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all know there are too many man here claiming to be good workmen who are only ordinary men, really not mechanicsw at” all. Now these men insist on regular schedule wages; and the contractor who em- ploys them'pays out. say «$10 for a given amount of work while the Chicago contractor with his picked men gets the same amount of work for about $13. or therahouts. l'nder such circumstances Chicago contrac- tors will win. Printers set type by the thousand and are paid for what they do, a slow workman gets low pay, and so of paper hangers. so much a roll, some men will earn $3 and other $6 per diem. It should he so with all mechanics. Now somewhere in here .8 a local defect and we want it remedied for we want our owhjwopie to have all the work there is going on ‘ here, théf'eis none too much for them and we want them to have it. The citizens or East Deerfield turned out and filled the Opera House 254 votes being cast for Supervisor. A. W. Fletcher receiv- ing 139111111 J. C. ‘Goe 41171. Two years ago the vote stood at the elec- tion Fletcher 332;.Coe. 230; giving l‘ letcher 11 majority of "over MU It is said Mr. Coe has filed his petition and will run thereon. For town clerk there were 25] votes. 89 for Arthur St. Peter and M2 for Ed- ward Hart. For assessor 27)“ votes were cast. Some wag nominated Mr. Hililmrd. who was not in the race, and he received 10 votes, W. E. Brand had 4‘17 and Elmer l’almetier 173. [t is said Mr. Brand will run. For Assistant rSnpervisor there were 221) votes cast. of which W F. Hogan had W7 and J. S. l’rall.” _. Mr. Prall was not present and me don't know/that his mmw was used with hi5 knowledge or permission. When it came to Collector. F. M. Evans, who served two years ago. was nominated by ucclumatiun. It is an office that goes lwgging' here. on such a year as this, with such light homg collections, the bonds are so high. If the bonds were doubie the amount of last year's cullm'tinna THE CAUCUS. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. it would fully protect the town and offer inducmnent for good men to take it. There being four Justices and four Constables, there was new blood in the field. The very satisfactory and just arrangement of having one of each at Highwood and Ravinia and two of each in the Park was easily adjusted. Fer J ustices. Levi M. Cornstock, for Ravinia: Daniel Peal-W", for Highwood. with David A. Holmes and Peter F. Dooley for the Park were all nominated viva voce. FOr Constables. Ravinia made the excellent selection of Carl Grant. the Park of Messrs. Rudolph and Edwards. while Highwood had three candidates Charles Gordon. Michael Cawley, and .1. Albert Bourke. A ballot was taken with the following result: Gordon. 98, Cawley. 6t), and BotrrkeJu'). Gordon was .made the unanimous choice. , EXTRA. happen to decide against him, all the work he has helped do might be vitiated. Run no needless risks, but elect a sure man. So John Mooney was twininated. There was an adjourned meeting Friday evening. March 12th. with special reference to bicycles on the sidewalks. After a protracted do: hate the consensus of opinion of the ultimate residuum, of the combined wisdom, the sober second thought of the council was that the petitioners were right. Hence, while 'no defin ite action was taken to that end. there were several “ahems” and a]- derrimnic winks to the effect thus to- wit: The citizens can ride at mOderate speed on the walks in the residence portion; that is, all but St. Johns avenue from Hawkins' corner ‘to Park avenue: on Central east, up to to Fletcher’s bloclrgand on Central west up es far as Goldberg’s corner. but no riding inside these limits in the business portion. If riders get up too much speed they. will be at. rested, and gentlemen must dismount when they meet ladies. This per- mission Will expire about May lst. or sooner if the weather settles the roads. Now it behooves every rider to guard well his personal h0nnr.~ in this matter. The council have acted generously; let the cyclists not for- get their manhwxl. Every candidate. so far as we have heard. is opposed to a caucus. They must have a petition anyway, and they don‘t want any testing of strength till the election. Let the candidates. one and all. refuse to pay for the hall for a caucus. and that will settle it. Aud every man‘s friends ought to respect his wishes in this matter. The weak candidates gen. erally suffer the most by a caucus. Hence. we would like as an cxperl ment, to have our city election by petition only, and no caucus. All the caucus is for is to test the wishes of those present. that is all. At the late township caucus less than half the voters were there and election day will overturn perhaps half of those nominations. and may not. but the caucus don't settle anything. Let the candidates refuqe to go into one. and that. is enough. Don‘t forget that Mrs. Bock'.'tlu~ well known merchant and grower, will have an “opening day" for her new store, April 1, 1897. Full par tionlars later. CITY COUNCIL.