The San Francisco call., 1898-12-12

~ HICAGO, Dec. 11.-Curious scenes
 will be witnessed in Chicago to-
 morrow night. Arrangements o have been made by the citi-
 zens of the various wards to accompany their Aldermen to the City Hall, and they will wait outside the Council chamber until the meeting is over ana accompany them home. Some of the citizens dele gations will have brass bands. and AL dermen will march behind them and keep step to the music. An Alderman usually classed with the gang" said to-day.
 T am hard up. My business is prac- tically gone because I was fool enough to run for Alderman. I admit that I need $10O 900, and would take it if I could get it. But I have a wife and two children. Am I going to disgrace them and myself for nothing? Suppose this money that is to be paid is put in the hands of Johnny" (naming a prominent Alderman). and suppose Johnny dies before he pays it over to us, where are we? Suppose that the street railways refuse to give up the dough after we have voted, where are we? My wife cries in the morn ing. she cries at noon, she cries at night I cannot stand this any longer. I tell you the way things are going now they are going to wake the dead in the cemeteries before this is over. and they will all be stalking down here to look 'bogy' at us. Pm sick of it. and I won't stanL for it any longer"
 Here is a million and a quarter of iJb fo nf AIdor- men at a time when most of them are financially embarrassed; most of them living solely upon their Aldermanic salaries. Set against this bid for their honor are detectives dogging their heels, stealing after them in the shadow of the night, pic.-'-g them up at morning when they leave their homes, and trail ing them relentlessly hour after hour. There looms the shadow of the Grand Jury, the inquisition of the States At torney. Here is lurking the agonizing fear that some Aldermanic partner in bribery may confess; that another may sIip away with the money: that be- trayaI is at hand any moment.
 The Federation of Labor and other labor organizations passed resolutions to-day standin~ by the Mayor, and ap- plauding his action in the present situ- ation Fully 5000 people gathered in Central rusic Hall this afternoon to voice their disapproval of the fifty-year franchise ordinance and demand muni- cipal ownership of street railways. and after listening to speeches by Mayor Harrison, ex-Governor Altgeld and others passed resolutions embodying the following sentiments and demands:
 Unconditional repeal of the Allen law.
 No ordinances to pass the Council for franchise extensions until the AL len law is repealed.
 No Council legislation for fran chise extensions after the Allen law is repealed unless the same involves eventual municipal ownership of street railways.
 Remedial legislation at Springfield enabling the city of Chicago to ac- quire street railways
 No Council legislativefr franchise ex- tension ordinances any way until 1908.
 No compensation rates in any pos sible future ordinances of less than 10 per cent.
 Reduction of street railway fare as we'll as compensation to city if any ordinance is passed after the Allen law is repealed.
 Personal appeal through commit tees to the resident directors and stockholders for street railways to withdraw all poodle legislation now before the Council.
 Joliet penitentiary for all poodle Aldermen.
 Endorsement of stand taken by