| Show 4lffhriYC C egaoj A cuiLino iNsr > crOne cr-One ot the beautlea nt partlsanlsm I er In municipal 1 nffairs N J depleted ill Chlcano where tin otrcHl In one of the ib0iAr4i td city departments I Is I just J now engaged to 1 e 1J1 In levying a tat upon his subordinate blh a with which to dtfcnil certain clectloi 1 Yr h I bII1IO olllclals who for the unlawful zeal hit 11le010 they took In helping hla oldie of oflci t peekers to win are now under trial C yJs ITa5ik for fraud This wo belIeve li arry I 1 leg the boris policy and machine o 0 03 0 rule to a point a little further in I tiykIiil ohamIn and Infnmy lImIt even V IT Itolit nnl the radical partl ans In this put 411 fi i1 of tlu country arc familiar with It Is I iIti JI00SninI not merely the forced culled Ion of if 0 4MhO 3 funds l from pla < holders with which to continue their superiors nnd presumably loi ° o pre-sumably themselves In olTlce It Is I nn ilil ii kWtllfj nttemi to extort mono from public rl0 I servants liii which to hamper nnd 4I ilI1kb1I If pos lbe defeat the ends of Jin tic iITOf Ii to 1aii Tho blind goddesss haltlnB pursuit of ill C 1 IHilltlcal trlmlnala Is I tedious enough 1 001 1 ruler the best of mircumst acres The o clement Introduced Into It liy this len Y1ill t trsloT turn of the Chicago Inspector It I manifestly rnL I ° ILII1t mani-festly not calculated t000ee brute the iT pace with which he sets out to securo th < contlctlon and punishment of the wrongdo Happily the ftllow Is of n typo ot i 1 et4teY1 holly ms now robe rapidly into this ili l favor Ilther from tear of tho con leha ° 5 oquences or becsose Iublle nllment m I O5lII ha grown more potent the majority 0i of otllccrs iKisicsscd ot the appointive j ower have become shy of giving place Y 1ripll13e not profit to selfish suppoitcra or unworthy NIlOO un-worthy inrtj friends Subordinate 0 l too are less timid about refualng to l4 ° ff i ba plundered and held up ly ofllclal 3d10 ni hlghvvajmen they are growing to resent ii t re-sent and refuse the requests to this LO 4 i h1TiI gorse and popular approval I BOOS with tit i lItOa01 thtlr independence At the same time 11 ieai8 there la I too much of the feeling that Cl i to the Victors belong the spollstoo Pin GhT pro nsunrr I nn Inellnallnn to malt tIe ib oi Ilr11 eIIIoereko and hont tenurcutor non acts n dead letter upon the statute books The Inevitable reuult of It all nha4oo ho I Ineomlln If not orrupllon In the affairs of government und the ti40f I 511 0 great surprise la I that when In municipal munici-pal affairs where questions of elate or Piifi national polities cannot possibly enter i ° I ° IIkI the people arc given an opportunity el to clean out the whole iifllclal neat and place In power tried true honest l nnd courageous public servants they 1 ° e do not rise In their might from one end of the nation to tho other and redeem re-deem at least their clues from the b thralldom Into which so many of them have hopclesalyfallen |
