, 1869-03-14
6QQTH SIDE PARK.


" mon. Hoyuc, Bowsn 4 Co) have got
" both Of the leading morning pspe1s SO
" interested thst they will publish MOTH
"lrg ttat is uct in taFe1 Of the bill"
Supposing that the TRIBUNE Ia one Of the
morning pspers referred TO, We have 10
eay that The statement quoted is an
arraut fAlsehood. Nobody has asked
Us 10 publish anything either for
or against the bill. We have had
no Communication with S:ammon,
Hoyne. Bowen, or Co., on the subject Of
supporting or opposing the bill, and none
Of them have "got III interested" OF a.
tempted to do so. To shut the mouths Of
those who call themtelves " Tax.pAycrs,"
60 tsr as we are concerned, We publish
their hSudbiil in another column, al
though they have not requested rs to
do 10.
This document il evidently the prcdpc.
don Of q class, which exists In every com.
muQisy, whoEe motto Is, "Af;er ns the
Deluge." Le,us get safely into orr graves.
and we care not whether posterisy has
parks, OF has anything else. II posserity
wants parks let posteri,Y get 'em and
pay fer EN-. There will be plenty OF
land after We are dead and gone. There
Is the whole count1y, weBs 10 The Missis-
sippi and south to the Ohio, to choose
from. Omit bother us with your nasty
tsxes. We have lived from fifty to
seventy years without parks, and nc Can
slALd il lew years longer
The first objection raised against the
bill is that It authorizes The Governor to
appoint lie CcmmisMcncrs originally,
and the Judge Of the Circuit Court to
appoint their srcccssors, "thus putting
",hem beyond the reach ot the people,"
We suppose the authors Of the document
would prefer that the Commissioners be
selected BY c2ucuses managed by ward
politicians through the influence of local
rum shops. Whether the bill be good or
bsd in its other featurez, the mode Of ae-
iectirg the Commissioners is eninensly
prcdent and proper.
The second objection Is that three
"quarters Of the ground selected Is low
"swAmp." We believe it Ia true that
large psrt Of the laud ee-
lec,ed is low. It Is, nevertheless,
sufficiently elevated above the lake Tor
purposes OF drainage, ard most of it is
alresdy 11Etned. There is no land in the
vicinity Of Chicago presenting rolling
or civer. fed surface; ard since We hsve
to take lsud that Is 4 II, or nearly 81. there
is very little choice, SO far Is ps1k Is COL
cerrtd between one piece Of ground and
another. If the land selected for the
South Park is low in point OF topography,
it is also low in price relatively 10 other
lR1d. II Tie bill had taken in the "rtdge
property" so called, ard excluded the low
ground, the cry would hive been raised
with much greater force that the "pa1k
spectators" were endeayo1ing to bring
their swamp laLds into market, and
to compel the public to improve them by
converting the surrounding lards into 3
park.
The re1t objection rec!tes that the
Commissioners have authority to issue
$2000,000 Of bonds for the purpose OF
paying sry deficiencies that may srise
in acquiring AID improving said land,
and that they EhAll have power TO raise
by taxation a sum not e1cesoing $500 ;o0G
per year thereafter, for all purposes wha.
ever. 6upposing the whole sum o.
f270oo,000 Of bonds to be issued, thel
the b,ll provides thst the interest or
tic same shall be paid gu. o
the 100000 which may be leviel
annually. Hence the two sum,
OF money nam.d are In fact the same, ani
uosi in addition - each other, as the hend
bill Argument implies. The interest o.
se,oo0,o00 Of bonds is $140,0oO annually
The remaining s160 600 is ali tha, can b
expended in any one yenr for park in
proyements. OF course If we are 10 hsv
parks We must pay for them We vote
down bill two yesrs ago that wouI
have given US park more advantage
ously located and at about one 1usr:e
the prize that we must now pay. An
park that We &C. now will be chesp tw
years hence. The only practical que:
ton We have to consider is WLe,her II
want any parks.
A Prea. display Of figures is made |
the document before us, derived from tb
se-called "equaiizstion bill " passed
the Legislature. We have ALREADY spoke
OF this measure, ard shown, as We thirl
tlat the Legislature has NO right to d
rect and 70 power 10 compel the C3mmc
:. Courcil OF Chic,go to issue bonds II
incur debts for any purpose whatsoever.
no more, in fact, than 1t has TO comp
an Individual to do SO. II Is perfect
idle absurdity. The freedom oi the pc
pie ard Of the Council is as complete
this RESPECT ss 1t WAS before the law r
passed. So all arguments based upon u
Equalization bill" fs!l to the ground.
The remafulet OF the document Is d
voed To general decunciation Ct pa
steculaiots." Wrs suppose there are so1
persons In the community who will ma
something af CT paying their as:cssmeu
by The ratification oi the bill, in additi
to The eenersl advantages common 10
pnbIlc. Wc do no: see how this can
prevented, urless the park be locai
wholly in Like n chigsn. II we Ia
any psrk et all somebody will own Is
In the vicinity. This objection will
against ary park, at aIy time,
: any place. We lhirk ihst ,
"spetulaCrs" will not mike ueA,
ne mitch money as they expe
We lhtrk th.t they and the pah
have tkkeu an e1aggera'cl gicT Of ,
beEefis s to be DERIVED from it TO thc II
In ils yicirity. These benefits hi
asresdy been discounted, and mary
the sh1ewdest operators have tai
advantage of the excitement to
OUT tn advance of the '
=; ard tie assessment. At all events
\ objection We are considering has los
mint only in small mipds. and is
dressed only to miIds OF the same G
=. ard calibre.
We repeat, tbs: the only question
the Fnbiic to consider Is, whether I
want an7 parks at al. This ques'
eech voter il competent to decide
: himself. The election takes place
TUESDAY tf pe1t week.
HuMBUG HUMILIATION.
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Precedent OF the United Ss6tes, and