Year: 1859

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Our Municipal Government"


The Republicans Of Chicago, by their
fidelity and zeal 10 the regular nominees Of
their purity, by their energy untailing, and
success unequal1ed among American citief,
hasa earned thoroughly honeat and eco
nomical government. THIS they are entitled
to, and this they will have. Mayor, Council,
and city officers from first to last, owe it to
the people who have invested them with
power to make tue succeeding year model
Of municipal administration, This We fully
believe It will be. Mayor Haines is man Of
undermined integrity. In the sum total Of
abuse which has been heaped upon him by
political enemies, there has not been an allie.
cation against hia honesty Of purpose which
has found listener among those who
know The man. The experience rarely ac-
corded to q Mayor Of Chicago] Of years.
management Of city affairs, has given him
the capacity to resign the Executive chair q
year hence with reputation second to that
Of no man who has ever filled it, and to leave
the Republican party more safely and securely
in the ascendanc: than he found it in March
1858. He can make his administration the
most popular, and the most dcservedly popn-
lar We have had for years, and we confidently
expect him to do it. In bis efforts to carry
out the principles laid down by those who
nominated and elected him; to make
economy and justice the practical, thorough
and indubitable features Of the municipal
year; and in brief, to do the right always
without fear or favor--he will have our earn.
est cooperation, and the support Of moral
power in the community which will carry
him through anything he may undertake.
Let rs not underrate the difficulties
Of his position. His duties are arduous and
unrenitting. Hundreds Of things come up
for his Judgment requiring immediate de-
cIsjon, In come Of which it is impossible that
he shon}d not err. As the city advances in
direct ratio in population, the difficulties
which beset l4c Mayors path are augmented
in IN arithmetical progress. Yet it is pos
slble for us to have tue best municipal gov
ernment in the United States tho coming
year, aud We hayc no doubt whatever that it
will be given us.


The new members Of The Council added to
the Republican strength in that bedy are
of the very best material in the city. They
represent no clique and no particular
interest. They are fresh from the people,
Independent, upright and capable. Their
names do honor to their Office. With the
able and faithful members holding ever from
last year they will constitute the largest ma
jority with perhaps single exception) ever
given to a political party in the Board. To
them more than to any otherr Is The welfare
Of the city and the future success Of Repub-
licauism in Chicago committed. The people
have entrusted them with both these interests,
and We need not assure them that both are
identical--that the permanence Of Republican
success in Chicago, and to degree in the
State of Illinois, depends more upon o wise
and Just municipal rule than upon anything
else, after the principle Of freedom which
actuates the party Of the nation.


Ne look forward then to model adminis-
tration for the year to come, and a serles Of
prudent and benefcent measures which shall
leave tho Republican majority Of Chicago
still beacon light among American cities.