Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-11
CHICAGO LETTER.
oor,,nondsnee PunLIo IEpaEn.I

Correspondence PUBLIC IEDeKR.l
CHICAGO, December THE presi-
dents message, in some respects, is
what might reasonably have been ex-
pected from a person who has earned
the unevied reputation as the fraud
executive His reflections upon the
south proves hat he is the mere figure
head of a party, a partisan in the true
sense of the term. And his civil
service" advice is a travestry upon
sincerity. Ifhe had passed silently
over the last, he would aroused a smile
Of scorn upon every honest face who
remembered his Order No. /. There
is a saying that the devil kills his own
meat. This seems applicable to the
vulnerable attitude in which his
fraudulency stands. What a mockery
was his civil service reform action.
It was the deadest letter that ever
made a man ridiculous. His allusion
in his message to such reform" was
most unfortunate to himself. 1t in
-vited attention to the fact, the shame
less fact, that he permitted any mar
in the public service, who chose tc
leave the duties Of his Office behind
and go forth to battle for the election
of the so.called republican candidate
for the presidency. II Mr.. Hayes Il
not a hypocrit, or a partisan of tht
strongest kind, then he must be yery
vacilating and %unstaple of mind Blu.
what could be expected from a person
who allowed himself to become tn,
tool of faction to assist in deprivinl
a man of his honest dues, and tb,
popular voice Of the people Of the.
choice for president of the United
States-Samuel j. Tilden. Mex
March, when he leaves the Whit
house, he will fall back into a gloom.
oblivion, out Of which he will NO
emerge until Gabriel blows his horn
back into that obscurity from whic'
he was drawn by the terrible calamit
Of war that shook the country frOr
center to circumference and aoated {
. the surface so much vile scum. Gen
tainly Mr.. Hayes can console himse.
J oy the reflection that he vas the II
, ceiyer of the biggest stolen articl
ever charged against an America
d citizen-the presidency Of the Unite
States, There eau be only one distin,
= ton as to stolen goods" and that
in the quantity. Possibly it may |
respectable to receive stolen goo,
: when the theft embraces the higI
est gift Of a patriotic people. If S
: Mr.. Hayes is to be congratulated. \
I doubt the future historian will gi'
him due credit for his part in the {
: gantic fraud, as well as his farewt
hypocrilica reference to civil seryi
reform, as well as his partizan fling
a truly prosecuted section on Il
q country. A man who acts as pre-
It don't of a party, when he took
Is oath to be president of he whole cou
try, deserves as a Citing tribute to
buried under a mountain Of odiur
!, Vale, Rutherford b., your civil sc
Il vice reform, and your pusilanimo
y sectional prejudice,
A fre.bug named Robinson "
e caught in the act last night. ABB
ham r.. endeavored to give his
Is bacco establi hmept to the Aam'
4 but his coal oil and powder did n
n work as fast as expected. His hou
y was heavily insured. No dou
q Abraham will be the guest Of Him,
i for about twenty years to come.
dance Ia tie air at the end of the 70
2 should be the penalty for such an {
tense.
Illinois, it is estimated, can, if s
tries, make sugar enough for t
whole country; that is, the emit
IS United states.
IS Democracy is dead; buried in t
n recesses of oblivion. So say so-call
e republicans. indeed Well, it loo
y so; don't it. How comforting to t
u reIoiceFs. Prestol Figures don't J
1t appears now that General HancoC
. the standard bearer Of the democr,
. for president, received 4,438,64 vot,
and Garfield just 65l3 less, or a tot
Of 4,432, 1913 votes. This result mt
. be very comforting to those who ha
been so persistently preaching t
! democratic funeral, This fact shou
. choke croakers who are compelled
swallow it.
3 The temperance war in Chicago
= being hetlg Waged. 1t is to be hop
d that much good will be the resi-
n therefrom. But your corresponds
k sees no other other way out of L
dilemma than by state and nation
legislation against the distilling
:. alcoholic beverages.
Joe Jefferson, the great actor, is
l. Chicago, having a good time as t
IL guest of his bon ton friends.
nj Bishop FeeLan dedicated a nj
% Catholic edidce in Chicago last Su
"a day. IL is named the Church of 1