Year: 1876

The special election for Mayor will take


place On the 18th Of July. The people O,


Chicago last April, aroused by the disgrace.


ful frauds upon the ballot-boxes, the open


defiance Of public morality and decency, and


the boasted supremacy of the criminal


classes, gave one day to the election Of al.


dermen, and the result was the choice Of a


City Council which, for the high personal


character Of its members, has never been
equa1ed in this city. We have now 8 better
City Council than We have had for twenty


years. The Council was never so free Of
| ndventurers and jobbers, Of specu1ators and
corruptionists, as it is at this time, and has
never had such q large proportion Of first
class business men among its members. All
that is needed to complete this Government
is first-class citizen in the Office of Mayor.
It is understood TINT Mr. Co1r1x will not
be a candidate for Reelection. The City of
Chicago is o large business corporation whose
affairs are in sad confusion. The business of
the city is not in the least sentimental; it is


painfully practical, being mainly involved in


the problem Of how to make both ends meet


with an empty treasury and d large debt pay


able on demand. Like the business of any


other corporation, it requires to be handled


BY business men in business manner, and


ct this particular time the Necessity for a


business man in the Office of Mayor is i'm


perative. This is no time to elect q man


merely to compliment him. The city needs


Mayor competent to take charge OF its COM


picated affairs, and bring order out of con-


fusion and embarrassment. It wants man


who has shown his business capacity by the


success in which he has attended to his own


business; man who is thoroughly familiar


with city affairs, and acquainted with all its
embarrassments, and with its resources:
man Of personal character and standing, one
in whose personal and official representations
confidence may be placed. Such man in
the Mayors office at this time will be of in


calcu]able benefit to the city in countless


why's. It would be q restoration of Govern
ment in this city the like of which We have
not had for nearly twenty years.


There ought to be no difficulty in selecting
such a man for nomination, or in his election.
A number Of persons have been suggested,
among Others Air. MONROE HEATH, who so
faithfully served the city in the Council dur
ing the reign Of the corrupt majority Of that
body. He has ripe experience and valuable
personal familiarity with all the details
Of city affairs Mr. CHARLES E. CULVER.
e1-President Of the Board of Trade, has also
been strongly commended, as has Mr. GEORGE
ARMOUR, also m honored member of the same
body. These gentlemen are ali Republicans,
as it is fitting the candidate nominated by o |
Republican Convention should be. But they |
are, nevertheless, men who have 8 standing J
IN the community Us merchants and men Of |
integrity, wholly indef ldeut of their politics. !
They are all men either of whom as Nayor J
Of the city would be entirely unobjectiona-
ble to my respectable citizen of any party.


The City of Chicago has deeply suffered
from the system Of non-payment of taxes,-
he law having ceased to be coercive. It is
rue that ne have not had for years City
Government which has not enjoyed the full
confidence of the public. The Common Coun-
IL has always been an object of wel~foun1ed
suspicion and distrust. But no such excuse
u pretext can now be urged. The election
It respectable business man to the Office
# Mayor will give to Chicago City Govern
nent which, for the rectitude and character
# its members, is not exce1led in any city Of
he country. One Of the first duties Of this
government will be to collect the 1,npnid
axes. There are over one million Of dollars