, 1879-06-23

final outcome, tho country cannot be kept In
suspanso much longer.
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THE OLD sToNE-RIN9 MEETING.
A1r. JoHa MAr1ocKs Is the most recant ora-
Gle OF the Chicago Democracy. Ho presided
at the meeting Of tl,o discontented gentle
mon who want the new Oity.1Iall torn down,
and new contract nade for tho erection Of
tho building with Btone produced In Cook
County, aud with ssone cut by men residing in
Chicago. AL attempts 10 get mp other pro-
lenses aud proto1ts arc too badly disguised,
aud a1l man know, including Mr. JonS MAT
1ochs, that tho beginning and tho end about
tho work on tho City. Hall ia that the Bedford
stono shall bo excluded and tho Lomont stone
adopted. As there is but one quauy in
Cook County, tho whole job to
which Mr.. MArcoc8s has loaned himself
and tho Democratic party is to throw away
S150,o 600 Of: more n1ready expended, incur n
liability for violation of contracts for
9o00, 900 moro, aud then adopt Lemont
Btono at an additional cost oyor Bod
ford of $400,o0o, milking loss to the
public in the total expenditure for the build
lux OA A1O4A kA&EGeAtNA tA9 ~ u y i4Vlp 4AAlaQA
of dollars. Tho people Of this city know all
about tho scandals attending tho STONE con-
tracts for tho Court House, nnd the people
Of the city ars fully aware TINT tho selection
Of differaut stouo for the City-1lall WIS
shocking accident to tho old Building Ring,
aud that the Having of 1alf million
Of dollars to tho city by tho chaage
EuAu fu@ t-n1 rr+{n
anco by tho corrupt and dishonest
gang WHO were defeated by tho choice Of
Bedford stone. Tho appearance Of Mr.
Jous ALArroogs, d respectable gentleman, as
presiding officer Of tho Soruheads, In apt to
lend to tho impression that he was there only
professionally, md TINT when ho hired him.
self out to these mon ho included In the
hiring tho whole Democratic party, OF which
at prosont he is tho Grand Sachem.
Tho gouora1 rublio will, Of course, SYM
pathizo heavlly with "Julgs" TKLou, who
aufers so severely in body and spirit with
tho poor workingmeu, and whose osthotio
tastes arc so outraged because Of the char-
acter Of tho stone, aud because 1t is cut out.
side tho legal jurisdiction Of tho Sheriff of
this county. His ''suforiugs ia intolcr-
able"
Tho moeting adopted a series Of very
windy resolutions especially dcn11uciatory OF
Mayor HAnnrsox for not stopping tho work
on the building. Tbs resolutions aro, how
ever, particularly remarkable for the omission
Of tho following established facts:
l. That the contractors paid to tho stone
cutters employed By thcm tho full wages
asked by auch atonecuttesH at tho tima the
contracts wcrs lot, and for a long timo thorc-
after, and which wages were the basis on
which such contractors mntle their bids aud
pamed tho price for their work.
2. That in the contracts matle by tho city
It was expressly stipulated that tho stone
sbonld bo cs1t in this city, un1osa the wngas
demanded by tho stonecutters in Chicago
should bo advanced, In which case tile aun-
tractnrs woro at liburty to have tho atone cut
elsewhere.
8. Tl,at tho stonocuttcrs employed by
the contractors, with full knowledge of
these facts, voluntarily throw down their
tools aud quit work, demanding an Increased
rate Of wngcs; that they did this while the
buiiding was in PROCESS, to tho ombarrass-
mcnt Of the contractors, being doubtless
strengthened in their purpose by tho ass,.r-
ancca Of corrupt mon in anl out of the City
Council that tho uso Of bedford stono would
bo abandoned, and tho 1ss OF Lemont stone
adopted, and that, as the new stone contract
would he a monopoly, tho parties Interested
would DO able to pny higher wages
I. That the building Is now at ths second