, 1874-12-24
Consummation Of tho Wa
bash Avenue Rail-
way Job.
The Infamous Measure
Has Become a
Law.
Mayor Colyin Atfixes His
Signature to tho
Ordinance.
lfc Says Tic Would Approve It il
Ho Knew 1t Was
q Steal.
How the Scheme Was Figured
Through the Com
mon Council.
A Large Sum Of Money Usc0---Al0er-
men Bought by the Score.
Strong Popular Indignation on the
Subject.
Expressions OF the Views Of Leading
property-0wners.
How the Scheme Was Figured
Through the Com
mon Council.
A Large Sum Of Money Usc1---Al0er-
men Bought by The Score.
Strong Popular Indignation on the
Subject.
Expressions OF the Views Of Leading
Property Owners.

The outrageous passago by the Common Conn-
ell last Monday evening of tue Wabash nsenno
Etroat-railway ordinance has givcn rise to a
aentimont OF public indignation against tho mt
nicipal legislature which has not boon equa1ca
ainca tho bribery investigation cases in which
Montgomery, Walsh, and company came to de-
seryedly iguoninious grief. Tho parpotration Of
ti4ta barcfaced 'ffob" at the very outset Of tho
career of the new Council speaks badly for tho
fidelity Of tint body tho interests Of tho people,
and goos to provo that another revolution in pol
itics must sweep over Chicago boforo this officinl
Rcoutdrelism can DO thoroughly wipod out
more thorough-tacod Hwindlo was novor foiated
upon community than TINT whictt majority Of
tho Council Of thiu city sanctioned and approved
last Monday night Yosily, the Aldcrmanio ma
Iority should
HIDE THEIR HEADS IN BHAsiE
whom thoy meet their constituents, unless, in
decd, thoy woro elected with tho deliberate I'LL.
derstantling TINT tboy should sell their votes to
the highest bidder. This horvos to explain tho
aery zeal with whlch saloon-keopcrs, gamblers,
add 1oafo,s rush to tho front as Aldcrman1c can-
dldatos md, as rule, by the prodomiuanco Of
tue ruftian element around tho polls, succeed in
becoming tho treacheroua administrators OF the
finances Of this unfortunate corporation. by
IGNORING TIE PROPORTIONS
oE the railroad companies that proposed, ono Of
them, to keep the street In thorough repair ut
it's own oxponec, aud tue other, WHICH proposed
| to pay poi cent OF itH earnings into tho City
| Treasury and Il por cont toward tho Public
Library Fund, and accepting tho proposition oi
| tho Chicago City Rrroad Company, without
my reservation OF essential conditions, or With
| out any rrouliso to iighten tho burden of taxa
| tion, tho Common Council, in the majority,
proved itso.f don OF thieves, utterly undeserg..
1 1.1S<n nn+ nh,I
a 1T subject for tho close, Investigation Of
tho Grand Jury Of Cook County. This
/ Infamous transaction Inns opened the oyos Of ous
! citizens to tho groaa corruption Of their local
Legislators. but it will. ut least, have tho good
| effect Of raising ouch
4 aronat OF WRATH
against tho iniania0us majority TINT no man Of
tue whole number daro ever prcHant himself at
any future time, for election before tile pooplo Of
Chicago.
Wholesale bribery md corruption can alono
account for the extraordinary aclion OF the Com
mon Conncil which had tho iudecency TO pass
| IN ordinance Of such Importance without even
allowing it to pe cngrossed. This, Of itself,
goes far to prove tbat tho public mind is
correct IN its Judgment OF the baao trans
action. Why d body Of men, elected By their
fel'ow-citizcus to do them honest uoryico should
deliberately give away an important franchise
valuable az 1t admittedly iB-witAout making Mt
loust some laws that would 10 beDeiicial to tho
city. admits OF no explanation othor thnn that
| which tho common Sense OF the people points
, to with npos1inE MIN. 1t is not tho moro laying
Of ra,lroat-track from Madison to Twenty
second street, OH Wabash avenue, that makoa
the grievance, because majority Of tho prop
erty-holdora botwean tho points indicated are IT
favor Of tho railroad lut the wrong comes ir
whore tho Council deliberately ignored tho cor
porate right Of tho municipality, and gave ut
unreservcd franchise to a erca& monopoly.
Tho Common Council, having proved ntterl,
false to tho grcat duty reposcd within it, has
LOST TIE CONFIDENCE
Of our cittzenB, mud has becomo an obloot 0
general axeeration.