, 1873-10-31
ELECTION RUBBISH.

on tho Transportation Question.
ELECTION RUBBISH.
It Is ono Of tho necessary or at loast inovteblo
evils Of elections that filthy men with filthy |
tongues will tako an active part in tho canvass'
Tho b1aokg,lard sooms to revol IN tho fcast Of
dotraotion which IN ordinary election presents |
to him. -Four ycara ngo. tho peoplo Of this city
sought to break up the old systom by which pnr-
ty conventions wero packed with tho 1oast ropnt-
able portion .,of tho c6mmunity, md these
conventions placod before tho people
nomlnocs Of their own kind for oil
tho public Offices. So, strong had beoo mo
this syHtom that tho mon in Office comprised q
sort Of dictatorship and levied taxes, md appro7
priated tho money III the most Irresponsible,
manner. BY tho levy Of enormous suma upon
the people, they were ablo to purchase tho coli
troll Of any convention, and were thus enabled
to porpetuato their own ascendancy. The City
Troastrors Office at TINT time was considered
prizo. Tho holder Of tint Office collected
largo sum every year for Interest," which
ho. pockotea.- Other Offices wore Of even
greater magnitude In tho yield of personal
royouuo to tho incumhents. In 1869.
thero was IN appeal taken from these
packed party conventions to the people,
and MIR. Danvid a, Gage offered to pay into the
City Treasury tho interest received on tho do
poe!ts of city money. Tho people heard tho
appeal ind elected Mr. Gage. Since TINT timo,
md for the three expired ycars of his term, he
has paid into the City Treasury over s1sU, 900.
all Of which, Ind his opponent boon olcctod,
would have been kept by the Treasurer as hiB
personal emolunlents.
Ordinarily, public officer, who in three years
voluntarily Burrondora to the public $3.50, 600 of
tho lawfulincomo of his Office is entitled to aoIne
con,1nondatiou, but this very fact hns bcon used
and urged as q roaaon why Mr. Gage should not
bo ro-oleotcd, and Us d reason why tho Office
should bo given to another person aelectod by
Mr.. Hosing for tho purpoBe Of robuking what he
calls puritanism. Thoro is not nnother peraon
who has ever hold tho office Of City TreaHuror
who has not pocketcd all tho interest he could
got for tho use Of tho public money. Mr. o'Hara
has been in public Office twelve years, aud never
returned any Of his foes or omoluments to tho
Public Treasury Mr.. Hesing haa boon Sheriff.,
| and he noyor surrendered dino Of
his largo receipts; on tho contrary, ho
has drawn out more than sS5,0Oo for
a worthless printing~-aa thorough awindlo
as vas ever porpotratod on tho Taxpayers;
Hence ho cannot understand tho Puritanical
principle that has induced Mr. Gage to rotnrl1
$4,000 Of tho lawful porquistes Of his office,
and assumos that thoro ia something dishonest
| in 1t, For tllis reason tito streets are flooded
with pamphlets. hend-bils, posters, and circu'
lars, calling upon the public to dofoat the mar
who has paid buck to the city $130,o00 Of tht
lawful receipts OF bis Office. Ordinarily
this sort Of chop logic would bq laughed
at, but it constitutes q largo part %
tho rubbish md filth OF tho campaign
In hundred naloona. . evory nigh
thoro aro rs many persons vociferatlng to nois.
and half-drunkon crowds, appealing to thom tt
olect O'Hara and turn out OF office the man who
thoy assuno and ins1nuato, would ncvor hav
given up s13o,ooo Of his Official porquisltes j
: he had been IN honest nun. That is the blrdel
Of all tho saloon-keepera' jargon. That ia th
argument Of all tho saloon-keopers' orators mi
candidates. Turn out Gage, put in O'Hara, be
cause Gage hns paid into the Treasury $4,000
which ho would mover havo done had ho not boo
dlahonest!