, 1876-05-12
C0LVIN and HIS ORGANS.

In his lament before the Council the other
evening, ex-Mayor Colyin stated that all his
troubles were owing to the newspapers, and
singled out THE TH1BusE and the Times as hav-
ing melted the opposition to him. Mr.. CoLyx
has not been d close observer Of events or he
would know that, whom newspapers run
counter to the popular sentiment and public
interests, they fail in the accomplishment Of
their purposes. HID Mr.. CoLv1S encoun-
tered unanimous opposition from the Chi
cago press, his disco m6ture would have been
tncnt Of the people; and, on the contrary,
if he had received '.he combined support Of
the newspapers, his usurpation would not
have succeeded without the acquiescence
of the people,. The fact is, however,
thct CoLvH hns had his newspaper or
gans, which have c1ung to him as SER
vilely Us if he owned them. From the
very beginning Of his administration up
to the present time he has enjoyed the
good will and active support Of the sheet
familiarly known as the Bummer and
1nieres Organ. ALI the time and space
which that journal could spare from the de-
Tense Of the Viii SKY Ring have been given to
CoLvN's cause, including tho horde of city
bummers at his back, the county bummers,
and the town bu ummers. Everything he has
done, everything. the old Council did in his
behalf, everything that has been done by the
Town Board thi ewes, and by any Of the local
officeholders in sympathy with tho usurpa-
ton, has been sustained by the newspaper
which has lived ur'on the city and county
printing, with all the force and ability it can
command. Cou.yEg has also had IN evening
orgnn, managed By ono Of Acting Governor
BEvEn1pGE's Peni.entiary employees, prima-
rily in BEyEn1peE's interest, but generally in
the interest of offce-holders, including the
city, county, and town barnacles. Thus Coli
YIN has had mo- ming and IN evening news-
pnper presentin g every pretext that
he, his friends, and his legal ad-
yisers (paid by the city, could sug-
gest in favor Of: his continued tenure Of
office nftcr his tt me was out. # these news
papers have moi. reached US many people as
have tho newspapers which have opposed
his usurpation, it is partly because there are
not SO many pe op1e in favor of official usur-
patton, publ. plumber, and professional bum
merism which these papers represent.
In addition 10 CoLvM's confessed newspa-
per organs, le has part of the time had the
support of the Staats-Zeitung, which even
now does not oppose him. He had the
Times with him when the charter of 1872
was carried by fraud. The Journal has
never done more than give mild and care
full expression of public opinion. So tho
only active, consistent, and persistent oppo-
sition which 1lr. CoLv1N has encountered has
been in the columns of THE TRIBUNE, which
nevertheless has always printed his defenses
of himself and all the apologies and 1egal ar
guments ha has been able to purchase. In
acrediting his downfall to the influence of
The tribune, 1[r. CoLyN Inns done us more
honor than wo would arrol;ate to ourselves.
THE TRIBUNE, with all its circulation, with
all its credit for fairness, with its constitu-
ency, and with oil its energy in this matter,
could not have excited the popular re-
sentiment which CoLv1s has met, and
could not have brought out 81, 600 votes for
new Mayor at q time when there had been no
formal, official call for such election, if it had
not reflected tho popular feeling. The naked
fact is, that TIE TRIBUNE has simply embodied
the real popular sentiment which is opposed
to eTery usurpation, no mater how little nor
how great, and has only coQtributAd to re.