, 1873-07-16
CITY pt]I,TTTrH.

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CITY POLITICS.
Mayor Mcd1l having declared poromptorily
that ho will not bo d candidate for ro-oleotfon.
and further, that if oloctod no will not accept
the Office, thore has boon now interest given to
tho choice Of his SUCCESSOR. It is funny to
watch tho manollyering of MI tho Bn,all ea1atls,
caba!s, md clqucs Of potty politicians and
ossico-scohors. Each Of these clquos ]las n
and each claiins to have priority in knowing how
to csrcnmyont tho public md restore tho old
ptylo Of running tho City Government. Thoy
soein to forget that Alr. .Alclil llas matlo it
difficult to iud satisfactory Mayor. IIo
has set an example which but fow
will 10 willing, and fewer still competent,
to follow. Ho Inns been Mayor OF Chicago
nothing less, nothing more. uo has known no
party, or interest, class; his constituency has
been the whole people. Ho has administered the
Affairs Of tho city with tho solo Wow Of promot-
ing tho public intorosts, nnd LAS not stepped
aside in tho least to obligo political friend or
punish foo. His purpose haa boon to sorvo the
public interests; to oconomize the public reve-
nuo; to avoid every penny Of unnecessary OK
ponso; to rojoct ovory schomo for tho mere OK
pondituro OF money; to cut off all private
jobs at tho public cost; to enforce the laws, and
maintain order mud public dcecncy.
Mr. Melill has not only boon faithful, oner-
gotio, and economical Mayor, but he has been
nble to impross hia example upon Ill other
branches Of tho City Government. The Com
mon Council has been practically reformed,
After sharp contest, it yielded to the straight
forward policy Of the Mayor, and has generally
sustained him. Ho has reformed the Police Do
partnent by lifting 1t out Of tho hands Of local
politicians, and wedding out Of the force tho
inefficient md degraded. Ho Inns inspired tho
Fire Department with now energy. Ho las
given directneas, systom, and responsibility to
tho operations Of tho Board Of Public Works,
and generally throughout tho City Government
made fidelity substantial instead Of q pro-
tondod qualification for public service.
Tho people having Ind such Mayor will not
voluntarily or knowingly accept any other kind.
NN4kA14143 kAeJ WILL Aok tNuGGut 10 Euu GlGCt1Q0
Of any man as Mayor who will not either directly,
Or by hiB own woll-known personal charaotor,
glve ASSURANCE that thoro will bo no essential do
parturo from tho policy of Mayor Mel1l, either
aH respects IN honest aud economical adnustra-
tion of tho Government, or strict enforcement
Of the laws, especially those concerning tho Bnlo
OF liquors. There liz no formidable oppo-
altion on tho part Of any portion of tho COM
mnnity to tho policy Of tho Mayor concerning
Sunday li4uor-sclling, savo among u portion
OF tho Baloon-keopcrB. This oppoaition which
ct ono time appeared to include tho boor-drink-
oss, turns out to TO confined mainly to tho bosr-
aolora Strange az It may Hoon,, all tho political
cliqucs have for tho beginning Of their orgau-
ization this small body Of determined yiolators
OF tho Sunday lnwu Tho stump end Of what
was onco tho Democratic party hayo an itloa thut
Democratic candidate for Mayor might
be oloctod, With tho holp Of tho saloon
bun'mors; md visions Of long linc OF
Democratic oi'icors, from Mayor down
to bridgo-tentors, fill tho Imagination Of tl,o
dcad-bcats and scallawags who lnyo no other
expectation Of reaching Office. Those mon aro
suggesting tho names of several citizens for tho
Mayoralty, who, having common intorest in
the public welfare, will lend themselves to no
ench diBroputabo arrangements. Then tloro is
tho CaBtonl.IIouse, or ol1ico-hoders', clquo.
Theso men Insist human salvation depends on
the election Of straight Republican tIclsot,
composed Of mon who favored tho lato War, aud
tllo Thirteenth, Fourteenth, aud Fifteenth
Amonamonts, wllo will aay nothing to oiroud Mr..
tloHing, anawlio viii 500 that heparonagc Of tho
city aud tho expenditures of public monoy nro
in tho hands Of tric. and tr1o Ropnblicnua,
ThlB faction has OF course to concliato tho SUM-
dsy ll4uor-sollors, and this thoy will probably
try to do by solooting for Mayor sound ,opub-
lican WHO gots tight OIL Sunday, or aomo other
man who can no unto loyalty and disorder that
l'e can got tho support Of tho HaloonB. Outside
OF thoAo thoro ara tho brewers nlul tho ]iouor-
do"'orH' organizations, both having largo fnntla
at their diapoan md thon tlloro Is hlr. Hesing
himself, around whom nll t!ego clements circle,
each expecting hlH Md, aud each oiroriug him
anything Ae may ask for hiH support Strange