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Show HEARST IN CHICAGO. A power In the land is William Ran- I dolph Hearst. Tho peoplo have a H right, therefore, to bo Informed occa- ,H slonnlly of his uso of power. Wo nor- 'H iso, for our part, a faint hope that he H may come to uso this power for great- H or good. Recent Incidents in Chicago H aro rathor dashing to this hope. Trnc- Wj tlon complications form n pressing is- H sue In many cities, and Chicago's vig- orous effort to solvo hers have been fl followed with eager interest in other ,H towns. Mayor Dunne and Walter L. fl Fisher aro on the verge of successful fl I solution. The one Is an official thoi'- , oughly devoted (o tho people's welfare, H '' fm - the other is equipped to handlo the m" vastly complicated legal, business, and H political problem as few men anywhert. H nro equipped. A letter in which Mr. t Fisher embodied his conclusions wnb M enthusiastically praised by tho Chica- B go papers, Including tho ones control- H led by Mr. Hearst. Now, however, H that those conclusions liavo been put H into a proposed ordinance, tho "Amor- H lean" nnd tho "Examiner," bored by H sharing n position held by their rival papers, have decided to oppose the M FIshor-Dunno program, In hopes of at H quiring more limelight for themselves. H In doing so thoy follow a method whlc' H is tho Ilcnrst reliance. Tho "Amerl- H can" uayB, in heavy typo, that tho or- H (linanco "only allows tho present au- H thorlty tp operate" This statement H boldly ignores Section 22 of the pro- H posed ordinance, to which Mr. Ilcarsi H attention is besought. "Tho terms of H purchase are mado prohibitory as far ns possible." Truthfully put, thib H means only that tho city is prevented B from taking franchises away from one H company and giving them to another H without advantage to tho city or rcc- H ognitlon of obligation to tho company H providing funds nnd performing tho H needed work of rehabilitation, which H obligation is carefully limited nnd Is H definitely written into tho ordinance. H Thero aro sovoral gross mlsreprcsonta- H tlons nlong this lino. Endeavor is H mado to mislead tho public into think H ing tho plnn interferes with tho prog- H ress of undeground transit, which Is H wholly falso. "They seek to tako tho H sorvlco regulations away from the H council." How nbsoluto this falsehood H Is may bo seen in tho ordlnnnce, Sec- tion 35. Tho honrd of supervising en- M glncors is ono of the best schemes of B tho kind over devised, and in no way H limits Iho police power. "Fve-cont H fares aro mado absoluto for twenty H years." Ilcad the section about turn- H ing tho city's sharo of profit into re- H (lucing fares. So much for truth. Mr. H Hearst, knowing tho potency or othl- H cal Idcns. calls his opponents "Gray H wolves." That term in Chicago has H long meant aldermen who aro coi H nipt. Mr. Hearst uses It to describe H Ihoso who fall to tako orders from his H paper. Collier's Weekly. BB o |