Chicago eagle., 1911-03-04

roquoIs Fire and the Holding BY .
Bite at the City Hail.
we're enabled to own and enjoy the
driving Of horses. the boulevards were
the delight Of the common people.
Il 10 different now.
People who live upon streets that
are not boulevards can only have
them improved By putting their hands
In their pockets and paying for the
improvements themselves.
All property upon streets not bouler
varded 10 subject to the levy Of spe.
cial assessments for the improvement
and maintenance Of such thorough.
fares.
Property fronting on boulevards 10
not subject to special assessment.
The improvement Of boulevards and
the maintenance Of these costly lux.
uries 10 paid for out Of the park taxes
levied upon the general tax payer.
who reaps no benefit from his outlay.
Trees upon boulevards are main.
tained out Of the general park taxes.
levied upon all taxpayers.
While the general taxpayer pays for
the boulevard trees, he has also to
pay for the trees In front OF his own
homo and 10 then informed BY the
city council that hs does not own
them.
Special privileges to none. but equal
rights for all 10 the slogan that 10
growing In volume.
The people cheerfully contribute
to the maintenance Of parks. but they
Are unwilling to bs bled longer for
boulevards.
The boulevard % Q tax.eating load
on the general public. must 90.
Poor but honest men who have add
ed to their modest incomes In the past
BY acting a. Judges Of election are u
be superseded In every possible In
stance by millionaires.
This IL In accordance with the or
ders Of the Harrison board Of elec
ton commissioners which II now On
gagged in showing of.
Like the historic monkey climbing
q pole, the higher It climbs the more
It shows Of Harrison.
The poor but honest voters Of Chi
cago deeply resent this last Harrison
ian insult.
Harrison 10 an aristocrat by train
Ing and by instinct.
He inherited his wealth.
He never did q hard days worl
outside Of ONCE holding In his life.
No wonder then that he prefers
aristocrats to poor men for Judges o.
election.
Two hundred men Of wealth have sl
ready been summoned by the Harri
son election board to take the placel
Of poor but respectable men recon
mended by the regular Democratic or
ganization.
The Harrison election board vii
stick to it, fad and will supplan
every poor man election Judge with :,
rich man whenever It 10 possible.
The bill providing for q "corrup
practices act" ought to be labeled +,
bill to help impecunious and dead bea
politicians to get public Office free o.
cost.
In other words 1t is an act to pre-
vent the circulation of money by {
class Of people who seldom spend an!
of 1t II they can help 1t.
The United Societies gets fin'
crack in the bill, because the latte
provides that no political meeting
shall be held In any halls where liquor
Is sold In the building.
This shuts out the Turner halls an,
other social centers where the peopl
gather for public meetings now.
The bill Is direct slap at bill post
ers because 1t prohibits candidate
from spending money in campaigns.
1t Is a slap at printers because
will reduce the vast amount of polit
cal printing now done. and which pay
the wages Of thousands Of hard wori
ing men.
1t prohibits the spending Of none
by candidates, which In itself will
draws or will withdraw hundreds Q
thousands of dollars from circulation
It makes things easy for the graf
ing dead.beat and for nobody else.
A dead.beat CRATER can run for hig
!. salaried Jobs without any expense I
himself and the honest tax payer wi
have to pay the freight.
Like most reforms instituted b
daily newspapers, which charge exc
, bitant prices for bad advertising, It
step In the wrong direction.
: The corrupt practices act" 10 M
!. aimed at bribe taking.
Oh. no!
. II merely makes the road for u
0 dead.beat seeker after bribes an ea
Ter one to travel.