, 1861-04-11


which reads: "Blessed he who bloweth
his owa:fazn, dwhosolowexh not:his
Es1hozn, ks sssae a. shall not pe blowed" "
The present tsa: Aayor IL ! fhll-hooded aor.
mon Is The Extent Of this be1Elapdatton
sdogu1a. Blowing hi own horn occupies
most of his leisure when not employed in
slandering othera
In the "bornn blast Of Monday there is
q loud puff Of himself He parades =
financial statement q tie condition 81 the
city treasury It appears in the shape Of
al editorial prefaced with six lines Of dis
played type, declaring among other things
that figures can not Ie.'' But the dis
honest use Of them will tell the biggest
klnd of Ne 80 t:Il7s u,s,::! *.;-.
1 Wehope the Mayors statement ID literal
II: true, We have always advocated ese:toono~
my in municipal expenditure, and we feel
re3pieed :that, the city taxes arc 80 low, and
that the government has been conducted
80 economically as the Mayor represents.
he was elected On the pledge to admins.
ter q cheap government. Many voted
for him on. that ground who despised him
in personal respects ~. s:k<s.. =.
We will state in a few words the sub
stance Of the mayors proclamation, omit
ting the disgusting se1fpraise and the
offensive taunts and abuse he heaps upon
others--matser which is wholly out of place
and irrelevant IN 4 financial statement
lat. 'tAu the taxes of every description have
been paid into the treasury, except 50.
ID, This settlement enables the Mayor to
state to the public what it costs to run the
from April 1850, to April ! 1861. Every
bill this time has been. paid.
Sd "fhe Mayor when candidate said that
the Government could be. carried for ten
mills" but he made up his mind afterwards
to carry 1t for zine mills, and has done it, only
nine were levied"
have been paid, and there remains in the treas
nry, as surplna money, $97, ,868,84. o. this
sum $2l ,073 ,bS belongs 10 the School Fund,
and can be nsed for no other purpose, and
81 900 belongs to the Sewerage Fund and can
be used for no other purpose.
remains the surplus Of s67, ,7o3, 81 This mon
ey is now in the Treasury, saved from nine
mill tar; and it shows conc1usiyely that the
Government has been administered for Less
than seven and . bali mills.s
The remainder Of the statement in tsthe
horn" consists Of fulsome selfputfery, and
TRADE Of vile abuse Of every man who is
not his tool or pimp, which we omit.
As citizens and taxpayers Of Chicago,
we hope that the Mayors figures may
prove true, but he will pardon US for desir.
ing their verifcation. The city govern
ment has been administered for less than
seven and half mills" he says. Very
good. Seven and a half mills will produce
just about 9250,oo0 He states in p1evi-
GUS selfpufHng 6 article, that licenses, fines,
street tax, police court, wharf rents, and
other. miscellaneous sources, produced
$131,000. This would make q total Of
1881 900 IS the actual cost Of running the
city government frsm April LIST, 1860, to
April 1st, 1861, which, if true, every reas-
enable man will say "cheap enorgh.".
Now, Will he be SO obuging as to direct
the Comptroller to make a statement, by
items, Of the various SUMS paid out during
that period for ell municipal purposes-
embracing interest On funded and floating
debt, and outstanding city orders; Police
and Recorders Courts, BrideweN and Jail
expenses; police force Of men and officers;
fire department, complete; streets and
alleys; salaries; street gas, repairs bridges;
damages, and other items which enter into
the cost Of maintaining the municipal gov
ernment2 Foot ill these items up, and if
they do not exceed the sum Of 1881 1000,
your seven and half mill statement Will
be satisfactorily sustained provided, al
ways, that there has been nothing added
to the floating OF permanent debt Of the
city. Let the public have this statement,
diyested Of disgusting self-praise and often
sive personal attacks upon Others Neither
Of these appendicitis are necessary in
financial statement.
We wish also to cali his attention to
the following abstract from the Comptrol-
1ers annual statements for 1860 and 1861:
Assets Feb T. 1a6n Feb l. sst