, 1879-03-30
CITIZENS OF CHICAGO SHOULD REFLECT

CITIZENS OF CHICAGO SHOULD REFLECT.
A charge has been banded about town and
through the newspapers to the effect that Mr..
WRIGHT, the Republican candidate for Mayor,
is pledged, if elected, to remove the present
efficient Chief of Police, SEAyEr, and appoint
in his place one HnDRErH. The charge was
known to be false by those who gave it cur-
rency. Mr.. WRIGHT has denied it repeated
II, and it no longer cuts any figure in the
campaign. It was lie made out Of whole
cloth, and, being exposed and refuted, reacts
upon those who invented it. But the sub
ject of appointments to the under Offices in
the City Government is Of the utmost i'm
portance. These Offices are pretty well occu-
pied at present. No defalcations have oc-
CURED under Mr.. HEATH, and his admins
tration hns been both economical and eff
cient. Nobody denies this fact. Mr. WRIGHT
indorses the HEATH administration heartily,
and. proposes to continue all its good
features. But what will bIr. HARRISON
do If he is chosen Mayor of Chicago? Ho
certainly will not continue the present in-
cumbents in Office. He is bitter partisan
Democrat, and ambitious Of further honors
He will make clean sweep, from Chief Of
Police down to Sidewalk Inspector. Mr.
HARRISON, if elected, is sure to remove Supt.
sEAvEr. Whom will he appoint in his place
FRANK AGNEw desires the place. How would
the people of Chicago like to have FRANK
AGSEw placed at the head of the Police De-
partment? l1r. AoSEw has record which!
is so fresh in the public mind that it is not
necessary to do more than merely refer to
it. Mr. HARRISON would certainly remove MIR.
OHEsBRouaH from his place at the head of
Public Works. The people of Chicago know
Mr.. OHEsBRouaH thoroughly; they know him
to be al honest man and an efficient man.
He performs the duties of Superintendent of
Public Works and Chief Engineer. How would
the people of Chicago like to see him removed
to give place to M11Es KEHoE? Itmay be said
by those who take superficial views, that
KEHoE and HARRISON are not on good terms,
that they have been rivals, etc., and honce
that HARRISON would not appoint KEHoE.
Such observers know not what they say j
KEHoE is working tooth and nail for the
election of HARRISON, aud KEHoE does not
work without well-grounded hope Of re-
ward. If HARRISON is elected Mayor it is by
no means unlikely that KEHoE will have his
choice Of offices within the Mayors gift;
and the Superintendency of Public Works is
the most valuable, politically, in patronage,
and financially, to an unscrupulous man.
How Mites KEHoE would revel in fat con-
tracts JoHN CoM1sKEY is also possible can
didate. From CHEsBRouaH to KEzoE or Co
a11sKEY would be change indeed Are the
taxpayers OF Chicago ready to sanction such
8 change, or make such a change possible2
The Fire Department is the salvation of
Chicago. The merchant, the business man
body-watchest the Fire Department with
q jealous eye. MATT BESNEE has proved
himself q frst-c1ass Fire Marshal He has
the confidence of the public. But he is o
Republican, and CARrEe HARRISON would
certainly remove hun. Whom would he ap-
point in his place? Perhaps MIKE EVANS,
j" BY dang (; perhaps Alderman FRAME LAW
nER nobody knows who. These men ure
pillars of the Democratic party. They |
carry elections, and they demand the party
rewards, and they get them. Mark that, you
who own stores and warehouses filed with |
The appointment of EVANS,
Or LAwzaB, OF any other hummer Democrat |
likely to be selected By HARRISON, or forced !