Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-31

tiOn of actual servitudc. They have
had taxation without representation
and the artisan and labOring classes
have had little In the past but hard
work. filth and squalor.
Among the disabilities under which
the plain people Of London labor. owing
to the fact that II IL nearly all In the
clutches Of the plutOcrats. IL the fact
that It's water supply instead of being
conducted under municipal ownership
has been. ever since II was Instituted,
In the clutches of private corporation.
This private corporation II composed of
the wealthy aristOcrats who own most
of London and these same arlstocrats
being members OF either the upper or
lower hOurse of Parliament which ere
nted the water supply monopoly by act
of Parliament and enabled II to grow
immensely rich or the poor people Of
London.
Now. listen TO what happens. When
the Liberal government created the
London Common Councils and gave
the London tOilers n free franchise by
the exercise Of which they could elect
men who would give the city munich
pal ownership Of Its water supply and
destroy the monopoly which put u
premium upon dirt and taxed cleanli-
ness. the wOrkingmen Of London were
apparently OverjOyed ana elected Lib
erals to the County Council. But,
mark still further: As said at the
beginning. the national government In
Great Britain and Ireland exercises a
supervisory power even In village and
suburban. not to speak OF municipal
ana metropolitan matters.
An election OF members Of parlia-
ment followed the municipal elections
In which progressive County Councils
had been elected. With n perversity
which almost passes belief the same
electors who voted for relief from the
water monopoly In the municipal elec-
tiOn turned right around In the nation
nj election ana voted for ana elected
to parliament the self-same wealthy
aristOcrnts who were the stockholders
In the water works monopoly and
placed these latter In u position to un-
do everything that the men whom
they had elected to the County COun-
ellis had undertaken to accomplish. The
perversity Of the average voter In the
big British cities II pretty well Illus
trNted In this one Instance. for one
finds even In the Socialist In municipal
politics Tory ana u Conservative In
national affairs among these people.
The incident refer to also shows pret-
ty plainly l think that politics govern
gree unheard Of In this country. This
II but one of many Instances that could
be quoted to show that In our Ameri-
can communities we nre not NO fur be-
hind European cities after all. 1t IL
not Intended ~ q defense of our pres
ent city administration. which l admit
" exceeding poor, but II IL written just
to show that q good deal that Ii writ
ten this side OF the water about British
municipal government, Its glOries, its
civil service. Its absence of politics.
Its municipal ownership. etc, IL un-
adulterated rot.
Very truly yours,
A FORMER BRITISH SUBJECT.
To the Editor of the Chicago Eagle.
Sir-Every word you have said In re-
cent issues concerning the revolt
among the German Catholics against
Mayor Harrison on account of his ap-
pOintment OF free-teXt-bOOk advocates
to the Board of Education Is true, not
withstanding the denial of one Lauth,
reported by the daily papers. These
publications recently announced that
Lauth called on Mayor Harrison ana
denied that the German Catholic So
cieties of Illinois ut their convention In
Aurora denounced the, action of the
Mayor In regard to appointments in
question. IT Lauth made any such
statement he was prevaricating. to put
Il mildly. | was present as u delegate
ana l know whereof speak. know
the resolutions In full and as adopted
were placed In the hands of the edit
Ors of the German papers. Even the
publications In the English dailles give
Mr.. Lauth's statement u most emphatic
denial. However. Lauth doesn't cut
much figure, anyway. Everybody who
knows him knows that his time IL
mainly occupied In raising beard. He
should read the fable OF the fox and
the goat. Thanking you for your cour-
tesy, ! remain, yours truly,
A GERMAN CATHOLIC.