The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-04
From the Garden CITY.

From the Garden City.
CHICAGO, Feb. Goth, 1892
To the Editor of the Bdnner:-DEAR
SIR:-YOu may think am asking too
much space in the BANNER for a letter
every week, but the winters back is
broken, and spring will very soon come
upon us, and as business in all it's differ
ent apartments is getting more brisk, and
also the political atmosphere begins to
breeze up, there will be more for us to
write about than during the more colder
months of the winter. We are some
what like the feathered tribe, they begin
to swarm when the severe cold weather
leaves us, and were you to visit Chicago
to-day you would think we had general
old-fashioned military drill, bands of
music often on the streets, going out to
some of our large depOts to escort some
high dignitaries into the city from some
foreign cline, to see the sights, as every
thing seems to be getting more and more
enlivening on account of the World S
COlumian Exposition, and politicians are
getting to pull each Others hair as all are
scrambllng for the highest positions of
State and Nation. Our spring elections
are close by, and they are already to
clash arms, but the better portion of the
people say lay down your arms, and let
lis reason together, but find there is
no mild means with the Democratic
party, they seem to think there is no
class of people that can save this coCn-
try from ruin, but the Democrats, but
let them stop and think, who are they
that compose their party 81? from what
class of people do they get their ma
jority from? Are they educated Can
they read and write 4? OF course they
are in both of the great political parties,
but the Democratic party of the foreign
class, more than nine-tenths can't read
or write their own Names The new
Australian system of voting in this city,
told its story last fall, and am utterly
opposed to such a class of foreigners
coming over to this country who are as
Ignorant of this country and its princi-
pies as dumb brute; we Americans
have to live here 81 years before we have
the right of suffrage. This city is being
filled up more and more by the most
ignorant and desperate class of any on
earth, and we have a few Democratic
politicians who look well after their
votes and see to it that they have their
papers constituting them voters, as it is
now under the Australian system they
are obliged to pick out the men they
wish to vote for, and they are all on one
paper, so they are in trouble, cut off as
they shauld be. | notice that the Can
ada authorities are putting stop to
Chinese coming into their DOminiOns by
putting 500 tax, or if you please, a
bounty before they will let them in. Our
American people are cut off from getting
labor here in the city as these Italians
will work for less. Our streets are full
OF idle men, walking about with down.
cast looks, thinking of the home they
left behind them, and many a sorrowing
wife and starving children are across the
ocean i'll most pitiable state. We find
them here every day. who restort to
theft and sand-bagging to get what some
poor man or woman may happen to have
on their person. No longer than last
night poor Swede girl was looking
about for place to work, and being
stranger in the CITY, lost her way, and in
the dark she accosted two men for the
right direction for her to go, they led
her on to an isolated place and one of
them put his hand upon her mouth and
The other robbed her of all she had of
money, then Knocked her down and left |
her. These things are an every night |
occurance, and crime is on the increase |
at a wonderful rate. This foreign class |
are getting here by the thousands on &C
count of the great fair, they do not find |
ready employment and resort to crime |
and to murder. The expectation of the |
great Worlds Fair will bring sorrow
and misery to the poor class who are
making great calculations on making,
yes making a road to the penitentiary or
the scaffold.
There has been much said and talked
at out in this and other cities about clos
ing the Worlds Fair on the Sabbath. |
Whether it will be done or not time will
tell. II they would close up the saloons
on that day there would be peace on the
Sabbath, but with them open and all
the other places of amusement on the
Sabbath, what kind of a place will
Chicago be anyone can form an opinion.
can, for | think it will not be very
quiet in this city for the foreign class
take the Sabbath day as day for beer
gardens and dances and wind up in
blood shed. am not telling all, am
only giving few hints, if were to tell
Ill that is or will be, it would startle the
lnbeliever. The police force will be en-
arged. for we have about 5000 saloons in
full blast and they are increasing. Give
is good Common Council at that time
Ind we need not fear; we have good
mayor and chief Of police, and we hope
hey will be put in again at our next
election. We expect large delegation
rom Washington this week, who will
axe look at the grounds and buildings
IF the Fair. suppose TO give their con-
'ent to another slice of Uncle Sans
treasury box, which the Fair Commits
ioners need and should have to make
his one of the best that has ever been
ield. From all that can be gathered
rom home and abroad all over the old
nd the new country we are to have n |