Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-16
The Election fm Chicago

The Election fn Chicago
The victory of what was called the
Fire proof" ticket, in Chicago, was very
similar like the movement of the reform.
ers in New York city. The great popu
lar movement for reform encouraged tbs
citizens of Chicago to the discussion OF
their municipal fairs. 1t is bad period
of time for public plunderers, everywhere
in this country, when people respond to
suoh calls AZ they have in New York and
Chicago. The spirit which actuAted the
Chicago rcformess may be seen from the
following extract from an editorial ia the
Chicago Tribune, published on the morn
ing Of the election. 1t said:
"When the flames ragged throughout
the CITY, and the walls of our warehouses
and homes were topplinR TO the ground
II WIS the natural impulse of every ore
to snatch whateve be could Of peraonal
posses-ions and rescue il from the general
rnin. When the water failad and the
&ire Department became powerlesa, and
there was great danger from incendiaIies
every body who had any Iropertv, or whr
felt any devotion 10 the public good, wa.
willing 70 turn ont and give night, Or
any number # nights. to watching For
thr"ves and ircondisries. II was a du'y
whirh re III embraced, not only willing
". hut eogerlv, 10 defend our citv-sucN
of l. az we had left-from the villains and
cut-throata whom we believed to be prowl,
ir,- WOW, with hostile intent.
r. khOEe Incorib
are low threatening the city. There Ar
robbers who are now schemerQ 10 ohtajn.
under cover of law, a share of the poor re-
Tn.inder of the city fuuds, end 10 avi'
Themselves Of the present emergency t"
FIJI their pockets with the paople's money
They have Organized Themselves into p
band which they call the Peopl4's
Ticket" or netting like that, for IT,
purr ose nf seizjng and administering TIE
county finances Rut few wears of such
administration would be fully as bad for
the public interests as supplementary
f-e w,u,d have been in that arxious
week following our great couh4gration.
Death of Hon. Chns. a. Winchester
Hon. Charles A. Winchester, ex-Mayor
o. the cltv cf SprinQfield, Mass, died on
Saturday Last, at his residence in that city.
Of Briebt's disease of the kidneys. after a
prinful illness, at the age Of 48 years
L his death Springfield loses one Of is
m ,st worthy and respected citizens. p
nan of the strictest integrity. and one
whom the citizens of that city have hon
o-pd. He was n native # Pawlst in this
o,untv, md went to Springfield TO reside
twenty-five years ago after Rradu ting az
W, elt y-n University. in Middletown, O.
since which Sprinpf~ld has been hi
home, The scene Of lis life work. H
studied lew with Hon Erssmus D Beach,
and WIS lerg associated in the practice Of
the law with Judge Henry Morris. Nor
r Gently he has had a separate Cficp, and
il addition to hi, law practice has per
formed the du'i-s Of Judge Of the Po'ict
Court, teirg senior Police Justice. Tn
o,nfidence and esteem with which his fl
low ci,iz.rs regarded him were testified
BY the number end variety of public eff
ce- - held, He hid been member o.
both branches Of city government, of the
8 hool con mjttee, represented the city in
the legislature of Massachusetts in 1865
a. 1896. and wes Mayor Of Springfield
in 1868 and 1869.
Iu al public places his duties were rer-
formed saitbfully and conscientiouly. and
to the general acceptance of hi4 fellow
citizens. He wns quiet and retiring rath
err thnu thowy man, and it was partie
ulary in prive'o life, rs we have known
him for years, that the fine qualities of
his character were displayed to the best
advantage OF pure MUD and simple
habit, his WIS eminently social nature.
AND it IL rare that any man leaves behind
so large a circle of warmly attached per
sonsl friends He was also a religious
man, and had long been q member of the
Metl odist church. At the time of his
death be wac be was chairman of the
trustees of Trinity Methodist church in
Springfield, and was for many years a
teacher of its Sabbath school. His life
was literally without blemish or reproach.
He leaves a wife and two children. Thus
has parsed away another of Vermont's
noblest sons, who by bis life and services
on other fields, has shed additional luster
upon the State which gave him birth.