, 1880-10-03
THE CANDIDATES

TIE REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CONVENTION,
one OF the snost important that nave been held Ii
! eeserai years, viii convene Tuesday morning ~
~ O'CLOCK IN Far"ei HAL Tho country pri
mares were held yesterday afternoon Those
| in the city will take place tomorrow afternoo.
! bexBee7, the hours of ana7
| The offices for uhfch r.rdf5a+es o-. =, =.
nominated 49,. ra1,s 1,,a..a1, ~ - - ~ "
/ aoin1aaeeo ar: eour JuoEcs OF tne superior
| Court, Sheriff, State's Attorney, Reror]er Cor
ouer Clerk cf the (1refft Cnf,ft afl fsvo fo,rox
/ commissioners fron tha Vat sids, 49,
| f~on ia N.rt,, c,aa - -. 80 49, 49,, ="
1son Lne North eaoe. ana one from the Hyde
n There 1,, are upwards Of twenty candidates for
THE rouR 1un1c1.I. nosnns
sorne If ,tase here haa,, ]ossa-s,s, - ,rs.. wall
ing an active personal campaign. rather more
! active than good taste or respect tor the er.
mine should countennnce. It is pleasant fact
| ~ enloniele tnat toese persistent seekers after
tne nonor are IN the Small minority, have the
fewest qualifications, and, SO far as can be
ascertained dn nnt r-orefra anv aaavro,o. ~
sunnort frnm thosa sincera psn,,,,,s,s ~ ~
eapFtte ttotn e1"se olucsste aePuouca rs VINO De-
heve that the office should rather seek the man,
and obtain the very best talent that 1B at tne
disposal of the party.
Eirk Hawes ia ona ~ III, ,r5.,. t.,.o~,..
he ts stauch % RepnbItean III @ pg thor"nrtIs ,or,ds
well-read lawyer. an orator in the best Sense
of tho word, q hard student and man Of
u.lsupleo ieputauon. He mas an 1nnate knowl-
eoee VI eQu1as, aao uhaer no circumstances
would pandcr to what the cheap statesman
calls political expediency." He has never
ns.u mau+sn ans pupho once. Iwo years ago be was
FIJI OsIrtoI Us ,t hn na 10 nor G9nEress IN the
the ss. Prize: His political experience since then
nas qs se oeen 1 OF immeasnIao!e value: and during
ad to hscn ca oee ha
hn,r1w 's 80, s.1, mas 11paned into
III IN TtY1an raf41 S,.4 ,Jo
naS respect for the genius of his
oss neIng men reaa, and possessing
Beash al he frai!s q ape ssperiedce. e. lis lis
poolie . ne es career M2s praef one Ho was meu-
sra Ser VI ~ .en years ago, and for
% tie Roafd Of Educst,an' T aneo WORKING member Of
E1,ioft anthnmv - "a, ore ~ +ha n,aa,.
bera or the Bar Of this cits. III ISL ha mn
Hahed digest OF the nrst fourteen rtl,,Intes IN n
the Illinois Reports. Three yeurs later ho was
doctrine that special nssesaments for incal inao
provemcnts could not be enioIned by touyt nf
Chancery.
In 1863 he was elected member of the Const,-
tutionai Convention and was one or fIa fetT S,r,
whom deyolved tho labor Of presenting to the
people ia tts present shape tho CONSTITUTION uno IN
der which the State fs nnw to1varnar3 T,ri,,o
the tirst year of Mayor Heath's Administrntjnnn
be was Corporation Counsel Mr, Anthonv Is
di'fgent, hard working lawyer. Hc has Written
a great deal on the abstruse Questions cnnnected
with taxation and other nunicjnal mafters
His practice, Notwithstanding Ills many specjai.
ties. has been varied onn. 9nd he ~ e,a
bring to the Bar The benefits accr,i,nr f,ono Ta -
long experience
D. E. Ghurcy Is also an Old pracdt{onar 4;a
first experience was gained IN Boston over 80 %
quarter Of a century ago. Subsequently, be
port, but III 1865 be concluded to Cnst his int IN
this city H.s public career has bcou confined
to Directtrs,1ip ia the Prhiic 1,if,parv nn% a
term in the Common Cnunrii fro ie+iar ~ - q
now serving. ~ 40
The other candidates arc Ira ". Buell., judge |
1eu, = r. DotF, T. :. Guthiil. GenrHH W. Smith, !
M., IL m!aGtr s5eorge GaFdnes e. 4 Otis
F. ~ ,as.aosF: y a 3; n Aaru, Fred uln1an
Perea 4 + =. ,. .aan1son, ~ u. a. Num- L. W.
Rarher 1r 1he ias1 1sor1;na nen., aiaa Hsram
est5 ti, 80. .ne @ ~. nas1n8 been sug-
seaeeo "1'n1n oas OF 30.
SHERIFF
There are numerous candidates for Sheriff. |
The old Chief Of tho Fire Department, Matt
Benner, whose arduous iabors evolved frpui |
chaos u Fire Deuarttnnt1t 11nor.
:elied on this continent, aud who refused tn
nuke ont OF 1t q political Duchire at the i,ehcst