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Show j '' nnnons i oitiu.. A, contributor to one of the perlodl I cala makes tho aiaertlon that the only i remedy for municipal corruption li to elect no man to otlloo who la not free from debt. Tho men who are tuost likely to aell their votea In city ooun-clla, ooun-clla, bo aaya, are ttioto who owe moro than they cau couTenlently pay and hence Audit pocullirly hardtoretlit V temptation. He goet on "Moral reputation l u flimsy aecurlly for good J I conduct, but financial competence la j arery tafii aecurlly Indeed." Thla ( i irompta an eaeteru taper to auggeat ' $ that It would ba Interesting to know where he gela the facta to Justify audi a theory, fbnro la certaluly nothing, It says, In the geueral ruTelatloua of municipal bribery and luuder to thow that men of tho clan that lie awccplngly accusea are moro luaceitlblo to etll lilluencea ; t than tlioia who are at peace with thtlr J credltoraand halo asur tut In bank, Ip ' 'lhoaTirifelioodlor laapt tobeamnn H j '' who la welt fixed ao far aa money It HT ooncerned, (artlcularly If he makea a HjJ regular butlneu of polll'ci, aa he geu jj i rally does. He It uit III the habit of HJJ contracting debta beyond hit rraourcea M riulll It the Itudlug factor In lilt H j lilloaoj hy, and he lakea care of hit H profile with practical wlidom. He it H I alwaya roaJy to be corrupted, tut H special necessities do not urge lilm, It B la hit will and not lilt joeerly that H consents Thote who aeek lilt terrlcea are expected to deal Willi him on a IHH itrlctly commercial batlt, and lilt debtaare not allowed to Interfere In bobbm the least with lilt (.aim and skillful H I negotiation of the belt possible bargain HI Dibt la not n pror condition ol H mankind "Owe uo man'Ms in much k un Injunction upon our raco now at It waa when romulgated, but It doea not B follow that becaute a mau through H lackof butlnest iiualltloi or llntnclal H foreilght gi tt tangled up In the mtihvi H of Indebto Ineit at limit that he It there- H fore cither dltlionett or Incapable In H other nalka of life To keep mun who B owe money or properly out ol our city H counclla would tea good thing lutomu 1 rctpectt nn doubt, but It might be n HH i I very bad one In olhere, for the reoton that the number of rami auiwerlug HB ! to tho abovu ditcrlptlon who are HV experienced, able and honeit but B unfortunate It very great In eviry HH laree oommunlty. llealjea thla, the HJ wrller'a tone tavora tomewlmt ol M fuvorlng or at Itrut not oppoalng the M ' nllo of barbarltm which went out B of exlttence under tile reUn of olxlllz B atlon aiidenllglitiuimontlii thlt guuer HHP atlon Im rl.oninont for debt; and H thut la anything goo 1 which lilt article H I Vi may contain weakened by tho force of , audi vloluui aatoclatlin HH Illauottrue, aiya our cotemporary HHJ further uloug, that moral reputation It HHJ a paor tuurlty for honeit bihavlorln H I 1 licit ol publlo truit Heaven for. H ' bldl At we look at II, amoral reruta. H tlou thoulj bt oau of the htit of life. H guarJt, whllo a moral man and a H moral reputation oomblnel thotild H, cover a multitude of tint. "Thiro It HHt uo better acourlty llian the reooguited H net that a man Uvea an up- H right and Induttrloua life, wliut. 1 ' I ever hit clrcurcttancea may be. Hit B I common thing, of courto, for detlm- b Ingmen to make loud profeitloni ot H ' nortilty only toiover tbilr luloutlont 'l I of ratcallly, tut they are aa oflan rich at poor, and the lea of financial condition con-dition ptovea nothing In any cue TheremoJyfor municipal conuitlon dota not lie In giving I reference to meu on the tcoieof the tuppoied value ot a well-filled pockit at a protection to their Integrity. Neither a want of money nor an abun once of It la a conclusive reoomtm nJatlon Men an (o tnjudgc I nit by the amount ol their otienlona, I lit by w haltoclely knowt of their perianal habltaanl methodt. lllianotorlout fact that the eopte of a illy fnqiiently elect Indlvl luala to retKuillilecfllicawho have nottand-lug nottand-lug In ltit of mora a or of buil. neat ability, and who could not obtain coiretoniilng em!oyuietit Ironi nn) private firm or airpJMllou " It I argue! that audi are the ottonawhi concoct achemai of in inlolpal bribery and wlioteorllilat actloni can alwajt bo oontrjlled I y corrupt practical, and wo are not dlipoied to dlaoute It. While It btboovea every community lo have an eye upon lit ubllo lervanlt and Uon none of them moro thin upon tlioie who lelilile for luuul-clallty luuul-clallty bernuie of their un,iUll opportunlliea for "Ireatona, alrataemi and tpollt," It still doea uot foil jw tint we arocompellel li nlopt auoh reactionary re-actionary and unjuitly ilia irim In til ug meaaurra aaare advocatod by tbo mag-atlne mag-atlne writer. |