, 1869-07-28

hid great personal integrity. Chicago,
tl.is respect, Is douh,y blessed Four year
reo, End eg'.iu TWO years ago, the peopl
e, ctct! l..yor Iiee, and have never had oc
rss!uu to y:s7et the choice on tho contrary
laN- had repeated occasion 10 rejoic
therein. According to the old la,
tie election Of n Mayor shoul
have t.l:ca place in April Last; bu
tit Legislature, in changing the time 70
municipal elections to November, continue
Ill the incuubents over until that time
Mayer Eice, not anticipating such action
Lad made arrangements FOR t-:p To En-
rope; End, accordingly, when he left in Jun
Last, the Council elected an acting Nayor
the choice falling upon Alderman Schintz
Rarely, in the hap-hazard proceedings O
legislative bodies, WIS the finger Of fortun
more apparent. The good luck in tn
choice is not confined to the mere securing
the services Of Mayor Schintz dnzin,
Mayor Ricc,s nbsence, but it Is also to b
found in the fact TINT it has induced Mayo
schintz, with generous seH-sscridce, /
consent to Succeed Mayor Rice in Hoyem
her, nod to continue to hold the Office there
ufter from term TO term. Generou
scliutz. Fortunate Chicago.
Connected with the city government, an,
i.y soluc regarded as indispensable in main
tuining peace and order, is an institutio.
lnown IS the Bridewe1l To this prison th
petty thieves, the ruflans, the wife-whippers
the ragrants, confidence men, loafers, AMI
generally that portion Of the population
who live by q total abstinence from al
kinds of labor, are sent by the Police Court
There they are to work out by labor the
amount Of their fines
The BHdeucll, in the extent and vnriety
cf its table, in the number aud activity o1
its servants, and in the comforts and ele-
geace Vi its apartments, cannot compare
with the Sherman House, nor in fact viii
thuse Of any OF the lending hotels OF this
city. On the contra1y, those who are pro
viacd with hoard aud lodging at tha.
establishment prefer almost any othe,
rlnce Of entertainment The Mayors,
Councils and Police Courts Of Chicago have
Hitherto been governed hy the belief that
tie dread Of this institution had q whole.
some egec. UPON Mt lsast t1e vaera,,ts
thieves, picLooclets. nirnna md brl1ia- who
infest The city. und. consnouentlv hare a.
rcc:ea thci, erer-les n tba ,,roet o,d in,
prisonnent of as roanv Of This c,oss ns nos.
sihle. But Mayor Schintz bus inaugurated
new policy, founded upon principles of
p,re nbi1os,nbr and a,r;,+ a,a,,o
Hc Las been SIoror some s;rtv dayz
and during that time h,s d;scbo,oed fo,,r
kindred md eiobtr convict, ~, +ho
Er;ta4u,u
The nah1;c b-tore o,,aanr;,a +,,;o r,r
city in The administration NJ ;nst;ca s,,on1a
ct Iesst hear ma e-n1,,atia, NJ,
scliu.z Tins st,,.es md uI,-lrs ont b;s
proposition, The citv has a R,;asvell II
rnys the coutraeto1a thitv-tvo cen,a nar
day for the diet and keepino Of the PRISON.
ers. Il contains on m average $50 prison
ers, end the expense is, Of course. size Der
day, or S76s por week The city stands in
need o1 certain Improvements, particularly
Of q tunnel 1t LaSalle street. That tunnel
Will cost $3.50, 900. To discharge Ill the
rrisonera in excess Of 100 is saving To the
city Of eco per week, or SEQ, ,l2O per an
rt,m. TLia su1n viii pay the interest On
The cost Of the tunnel, md leave surplus
For a sinking fund, which, in the abort term
of seventy yeats, will e1tinguish the oriei-
nal debt. This policy, therefore, will give
the citx tbs Lasalle street tunnel free Of
cost.
1t n6y be objected that this policy NAV
vorl ia The iuiuv Of tie B,ideEeu coutrac-
tors, to whose interests those of the public
n,nst be. Of course. subordinate; bnt herein
the 1,hi1esophic and discriminating mind OF
the uoror is admirably DISPLAYED. Tho
prs>r,rrs in liz, Bridevell are Of two
classes: Ouc.the idle, but uhle-bodied, loaf
,.rs thieves. and scoundrels. who never work.
bat Lpye irsatiab1c appetitos; the other,
the unfortunate, victims Of drink the sicl
aud tic disssolute. who eat nothing COM
narst;, eir The contractors make nrof,t
IN ,be eycrpec consnnntion. The Alaror
.,c,s :, md u;tho1t ~ MI ;nter+ar;oo v;tb
t1s .cono,r;c ,ort of b;s n1.n fu,lv
r-,a1c,s .he Rrid.vau contractors nv mar.
!, rot,.,1- t,a ana o,I. 1,osia5 ,ba
confidence men, the lpstv vacrnnts. tho
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