, 1875-10-28

1Fu - AIetAllIb VI 4 W Iulieb 1E0nl their
places Of business, aud their noon hour Is not
sufficient timo iu which 10 voto. Now. II tho
merchants Of Chicago would give half holiday
OIL election day to ihoso who wish to voto. /
think 1t would increase the Republican voto Lo-
yond possibility Of dcfoas. r.G.
nEsroXstnlL1fY or CITIZENSHIP.
10 t1s El,for Of lac GA,caao I1tdunf:
CnEcA0o, Oct. 27.-The processes by which a
positive good becomes positive evil are not al-
ways easily tracod or readily defined, but tho
Eood or evil Of FREQ form Of government turns
10 Gel tallY OIL the observance or neglect OF tho
responsibilities Of citizenship As connected with
tho elective franchise tint NO have no difficulty
In determining whcro neglect Of duty on tho
part Of tho citizen las. n many instances (and
notably in ,hfs city, robbed LIZ Of Tie good re-
auts Of our eieotiye system, and fas.-
enoa on tls ita worst features, almost
in q permanent fur1n.
Released from tyranny In some sl,ape, in 4
greater or lesH deGree, cur citi7ens OF foreign
birth eaeosiy grasp the ballot when shey reach
cur ehorcs. and manifest u zeal in IT'S unc not
.inays te1uporrd with E,ae 1egasd tor results. In
1eyer 10 The roa unless usgc to 40 BY friendly
Into War. We aro not an.llng auy fault Will par-
tsea who do vote, he they uat!vs foreign. Itis
privilege IND duty aliko !ncnsnucnt al'. and II
neglect On the art CT oy plaeen tho polls and results
Of elections lii tho hapia Of men who rse them nm
wlss'J the man who refuses to vote Just rpspon
albie for these results As sra these who early
mud often," and whether fer erll good consdess-
tians. always Ind tnan tn rut. tho eiectthns,
1n FREQ form Of aortrnusGnt, lie this where everr
man ta integral part Of tie Government, and bar
voice and yote IN forming tho laws under which b.
Lives, and aalecslng the 0ca.s administer thcn Il
h but slight rcnovd from . criminal act 10 jguoro
the ballot, many to, and turn It over tU tho
r1bs who rob Of Ill IT. go features and givc u
tta worst only.
Iiad the business rGn OF this c1ty-4ho men wEo
hApe nada 1t the rriila of tho continent who raised It
from iA aahca In year after the grcatsHt nro ever
known In hlstory-lud the+e mcn given 4 portion OF
their b.sneas 1Haea to tbs PRIMARIES and the eca-
ios doe~ any doubt Int that Official integrity
At*ad uf corruption and dishonesty, would hnvs cen
The character Of our ciav and county serrants and the
hght-ano<t for cxlstence-now Imminent woMIl not
hare oeon neshsslty 1t IL sisteAs for these aRood
citizens to leclaro that politics and elections 10
corrupt TINT good men cannot take part IN their
management. II corruption and chlrantry charscto.-
t1a these 1t IL because Of the AbeenCo OF the tettor
forces which thesc grLlmtcrs could hays bFuugl. to
baar. had they attended both Caucus and elect1ur
fail'nx to do thA they full partners with tho ra
bio complained of, and here everywhere, VIC flnd
the operation Of ths Law Of penalty thoss who nnyo
most neglected duty ts heaviest sncrrra f tho
business men Of tho city pene1t enough for form.
Neglect TO do penauce At tic polls Tuesday, portion
Of their lost esta.G 1nny be recovered by the erat
Of the ta1-eattrs. VIII they do 1T WkHT SIDE,