, 1880-08-08
LOCAL POLITICS. +:

Col. LIE Grnnde ". Perce made very otroctir
address, giving bis reasons for belonging to th
acp1ol'can parry an4 fos eue".ns e"r "nv ail goo
citizens should vote TOT oarheld and Arthur
He was followed by Mr. G. ". Woodman, wh
spoke briefly On the issues Of the campairr
rs ..,:"s -. c,,,h aaiorr,a5
a1.er WHICH .le e'uo "s'eo' ueo
| The Garfield and Arthur Club of the Seventh
| prec;nct of the Fifteenth Ward met ,ast o,or
=. ~ hsn ,orra. ~ Lincoln o..aa,1o 49, 80!
u.. ~ nsti a. 1o.snt nr,s;dod ~ S{o ~ 3npnl
| Spear acted In the capacity Of Secretary. Al
| thourh If WA hut the second mecrjnr of ~.
rn',s ,.s IN no,,os wer, ro,,,r+od y, ~ ta .a'
~ 9'nr 5 on en'
made by the various committees appointed tt
| look after the thorough organization of the nre.
c1nct, The Club then adjourned for two w W. weeks -
| THE non. EMERY a. sronRs.
| ID thc i&~ttor Of The Chicago 7Tbun&
CHICAGO, Aug. The city press has made
a4'u9,o'l s ~ " nn 49, 49, go a. p.op"u's canoi-
date Tor conefess N us FafSs District in the
coming fallelecuon- If this is so. the people of
trcot and ra nidlv- grown cfty sha,d 10 - auS
graduated upon their es'od fortune. After all.
Congressman. 4 real live man OF genius, a
scholar. an orator, a mAn, indeed. OF natlouul
reputation as a lawyer and forensic p1eader Sec
quest frou the great corporations and business
men Of the tand-to secure such an QUO
for the position OF CONGRESSMAN is
we may well marvel that Il professional man.
upon on whose time constant demand is made at
Of Congressman, should be self-sacrifcing
cnou9h to permit the use Of hts uatno for such q
position. Here Is 40 instance where the office
way as to 1naSe it in sense. obligatory up upon +,
him 10 accept the trust No hnve had some
goodi men n @ GonesSSss IS 1ron Chicago some
tlon for outoursts IT eloqucnco such us few of
the statesmen in that diversified body could
match + Is hardly necessary 10 mention the
Of the blue empyrcan oon the wings Of his eagle,
or tho linpor,an service be- rendered Chicago
when ~ thrilling language he dtscoursed upon
whether bis f*'tfow-member from Kentucky,
Pr1ctor Knott, WIS not outdoue ia bis Duluth
spccch: He ncvor smiled again" since "Uur
delivered in that impassfnncd manner 50 peculiar
to the Southern orator. Then. again. it the lust
session. Carter's place wns we'll filled by tho gem
dusky-hued Barber. Hc too. distinguished
himself as an orator upon patriotic subjects
He chose the Old Flag" for his subject, waved
purity, so that in fact as well as in name II
might and would be tho '@bauner Of beauty and
glory and not mere adxertts!ns Medium for
tc blood in their fnercenar,' veins This service
was important. The flag was rapidly icing de-
graded into Haunting lic," the mere outward
holders" in tho black and brilliant eye Of
our Hiram Of the North Side Small
souls plodding. away. III tho eager search
for lucre, and large number of con-
s:itnents whose interest in the propagation Of
hops and tue raising OF barley. and the scatter
ing, few who are independent in all things, ncu-
tance Of the service rendered the State and Ma
ton by the courageous plea for tho purity and
sactedncss of our National bunting! The Ea1-
la'lt A. 'kurnel" who has represented the West
Side. and wants to represent it ugain, hts laid
the two hundred and twenty-five odd thousands
ct hts constituents under lasting obligations for
Of commerce. Hc should take the " BEEN" out
of his own eye before be Sees the mote in his
brtsther's. And then there nrc Masonic
grips to plaque hlln! These cabalistic signs
u the political times in the West
300 nre ominous Of an early rettracr to the
,al1n level Of evory~dny life. George is good
shoemaker to hrs own last! He has tired to ]
,et Us much out Of the appropriations as nossi-
ras neatly printed and widely circulated. md |
{ he hss NOT succeeded in Kcttux ae much as be !
ras expected to, cat,se bis rank az states-
nun and diplomat to advance why it we're un- |
loqucnce aud orntory 50 strktnRly shown by |
Our Carter" and tho member from the North |
de. ~ Is no orator. He never pretended to ]
.e. We can't all be Demosthenes or |
'ico-.<, * don't view US with critics I
ye-but pass our iuperfcctions By! The very
cspccuablc retired merchant who has been rep |
eseutng the important South Side for the past
NO terms ought nut to be thrd-1er1ner-for
be gopd Of the purity as we'll us for the good OF
he district He should yield gracefully to Mr.
torrs. 1t were uuk nd to institute u compurt-
Dn bctwcon these two gentlemen, for one Is no
lore like the other than = pigmy compares
IT'D giant. It does not follow that because q
suEMrs. co6ees. and spices, that he will make |
br. liant Congressman. Every tub on Its OWL |
ott0n1." 1t would hardly be Il fnir proposition |
nuke vital distinction between Mr. Afdrich |
nd Mr. 6ttTre, because the former could not
rite an essay on Contingent Kemainders," " or
Int the latter could not On sight, like an expert
detector, discover TIT quality of
md In sugar without previous experience
big would be too serious and severe a test OF
We must Judge a man by bis frt,its-by what
> does, not by what he Is or might be. Results
3vern What do we need in 4 tirst-class Con-
'e6smanf Il good business man, a man Of
rnng c',tntn0n Ecnse, man OF force. dignity. !
10 character. 4 man above the very suspicion
seihshucss or bribery. some say. All very
eli
But to close observer, while NIL these elements
q strong and to degree essential, what We
holar and ILL orator. one who is fully compe-
ut to grappie with the Thousand nicetics, cub
,ties. and instant exigencies Of legislation.
an Of quick apprehension and vast intolicctu-
resources, One who can on the moments Op-
'rrunity debate point with ability and hold |
ct ~ seeming TO nsaco ~n1le strengtnenlnB h1s
ad t,aPft nP 49,, nr,a;,tt go 3nnx ; @nu. ~
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