Year: 1879

exhausted travellers. AAeA" ~


companies, and telephone companies, ana
express companies, and various manufactur-
ing companies, all engaged in the shocking
and anti Christian practice OF making oil
tie money they can out OF their BUSINESS
without ever remembering that there are
oo4 patriotic laborers at Springfield who
Lave no income saye the humble plttauce
of their Der diem! If member Of the
Common Council Of Chicago who has no
per diem can bring monopolles to their
milk, what might not member OF the
Legislature Of Ilinois-with the whole State
for his field, with fourteen public charities
dependent on his vote, and with unlimited
jurisdiction if intelligent and fully
sensible of the obligations due from him to
society and to suffering humanity?


Senator GEORGE WHITE is not likely to
disappoint the people Of his district. There
never were two opinions of his long service
in the City Council; there are not apt to be
two opinions of his services in the State
Senate. No man could perpetrate fraud
attempt rascelity, practice blackmaii, or
do any other act to which objection might
be made, in the Council, without tho Enowl-
edge of A1r. WHITE. He seem ed to discover
public wrongs intuitively. He knew when
and how to expose monopoly, and how to
propose the remedy. Every evil-doer and
extortioner in the city dreaded him, and re-
ioiced when he left the Council. But, alas
for them, he reappears in higher position,
and already, clothed with the authority
Of the Senate of Illinois, he has sum
moned the sleeping-car companies OF
North America to show their hands,
to disgorge their past plunder, and give
bonds to suffering humanity for the future! !
Nor is the sympathy of our Senator confined
to the wrongs of the sleeping traveller; 1T
goes out to the enlightened millions who sit
under the gasight as well as to those yet
cropping in the dirk, and he wants the gas
companies to show their hand also, and to
satisfy the Senate Of Illinois that gas shall
hereafter be furnished to. the world free of
cost It is surprising how magical is tue
force Of example! Promptly upon the dis
play Of Senator WHITES courageous de-
mands on the gas and the Pullman-car
companies, there was bill introduced re-
quiring al the banks in Illinois to hereafter
do business under the supervision and direc-
ton Of committee Of the State Aegls-
lature In due time Senator WHITE will un-
doubtedly grapple with the telegraph COM
panies and tie telephone companies. The
prices for board at hotels IN Illinois really
excludes thousands who would put up at
such places if the rate was fixed at 81 per
dny, and Wu1rE is the man to move in the
interest Of the poor man.


Members of the Legislature may be some
what surprised at these daring Legislative
strikes Of tie Chicago Senator; but when
they once thoroughly know the man and


understand his purpose it will be wonder


indeed if he has not strong following OF
legislators equally Jealous to bring the
monopo1ists and cxtortionists to O sense Of
what is due to the representatives OF the
sovereign people Of the State. Mr.. PULL
MAN has begun correspondence with Sena-
tor WHITE through the papers. 1fr. Pull
MAN evidently does not know the man with
whom he has to deal. He cannot satisfy q
public outraged through its Senator by any


such expedients as that The Senator,


speaking for the country, declares the PULL


MAN profits to be enormous; that the charges


are too high; aud that PULLMAN must come
down. So with the gas companies. So with


all other corporations dealing with the pub


lie. They must all come down, or they shall
feel the power Of the State of Illinois, exer-


ciscd by the experienced and not easily


abashed Senator from the First District. In
the meantime, we congratulate those Of our
| fel1ow-citizens who elected AIr. WHITE on the
| evidence that his elevation and his surround
ings have in no wise changed or weakened


bis energies, and that he will in all probabil-
Try win for himself conspicuousness not al
ways attained. He may have followers and i'm


itators but, as vigorous and relentless pur-


suer Of all corporations having money, and as
the author Of more legislative bills calling for


satisfactory explanation, lie will stand for
ever in the history of the State as the pio-
| neer, without peer or a parallel.


WASTE OF TINE IN THE SCHOOLS.