Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-16

Z want 10 10 something for them
selves. Railroads, steamboats, ant
street cars also want TO turn an hon
est penny, and that is why the ques
ton Of site has become so burning :
one. VIII il Ice in the suburbs or IL
the centre Of the city? That is tn,
not altogether smooth sailing.
Chicago Is on the eve Of another o
those sensational law trials for which
= 1t has become 50 notorious. Tn,
. present one is an election fraud case
In the tWenty-fourth ward of thi.
city il is said that at the last election
for alderman some ten persons 10y g
. system Of false voting and falst
registry east about 100 ballots. The
scheme was organized aud executed
by gentleman named Michael J
Corcoran, assisted by n Ir. Abbee,
who was elected Alderman at the
time. Both are now on trial in the
criminal court. II found guilty
from one TO five years Is the penalty.
CorCoFlu j. Chased rs n democratic
[ politician. bat il appears now that
he was negotiating with the other
party before the election. The ward
is an overwhelmingly republican
one, and il was thought that Mr.Cor-
cDran's services would not Ice re-
quired. That was why the surprise
was so great after election rs to
cause Mr.. COrcoran to come under
suspicion OF being in the pay OF the
democratic candidate.
! The most amusing part Of the busi-
ness is ia The cry Of the newspapers
about corrupt citizenship. These
very papers during the Salt Lake
( election praised the tactics and
smartness Of Utah politicians. Mr..
Powers, though il was known that
/ he was a Michigan statesman, was
I landed rs the model American. HIS
democracy and his unsavory record
at home were forgotten by theIHtcr-
Ocean and Tribune. Now both these
papers cry out that purity Of ballet
Is the fOundatiOn-stonC Of our COUn-
try, aud the moment IL is removed
the whole ediiiCe tumbles to the dust.
That is a fact, and there Is only a
step from salt Lake 30 Chicago and
from Chicago tOwashington la suoh
matters. This COrcoran "did'' a
term already in Joliet, but under
the name Of Foley. He is a native
Of Canada. His record is pretty
well known just at present. He did
not get $4,000 after the election.
though he earned il as honestly
- others iii. / hunted up Tribune
editorial on the Salt Lake election
and pasted Il with one recently
written on COrcOran. | pasted them
ON = sheet Of paper, side by side,
and mailed them to the venerable
ami iilusJrious editor OF the Tribune,
and asked him did he know his sons
coat.
Race and religious issues are lie
c0mirg more and more comylicated.
Religion, politics, nationality, edu-
cation, whisky, and 2 hundred
other things are all mixed up. The
synod or the Reformed Presbyterian
Church has Just adopted q report
cOndemniug the laws against Chi
nese immigration a. contrary TO .he
geuius OF American institutions. In
one sense the synod is correct. But
Inc introduction Of the Chinese was
not legitimate immigration. The
protected barCus Of this country
imported them As slave labor, anu
lest democratic labJTers would be-
come too numerous on the Pacific
Coast. These same harOus are now
importing Italians on the padrone
system, but the synod SAYS nothing
on it. Perhaps # regards Chinese
better material for citizenship than
the DagOes. Ia a small AREA in
New York City there are 100000
Italians, and only about . per
cent Of these can read their
own language. They are farmed
out TO contractors at $50 per day,
the pld!Oue taking the - cents and |
leaving the dollar 10 the lahurrr.
Then there is a company store and
the most OF the dollar GOES hack 10 /
the contractor aud st0rekucuer
again, Cardinal Gibbons has writ |
ten a great L,ai On the labor ques- |
ton, and On the ISOLATION Of Amer
lean labUrers. Would IL not lie in |
order for him 20 give a hint 10 his I
brother cardinals in Italy 10 study I
the condition Of the p0gr there? 4
There are some so cardinals in Italy,
and yet only two per cent Of the
Italian people can read and write.
The f'-ish HCS'd tells Us that the
Roman Church alone can settle the
labor question. /! that settlement
means the degradation OF Amer
lean labor 20 the same degree as
that Of Italian labor, where the
has ruled for centuries.
then Mr.. Patrick Ford l. n model
American. The Italians don't strike. !
hut when their wages are cut
down, they cut an inch from the
ends Of their shOvels. Wen that
IS good philosophy.
The Presbyterian synod also CEN
'ured the Vice President OF the
l nited States FOR KEEPING a licensed
saloon. The saloon or giushop is the
great political school Of this country.
Il the saloons Of Chicago we're
'anged in a row they would make n
rOntage p miles. In flct, n man
amt get 20 ihe front in politics
Except through saloon influence.
Dur city treasurer is a brewer, and
hree-fOurths Of our cOuuCilmeu are
alOon keepers or brewers. Has not
Ward MCAllister's son turned saloon
,eeper In Gotham? When the prt,i-
lent Of the 400 is Interested in gin.
Shy should We kick because the
! ice-PTesident Of the great I'M
Washed turns a penny by whiskey?
The Norwegian Lutherans i'm
OWa and Minnesota are out In
Of the Wisconsin
Bennett law. They even deem il !.
n outrage that the teaching Of Eng
sh be made compulsory. Certain
J II is an insult 10 them. because.
5 rule, the Sc8ndinavians require =
70 cOmpulsiUn to learn Eaglish. !,
But the Germans are the people
'ho are now making themselves v
1T. Catholic, Lutheran, and Az "
ostic alike uphold the German
inguage, and German supremacy
literature and politics. The
dickens are coming home to ruust n
ow TO the republican party. This e
arty a few years ago did every =
ilng 10 cater to Germans. it male y
arl SchuTZ a Cabinet official in | y
rder 20 iiatter Germans. Il intro n
uced the German language in the "
lblic schools, and it gave public II
VERIFYING b German newspapers. G.
Ow when the German language is q
kelly to slpplant the English IL q
owls patriotism. The Germans z
ere a quiet people and until the I
publican party helped to build a :
erman empire here the Germans X
ere content enough TO become y
mericaus. Now we have a Ger :
an press more powerful than the VI
agiish. In our public libraries II
Vre attention Is paid to German Il
erature than to English or Ameri- y
m. The Eest German looks are $
lrchased - circulation, while the u
story Of Illinois in English Is held Is
r reference. Ill
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