Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-08-24
Chicago Correspondence.
CHICAGo. Aug. 10. 1916.

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To The Editor Of the Republicans: 81
The dog star RACES, and .Chicagois as
hot as ---y. we'll any other watering
place. No matter how the thermometer
may climb at noon, as thetwilight deep
ems, we are always sure there viii be
refreshing ,breezes from either, prairie
or lake. Two or three times during
the summer we may reckon without
our host, but there is no doubt about
the Garden City being the coolest hive
on this continent.
Politics have hardly got to the fer
menting point yet. There is no doubt,
however, how Chicago and Illinois will
stand when the reckoning is made up.
There were no doubtful utteranees,
from us during the dark and troubled
days when our blood stained every bat.
tle-field from Bull Run 10 Richmond
and our treasure was poured into the
Nations lap with alayish hand. Ii 9
Last fall. had it been the year. of
Presidential election, might have seen.
US towing our forces towards '''other
7 gods" We might indeed then have
been seduced from our first. love by
Democratic promises; but it is evident
that the Democrat party is doomed,
and goeth to its slaughter like the I'M
thinking OK. '.Whom the Gods destroy,
/ they first make mad !" was never sotrue
rs now The present House of Repre-
! sentatives has exhibited all the besotted
1 ignorance, the bOorish vulgarity, the ut
ter Incompetence of that party. Desti-
1 tutel of business common sense, doing
nothing for the needs of the hour they
have squandered their opportunities
and wasted the nations time and sub
stance in vain attempt to securely
grasp the fruit which was ready to fall
! ieto the laps Of men who. were capable
OF rising to the demands OF the. people.
1srhey have been weighed and found
wanting. Every Act, every motion has
pbetrayed ofhy theilust for power, with
ont a'single enrolling or patriotic mo
tive. so seoaA 81 sol bns> ~ ,sas +
We do not think kindly of fyouo fell
lows'' in the -douttful State for we
know weather must notAprevent the
work and vigilance necessary for sue
cess. ALREADY we hear that the thar ]
to'money''ha commenced to'place the
necessary votes to overthrow the fair
expression Of the peoples willin Octo-
her,. We have just one word to our
friendsl in Indiana. Don't spend so
much time in parading, nor so much
breath in shouting. that you viii have
no chance to spot, nor voice to challenge
the reporters and bummers now being
poured into your State, Quiet, hand
to hand work, by which organization
can be secured and mutual knowledge
of strength, will count more than a
thousand 'srallys.o The event of the
week here has been the terrible murder
of Francis Hartford. teacher of the
North Side High school, 10y Alex Snlli-
van. -.4 80
As is well known, we haye'been ours
ed with fostering sores on the body po-
little. For months the scalpel OF public
opinion has been cutting off the diseas-
ed portions. At-last, the Board of Ed
ucation was reached. lit was most inn
portant that abuses there, should be
remedied. Mr.. Hanford. who has been
connected with the schools of the city
for years, holding some of the most i'm
portant positions, dared to tell what he
knew, accusing this woman OF corrupt
mot loose) practices inregard to jobDery
in the management of the Schools.
For this manly expression Of opinion,
and nothing else. iBrgetf on tby his
wifs. accompanied by .hisbrother, Sui
Ivan arms himselfs with the expressed
intention of shooting him. seeks him at
his home, and in the presence of his
victims wife and three little. boys de
liberately murders as quiet and peacea-
BILE citizen as lived in Chicago. A
more unprovoked. ,dastardly outrage
was never committed in the United
States. A~H'i
This couple have no excuse FOR the
crime. Connected with the sensation
al press for years. they should have
judged far more jastly-of printed utter
ances than to allow themselves tobe so
infamed by it. i@iaIa9
1t recalls the days in California pre-
ceeding the formation of the Vigilance
Committee, and is struggle between
the same two moral fo.ces. If nothing
but Vigilants will purify our. atmos-
phere, the sooner weitake that dose the
sooner we shall be well once more. .
Truly Yours. NJ. E. N