, 1859-06-16
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THURSDAY, JUNE le, 1853.
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TEE PRESENT CITY ADMINIsTRA-
TON AND IT'S DEFAMERS.
Wentworth has ceased his opposition to tue
pro-slavery Democrats; he has even quit
blackguarding Acssrs. Peck aud Judd, and has
.urncd his whole attention to tie business Of
abusing the present Republican adninistra-.
ton Of this city. Every morning his sheet is
filled with libcllous assaults upon tho Mayor
Comptroller aud Common Council, Al t2,edance
houses which hs attends, le has no other theme
totalk about In the whisky shops where he goes
to liquor; in the barber sAors and bar rooms,
among tho hos'lers in the livery stables tic
haclmen on tie streets, to llle oaters on the cor
ners, he pours out l,is calumniatious. He has
become almost a mouoalaniac On the subject
Some Of those who call themselves his
friends declare that he is insane, aud should
not be held accountable 70. lis wild assertions;
but There Is a meth. d in his maducss, which is
Incompatible with the theory Of lis friends.
He has undertaken the job Of breaking down
the Republican party Of Clsicaso and has let
his zeal run away with his discretion; he is
not the first knave who has been guilty Of
similar folly. The very charges he makes.
car7y with them their Own anlldole, aud htaz
internal eridcncc Of uutru,h.
E.,+ ;,,r+o ba II, II. H., 4
given orders to the police no: 10 cutorec the
laws against gamblers, brotbels. ssellng liquor.
and hack driving without license. IL persists
il making these statements, day afler day. His
daily reiterntions s|low OF itself that his chr
gcs are basely untrue We presume there is
no man III tie city who is ncqua;uted with
Mayor Haincs or the police committee Of the
Common Council. that astacl,es tue slightest.
credit to these calunuics, uor do we believe
that there is j respectable Democrat in Chca-
60 but feels disguised at tic course Wentworth
to whom he peddles his canarAs, disbelieve
him, and know he is trying II deceive them
Since Chicago contained 10000 Inhabitants
and took rank as considerable city, it has
never enjoyed he+.ez or moro riglant muui-
cpal government. The great ,rass ofthc peo-
pie nre highly pleased with it. Thus fa:, Mayor
Haines' second term las proven m9uel :.d-
ministration, rs is cviuccd by tAe absence Of
complaint, and the general satisfaction given to
the public.
The police force has never discharged its
duties more faithfully. Quiet aud order pre-
vail moro generally over the city than for
many years past
There were more burglarics committed 1ac|t
sWonfh during Ncutworth's administration
more incendiary flres-nlore pocket picking ut
dcpo.s and hotelS-lnore drunkenness and
disturbances on tile Sabbath lis well as week
days, than have occurred since Mayor Haincs'
second Inauguration. Tue administration has
been mindiug its business, attending to its lu.
tics quietly and without ostcntation; it has
been working, aud not boastlng-czecuting
and not promising. Every department ha:
been serving the city faithfully and honestly
aud has had neither leisure uor disposition t.,
mount the housc-tops and sound its ow1
trumpet
If there have been few thieves arrested, j
has been solely because there have been few
robbcries and burgllries committed. Tllcrs
were more dwellings bruken into and plunder
ed iu singlc fortnight during Wentworth
term than since Haines was reelected Poch
ctpickins does not yield ten l.er ccut. Of 1h'
dividends Obtained under Neutworth's admin
istrat'on. But lie Claims lhat he punched
more revenue out Of prostitutes. than is obtai,
ed from that source at present. This i
very rrobable. Indeed "pulling brnthcs
engrossed almost his entire time and thoughts
and his police was employed in dulng litt1
else. No one preteuds that he decreased tn
evil in the least that was not his object; Ii
wanted revenue and notoricty, He surlecdc
i'll dispensing tic inmates Of the houses Of i'll
fasno nnd causing :1hcm to tako rcfug
III private lod;ing' rooE.s, over stores
banks and warehouses. One Of the re
suits that flowed from the chase aftc
cyprians, was the awful Lake street contlagra
tio0. in which tweuty-eieht lives were lost an
half a million Of property consumed. Iu add
ton to this there were numerous incendinr
fires in different parts Of ,nes city, which mig
be traced to the same cause
If there arc fever arrests ,nalc Of thcs
Characters they are kept under better suljet
ton; they are less advertised, less in the court
to be seen hy young men, and NC verify bcllcv
there is less Of the evil iu the city to-day, t1a
there was wien Wentworth acted as Mayo
The most rigorous economy is practiccd'
this Administration. The peoples pocke1
arc saved 10 the utmost, pifcrins aud pecul:
tion are cut OIL Salaries are reduced as 10,
Us practicable work for the city is dono Il
chcap!y rs for individuals: every dollar is 'a1
Piled to the best advantage. The pledges
retrenchment mud reform are being redctmc
in good i;li1h. mud tie public are served a,
cosdillg to the hest ability Of the officers
charge Of tile municipal affairs And all re;
sonable men are sutisled-Dcmocrats as Ne
~ acPutAcaus
But there is one man who sees nothing h,
"e1travasancc and corruption" Ere1y1hu
according to him, is going To rl,ia aud pcrluo
1t is singular that l!c only made the discovc,
when he ftuud that he could n,t IL dictator
when the Mayor declined to adopt the Wen
worth toicy," as his manuel aud rule Of actio
He how makes war upon the Republican part
out Of motives Of the basest revenge but !
will make another discovery before he is n,us
older; tllut is, our party eau snryiye his assaul
as well as his hatred
ANARCHY IN PIKE COUNTY.
We are glad to see ,lat the; proper autho
ties Of Pike County have walked up md tt
tho business Of whipping, ',auslsing and In,