, 1881-11-06

the fiscal interests Of the city. The committee 9
resolutions Piedgtng the Que for
5s e9ecot ot So much as ieSs be Required 10 pay
the interest on the funded debt and all arrears
Of salaries u1d wages, to the retiring ot out-
stannng city sesteatei; htn Somof 1oted aias;
the report and resolutions. They PrelefTeu
spending the money in ''improvenents Tor me
benefit Of contractors. and also furthef 'ssue
About June the Circuit Court decided that
Mayor Co1yin's claim to hold over wns lcsstt
one, ana that Mr.. Hoyne had no valid c''tn a,a9 70
the office because no oelccdon had been ordered
by the Council. AT the Council meeting june .
Mayor Co1yin vetoed tho resolution nXlne ,.le, nno
bond Of t. E. Deftckson as Lon4fDl!eF- 4He
Council passed the resolution over tho Veto'
though Sotn.ner, rs usual. voted In tue neeat!se
At Il special meeting Ut the Councll Jnne y y
resolution was offered and ordered puonsheo @ s!,.,
providing for tho election Of Mayor Oh the !Ito;
At subsequent meeting the date WAS chunEeo
to July l., Sommer and the gang voting u tne
business reuu tred IL temporary dnHicIlc IN Can.
aun, presented his resignation as aiderHlhh u
the Seventh Ward. which WIS promptly ncstp1,
ed, after Aid White mad delivered himself nt 'a'a
eloquent and touching but very unsrlnlmat1cAl
euit,yy on the missing member. whose absence
he and the remainder of tho boys deep1y Ut
plOred-
July II the special election for Mayor 'rns
held, and Monroe Heath was chosen ny T.. 4 sote q
13.AS 10 1,5og tor Mark htmoll ano 5,''s' ~ tor =,
j. McGruth. Tho Council at once began 10 I0p
or useless hanycrs-un around tho Clty-iall' \
spirit OF economy was infused III all the aephft-
ments; expenses wcre reduced cFt1yWntTe. t!io
noble army Of contractors were Obliged TO s1o
better work and furnish better ;nateriAl than
lhey had been in the habit Of dotn9. In f1ct,
tho Council undertook 10 administer Tue Ilty
Government on exactly tho slime commercial
principles us thu humb1cst snopkeercr or rue
most opuient merchant IL wAS run Tor Dlsl-
ness, 4nd not Tor uleedn2 tne taSp4sefs. uf-
itat,ug tho city's credit. where was AID. Snlil-
mcr, now Democratic candidate for County
Commissioner? He was on tho SIDE OF tno
"ss.ilg"; he was d component number Of the
'';;any," and whenever his voice could he heard,
j. was always iii behalf OF waste nild cxtrl.a-
&,ance. Just as it had been during the whole OF
The Culyiu Administration, which wns the DIRECT
cuuse.of ull The city's financial troubles:
On the passaee Of the ordinance abolisnlng
Sommer voted with the ''gang to retain IT;
and tie necessarily worked against the pnsslge
III the ordinance uboltshsig the costly Board III
Public Works. Mr.. Sum1ner's political career
seems to have been decidedly unintercstil,g. for
the reason that 1loth,ng turned up On which he
could use bis peculiar talents Until the con-
he stood solid with the gany :" in advocacy of
needless expenditure In the way Of high sai;s-
rses nnd Increased appropriations for the hene-
himself snlnry Of s;&l a year for being Alder
inun. April 9ne voted uSainst the pusshgc Ut
the amended fire ordinauce-ihe amendments
being III make it nlore rigid. Iii April OF the
Same year, ut the c.uyass Of the vote cn:t ut tho
spring election AID. McCrca introduced Il reso.
luton that the vote Gust in the Seventh Ward
for Hildreth Us Alderman be not counted. On
the Gull for the previous question So1nmer
voted with the gang in the negative, but on the
ind tiolgcd.
Such Is the unsavory record of an alleged "re-
former" who WITS elected as au "Inrelorned -
memher of an tinretormed and unrefor!na!'e
Council, aud afterwards served in similar
capacity in the Reform Council ot 1S76-:l record
which Is consistent with his own uuref0r1ned
and unrefarInnb;e character as public servant
from the tirs1 vote he cast down to the very lust.
