
usserteu ulAt thero hte quite il uutnbcr Of Dem
0crats WIN will ci,-0perate With them ra,jer thuu
70 Into y caucus Hi,h the ri!l.ruH uf their own
party.