, 1873-07-18
Tho German movement.


MAYon MED1LI AND THE ELECTION.
TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE announced nuthorita-
lively, in loading artolo yesterday, that Mayor
Modill has declared most positively that, first,
Mayors Office; md, second, he would not nc
cept tho ollico II ho were elected. Added to this
explanation Of Mayor h[odiis position, thore is
q glowing oulogy Of tho Medillian Admiuistra-
tlon.. This eulogy Is alao manifostly communi-
contra addiction to tho articles which TIE TRIBUNE
has been in the habit Of printing about tho
strength Of the movement against Pur1taniBm,
this article contains tho following nonsense
"Thero ia no formidable opposition On tho
policy Of the Mayor concerning liiquor:-ao1ling,
eavo among o portion OF the Haloon-keoperp.
Thla oppoHition, which at ono timo appeared to
include tho boor.drinkors, turns out to bo con-
fined mainly to tho BOOKSELLERS"
At tho same timo, tho article freely admits that
the Sunday-quoation will exert largo influence
at tho next city election. 1t rejects In this con-
nection both the Democratic and Republican
parties, and indicatos, as tho desirable result of
tho next election, tho choice Of q Mayor OF tho
same politics as Medill, particularly as regards
tho salo Of splrituous liquors. As Molil can
not foresee tho choice Of such n Mayor by either
tho Democratic party or the Republican party al
such, It is clear that lo counts upon the aocailod
" "Law-apd- ordorparty. He doaireH to have o
Mayer elected by this party, who, like himself,
will transform tile cosmopolitan City OF Chicago
into Puritan village OF q Sunday, and drive OF
the aaloon-keepers and "Dutchmon " wherever
ho can.
What particular jcwo1 Nrcdin has in his oye,
he does not say. And, porhaps, it may bo sus-
pected, from Ills own estimate of himself, that
his statement, to lilo effect that ho will not. bo
his own successor, iB not to DO literally accepted.
Tho man has committed himself TO 80 many cou-
credited with tli8 ono.
We aro almoBt inclined to wish that tho Law
and-O Order pasty Bhould tako Medill, who has nl-
roady boon proposed by many Of it's mombors,
p2ns fs @4s % as 2~s & @ s nSa I
pertldy which, in its yielding to family Of basc
fanatics, and Known otliugH, aud common lypo.
critics. contracts and opprosaos personal andsocial
freedom in Chicago, and. ut timo whom harmo-
ny among tho citizens ia moro indispensable
than over before, has substituted, in tho paoo Of
tho good foeling and tho tolerance which former
~ prevailed among the ditforont nationAltioa Of
Chicago, tho oppoBitos, Of bitterness and diacord.
His personal defeat next November would, thero-
fore, be tho most impressive lesson which could
be taught to the distnrbers Of tho poaco and
tho aonernioa Of freedom. Perhaps Modill
feefa nd fears this, and, consequently, In spite
OF llis vanity, has not tho courage to como for
ward again as q candidate heforo tho people, At
all events hiB particular friends give tho assur-
anco that ho Is in earnest iu his refusal to accept
tho candidaturo.
II this is tho case, may ho at least bo SUCCESSES
9ul In providing tho Law awald-Ortler party with q
candidate who shall DO as 1lt representative of
tyranny and diAcord US himself! It will then be
al tho easier for tho friends Of peace aud free-
dom to defeat this man with candidate who
shall tako n diametrioa!ly.opp position to
that Of l1odil. Modill seems to fear that his
opponents seek such candidate at tho hands Of
tile regular Republicans, OF would, at any rate,
accept ono from them. lie may rest eaBy on
this score. Tho Republican party of Chicago,
az auch, has irrotrioyhbly forfeited tho
confidence OF the friends Of froodom
and ponce and It ID with moro reason thnt Mo-
dill mny foar tlat his dofeat and tho defoat Of
his clique will bo secured by tue ald Of tie DEM
ocratio organization in Chicago.
He soemB half to fear that Alr. Fesins wi}l run
ns candidate against him. or rather againat
tho yot-to-bo-found Mcdilian alter ego. We can
quiet Aia fears In this direction. It is truo that
Mr. Hesing has already been brought forward
on many sides "a tho candidate Of tho oppoai-
ton to oppression and disorder but ho here
with declares that he neither seeks such cand:-
dature, nor mould accept Il. In the worry begin
ming OF the German movement, Ao expressed
himself distinctly In favor OF this "That It ia
tho duty and tho interest Of Gorman nepubli-
cans, III tho coming city election, to glyo tho
control OF tho Offices to the Democrats !" aud he
stands bY It,