New-York tribune., 1902-01-26

The smoke evil should be abated.
The City Council should be reorganized.
There should be radical changes in the State leg
islature.
There should he local improvements
There should be greater fraternaI spirit.
People should not try to get rich quickly.
While the get rich quick evil is placed at the
end OF the diagnosis by the civic doctors there are
those among laymen who believe that it is not the
least of the evils that preying tho health
of the Windy City. Indeed they think that in this
case, at least 1t is the root all evil" Perhaps
TOO. as has been suggested. there other thtnys
the matter with Chicago" Could the civic doc
tors have overlooked tho matter Of filthy streets
deca!ing paveTents. able and disEracef trac-
ton facilities and the maladmfnisrat.on OF the DO
lice courts? Still, all these are only symptoms aud
unquesuonably constitutional remedy Is needed.
With antiquated charter and township organza-
ton no permanent Improvement is hoped for by
seebesr of the R Sf Esse Board
summed up this phase of the question in the follow
as it should Under liberal charter most Of tbe
symptoms that are now being discussed as ailments
will disappear"
Illinois will have a new $4,000 State his
torical library and will take distinguished place
at the st. Louis fair if all the plans mature which
are being made by the State Historical Library
Board and the State historical Society. These or
ganizations framing petition 10 the legislature
for an appropriation for the library and for $4,000
out OF the st. Louis fair appropriation, TO be used
IN an historical panorama In the Illinois at
the fair. For years the historical societies the
State have had this object IN view, and they are
row confident that the time for the accomplish
ment OF the plan has arrived. The ground has been
thoroughly Canvassnd gnd tho FoeIipg ornno III
legislators is such that the societies are SAN
boring states already have fine Libraries and lii
3iS y1 9pes not propose TO- trail In the rear longer
o. the State board have been busy for several
the Settlers Of Illinois T6ese soSiees socees
are coseGing historical matter bearing on the his
he firnp he first MO
Ioot on Illinois soil These relics. pamphlets and
with the collections from foreign museums The
gTG}ectGrs pnd Of the plan favor building either
the STATE University; although the sentiment is in
Having failed to create the proper impression
upon the tax gathering bodies of the State in its
campaign against the corporations the Chicago
Teachers Federation is about to resort to the mink
tea as the most available means of getting at the
male and voting element Of the community With
an an aiurlng programme OF receptions pink teas and
lree luhcheons the teachers hope 10 conduct such
canpalsn among the voters will secure for Them
council with aldermen whose Votes viii head d LT dfG
m the n m9on,taNpayng street railways by the holding
since all direct means have failed they obliged
10 resort to feminine Establishments IN the winning
over Of husbands swcethearts and friends TO theiT
views upon the subject of taxation. Otherwise their
dreams Of increased salaries will not be realized
Chicago. was treated this week to the picturesque
slght OF an alderman seated on the box of a huge
'"'N' "'6O'i' rom Wnlcn here ana there he dis
pensed to his needy constituents the water that
the CITY mains were unable to supply This latest
convert 70 the strenuous" life is Alderman FfouIt
race. OF me Ihirty-ffth Ward who now takes his
place IN the fore OF the .aldermanlc disciples Of
donest John Minwogen street cleaner and side
Walk repalrer in the ward which he represents in
tle Nlty COUNCIL: Alderman Races constituents
are not reached by the city mains and their els
terms have gone dry. With his wagon the alder
man draws water from the nearest mains and with
ii fills the empty cisterns the brim thereby
bringing his constituents timely relief and Incl
dentally, TO himself many votes. "