, 1876-04-01
Address Of Elliott Anthony to tho Seq
ond Ward Republican Club.
Tho Peculiar Why In Which tho
City Government Is HUN.
superuumorarios Employed In ths Different
Departments.
How tho Appropriations Havs Run Up
Since 1871.

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Which could not hayo taken plheo II TUG people
had boon awake. What had happened there
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RAISE TUG htanaasa OF paol1o f1tue' !.
Was bad to DO Beaten aud pouno, Dnt u
wns folly to commit suicide. Tho cities OF
Asncrica il tic n!netoenth century seemed TO bo
,.hs,I..a ~ h..h.ri.n. rho wilson's IAN.
.uuAossa ,'."" ~ $3.50 81, .ss aata,aa srt,n. t
ss'll seemed to stalk. While honest people
Bopt the thief mover coasod hig vigits. Tho
time had come to have
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when thtesea ana nnmmofa Too!a naVo 70 ssee
tho back scats. (Appiaune.1 In no country
vas living 10 cheap aud tho reward of labor 60
high ss in this. This was government
os 'no poop'o' %uo .n' poep'o o's
woro aesef'niheo tnoy coulo e.ocs soun
Council % this city nevor bofor6 had. They
should have educated aa we'll as honest men.
T1~st class hra,noea man ahontd rece;vo tho
eussa0o ~ s". sn.,1as an1 ,.,aon',, rhs
pfeaeieuoo W !oua'cn aao s"iooa-Ae'Po,o' ~. ~
Legislature or tho o's9 OF Ch'eago anoata 20
considered as important "a that Of tho Htasc.
uoneat men shou1d rim for Aldormeu. He
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nno" sns,1 ~ mo,o "ua't y s,on .n a.,neoa ~ rnn
for Aldermen. It only served to show the!r
eel[ehnees. A day Of reckoning would como to
these men. Tho character Of tho Goyorn-
mont doponaod upon tue wisdom OF ita
mon, uo wanted to know why they allow
| Cd tho ignorant and ,dcpravod to ropreaont
| them In Council, whom thoro was 40 much iutcl-
| jEgencp This poor u1nn was not objected to for
oiicp but it Wps tho scalawAR. 11o wanted them
IL solcck thirty ak Aldermen WHO should bo hon.
est, and representative OF tie Intelligence Of the
| city.
THE CHARTER
Of tho city waa In tho main good law. It gave
j TINT they could drive every thief and bupko-
a!ecrer from tho o,ty. II gave the Council
much moro powor than the Mayor, and made
tho latter m executive oiicor, which WAS as it
should 10. This Mayor was an autocrat 10 ILLS
way, having tho rowor TO hIro and discharge h,s
officers, whilo tho Council and Mayor had ths
| power OF making arrests aud sitting a. magls-
trates1 and in this way could bo 4 vast bono1t to
| lilo pcoplo, Mayor Oolyin could have done
| rtoat ieM OF good and ho was bound to give an
account Of his dolpgs, as provided by m or
dluhnco Of the Constitution. Yot be had not
mootip8, which WAS just and now fcaturo.
| The PROVISIONS In tho charter agaipst bribery
| woro good and most ample.
tho speaker quoted from tlie section Of tic Con-
stit,stiun refa1ripg to the matter, which ho hold
was yiolnted by tho hoid-over's notion, and OK
planned tho section In detail, aud tho several
| SECTIONS that ncro introduced In the ConHtltu-
tional Convention in rogarl thereto, and showed
clearly how Coiyin'a action was illoRal. uo said
Judge Dlckey's opinion in this regard ~as on
tirely orrouooua Ho thought It made 10 dl0et-
after tho Mayor waa elected.
1Io then shouod how tho Mayor could In
crsass tho revenues Of tho city.
If TnE LICENSES wznE COLLECTED ;o, .
now allowed to run without paying any revenue,
from which a. least ~, 700 annually wzs lost.
lie wanted 2 higher Iato Of lesnae tlsn s52'
aud Tint SALOONS be not licensed lnd!scriminato-
ly, "a now, mhen every thief and bunko steeror
could got . l!ceuse. Tbs respectable saloon
Keepers wanted the low places aboliHhed. Ue
thought the Liquor law should bo anonded, so
that thipyiug dous would be abolished, wloIo
murders wcso now often committed and
robbery Waa rilo. Buch thing would
not. 10 allowed 10 exist In Europe. TO
hell that tho ordinance OF this city
in regard to aconaos WAS tho worst that could 30
framed. ue thou went ovor tue wagon and team
lceusipg ordinance. which bad not been en-
forced. and which The TainuSE showed up Bomo
| time ago.
The dog ordinance was not enforced. There
wore, ho thought, y, QUO dogH In tla city, which.
1t = 81 tax on each, would create revenue of
$4,000. According to the ofiolal report of l879.
thoEa were but 139 dogs Ia this city. and III l57l
there vero none. Mayor HAtnos, In 1865, bud
10000 canines killed. Junk.dcalors and pawn"
brokers next receivod attontton- ho said they
ahould be aBsessed 4l10 instead OF *90 each, a.
now. Tnose plsccs werc, III many INSTANCES, the
depota for stolen property,
1Io theu wont oyer tho list OF 1napoctorn en-
p}uyod by Tho CITY, nearly al OF whom could be
dianonan1 Nth They ehould ba taxed. aud
sa.ttlo ~ 1anort a. n t{,n faen rhie], tIloy re
n.a*o !" tst o. 1nynao,o. ~ncayoI as1.-, =,
~ 4oo and oVotTnang 1ounat puG WHO oYel
hoasd Of hi dong anytaaE M IhS & ~ nonss a.ss