, 1881-01-14
REDISTRICTING THE CITY.
What tile mnYor nsld Aldermen Say
About II.

What tile nInyor mud Aldermen say
About II.
At Wednesdays session Of the Legislature
bill was introduced authorizing tho ret!'s.
trlctlng Ut this city into twcnty-four wards.
4 TRIBUNE reporter yesterday had brief
talk with Afnyor Harrison AMI few Alder
,nei& around. the. City-1lall on tho subject.
The Mayor said: ~ think tint tho ctSougl,t
to,hc rcdlstslctc.l, and that very soon. II Is
OF no nlotItent to ine whether Chicago is
uivIded Into eighteen or twenty-fo,lr wards.
don't see thai much Is to be gained or lost
by 1t, SO far us ! NH concerned. But
large legislative body Is better tlian II
stnnll oIe. The board nf Aldermen should
ho Increased in slxe rather thnn dtillnisIrtt,
Thu smaller tho body the easier 1t Is to create
rings within It for. the purpose Of iDbbery,
n'la tho larger The lt0arl the more difficult It
y 10 form corrupt rings. ~ present. to l,ial;e
would rc,ifr but nineteen, ni,tL II tie l30nrf
WIS Increased u ty-eiElli, It would require
twenty.lye. n the Increase !of musnbers there
Is 9fo va sn,e}Hy tH to te l1,nt pble" WILLS
tt, the present Honrd 2" askcd. .the reporter.
You wouldn't want t,le II answer that"
fepytsa fyi II t'G FL Mayon IN n aot t'!nk tat
legislative bodtes.-a Common Council and Il
1b,ard nt Aldermen. / think that we ca,l
have al! tho simplicity q oar present City
t;oyprnnicrt. alHl mike It nioru efficient by
way, Iyos.M have one half OF the Aldermen
elected by the city Mt urge. aHl tho otller
l,af by the wards. For examples. Suppose
that i! 1881 we ctnose one Alderman for each
WILL be, rs they are l9w, tor earl, to iook 0ut
fol. tho Interest, Ito thinks. NJ his own wnrd,
aid, not unlikely himself, aud he ii
reHdy 10 tradu and .ioR-ro|t with every
s ssSss fE hsoas S '?ae0sfh hls q 5w gs'
constituency. regardless Of tic city. 1t large.
ln 1852 say TINT yom nominate an Alderman
IRON ench Wnr!1, buttls1t such SHALL he voted
a"F y VI %hSe Daepa f "n %1f T" Hnk u f m ts @ re-
md tho interests Ut tho wl,0!e community
would become uf greater interest to tho MEM.
l'. l1ers Of tile council IL general. It would
llnve tendency TO- raise tic standard Of tile
Wo ,SSHf be bs esithf '' esSi S Setee ss sss ef II
tt'ett we e.; ore eo!!sc5vStye !egtsia'ion
tho, least ,lnn tic present l,uard,
but would like to see II constant
!lnproyenient ~ tllo cl,ar1etsr OF our city
Shame TINT the Council Ito mt rcdIstrict the
city. Every ward il not fully represented,
as THO representation In tho Cenncil IL MI
elnMIt ..Is n the present ARRANGEMENT OF the
AID. DIxon satti: .nsTlie red!strictinr N tle
only thing that can be dong. we shout! liaya
twctty-fonr wards a,ld eight Senatorial dis
tricfs IN the city: 1t Will simplify n,atters
mud give The districts capli three wards. 1
nln heartily IN fayur Of the redtstrlctlng be,
Ing tln,e Mt ollcc."
ALL. Clark sniL tint llc understood Tut
they had to rGdIstrlct tue city under tho
ciMrter. lto didn't know exactly us to l,ow
'tntty wards were Mcctle,i.
AID. Sallders had not given tho subject
,nucll thought, bMt ,a said tl.ut lie thought
sciilatiou from nil the wards,
AID. THrcrll was Dl the same opinion, but
as to tho number Of wAr.ls which tho city
should bo divided into |,e hnI given TINT
matter III attention 1T MI,
Ally, Lawser favored tho rclIstricttng Of
ttle city on .cnera1 princtpies, because st,lne
Or tho w!lrls did not net Il fuir representation
in tho Council. 81, fur as tho nui,,lMlr ri
wards was concerned, that llc would lcayH to
Hose competent 10 say how nany there
SbOultl bC.