, 1874-10-21

IN the Flfbt ulhta1cs, tho opposing candidates
wcro Mr.. Sidney Smith and Mr., John q. Dore.
! 3le. Doro waB conspicuous and onrnest sup
porter Of Horace Greeley In tho last Presidential
campaign, and 1t Was unreasonable 10 suppoae
| for Cengreas ut the present timo. Nevertheless,
be would have boon nominated but for the
throwing ont Of tho Third Ward delegation,
which was composed Of Lis friends, aud tho nd
mission OF oloYen psrGons as members OF tho
Convention who wore mover elooted at all. This
Ia regarded by Mr.. Doro'a fricnla aa foul blow,
but 1t is plain that a1r. Smith 10 III nowiBo re-
sponBiblo for It, since ho nerer lifted hngcr
to secure Lis oun nomination from frat to last.
b{r. Smith ls a lawyer Of 1rst-rnto ability and
an honorable, hieh-toncd, atalrart, md cour-
agoous man. Chicago has never had better
representative in Congress, and 1t tho present
timc las not one half 30 good. Mr. Smith ought
to be elected. Tho district is, however, = pre-
csriouH ous. 1lr. Caulaeld, the Opposition can
didato, is MI able and experienced campaigner,
and popular man, especially with tue Irish
voters, who arc pretty numerous IN tho district,
On tho other hand, the County Of Dupago, which
conattntes part Of the district, ia Usually good
for 800 Republican majority, and ought to 10
decisive in Dir. Smiths favor II reasonable ef-
fort is made to bring out full roto.
In the Third District, Nlr. G. D. Farrell was
ronouinatet. We have opposed Alr. Farwell III
previous campaigns, believing him to ba rep
roacnsatfve of tho mort dangerous type of
modern politics. When l,e was first an suprant
Tor Congressional honorH we believed that
he Ras gambler, aud we beloved him
to be wholly unscrurnlous in his pub
lio as well IS his private relationB- We
haVe seen nothing to change our opinion, bnt
much to confirm II, and wo shall not CEASE to
warn the people Of hia diBtrict against the do
moralizinE mud bclttling act they commit ovcry
time they vote that he is ut representative for
them.
1t III claimed that 1lr. Farwe1 has done great
things for Chicago since ho has bcou IN Con.
gresa. VIII somebody be good enough to name
them? Ho has been there four 5oars, and nia
na1no Is not associated with my public measure
that we recall, except tho Chicago Ro1iot bill,
where ho eignaizcd himaelf by dropping out tho
article of lumber at time when lumber vaa tho
thing most particularly needed. As regards Tho
new caasom-House. the bill providing for tlat
was the joint product Of Judge Trunl-
bull, Gen Logan, and Mr. Farwel1. Tho
location Vas made on tho preseut Bito
after Mr. Farwol had exhausted oyery
nrru n
it would benefit aomo property of his
own. d bill for now Cuatom-Houso mud
Post Office in Chicago would havc passed all the
satne whether Mr. Farwe]l had been in Congress
OF not, or whether wo had Ind any Congressman
or not, Tor tho renaon that tho old one had been
burned and the public business had outgrowu
the Dimensions Of tho lot On which it stood,
Most OF the now Cuatom-Uou buildings
now under construction aro jobs III which
d dollar Is stolen by rascally contractors
aud politicians for every dollar invested
In labor and materials, and we suspect
that ours is no different from the rest. Bnt
whatever ou,s may be, Mr. Farwel is no more
entitled to tho credit Of giving us now Custom-
HOUSE than ho Is to tho blamc Of burning down
tho old one In point Of fact Mr. Farwell pos-
seeaes only ono qualification for u Congress-
man.-f that cau be called q qualification
viz. /: chicanery. In casea whero Indirect motAode
and "saulduggery" arc wantod, he Las few
Buporiore. He has had considerable amount
OF commercial ezperlonco, but in the statcsman-
ship needed to apply 1t and mako it useful
he is wholly deficient. T1is was exhibited by
bis action on the Currency bill, when hs ppoke
on ono side end voted Oh the other.
Alr. Faywoll Is one Of those yl,o belieyo in tho
potency Of money aB political Agency. This
tact aloue should zouse tho better classes Of 80
eiety to the dangers involved in putting power
In Lia haudB. Tho only thing talked Oh in con-
nection with his candidacy for weeks past bas
been his ability to buy up any opposition TINT ho
might find In his uay. Nc don't belieyo ho can
buy it all up this time, but we shall see.
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