Telegram-herald., 1889-12-15

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"A sad ~e assdsd A Auditorium.
About ten years zEo [ said ae needed
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Msstiux Ar Peek on the street sons
Months zfter~ Ard, 1 CON planned Of his
-A.ck q tOuch-lzck n that cue giving
= hich puss the gropsng scribe on the way
- the light He seemed - think there
night have been aGed ideA any way,
hs always wanted = a nsic hall II hs
could Eaik 81 leisure ca ths subject,
he believed be could make the thing
clearer. But With these days came the
dedication. Tie people themselves have
appeared and given the aocoiads Of SOW
ereign satisfaction The president and
al visitors have n4d Jo be engineered.
The opera boxes were % be- sold at
s. 500. and where a. the room for q
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Yet 10 j. none the less important that
tais scribe should So and believe The
apostle Is A strocr ll .le builder as on
tls day the contr4-t.ls were waiting
Tomorrow. then. lee this scribe come 70
the Auditorium He shall be- taken over
the structure. and perhaps he may ask
the proper question. whose answer shall
open the memory Of the man with the
hxed idea.
81. when the scribe gets 20 the Audi
torium the people are IN rows for three
blocks waiting FOR their slow and waste
ful chance 20 waste their money. The
policemen smile and explain that many
men have business with 1ir Peck. To
say that YOU are 10 meet Mr. Peck Is not
enough G0 away You cannot get IN,
II / cannot 70 in can At least feel that
the sale OF theatre tickets should De so
parceled cut that women should not he
compelled 20 stand IN the rain for four
hours.
knew this fixed lea existed know
that the man who held il planned and
pleased and trimmed 10 every financial
breeze. can see him. at the close Of
the opera festival OF 1885, outlining a
great music hall. l can see him. in Nav,
1886, making his crucial speech before
the Commercial club. the select company
OF Chicago's capitalists l can see him
adding hotel. weather Office and con
servatoriss" with. stores and desk rooms,
IN order to make up the ) per cent. which
capital must have before it will enter the
vestibuls Of sentiment With all this
safely planned as early AS April. 1881.
can see him pouring his own millions
into the speculation by way Of encour-
aging that broad array Of subscriptions
which includes the names of almost all
the rich citizens OF Chicago.
II has been Mr. Peck's motto that the
Auditorium need not pay. Yet opera
boxes brought $1,000 premium for one
season. It has been preached by the
apostle that the Auditorium would seat
5000 opera hearers. On this account all
could 70 in cheap. Yet people stood in
line for a day IN order 10 pay s. a seat.
The Auditorium was 10 be- a tribune Of
the people, but it opens with profound
salaam 20 privileged society. 1t was
built with nOn-uniOn labor. The trades
unions have long emptied invectives
upon il. and diverted President Cleve-
land from his purpose OF laying its chief
stone. But the masses of the populace.
observing this hostage given 10 law and
order-to the old system of the very rich
and very poor a system 50 long tried
and found agreeable-these masses now
carry NJ their dollars 70 Patti. politely
trust her voice viii last till she shall
De TO-
/ heard a German count declaim
against the Auditorium. 1T Is, be said,
tine most advertised. the most overrat-
ed Of structures. Ia the first place. it Is
hideous Tn the next place. it Is called
popular. when IN fact It Is select. It Of
fers a nucleus 20 the rich Itappalls and
robs the poor. It begins with the most
luxurious chapter in our history It is a
speculation for private gain. and carries
the public good as a side card.
I asked the count IL the Auditorium
did not. nevertheless. occupy a half
block / ssSed him II IL were not a
huge reality I ASKED him If it were
not the only hall in America where a ma
nonaI convention could % conveniently
and ayreesbly held But the man Of
Berlin detes,ed tne idea Of a town hall
that should pay . per cent. when it ia a
well established custom that town halls
cost 10 Per cent. housing only tax eat
ers JOIN NCGOvERN.