Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
MAyOR HOPKINS RECORD.

WIN u genuine Keeling of salts
faction that The Eagle this week refer
o'he magnificent showing made by III,
present city administration ut the clos,
OF the fiscal year just completed.
Last week the accounts were hal
anccd and the books closed by m,
Council Committee on Finance.
't was found that all department,
had lived within the limits of their an
preparation and that the city cntcre,
upon the present year In better tipun
cial condition than ever before.
All this. II must he borne I'm mini
was accomplished under extraordinari.
~ uhfavornble circumstances.
The demands during the ycur 1SO,
upon several of the departments w,,rc
much heavier than usual. as for IN.
stance the police department. which
was compelled to handle the great rail.
way strike. one Of the heaviest tasks
ever imposed upon the police depart.
meht Of any city In the world.
The taxpayers of the city Of Chen yo
have therefore much reason to com.
mend the wise. careful ana honest nd.
ADMINISTRATION of the present Mayor
John =. Hopkins.
lie has been attacked, illuminated.
v'Iihed. hlisreprcsentcd by u partisan
press ana u certain section of bigOttcd
fanatics who hate the man Oh lines and
Tor reasons too narrow to exist In any
but the dark ages. He has also been
made the butt ana target of the profcs.
sional rcfOrmer ana the notOrle.y.
| seeker.
They have held up the administration
OF the city of Chicago to the eyes of the
world as I'M institution Of public rob.
berry. They have represented that the
public funds We're being sI,,andcrcd
FOR the benefit of ward politicians ana
that the affairs of the city were being
neglected These representations hnye
been made solely with II view to fur.
nisl'lng texts for sermons ana sensa.
tonal TRADES which found of course
ample space In the columns of the
partisan press. Actions ana results.
however, speak louder than words. The
city's lcdgcrs show the balance on the
right side this year. They demonstrate
more eloqucntly than language could
the honesty ana capubilIty Of the pres.
ent city government. The rash and
reckless libcls Of all the Rev. Martyrs
ana Clarkcs In Chicago cannot affect for
one moment the convincing and over.
whelming fnct that the balancing of
accounts ut the close Of the year 1884
shows the city to be In excellent finnn.
c'nI condition. Well may John i,
Hopkins retire from the office of Mayor
OF Chicago feeling that he has not dc.
tractcd anything but has rather added
somewhat to the honor that has always
attached to that high and important
office.
We'll may he In the days to come take
pride In referring to his brief mayor.
airy term ana to what was accom-.
Dlislied within that term. Every pledge
made during his campaign has been
fulhIled to the letter. The first actual
work In the direction of track elevation
mas been put well under way. and the
Total abolition Of grade crossings In the
'reat metropolis Of the West will be due :
u large part ut least to the energetic and
administration of Mayor Hon.
iins. That In itself would be sufficient !,
% bring honOr ana the approval of the
'ublic TO any city administration, but
nat of Mayor Hopkins has accom-.
'lished more.
The much'needed and long demand
cf"rm Of taking the police force out of
oiitics has been inaugurated ana tho
iner!i' or civil service system cstab.
SHE'D. Whether this civil service sys.
I'm VIII be success In practice 70.
inlils 10 he seen. On that point ~,
onfess we have doubts, but that does
OF AFFECT the matter under discussion.
'l"iier It viii be found an unallOyad y
eneiit or not will In no way detl9lct !
rom the honesty and sincerity Of May
Hopkins In establishing the system.
II" public or at least great portion
II. appeared To demand II. and Mayor
"pkilis complied with the call from tho q
'opi"' Moreover, he had pledged him J.
'ir To this reform on the bustinps n "
EAR ago last December: he has kept his t;
ord. 81
Above all, he has given to the city n OF
Isncss administration. {;
Ihis was his main platform pledge. a
ow well he has kept 1t the public can OF
dge from the report Of the Republi- IT
y Finance Committee, which last Oh
eek balanced NJ the accounts for the til
ar I'll
Ala. VI. IL. Madden and Aid. John ed
Nell, both leaders in the Council AMI tn
I'll Republicans of the most pro- or
nnccd type, found themselves com pr
He'd to bear testimony to the honesty
III which the public funds We're ex- 81
ndcd and the affairs of the city ad- ci,
nistered. wi
With every pledge kept and fulfilled to'
the letter, with the COMMUNICATION to,
all who have any knowledge OF the sts
airs OF the city aud who are fair. thu