, 1873-04-03
CICERO.
How O Small Community Rescued
Itself.
a Lesson for Larger ones--Tho Ballot
and Its Defendor8--A Ring
Broken.

Broken.
70 tho Elitor Of Tbs Chicago Tffbuue:
A fow woolis ago, gavo you IN account Of tho
effort of tho majority Of tho Town Board Of
Cicero to thrust q liquor-saloon buck upon tho
village Of Oak ParA aftor its throo rum-shops
Ind boon suppressed, and tho Board had agreed
to grant no moro lconaes thoro. But this Tas
only sktr,nish in tho great battlo for it was in
retaliation on account Of m injunction gotten
ont by Oak parkers to provont tho Board fron
allowing it's Treasurer illegal md extortionato
foos. For many yoara, this town has beon ruled
by Ring, M unHcrupulous aud mcreenary as
that of Now York City. When strip 2 mioa by
g, on Its oastorn border, taken into tho city,
in orlor yet to koop control Of tho town. they
managed to ,rotain in Cicoro, for voting pur-
as triangle juuing in:o tho city, and
connecting toll. tho to,un simply by its
ncute dMglo! And, for this Banle purpoGe,
one Of tho hoad conHpirators, this Inst weol, got
through the Senate Of Tho Legislature, and
through second reading in tho Houao, u bill
contraveninC tho Town Inv, to allow o voting
precinct for Brighton. As Hoon as the House
was made aware Of tho animus Of tho mcaBuro,
thoy killed. it, sooug that all tho expressed sym-
.pathy for tho three towns Of Chicago WAS orooo-
dilian.
Yestorday the election camo or at tho loyal
place, the Town House, in Austin. Tho indict-
mont against tho dynasty Ind boon printed and
circulated, and not one count in it had been de-
mattor Of record. 1t charged John ,McCafrrey,
tho Grand 1fogul, with tnking, in two years, NJ
Treasurer. 90, l05 OF illegal feos,-thia, in ad-
diton to tho legal foes Of 50, 97o.9o for tho aamo
an ordinary town politician. Hero is tlo, wny
Charge commission OF, money. received from
tho for.nor Treasurer, who lad already received
os a IN tug ham oma OF nd too e
ono hand into tho other! It was for doing iuHt
hs tahn sna othors j S It hnt ths Court
we're set down ngainst John II. Rico, Collector.
gy tho samo logor'omain, Il. r: Crawford, as
sun, Of $1,000. 1ncapacity Or dishonesty i'll az.
aossing, lottiug contracts to tho highest instead
Of tho lowest bidder, being parties i'll contracts.
/ aud awinding ogrcgouely in these, tho aame,
md other such, wera grievances.
At Inst tho respectable pooplo who, for sovon
yearB had been ruled by the manipulated vote OF
tho city overflow, wore thoroughly aroused, and
they determined to overthrow tho ougarcl.y
meetings woro hold at Austin nnl Oak Park; ;
Brighton wns aroused, aud ovory in it
marked. At tho polls the conflict was dos
they could t Do i'r to pu.fy ' tho i baotbo1' H.
En- maase they wont to the Town He}, ,-bankers,
| lawyers wholesalers, clorgymon, mechanics,
tradosmcn, and farmors, and thoro thoy romaill-
| ed from o'clock in the morning till at night,
and many Of thom until tho last vote was connt-
! cd, at .. Eyon their voting would not have been
enough. Their proBonoe, their physical force,
woro found to DO needed, as the wagon-loalB OF
rir-raff,, brought up from Brighton. swayod up
Tn In nn1 tn in I'm
tbs eyoning before, q fund OF 1000 had been
raised to prosecute illegal voterH. This WAS re-
poatedly announced to tho crowd, and placards
| to this effoot wero posted in the hall.
On our side, not ono voter was rejected.
| md only two or throo had to BYear in thor
| votes; and thai with tho Ring Supervisor as
Moderator, according to the lnw ct Cook County.
On tho olor side, about thirty wero challenged,
| Bwoar that they woro votors. Many Of thoso
fellows would anHwor nil tho questions as to age,
citizenship, and residcnco fayorably, and. when
the oatll to tho olreot was proposed, rofuEe
| to tako it, and pass oil, 80 discriminating wcro
| they aB between q comm OIL falBehood and pur-
| jury. To relieyo ono Of theao weak conscionces,
tho Bible, purchased for tho occasion, with .
| cross on tho front cover waH turned over; and
baek, ni1d tho oath was not tnLon! Thon thoro
wnro twenty-five or thirty moro of those deli
cate acamps, WHO had boen brought up
Who Destined ovon to o1or thoir votos, seoibg the the
demonstration OF tho ctizena. OF thirty y-six
men brought in two wagons, ono Of which was
marked " Dupont's Gunpovter," Oh stato street.
view Of tho case, could but e1claim: - Many are
called, but few are elaoson." Ho alao found
aomo poor follows who Toro wondering
for,-1or: Meu lived in DanetNo! And
others aaid that tloir wages wors doubled for
coming, and tho liquor was frae. Ono WIS
Brldowoll mora than two woolt4 Quo Of tho
Ring candidates innultod our German oitlzenB
by saying, in tho train, within hearing of ono of
them, that they could buy any Gornlnn yoto for
nleetiug and ulso to the faco OF tho candidate OH
olecto1l-1ay. Another male q contract with q
uan to work for him III the caryasu in couaiGor-
alton Of 5000 to be pail, and thon, tho result
Clayton Il, Crafts was eleoted Supervisor; A.
Q. Butlcr, Asaoesor; Z. 8. osgood, Collector;
George Eckart, Trustee; john Mnghes, Clerk;
Samuel Dunlop, 3. Forrogt,. and William Parry,
poter Do Lindo, Constablod. Crawford, shor-
wood, Rice il Co. we're not aside. III yoto Of
415 our average majority was 10. It was only
tho Vigilance III rejecting talao yotors that sayoa
litieal rings. may SEQ what thoy can do il tlloy
will only undertake III doad oarnest. Yours,
J. L. RoY.
palling information that skirts arc bong mado
10 Hcanty that ono can scarcely step IN them
watBts aro apologioB for waists, and orinolino as
we'll az tho {ournure have entirely disappeared.
To tllia conBumT,atiOn lAyo NO not yot nrrivod,
but our timo will surely approach, Hince Paris
rules tho world, lesplte tllo efforts Of American
naodistes and American ladtes to invent faahianu:
The exquisite taste OF cultured, thoroughbred
American women Ii beyond criticism, yot thcy
cannot produce, thoy cannot arrive ut tho ini1n-
table magic ideas or Virot, howoyor minute
their directions. A certain charming American.
In parla was in love with bonnet 30 olaato. 30
dfufna Hiatt tn Al tn r fIiA. " Ennr