Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-18
BAD WEATHER AND BAD MEN.
The Present Characteristic Fea-
lures Of Chicago.
A sweeping Denunciatien of the
Worlds FAIR City.
1t Ia n Pl.ce OF Ab"mins tions- Whore
tho Blame Rests - Contrast.
Prepare for the Great
Exposition.

is pr"~it g rapidly nobody will deny. 1t |
is growing in more ways than one. It |
is epr.adirg out in every direction, ex
cep' toward the lake; it is growing
nearer and nearer the clouds; it il grow
irg n population and in the number Of
its buildings; it lie growing in wealth
and in poverty. It's niilionsires and
psrpers are rapidly increasing; and the
city is also. growing in nastiness, dark
ness, diseased conditions, crime and po-
little 1 corruption.
CITY OF ABoMlNATIoNs.
The climate OF Cnicago is about as
bad as it could be; hut, diabolical as it
il, the climate is not so bad as are the
artificial conditions created and main
,nin-d Ivy the community itself Some
OF th.s- .hj ctionable conditions are
defective drainage; river that is
hack Ierklng, poisonous ceeappol the
whn'e year through, +xcep' during q
few weeks when it 's frozen stiff;
large and constantly increasing array Of
-k,-scrsping buildings that shut IF the
semi-mputhly giimmers of sunshine
from ershsdowed streets; volumes OF
thick, black smoke, which the society
f"r the prevention, etc etc, cannot
and the city authorities will not cup
press !; miles of streets and alleys choktd
With garbage, dead animals and filth of
nearly every drfcription; impure water
flowing through every hydrsnt and con-
v, ving to its users the germs of disease;
city goverr ment permeated with party
politics and blind to the best interests
of the people; demorsized aud thor.
oughly int fficient police force; ''no
money in the treasury for cleaning the
city !" and "heslth department"
whose head and chief publicly an
nounces that "the eanitary condition OF
he cilv lie good" NAV here be per-
mitted to suggest that "health officer"
who, amid such surroundings, makes
such an announcement mnst be either
so stupid or so full Of Chicago cstsrrh
that he could not distinguish the differ
ence between the odors Of California
orange blossoms and the stencil from
the contents of city garbage lot Such
are the present conditions in this "enter-
prising" metropolis with it's worlj wide
reputation. And Furthermore, crime is
rampant all over the city to q degree
never before known here and c. iminals
holiness That may not be suspected
of exsggera ion in this picture of Chi
csgo's condition. I herein copy the head
lines from a few articles that appeared
in city papers during the past week.
Tkey are from papers representing
various shades of politics, and were not
inspired by any political animcsities,
but bv conviction that the truth ought
to be made public, regardless of copse-
qnences. Headlines similar to the fol-
losing are becoming frequent of late in
she local papers here, being usually ac-
companied by editorial calling attention
to the diegraceful conditione:
"How not to do it, No attempt made
to improve the city's thoroughfares-
Public officials idle-Only so OF 500 ordi-
4ncps carried into effect-Poor out look
for next year"
Aud the following: "Cracked seven
safes- Wholesale burglaries under the
shadow Of the city ha
And this: "Thugs raid the city-Po-
lice have no terrors for them One dis
trct the scene Of repeated assaults and
burglsries.- Desperate acts of crime all
over Chicago"
WHERE THE BLAME RESTS.
N'iltd tuO OidIO IOI ouOh u SohAtOiOh
OF affairs rests on tha CITY officials, the
fact should be emphasized that the peo-
Pile themselves are primarily reeponsi-
hle for it. They know that the manage.
ment OF city is really matter of husi-
ness, and should never be mixed up
with party politics. Next April
Chicago will hold an election; but
whether the result will prove beneficial
to the city. the people thems. Ives must
decide. They can have just such con-
ditions az they want. and surely there
is crying necessity for the most sweep
ing changes, il the city is be worthy Of
the Worlds Columbian exposition.
CONTRAST.
hope to remain here until next fall,
but solely on account of spending Eve
or elk months within the greatest and
most thoroughly educational exposition
the world ever saw. But this atmos-
phere of cold fifth and dampness fills
me- with unutterable disgust. and q
choice variety of achss and pains.
NAV possibly be compelled to run home
and spend two or three months in the
balmy atmosphere and genial sunshine
of dears old California, returning here
before the exposition opens. How
long for even one day OF Los Angeles
county climate. It is doubtful whether
per cent of our people at home realize
the superiority of that country over
the east. But sooner or later California
will be appreciated to an extent that
must add possibly hundreds of thou
sauds to the states population every
year There is now deep interest felt
hereabouts in matter pertaining to that
country, and much Of my time lie spent
in answering questions and imparting
information concerning California gen.
orally and the southern counties in
particular. Travel west over the
well equipped Santa Fe road is brisk at
the present time. 1t will be still
heavier after the holidays and continue
well into the spring. But this seasons
travel to the Pacific coaet is a mere
frolic compared with what will be wit
messed soon after the cloee of the great
exposition. Then look, out for the
greatest rush to California that the
United States ever experienced. 1t will
come, az sure as fate.
PREPARE FOR THE EXPOSITION.
Los Angeles chamber of commerce.
and the people Of Southern California
generally, are wide awake in the matter
Of making the best possible display in
the Columbian exposition. Every body
eheuld aid the movement as far az pos