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Show TiiK election that is being held in Chicago is of more than local interest, since the administration chosen will bu charged with the duty of preparing the city for the world's fair. It is charged that Mayor CltKldKR has been too lenient leni-ent toward tho criminal classes and that his re-election would remit in the city being Hooded with crooks trom all sections. Caktkr Hahhison is running run-ning as a reformer, but his record does not encourage the hope that he would do any better than the present incumbent. incum-bent. There may be a good man among the other candidates, and the people of the country will hope that such an one will bo elected. Foreigners Foreign-ers will judge America, to a very large extent, from Chicago as they lind it; and it would be a national misfortune if tho city should be in a condition that would create an unfavorable impression. |