Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-13
STEAD ON CHICAGO.
Startling Revelations, Bitter Dsnuncia'
tons, Wholesale Exposures.
ALL CLASSES HIT MERCILESSLY.
starts for Eur'p' Just Before His
Book Is to Come Out.
CXew York WORLDLY

tNeW tnIN nptiut
". T. stead's book, "If Christ Came 10
Chicago" will bring down on the London
eifnr the most ,erif'ic Lamentations.
Prom beginning 10 end II bristlcs with
s,ar;llng revelations bitter denunciations
AMI wholesale exposures OF the city's
,nuos, workings Every existing moral
,,t,sical and spiritual condition OF the
,.,tlo. without regard 10 age. sex, or
condition OF bank account is subjected
e., , fire OF criticism utterly scathing and
,,.rcilces. Politicians and charchmen
,hn idle vich and the luckicss pauper. 80
,..,v women. saloon-keepers, and mo-
,opgNcs are all given taste OF the
sh.
The manuscript was finished on Friday,
s,ys "a Chicago special OF March 81 10
the New York World, and the author
n Tor New York, whence he will sail
v-,inc-Jlay for London. There are those
,.,o are ouispoken in their opinion that
,ls departure was FASTENED by well-de-
,..l instincts OF discretion. The fronts
,...,e Of the book is In itself a carica-
,.~, which deals out the bittcrest KIND OF
c.rleunation. 1t IS II reproduction OF
1t.aman's famous picture, Christ Driv-
,,. Tho Money Changers from the Tenn
,..." but the faces Of the fleeing crowd
,.,o been changed 10 those Of prominent
c,.car0ans. just in front OF the Christ
,,.,1 his raised whip OF cords. stoops a
NAM raking coins which have been hurled
,-.c an overturned table into the top
90 a r,ceutacle which resembles north
..t. stroet-oar. The face is that of
Charles r Yerkes.
1r-,pc3latcly behind him, with huge bag
,,3,r his arm. and l1belled Gas Trust.
stands g. X. @. Billings. ana at one sac
e, a. ncDonah stares AZ Christ with n
t rendered abnormally ;iercc by
,.,,.. ruustache. Alderman Powers Is re-
,r..-.ut,d as running away "a fast as ne
en- I'm the background Warren Springer
l.m. I'D. and Alderman Ryan, famous
or his connection with the Watson gaS-
ordinance. stands grlnniug at the eN-
IRENE right Of the picture.
HOW IT REACHED HIM.
Th. preface Of the forthcoming book is
v.,ift,n In Mr. Stead's characteristic vein.
d.. SINS. The original conception OF Christ
coming 20 Chicago reached me, Hike most
40 nv rsliCio-philosophical notions,
through the poetry of James Russell To-
wen. The short poem when ne styI~u
81 .aranlc always seems 20 ne TO sum up
~, o. PAGE the vital essence OF CHRIST
teaching
The nrst part Of the book considers. IN
,.r.ilar order. "Thc Tramp 1.-The Har-
It," "Tho Whisky Heller OF the Low
Precincts" The Millionaire The Pred
story Rich" and "The Idle Rich An ef-
fort Is made 20 show how each OF There
classes has dehlcd the image Of God. and
every man mentioned comes IN FOR
ncrciloss scoring. Following this there Is
a complete map of the Nineteenth IRE
cinct of the First Ward. one OF those
rcuresoutod In the city Council by John
~oughln
DISORDERLY HOUSES.
AZ OF the disorderly houses 1re colored
bright red. the saloons are indicated by
black ana the pawn-shops are shaded
brown. II shows in graphic manner
lust The condition of the worst part OF
the Lcvce. ana the percentage OF red ana
black on the map Is astoundingly larGe.
Recurring 10 his description of the Har-
rison-Strett station. the author declares
IL 10 be a central ccsspUol Of all the poi
s5uous drirpinss Of Chicago. city which
ne SAWS. has become the greatest CessIool
of the world He gives a list Of names OF
an owners OF property leased as houses
of ni-fmc aul gambling hels.
The second part Of Mr.. Stead's book IS
an exhaustive review Of the observations
int, the homes Of the magdalens. lie
tells OF "A church which would not allow
fallen women TO enter such chufch
may be- respectable as Thurten, he muir
dcrrr. was declared % be respectable. be
cluso he kept "A gig" says the authof'
lint rs responsibility viii not save II
from going down. with all its convention
aHtlcs. into perdition. nor Will II have
far 10 80. for the abode Oi ouch Is Hlsh
unto the gates OF hell"
Vc stops with the assertion that fallen
creatures in public houses OF chicago are
not one tenth of tho total number oil
women in this city whom money cannot
degrade or make sinful
In the third section OF the book the
author displays the history of the reign
If king Doodle" and the coming OF the
"Assyrian hordes." by which he means
III. Growth of monopolies and trusts. he
DEGREES the gift by franchise OF valuable
publc rights. such as street-oar and gas
triyiIcyes The city railways" he says,
would have brought 100000 into the
city treasury every year. and this alone
would have been sufficient To run the al
,ninistration Of municipal affairs almost
tlX free"
BOODLERS.
Continuing his expose Mr.. Stead says
.T1e precise number of boodlers In the
city Council is question upon Whlch
there IS often much discussion. y lawyer
of "a railway corporation, speaking on the
subject the other day, said There are
s.Ntv-clgkt aldermen in the City council
and sixty-six of them can be bought
This know. because L have bought them
myself" ~,,.,
In the opinion Of the anthor chicago
takes little stock In the abtruse theology
"a l,rnns. but il subscrbeS with both
hands to anything that is undisgused by
.t. tbroe .'dei matorcs' OF Prairie ave-
,ye- Marshall Field, Philip ID. Armour
.,1 George NJ. Pullman. Mr.. Stead adj
r.its that there are members OF thls
trinity who earned every doilar Vi uI',a'
fortunes. and the real ana happy slgiiiii-
canoe Of this fact. he argues VIII pot pe
seen until the city has the millionaire
who inherits his wealth.
Recent movements OF the American FRO
t.ctive Association in this country ha'c
attracted Mr.. Steads attention, ana py
means OF interviews with leading Catho-
lt.s and members OF the American FRO
t.ctlve Association he has gathered an I'M
rnense amount OF data This Information,
.,..tbcr with his own observations anu
l.luctions. he will present 10 tue ioPe
a,r,oo, ,h.. coming summer. as the matter |
g. assuming large proportions, and as ne |
thinks the Pope should have the dement,
~ the opinion Of one who Is not aihiiateu