, 1875-07-07
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
nEuM's coSTE,trT.
70 ths Eliior Of The Chicaqo Tribune:
Cu,cAdo, July t.-]f the "Clty Marn1al' or
" Superintendent Of Police particularly desiro1
10 otlib1s lis profound contompt for the Com
mon Council, as woll AZ for tho psop!o Of Chtcs-
60, DO has been signally successful during tho
past tbrae days. Moreover, he was tesiroua
OF demonstrating how utterly unfit ho Is for tho
responsible position he aiagraceg and how utter
Jy unworthy tho confidence Of al decent men, ho
has n1so boen successful. II, again, lo VIE
anxious to provo to ponplo outside Of Chicago,
what wo I'll know horo ut homo, namely, that
our present City Government Ia most hopsleas-
Mayor down, he has like Hiae boon succosstul.
do not recall any Fourth Of July during the past
ton yearn when 4ho l1se Of nfo-crnckcrs, torpo-
does, and fireworks and firearms Of nll Kinds,
haa been 10 RvlaAa and unseatrsiuod.
l.oya aud young men began Friday night to tire
crackcrs without huy restraint Saturday the
laggeBt hherty wna allowed; groups of boyh were
SLOWED to gather whore they pleased. mud when
they pleased. ausl fro what they pleased. Tho
eSplonloila IaBte1 ILL Ate hour Saturday night
thora waa nat tho slightest ahatetnant at tho
nuisance, Or, 80 far IS can learn, the slightess
attslnpt tu a.ate it. Monday tho ean.o st1tn OF
shilgs existed. and aloudaY evening up to late
hout, tho city was In a parfect uproar nom .
csaselesa explosion Of fireworks. And all this
IL, tue faco OF tho facs that tho Common Council
few davH before passed. special order direct
iuG tho City Marshal to prohibit the uso of fro
SGs IT, a Sas'pt seems j. ID '' hvdp poGl'ss s.sea pes
oial pains to troas tho orior with
diercspect, and therefore to SLOW his utter dis
regard Of law and order. In such nnsn TT for
10 responsible poaitioue Is man who re-
tusce to execute specific order at to command
anu iiscipIine interiors? With 600 u1an 1t his
command, Mr. Re!.sn could haye cNectusl!y sup
pressed firing. a. 1east upon tho principal streets
bit during tho past three days tho policemen
loasea along tho etroets III their hahitnal uncon-
Of boys Oil Nust Madison street fixing ''Aomsp
candles" or snme kildred spltlro arrangement,
and saw big blsiy policeman loaf along by,
stopping h1.solf for nj Instant to BOO the abeT,
but never raising = finger to stop 1t. Nor Ii he
to 10 blaueu. lilo takes his QUO from hia ni'
po5iots; lie canMot act unloas Ito CAN deiend up
On being supported at headquarters, and lo
knows that tLe policy Of 'wniktng at things
to sso wl,as tho Cummon Council wi
do. That body has anon ita apecia
| ardor ,rampted upon. I1aa Il my reEnedy2 u
~, nil! ii be apptol? I13rudict that counci
aud alarcr aid ail hantH will let tho matter u
by default, and TINT thoy will .hus provo them
|
| aWaro Of,
| In coucluaion have to say that it serves u
right. Wo haya got Just what we deserved. W
hayo allowed tho city to drift ho'possty Into tht
| control Of piuhps nnd blackogs ne havo pos
nntea eiectfon-f frauda snA ballot-box stuaing K
40 on unchecked Tor years. We havo permlttot
! and 10 constantly permit a few unRcrupulou
| pot-houAo politicians to Ekulk Away into aoM
| dark underground llols aud nominate cur candl
! latea fur Us; mud thon Wa simply stsy ava
from tho bai|ot-box aud allow these eaule bIathor
skites to elect their candidates. Not ono-quar
tsf OF tho preBep. olgctaia Of tho 0ftY Of Chtcag
occupy their p1aeos because ono out Of hundte
| 0t tho soburt tax-paytnG, Hubstantisl cltzens o
Chiaago Nanb them thoro Thry hrs thor
simply through tho habitual nsgfocb Of tiles
citizens; that is, neglect to vote. Tho bum
rnofa and blscklegs always yoto, hpd. therefore
tl,eY aro always In office. As consequence o
thia the city Naa subjected to Imminent IN
hourly danger from Friday night to b{onaa
night and st TINA wheu We are atll stFuGxlin
tu repur the dasnagoa OF former confederation
a,,I keep pus reputation as = docenty goyerac
city good abroad. Waved in thls light, Ill
| Rahma taiuro 10 do hta duty Naa nothing leu
| tllau nh Infamous outrage; IlBGraceful allka
hin4olf, 10 tue Common Council And to the cit,
1t givoa currency 10 tho idea that he Ia respous
bio to nobody,~--no oven to tho Common Oo1lt
ell; and also 10 tho idea that ho Inns not fntera,
enough In Ills own dutiea to oven protoct tl
oity from danger by fro. It couvoyB the impre
sion that tho Cou,1non Council IL eitlar 1essstut
at power or destitute Of self-reFpect. or boti
md possibly tho latter conclusion would not /
far from the truth. 1t Ia hlgh time for tho lsv
abilug people OF Chicago to stop sud think.
CIVILIZATION.