Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-09-04

volver, and returning again demanded
money. Kate Snyder again refused,
and a bullet from the revolver killed
her instantly. Another shot fatally
wounded Mary Scully. Con OLeary
fed. and the two women were found
alone Weltering in their blood.
The all important question Of who
shall have the offices Is as eagerly DIS
cussed BIZ the average Chicago poll
tician as a bone BY 3 dog. To an OBJ
server, it would appear as II the whole
fabric Of politics here was composed
of wires, with a dozen workers" pull.
ing at each wire. Politics with these
men is a business-an effort to make
as much money as possible out Of a
real or apparent adherence to a politi-
cal party. The miserable infants
cling to the party skirts until they
either are taken up in arms, or fall
down to be ingloriOusly trodden on.
This. you say, Is the view Of a cynic?
Yet it is the correct view. The strife
for clerkships in the Chicago p~Ostofice,
is an example. Everydude who is too
proud or too lazy to earn a living at
any respectable occupation thinks he is
neededin the Chicago postofice. The
very efficient force of employees who
have been in the postofice for years,
are kept in a constant state Of alarm,
for fear of losing their heads. Thanks
to the civil service rules. and the con-
sentative administration Of both par
ties, the horde Of post-ofice-seekers in
Chicago are likely to get cleft" l
understand there are about to be some
radical improvements in the postofice
building. Instead of having the
clerks occupy the centre of the build.
ing the public are to have the centre
and the clerks the outside space.
This is an idea which came
IN with the new postmaster.
On Monday of this week we were
startled by the announcement in the
morning papers that "The Current"
the new weekly magazine which for
more than a year has been issued so
auspiciously, would be obliged to dis
continue publication. Edgar L. Wake
man, its originator and chief stock
holder, stated in a letter to the press
that after a long and heroic struggle
he found himself forced to give up the
battle. He had lost his all, and was
. about to go away, whittier ne did not
know. He then suddenly disappeared.
Employees of the concern gave it as
their opinion that the failure was due
!, to personal indebtness incurred on be-
half Of a relative. 1t was thought
! that if Wakeman had been able to Sc
cure $1,000 Of ready money, he could
: have tided over the difficulty. Capt.
talists to whom he appealed refused to
lend their assistance. Chicago capt.
s talistsa are not the men to assist liter
airy enterprises. The financial failure
. Of a man of such prominent ability
e as Wakeman would be certainly very
unfortunate. Yet l do not think that
+ it would involve the failure of "The
IS Current magazine. Other men Of
y means stand ready to take up the en-
terprise and carry it on to an ultimate
'e success. Men die, but their work.
n live after them. 1t is to be hoped tina
II the founder Of 1.-The Current" though
r oVershadowed by present personal mis-
IS fortune, may yet see the periodical
l. which he established, world. famous
e and wealthy.
n The Illinois Legislature has been o.
e late severely and perhaps justly criti
d cised. However, there were passeC
by the Legislature during its last SEES
d sion, some important reformation,
IT measures which are not yet apprecia
lie ted by the people at large. OF thes
not the least in Importance, is the new
at election law. which provides for tn
ID better regulation Of elections in larg
Of cities. This law is of very ~extensiv
e. Jurisdiction over voters, and prohibit
th any person from voting who is nc
er registered. 1t expressly command
ce that the polling places shall not b
o. saloons, and that the polls shall clos
at four o'clock in the afternoon. 1t
is intended as a death blow to the bun
be mer element, which has so long cor
On trolled elections In chief. The meaI
be ure is warmly commended by the be
,ir ter class of citizens, irrespective {
ce party, but it cannot go into force as
law unless adopted by a majority {
Ai- the voters at a general county election
or A petition signed by 1900 electors c
In both political parties. has been presen
a ed to the county Judge of this (Cook
county, praying for a submission {
az the law to the voters at the count
a election next November. The petitio
he has been granted, and the law will
he submitted to the popular vote. 1t r.
mains, then, for the people alone {
l determine the purity or impurity {
lie future elections in Chicago.
an EN- P.
A. A SQUIRREL Adopted bv a Cat.