The Nationalities in the City Council
Illinois Staats-Zeitung, May 13, 1871
A survey of the national composition of the City Council will be worth our while as our readers will see at the end. Let us take up, therefore, one ward after the other:
In the 1st ward we have Somers, an Englishman, and Knickerbocker, an American;
| In | the | 1st | ward | we | have | Somers, an Englishman, and Knickerbocker, an American; | |
| " | " | 2nd | " | " | " | Dixon, Irish;and Otis, American; | |
| " | " | 3rd | " | " | " | Montgomery, an American, and Coey, Irish | |
| " | " | 4th | " | " | " | McAvoy and Thompson, both Americans; | |
| " | " | 5th | " | " | " | Whitaker and Daggy, likewise Americans; | |
| " | " | 6th | " | " | " | Tracey, an Irishman, and Schmitz, a German; | |
| " | " | 7th | " | " | " | Batterman, a German, and Hickey, Irish; | |
| " | " | 8th | " | " | " | W. S. Powell, and Bailey, both Irish; | |
| " | " | 9th | " | " | " | George Powell, Irish, and Bateham, American; | |
| " | " | 10th | " | " | " | " | Wilce, English, and Holden, chairman of the Council, an American; |
| In | the | 11th | ward | we | have | Walsh, Irish and Glade, a German; | |
| " | " | 12th | " | " | " | McCotter and Witbeck, both Americans; | |
| " | " | 13th | " | " | " | Campbell and Gardner, likewise Americans; | |
| " | " | 14th | " | " | " | Sheil, Irish and Gill, American; | |
| " | " | 15th | " | " | " | McGrath, Irish, and Buhler, a German; | |
| " | " | 16th | " | " | " | Tyler, an American, and Schmidt, a German; | |
| " | " | 17th | " | " | " | Schintz and Schaffner, both Germans; | |
| " | " | 18th | " | " | " | Carney and McCaffrey, both Irish; | |
| " | " | 19th | " | " | " | McCauley and Clark, both Americans; | |
| and | " | " | 20th | " | " | " | Devine, Irish, and Busse, a German; |
Of our forty aldermen, therefore, two are English, seventeen American, thirteen Irish and only 8 Germans. As regards the influence of the Germans aldermen it might be mentioned that only in four of the twenty committees Germans preside. These are the Judicial Committee (Schintz), the Committee for Streets and Alleys on the North side (Schmidt) the Committee for Harbours and Bridges (Busse) and 3and the Committee for Markets (Battermann). In the most important of all Committees that for finance, is just one German, Buhler; in the next most important, that for justice, likewise only one, Schintz.
