Show OUR CHICAGO LETTER LET municipal po politics lipics begin to assume a business form and carter H harrises is talked of for mayor by jem iem socratic politicians no doubt the great rajah is very popular in chicago but the more sagacious accious of the politicians clans do n not ot ST favor avo r him for 17 their bartys nominee mr newberry berr Y the present postmaster is looked upon as the safest choice for democratic the party john A roche boche is likely to get t the nomination from the republicans republicans although the machine is a little mixed on account of the pollee police muddle bonfield has severed his connection entirely with the police force in his letter of resi resignation nation he states that roche boche wanta wanted to use him bonfield as a kind of tool to catch socialist and labor votes what bonfield states only confirms what was already an open secret that roche and the machine wanted to gull both the preachers and the prostitutes bonfield was asked to consent to a suspension from the force until after the election then if roche was reelected bonfield would be reinstated without loss of pay or prestige e to credit he kicked kicked at this kind of statesmanship and sent in his resignation at the same time exposing the schemes of the roche machine here is what he says you and your political advisers have assure assured 4 me that my continuance in position would incur the opposition of the anarchists socialists lottery men and gamblers to your reelection but if I 1 would volu voluntarily ask aak to be relieved from duty I 1 would be reinstated immell immediately tel after the election it became evident to ras me that the ou outlining of such a pro gramme meant deception of some one whether myself on the one hand or my natural enemies on the other I 1 was and still am unable to determine f the republicans have treated bonfield shamefully they urged him on to war against socialism and anax anarchism chism and got themselves into power through him now in his day of trouble they shrink from support in ing or sustaining him until theP the paw unes suits come off on but as between carter harrison and john roche boche it would be an interesting struggle both are equally popular with the criminal classes and both are am equally disliked bythe by the moral law abiding part of the community it t carter formerly sustained bon bonfeld so 0 as to hold the capitalists but lost tho the laborites labovites lab orites roche boche now suspends bonfield to gain the laborites labovites lab orites and cajole capitalists the great event of the week next to the prize fight was the celebration of the eightieth anniversary of abraham lincoln Lincol ns birth the la salle club a political organization as well as a social one took upon itself the duty of preserving the memory of 0 the great abolitionist green in the minds of his countrymen the club has gone further it ft has asked the illinois legislature to make abraham Lincol lincomb Lin coms ns birthday a state holiday this is probably attempting attempts i too much at one stroke the did everything possible to make the lincoln celebration a success it I 1 brought hither hannibal hamlin all the way from maine to tell us sona thing of old tunes timm hannibal VW wag vice president during lincoln Lincol ns Is first term he is now a lively garrulous old gentleman fond of his glass and cigar he related the cincu circumstances estan under which he received the news of his nomination in 1860 for vice president he said 1 I was playing a pleasant game of euchre in my room laughter and an applause my colleague senator Fres senden senator grimes of the 00 state of iowa and a member of the house from maine constituted th the party and we were smoking out oar cigars as I 1 was just now when YOU yott deprived me of smoking mine quieto quiet ay when there was a tramping of feet in the corridors of the washington W I 1 hotel where I 1 was tarrying loud rap at the door and the abrupt entrance of schuyler colfax at the head of the procession which ftp preached pro ached and addressed me as tb the vice president of the united states well now my friends 1 held fu my hand at that instant the most anost magnificent lone hand that you eve aver saw applause I 1 held the bet d cards bot both bowers and an ace sn another ace great laughter abud an dont you think that crowd burst in upon me and 1 I my tone lone hand ur laughter 1 u liter W well I 1 seized upon my chair chair in an up lifted position and said to schuyle ier colfax clear out of the room yo yoa have despoiled a lone hand in euchre and you have brought me no fitting fit return M though this little speech was revived with laughter and cheers by lal an auditory largely composed of clergymen thymen and church members wt it is not quite clear to the aver ve B understanding where the husaw saw wit or morality of the relation om eBin in smoking and gambling 41 reprehensible practices even in 81 bagnio but among senators of the united states they are positively it was inappropriate enough for mr lowell to lecture on nake speare to the union club and as TO pork rk traders but for hannibal jo zin alin the colledge col leage and confident of 01 lincoln to avow himself a s sport A and a 4 dude before the beligio I 1 I 1 la 19 salle club is cometh something T g so bonishing oni shing hing that we are undecided 1 bether er to accept the matter as a or as a symptom atom of senility the jae chicago fames not wishing that at the speech be construed in the ism of ridiculing the ahe memory of a swat man disputes the statement of ir hamlin it says the v very statement m ent of the case aw shows mr daml hamkins hamlins Ham lins in ls unfamiliarity ta the game of euchre any young g miss acquainted with pro t ive euchre would inform uncle mAun annibal ibal that he did not possess an t lone ha hand go four UPS held by grimm grimes that good old oa soul would have defeated his nr ghose POW with the holding he desi alies sa to make a lone hand wash ston statesmen of that period did 40 waste their time on euchre and aau it not been out of regard for the known austere practices and ions DIOUS of his hosts of the la salle hamlin would have presented id unadulterated truth of his tre he stood ready at the inter 1 lyng moment of schuyler eption Up tion to open a jack pot with 40 cea up upa to altu plain that Mr Hamlin wanted r to pay a compliment to chicagoans Chicago and y us that he was worthy of the tue fordom of a city which reckons ta its foremost citizens mike bonald pon ald parson davies iap aap appetite bill bi and many others of equal ual celebrity cele celebrity brit anyhow the old f blunt candor is worthy commendation even if his morals bete a trifle Chicag oish aue the myer mcauliffe b fight was a thing to ing the newspapers gave ave it more fa prominence than they sid did the 1 an birthada birthday ba banquet riquet of the B 80 8 club lahe the charge for ad Wt tweety arft talice to see the fight cost only a iollar dollar piece for each male tova nis with regard to women and ti ebal the rules of a presbyterian i ilai were in force women and boys ys not admitted the match was mv yera terrible te trible but not sanguinary sang inary luary brushed a fly off mes fore while mae mac disheveled dishevelled led the ln curl on the brow of era with a terrific left hander some gate proceeds amounted to the 00 to be divided between aaen heiges 11 that Is what is left tta briba th indiana constables constable and sand ceedee ego champions i nf in m adv advertising er themselves another adoth elwe weeke aks again there will be 0 struggle boggle and the rao itaw I 1 10 tu tey of 0 and dudes will find althe WL u dav into the pockets of gamblers confidence me men the was characterized by several little incidents of a melodramatic nature one happened in the jail last wednesday A woman handed a basett of edibles to a bailiff to be given to mr corbetta wealthy paiao prisoner r the awkwardness of the balliro bailiff caused aused a loaf of bread to drop out of the basket upon the floor to the surprise of the sheriff and others the interior of the loaf contained a quart bottle of whiskey this caused the sheriff to examine the contents of the basket in a plate of pork and beans another bottle was found scientifically concealed with beans while the pork rested peacefully on top to this is the sheriff from whom mcgarigle MeGa mcgarigle escaped through the waste hole of a bath bathtub tub police officer D W was standing at the corner of and butterfield Butter neld streets in the early morning he espied an ancient looking barrel in the street he gave it a kick then a whack with his big club it showed evidence of ful ness the officer pried open the head of the barrel when out dropped a human foot next a hand then a pair of shoulders without a head the barrel and contents were taken to the morgue there it was found that the mortal remains of two human beings were chopped up and stowed away hospital tags were found attached to the big toes of each one read 11 lena bucha and the other prank frank 11 1 1 the bodies had been used for surgical purposes but the college would not pay for decent burl burial JUNIUS CHICAGO feb |