The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-31
CHICAGO'S AMAZING SHAME
FRIGHTErL ALLIANCE WITH CRIME
10 RE ELECT MAYOR HARRISON.

zoo Policy Shops, 80 Panel Houses and
3OO Gambling Pinccs-All Assessed to
Ise-elect Hnrrison-Some of the Thugs in
the Work Wholesale
ders and Assaults to Accomplish tho
Gangs Aims-Incidents of Bath
house John and Hinky Drinks Part In II.
CHICAGO, March 3O.-This is n story Of the
city Of Chicago as ii is to-day on the eve OF q
municipal election. harboring a den Of thieves.
thugs. murdercrs. prostitutes and gambling
hclls. The city is in the grip of the news trust
known as tho Associated Press. and controlled
by Victor Lawson. Stone and that sanity
person. hermann kohlsaat. the pie baker.
who. save for THE sun, control absolutely
the Notwithstanding business Of The
country. These worthless have kept he
country. no less than the readers Of the papers
they own in Chicago in ignorance of the facts
while they themselves are allied with and pro-
tccting by silence. at least. as wicked a gang
OF thieves. thugs. gamblers, murderers and
crooks. headed. 1t is asserted. by Bath House
John Coughlin and Hinky DInk kenna. Alder
men. dive keepers and gambling house men as
was ever congrcgated in one town anywhere
on the face Of the globe. New York, with her
protected vice. is a paradise compared with
Chicago.
The story does not pretend to be complete In
urInlI. IL would Jake "nDlt lSsutS VI nj W
to print the record. but enough will be told to
enable the reader to Judge for himself the
state VI affairs in the CITY where wickedness
and crime flourish almost hidden and unre-
buked by the public press. The readers OF
THE Sun are fairly well acquainted with the
newspaper situation in Chicago, but a very
short statement Of 1t will not be out OF place.
The papers here. with the single exception OF
the Tnip. ocean. ar" controlled and operated
l.. ,.-, ..I StN,n thn int Enhlan
and their gang. The alliance among them
is the closest that could exist. 1t is both
offensive and defensive. 1t includes the bust
ness offices and the editorial rooms. 1t is far
reaching and includes even the policy of the
papers in politics. They build up in unison
and tear down in unison. They control abso-
lutely the workers on the newspapers for the
purpose Of keeping down wages. The man
who leaves one PAPER cannot work on another.
These workers. in the main, are the men who
correspond for papers throughout the country.
so Lawson and Stone and the sanity Kohlsaat
have them by the throat in another way than
through their news-suppressing and news
forging Associated Press. They meettogether
and decide on what shall be their policy. II 1t
is TO hold up q street railroad or any other
corporation they make the assault together.
IL it is to defeat a legislative measure they
work together. If it Is to force a legislative
measure lhfN Wolh l'iS'NI'lE ~ "hy 'he"
ofrcnds them or any one Of them they join
hands to ruin him. If it Is to protect vice
Stone and Lawson and the sanity kohlsaat
are silent together. II it is to place a criminal.
a thug, or an assassin In Office they are RAM
pant in singing his praise together, and in
SO far as public opinion is made by the press
they make the public opinion Of Chicago.
AmOmcnt's thought nv the reader will show
the enormity Of the power this gang yields.
and will enable an understanding OF the situa-
ton that now exists. Recently when 1t came
time for the Mayoralty campaign In the CITY.
II is publicly charged that they entered INTO d
compact with Carter Harrison. the Mayor. ior
the furth"rance OF his po'ltical amoit'oh
through the suppression oil all scandals con-
nected with his administration. III was their
detcrminntlon to tear down the hepupilcah or
ganizatiOn OF the city ana the state, though
they posed as the friends OF the Administrator
at Washington. here IN 'hicago' through
their years OF control OF TIL" sources oil the
, peoples Information. this crowd was. ana is'
locked up to as paragons OF respectaoility.
. The Republican organization named for its
!, candidate an cmincrtly reputable and able
. citizen, Mr.. Ina II. Carter, Inc gang ulu ho'
y dare attack him personally. because he was
r known tn the neon'c. Nheh 'ar."r HARRISON
was named they came our Openly anu sup,
! ported nm prnlSlng ms ADMINISTRATOR, am
A saying 'h"t Ie '"' ~ h
t pcricncc. HAVING hceh Eept III iehorahce VI
9 the corruption ana CRIME 'hat hour'sheu 'h'
D.. averaged citizen "t 'hicaGo' uhless no nap
Z pened hims"ltt To nave h""h the Nlctim Oh a ,hut
I or a thief. perhaps swallowed mat STORY "mo'e
: II they depend wholly on the gang LOT tnen
; ihlorma''oh' as the ou'S.ue "o'lu 10 no
u 10 no. lhey pe,ha's ue'le,o, ,r" y"
n 'cf"" mas u'S"ou9'' ~ niin
: the NEWSPAPER rean'nE puo.c, !" ''s !"
\ "' necessity r''na'h'u 4"
The fact is that there are running wide opel
in the city OF chicago to-day no less thah l,"'
uisorueiIy h'"ses ~ nv - ~ ri.
N JOINTS I "a" W. ~ -" Nj. a !,
are more wa v "a Hn haaoor Ininta
l. Ime he'snpo' - ~ a" "n', a' w." .ou,htn
l. ihere arc ,!oi' '""" ~ :. -, ONO on;n'
D houses ",' : CAV ap 49, - ond ,to,anoo
4. mans ri''hE NV" 49, a.s 800 -.
% al uhucr nt''''''o"' vs." ~ .o,ho
Ia roppcu' '''l"c'N"l ~