, 1876-07-06
NR. MONROE HEATH.

There was probably never groBsor libel
nor q more palpable falsehood uttered than
whom tllo Chicago Times charged Mr.. MosnoE
HEATH with being'a a Co1vinito and In full
sympathy with tho ColYinian system Of City
Government. Nr. HEATH himself ga7e tho
lie to the assartion in tho little speech ho made
accepting tho nomination for Mayer, in which
he said:
! now accept tho nomination, md will s,mply
say that It elected will do all In my power to gyc
you m economical md honest administration, I
say tint With great deAl Of condolences from the
fnct that VIC now hayc q Council composed Of tho
best business men Of the City OF Chicago,-mcu
who have hnd loug experience, and successfully
carried out their own atfairs, aud who will tako
hold OF md manage the cltye affairs with tho sau1o
yigOr that they hayc manifested III their own, I
have Annht that with their adYlce and assistance
the municipal business will 10 advanced and ad-
Minfftesgd In such manNor ns 10 restore confidence
to tho entire community. Our nfratrs are lu
critical condition now, but, as said before, I
have implicit confidence in the new Council, md
that m improvement will soon ba visible. II
elected, shall co'opcratu with tho Council ALWAYS
md exert myself to promote tho general welfare OF
the city.
This Is certainly not tho expression Of
man who has the slightest sympathy with
CoLy1N's hummer Administration, nor with
the recklessness, extravaKanos, aud official
corruption which 1t has produced. Itisa
pledge to abandon the Colyinian policy Of
resisting tho reform and retrenchment
Which our Council Of business mon aro seek
ing to achieve, and Mr, Harris previous
conduct In city aHairs lonvos no room to
doubt TINT lie will carry out this pledge fully
md faithfully. As IN Alderman during
Co1y1N's term, he waa always associated With
tho minority which struggled against tho
hum1nor and ring majority. Ho wns primo
mover In the effort to havo special election
called by tho Connnn when CoIy1N'a original
term had expired. lie was ono Of tlo first
to discover aud expose thu hopeless financial
condition into which tie city was permitted
to drift. Ho was the very tirst to TO-
fuse 70 sign, rs member OF tho FL
nance Committee, tho Irregular certificates
OF indebtedness, and did 10 Immediately
upon tho exposure by Tnr TRIBUNE of tho
fact that these certihcatoa'werc issued under
tho authority Of the old cllsrtor long aftor tho
new charter had boon adopted and was In
operation. llo did not wat for tho decision
Of tho Court inyalitlating this mode Of issu-
ing tho certificates but declined to bo D
pnrty to tho issue Just o. soon ~ Lis own
Judgment warned hin, th,t they woro not
legal In form. IIo is scartoly to DO blamed
for not foroseeing the Judgment Of Court
by two years, when some {t the ,nost prac-
tioed lawyers in city affair took tho opposite
Wow, aud he can acaroolyf,e blamed for not
correcting vicious syste.F and its OWLS whom
/ ho was hopoiessly In the minority.
Mr. MoNaoK HEATH Is q business man Of
excellent standing md successful career,
Ilo il in no aensa politican, but Ills service
In the Common Council hn given him o ia
miliarity with city atfsiEs which il especially
desirable at tho present tme, To ia not
lawyer nor q spcech-lnaler, but plain,
honest, straightforward business man, who
will cooperate earnestly and energetically
with the other business ,nn who now form
majority Of the Commol Council to bring
about the rotrenchnent Hhich Is absolutely
essential to tho contiuutdprosperity of the
city, and which alone can Command the con-
tidencs necessary to tide tver tho financial
embellishments that have been brought on
by mismanagemeut and corruption. That il
the kind Of 1aan the pe4ls hare been d.
nasndIng over since CoIyS usurped the Of
fec; and, nov that Mr. 4.4ru ia willing to
stand In the breach, sh} Chicago 7Ymes
maligns him and lies abo4 him, simply be-
cause he happens to be 4publican. Inits
new zeal for tho Confedeate causo, begin
! Ming again whase 1t latt q as tho closa Of