, 1875-09-09
A PRECIOUS POLITICAL %UDULE,

fhEUlQuS fULlIlCAL muUOLE.
Present appearances Indicate tie most dire
confusion i'll the approaching city aud county
election, All eyes Especially those Of 8Ir.
SronEr) aro turned toward slr. 1lrss1Na, but
Mr.. 11EstNG seems to be as much confused
as tho rest Of them. D1r. 1IEs1So's political
suceeGoH in tho past two or three yearH have
been through lis German constituency, md
lie Inns generally been 6llrewd enough to
forecast their desires This time he in at
sea Tho Germans have given no sign, and
lo consequently doesn't know which way to
lend. Two years ago it was different.
There was tho issue Of Sunday liquor
drinking in tho snloons 10 bo settled. An
old ordinance Of twenty-five years. standing
declared it unlawful for the saloon-kcopers
to operate their traffic on Sunday. Tho
Puritnns wanted tho Inv enforced. THO
Teutons wanted it repealed, 30 far as vending
beer and wine wero concerned. There was
furious election contest on the question Of
the re,,enl Of tho ordinance, nnl tho Teutons
prevailed againat tho Puritans, with the mid
Of the fiery Cclts, WHO claimed as much right
10 get drunk OH whisky on Sundny ms tho
Ioutons to keep sober OIL beer. Tho Teuton
for beer and tho Colt for potteen were Too
mnnv for TIM co1Il-woter pt,ritans. a,ul cnrried
tho Inv. mi, rouca1e,l thu obuox,oa4 old or,}i-
nanco forbidding public i.nbiblng OH tho
Lords Day." But with tho repeal of tAo
ancient ordinance Mr.. 1lEs1so's capital in
tralo was gone. The Sunday liquor question
was entled. During thnt flight Alr. IIEs1xa
krow what l,o could dooend upon. nnv I'm
doesn't Rcs;aca. I'm wna ut tl,ot time in tba
ntt;tm1o of a i1;sintorcstc1 lender Ifo sought
M of,,co for himself. md had Il credit of n
,nro nn1 unsp,ash t1ovot;on IN +ho an,ot;t,o
Of his German constituents. Now ho IN nsk.
inc nj, o,,;co instoad of of,yocatinv nr;ncin,c
liz would )iko to br;rr about tha samo cor,.
liuotion of Germans and Irish ngainst Anori.
cnu.. which nch;oyel 81 ro,narlahlo n 1iuuor
victory t;o vcnry nro. nnt ttcre aro Yeri-
ous obGtnc}on in t1,o vny. tro bep;n with
thpra isn't tho sa,no iss,,n, The Sunday herr
question 1T dn9nitc1v sett,cd md .1isnosc1 nj
II1o old ordinance is wiuoa ayay. In tho
next ,,lacc. tho rcsnootab!o Germans, like all
other rcsncctolIo neop1e. aro heartily dis.
coStea with tic management of tl,o city af-
fa;ra unJor tho "peopleu party." Thov
hnyo no sympathy viii, foreign Kuoy-Notl.
iucis,u, Ihcy arc mostly tsx.yayor,. and
nro opnogcd to rings. iobs, md gteel.. They
uro ouiot. arl orderly. ana well-to-do citizens,
and cannot nbide constant and unre,nittinp
bu:a.neris,n. Thoy feel as lec,,ly ~ ony.
holy tho disgrace Tint bas been mt upon
Chicago by Aayipc men in Aiul local nosition,
whom everybody i. ashamed of. They baye
M djsnosition to unito in n ro-e1ection Of
suc1 man wbon thero IL M issua bcf,ro thar,
lint tho s,,o;la of off,co
rher, oro nti,1 other rcesons whv thu Pm.
nio's Party con,I,;not,on a, two voars arm
co,uot ho rov;vca ~, co,y,u rocar,,a lin
ac1f ~ essential tn tho sncccsa of uuc, n
no,crcl co,nlinotio, I{i, iiisnov;tion of
,,otronono In ,,,;nI. ert;tlo. h,,n r. ,,,ia c,,-
s;1,rat;on liz ,;,hcr 3on.,,'t want nv o;tv
e,rc,ion ~ .voutu IN ,,o r,rom;r,+o1 nj
Mr. 1Irs,xn md Mr. nrT.n. nm tho ,,oc1
mi, Tho otl,or tho front of tho vovo,,ont oro
1T Iop,rrhcols will, Mr. Cows Thcv i1o
noL n,'',rccin,u lila Avoidance wlnm tboy in.
yent,sl Thcv dont ay.n admire 1is
vpcccAes. rhey don't like his wov of doing
things Ench Of tl,cm would t,;vo wov verv
| willingly and striho han5a win Cory1y for
mu,ual bcnc3t Int thev cou1,1 mt ,o,,,nonf,
taci, lcn,ues II r,o,v,y warn at tho hoo1 ~
tlu civ t,cl,e, CoIv,. cnrta;nlv viii mi
rive wax 81; I'm ,yont. IN = ,.,,,n,n;no,;on
| N'S ".~A$' =" - 'eANo'A''A''S$AoAA