, 1875-03-20


1lcsing. but cannut think lio would dare
advocate Il measure g1ariuEly contrary 70
The interests OF the taH-payerH. and o. honesty
nnd economy III the adn,inshtratlon or the c!sy.
In tho lrst place. Atr. Iles'n.s lnterhsIs ara In
Chicago. Ilo Ia 4 taxpayer lat'l,aolf, mud rop-
tcsontatiyo If tho German population, who sfe
also taxpayers. Our Gorn1hn population arc
frcot,oltrrn to very great oxtent; and not only
tho wcatlller among them, but thousands OF tho
moclat.icn and statosr1an. They would not long
follow tho lead OF u,nn WHO wonll add 10 tho
barthen which, ~ Taxpayers. they Aro alrOady
called upon to boar. \ .prors. therefore, Wo
should not c1pect to find Atr, HeR'ng working
ngainHt those nlto support him a. tLeir political
lender.
The cry Of corruption Is equally Abausd. may,
more absurd. nofota the bilt can become Inv,
ture; one-e!ghth OF tho loyal vote1s must pe.l-
tton that It DO aubuittcl to tho people whether
tley ahal clooso 10 reorGani7e under II or not ;
and then majority Of tho voters Of tho city ia
necessary to curry 1t. It wouid be strange In
tho legal voters Of The city should consplro to
fastou chartur on tho good people OF Chicago.
all In thc iutoreB.s Of a r,ngl And suppoatng
thoy did conspiro, what remedy Ia thero for Il
bat 70 ,;s como to tho main provisions q The The
Board. there shall bo two, constituting tho Com.
mon Councils Donrd Of tiftoon Directors, aud
Board OF Aldermen, threo FROM eacl. ward Of
tho city. Now. this is ,cersatuly very groas i'm
NAO'iIAGhkt ~ suo'kGA1 Uli AFb4e14-
tlyo body after tile pattern which hhs been 3D.
mittel from time immemorthl TO be the most
perfect Of oil Legislative lodcs.-ihc D.stiah
Parliament. II ia nfsor tho model. too, OF our
National Congress. aud Of ulost of 0lr Btato
Legislatures. FL this particular, therefore, tho
proposed caarter IL infinitely preferable to the
present.
Again, It provides that the fifteen mombers OF
tho board Of DIRECTORS shall be froeholders.
Here is = guaranty decidedly In the interest Of
tho tax.payer,, Of municipal honesty. and
economy; and In this, alaot tbore Ia an analogy
with tho bost representative bodies In tho world,
which require Of tho members OF tho upper
House qnatcations .,: enpos'os 70 !; those of tho
scntcd In tho City Council, AB 1t ought to bo.
Another advantage Ut tho Boara Of DirbctorH u,
that olght Of ita nlombcrs, constituting 4
majority Of tho board, have veto on AL
city legislation. vllet4or 1t relate to tho
imposition Of taxes, or to any other mattor. And
surely. with oMr rJnteu1 OF minority fopreAa0ta-
tiou, Chcago ought to 10 ablo to elect eight man
FREQ from roproacll. who would act As CLOCK on
those were disposed to be too lavish With thc
peoples monny. Under tho proposed charter II
Chicago can flint, only oight honest and sb!e men,
It las tho assurance Of good goyernuent- We
have no doubt that it has B1.ch mon III abundance,
and votars enough to put them IN power. NOT
that, under 1t, tho people may compel any citizdn
to acccpt any place OF trust tn tho Common
Council they bolievo ho osght, bccnuse Of his
pasnhaT qualifications, to ~.
There lsas hceu mitch objection made to tho
proposed " M.yors Cabinet" combating OF the
Comptroller, tic Couusol to tho Corporation. tho
Commissioner OF Public Works, tho Fire Com
missioner, and shc Commissioner Of Poiice. ANY
apply cqnaily 10 tho fnsy Council
III England. or to tho Cabinet Of
our own President. There is wisdom in counsel
anil it ih good feature OF Tho bill that 1t re-
quires tlcao officers to inoet weekly to consult,
aud aaggcst aucu measures nH, in their opinion,
will best advance tho thterrats OF the city. This
"Cablno: Is required to consider and approve
Ill proposals for my puplin work or contract,
and to award stlch contract to the lowest Icspon-
sfblo bfllar. No inward or letting is to be vAild
Cabinet. This Injuries, ms to oil contracts, 8 con-
contration of responsibility which cannot fnil to
10 highly advantageous to the interesta Of tho
city. 1t has r tendency 10 exclude favoritihm.
ion in tho proposcsl charter in Tho intorest Of
corruption. VIC might examine the whole bill
with q like result. Wo wauld inquire for In
Stance, whother it In IN tho interost Ut corruption
that tue Comptroller Is required to mako
= monthly ,etatemont Of sll moneys OF.
account tho sau,c l'nvo been paid7 Or Is 1t In
tho tntoreat Of corruption that this abatement is
required to bo made public? Is 1t In tha insor-
cHt Of corruption thn. 1t IS n1tdo hts duty to ex-
accounts Of tue Treasurer, or that tho Treasurer
Ia Obliged to submit fllB scctAnts at any time to
tho toHpccsion Of tue Compt o:iar or OF tho Fl
nance Gommlttoo ?
We havo failed to find . strg!o provision 10 tho
proposed charter which Is not In tho interests OF
the ta1-payets aud Of good government and wo
venture to say that, II eventually dotcated.
whether In the Legislature OF IT tho polla, It
will be, not by the tax-payoru, but the ta1-eat-
er1. JUS.