, 1881-04-10

CHICAGO, April 9.-1 observe by THE TRIBUNE
ST yesterday rhAt tho young Republicans OF tho
Fourth Ward are to have q meeting to discuss
inc matter Of reforming the mauner Of choosing
delegates to conventions md nominating Aoe5,
,ilcn. That the present system IS q tarce all viii
i,dlnt. Gail the prtulnries by dlsirlcts and send
iue result to the waru club III both cases, and
then tho will or the voters can BIT made known-
There Is q bill before the Legislature TO lnaXea
district count of Go voters. and changing me
isours of voting to from a. H. TO p. III. The New
York plan IS fur better, which IS 5OD voters 10
.!lnset. A VOTER IN THE FIRST WARD FOE
FORTY YEARS. L.
-four Daily Newspapers for EfarriSon"
10 the Editor OF The Chicago TTiaune
CHICAGO, April 7.-Mayor Harrison, in all hls
speeches and interviews, both before and since
tuesdays election. speaks Ut his contest as one
with tho newspapers. ue calls hts election
triumph over the newspapers of Chicago Ia;s ';s
Is exceedingly unxrNtctut towards the four oa4ly
::tpers VIII :ch worked tor him. fIe WIS oPpoaeo
by three OF the dailies-yiz.: THE TH1b9sE1
JostrAnl, and Stcats- zeitmH1; and supported a.
secty ant' Indirectly by the Tinxs: n:a o'asns ~
latter gave Mr. Cl;trk hypocrittcal. Jesu'ticat
sort Ut support It wns SO conspIcuously eoln
aud ctasnnsy rs to occasion rctnnrK everywhere.
l:y SPECIES Of winAs and mods tho hut Was
passed nlORg the line to stny away quietly lrona
rhe polls. and leave the Clurk ticket 10 its late.
It was observed allthrouyh the campaign tens
teFuters - were fgigld and Apathetc, with u rev
honorable exceptions. And yet Mr. Clark hao
nut been conspicuous anli-thtrd~terner' ~
decd. do not remember that he took any psrs
In that tucuon hght,-cerIalssiy not enough ~
justify any "thtrd-lermcr IN now stuooln8
him. The course pursued BY tho third-teE1n Or
gan made more votes TOR Harrison than the
Times and the Nc.cs, with ullof its editions. CON-
biued- Some OF IT'S fact1on voted for Harrison
outright; but more generally they acted On tne
whispered advice aud ubscnled themselves troa
the polls.
The .Hs1rs hurt Clark By continually calling on
him to tndor5e the Prohibitury and sunday uoe"
trines Of Mrs. Curse and other fanatics anu e
tremsts of her c11ss- and then asserting that a9
bud given secret pledges and had surrcndersu
10 the fnnntics, and would shut up I'LL tuo
saloons. Its role WIS to nlurtn Hnh nrouse e9
3.nu saloOnkcepers, and army them In solio
phAtAnx agaln5t the Republican ticket; ana "
this honorable and reputable work 1t succeeoea
very well.
''rbe Times played the part OF neutral on rs
editurint pngc, but surrendered Its iocnl
70 the advucncy Of Harrison and the DeEu0cfaii9
ticket, publishing everything In rhelr oen'tlA
tut cu&sld possibly be sald. reported or ounl
inuntcuted, urd everything ngsttslsI Clark anu
the Republican ticket wEicu it WaS thouRns
would damage them. .,.-
:: It will thus be seen That this anti Clark organs
attacked him In front tIf5hcs}, hank tHeryj, rear
inter OceGu). during the ehtirp period q tao
c1mpalxu, and contributed materially 70 Harf1-
son 9 success That gentleman is, therefore, e1,
ceedtnEly Unfair, ungenerou5, and u0gratet44
when he ignores their valuable services 10 M
tehalf. Q4aIHYkks