, 1879-02-09


CHICAGO, Feb. S.-1 notice in the papers that
a person called "Boss Charles" has recently
been arrested for holding Italian boy-musicianS
III bondage.
Arc Americans aware that Chicago is the only
large city in the United States where these
shameless pad1oni are to1crated4
In Italy every person who sells his children to
these padroui, and all who engage in the pur-
chase, are criminallY prosecuted and heavily
punished. Ali the Consuls and Consular Agents
Of Italy in this country are specially instructed
to prosecute every padrone found here and to
return the children to Italy.
In New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia
this business has been extirpated. IN Louis
vile, KY, the Italian Benevolent Society re-
ported the Consular Agent for conniyancc with
these padroni. L'Eco d'Itatia, OF New York,
the organ OF the Italian people Of the United
States, has done its utmost to direct public at
tentiun to this system OF scryitude and to sup.
press it. Driven from the East, these padronl
voritc resort. Not far from the Court House,
under tie very nose Of the courts, one Of these
ycrnlin lives
The Italian residents Of Chicago desire to
have this disgraceful business ended.
The Consular Agent here should SEQ that
.o,nc steps are taken to do this, and to this end
we call upon him to Interest himself, as it is his
duty to do, in it's suppression. Let the Amerl-
can people also press this matter, and rid Chi
cngo Of the shame of being the only city that
tolerates this shameless oppression OF chi!dren,
who are kept without homes, lialf-staryed, and
without education. in order that few lazy
vagabonas may grow rich upon their hard
~ Who cares for the honor Of Italy.
Sensible Talk About tho B1odgett BUSINESS
To the Editor of The Tribune
CHICAGO, Feb. Shedding the editorials OF
the Blodgctt case this morning, the impression
1 gain is, you think he has been proved free
from hamc,-pcrhaps / should say guilt.
Legally you may be right, but are you moralys
Has man any right, when appointed to look
after certain interests, to s:rccn himself behind
the II did not know all this was going on"
1t was notorious, as you say, that the Bank
rupt Court was eating up largo portion OF the
estates coming into its hands.
Unless Judge B. cncased himself from the
outside world, as the worm does in its cocoon,
he must have known something Of it, To know
it, and not take every means in his power to
remedy it,-and not to kuop it, in this case is
equally bamab1e,-and clearly says he is not the
right man for such place. The man who can
be Systematically "woolcd" for ten years by
anv set Of sclleners or cormorants Is not the
man to be iItrustcd with such large interests.
The business man who employs another to look
after certain interests that are Important, nnd
intrusts them to him, would hardly accept the
apology (aftcr finding himself outraeeously
swinttled) that he didn't dream the men under
h1m were capable oi. or were doing such thing.
The reply would be, Your position was sucn
you could; you duty was to watch and control
these men. You acknowledge your jucou,-
potency. Some one else who has tic ability, the
desire. and the will must take your place. And
I know Of no reason why the business Of the 19eope
should be conducted upon different basis from
the business Of the indivdual.
You say well, when you say the country has
caust to thank the ''tprce young men' for the
We have enough who consider
themselves responsible to no one. Let us nave
from the head to the heels Of pub-
lie officials, and let us thank the ssyouns men ~
for showing lis where it does and does not e1-
ist. Yours, ctc-, T.