TIE SMITH DISTRICT
There is very interesting fight for County
going oa III the Sixth District
OF the towns Of Bloom, Rich, palos,
Bremen, Orland, and Lemont-and ii becomes
the duty Of every taxpayer Of the district to
1ook we'll to the candidates that are
for that position, and the parties
that are supporting them, The Demo-
Gratis have nom limited Mr. William Ske1ly,
If Lemont, for the position. II the voters
ol the district will only look back the acts ut
the County Board Of this connty,whe the Dem-
ocsats had the majority, they will NOT support
Dir. skelly or any Of that sort of ncn. They will
remember the ring thAt was then formed 10 de-
fraud the county and enrich themselves at the
expense of the taxpayers, ard by such dishonest
means defruuded the county out Of thousands
II dollars per year fur Il humber Of years by
1AFtnr Il EllluGlEIaau 10 WHOM A!}y EOutEAEtOT
aat 10 80 and pay money before Il contract
would lie awarded to him. and the Iniddle1nan
would divide up the su,ne with the Commission
he nac anu 10Y Of rerout, @ M who WIS caiied TIE
Leenth Commissioner, and WIS the head of :.
ring under that Democratic rule, and personel
he Democratic Commissioner from this district.
The taxpayers who will look At the record that
yus made ut the time will not yote for u Denlu-
:rnt for thut position
Another candidnte is Mr.. Richards. Nc
-laugnry. ot the Town OF Paos. 1T, j" Independ-
ant. who was IL canddate Tor the nomination
Republican Convention that met in the yiluye
If Tre1ncu Oct. :, ISL, and failed to get tue
loiIiilauon--a man who went betore the con-
:endon und pledged himself to support the
candidates DID Having been fuirly defeated
u said convention, without uny cause to com-
mt candidate Tor the position. He has per-
boited from the patty. ant us sore-
1cAd asks the electors to vote for him
.fter he had bound himself by. -u1l the obii-
lnving made light ut the primaries to
:lect delegates to the convention; after
,riu,arics und vote fur his delegates, binding
henl by that means to stand by the nominee uf |
hat convention. and now asks the salne meu to
o:t aud 70 against the regular Republican cam
dnte. and vote tor him. AS he nets in II dis
manner, being lost to nl shame, to
IL political honor, and to all respect Of honest |
how can any Republican worthy Of tho name
upport him: Is it no their duty to bury such 4!
nun SO low, on election day, that |
fterward he never will be heard Of: Ir is easy |
old why be does not keep his word He was |
rouyht out by Mr.: John Cunley, cx-County J
from the Sixth District tncmu- |
rat), Andrew McCord an1 Ira McCurtl, I'LL OF tho
own Ut Palos. Their object cnu be readily uI-
crstou1.
Mr.. Justus Weber, Of tho town of Bremen, is /
be regular Republican candidate, having fairly
nd honoraby received the nomination in tho
republican Convention ut New Bremen, Oct. =,
N:llnSt several competitors. He bus been u
csidcnt Ut tue county for thirty live years. He |
olowed the occupation ot farmer fur sixteen
cars; nt1crwnrds WIS merchant In New !
resnen, und for the last three years has been
III this county: has been JUS
cr of the Peace Of tue town Of Bremen for
Selvc years: never neddlcti With politics until
bout four years ago; il well liked in the COM
lunity. lie is IN upright, honorable muI1. well
uati!ied for the position that he is nominated
,r, aud, II elected, will make Il good County |
aud will represent the district i'll
10 County Board, will always be found Oh the |
DE- Of right aud Il friend Of the taxpayers. There !
no doubt that, II the voters will turn 0It IN |
lection -dhy, he will be elected; And it hcoooyes |
letl to turu nut n1id vote fur Mr. Weber. whu ia |
II huncst rnuu, and defeat SlcClhughry, Conlcy !
CO., uliG show them and thoir Kind that they |
l,not buy the voters Of tile Sixth District, and i
lat corruption shall not prevail