Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-15

The country shakes its head in
something like despair over Chicago
and big Bill" Thompson. While the
result of the recent mayoralty cleo
ton is generally deplored by the press,
the San Francisco Bulletin even de-
claring it "a menace to America to
have a Moscow so close at hand" the
general feeling seems to be that a
majority of the voters in Chicago got
what they wanted and there's moth
ing anybody else can do about it.
Chicago was not buying pig in
a poke" says the Baltimore Sun I'm
dependenD of Thompson. He has
been mayor twice before and left
legacy of graft. incompetency and
general decentralization. His campaign
was pitched on a plane OF low de1fla-
gogism, the appeal to Ignorance ana
prejudice in itself marking the man
as wholly unfit for the office. How
ever. in the light of his victory by
more than $4,000 votes, it is difficult
to believe that there was not some
bunk and demagogy."
A change in the form OF city gov
eminent is suggested by the Dayton
Daily News independent Democratlcl
as the only hope for improvement IN
the metropolis of the Middle west.
"a contest of political forces there is
a clashing of ignorant armies py
night" says the Dayton paper. II
Chicago gets decent government, Iuck
has more to do with it than sense.
The smoky depths of Chicago's politics
will never be cleared till the jungle is
cleaned up"
selecting such man." in the
Judgment of the Albany Evening
News independent Republican,, VIII
not prove good for any party. Some
thing is the matter with Chicago But
it has elected what a majority OF ITS
citizens seem to want. The rest will
have to abide by that mistaken de-
cision for time" The Schenectady
Gazette independent Democraucl adds
that 'if they erred, they are the ones
who must pass the next four years
with Thompson administration. 80,
also the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. TIN
dependent}: "Our suspicion is bronze
ont. Chicago wants Bill. Bill is Chi
cago." And the Providence Journals
independently feeling that IF this is
the sort of mayor Chicago wants, 1t
is perhaps the sort she ought to
have" is shared by such papers as
the Cleveland Plain Dealer dnde-
pendent Democratic) Duluth Herald
1independentl, Newark Evening News
(independentl, Davenport Democrat
Democratic and the New York Sun
independently.
The Pittsburgh Ga1etteTimes CRe-
nublican) goes back into history and
comments: years ago Chicago's idol
was Carter Harrison the elder. The
worst that was said of him was that
he advocated a 'wide-open town. Not
withstanding, he was elected repeated
". Thompson is of the same stripe.
There can be no questioning that he
is the kind Chicago wants. The vote
tells the story"
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HE really is a bright fellow"
affirms the Buffalo Evening News IRE
publican). His absurd extravagances
of speech rather express his contempt
for popular intelligence than the
quality of his own mind, but the
Chicago voters appear to like him bet
ter for hooking them"
The Chicago Tribune independent
Republican, promises that If Thomp-
son will be on the square with the
citys interests and do what he can
for them, the Tribune will not bring
the eight bad years UP against him.
The Rock Island Argus independently
adds: SEnthroned once more in
power. Id with added prestige accru-
ing FROM the action of the electorate