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Show Grnnts from the "People's Party." Quite a number of the more liberal members of the People's Party, whose feelings respecting the municipal ticket made up last Saturday :were canvassed to-day, regard the changes as a positive deterioration in the ability and efficiency of the city government. Frank Armstrong seems to be pretty well liked, but even those who feel that his- disreputable con nection with the Hampton conspiracy did not disqualify, him for so dignified an office as mayor, entertain some grave fears that as a result of little or no education educa-tion and none too much brains,' his official offic-ial career will be checkered with numberless number-less failures of a most compromising character. - Alfred Solomon for Marshal and Chief of Police is generally looked upon as the' most irreconciliable blunder, and there is little doubt that a great deal j of "scratching" will be indulged in on t that part of the ticket if the courage of many who have been heard to express their opinions does not fail them at the trying moment. Among the new.coancil-ors, new.coancil-ors, John Kirkman, John W. Taylor and Charles Brown are the weakest ones, ; the two former ones in particular. The ; council sustains no disaster in the loss of O. H. Petitt, and may be said to have j made a decided gain in the acquisition of S. P. Teasdel ; but the body as a whole is undoubtedly the weakest and most nnfit council that the city has ever bad nom- ination is equivalent . to election, here, j The above are ideas and opinions of members of the People's Party, most of j whom will vote the ticket as it stands j rather than appear crossed-grained, not- withstanding these feelings, which were ; expressed with evident sincerity. : |