Show ligara AND SHADES OF A GREAT CITY arx ra 0 ther day chicago absorbed one of f its ito outskirts a place which had bad a abart er and aid name of its own till then this was accomplished by ay means of the toe swelling growth of the former city or ning it up to the batters lat line and ml n king the two one to in all but name ar r id now the union has been completed s nd ad the taking in and assimilating process was accomplished before a majority of the people of the country countey knew anything about it the chicago papers referred to it AF af the I 1 absorption of a village and by the place wasa wad a village thou gain reality it was nearly so as large as denver coo mining inhabitants this accession makes chicago the third and it may bethe be the second city ty of the e union it claimed three quarters of il A million population before and the other amount added would place it close to brooklyn in point ot numbers this is a wonderful sho showing ilig tor for a western city it would be wonderful I 1 for a city located anywhere it points to ot at the metropolis of the nation like anat of prance france being near cue central point within the coming decade as new boric can caa spread but little more while chicago has V vast A st tracts of adjacent prairie ready lor lo 10 r the overflow as an last as it comes along there are plenty of people of not the most advanced age woo can remember the time when there was not a building where that enormous city now stands in fact after it had got fair headway it never exhibited any such disposition for expansion as ft has since the war that spoon maybe may be said to have given it its impetus true it was wasi large jarge enough and aad attractive enough to command toe the a sitting it of the first national republican call convention was held field in 1860 but it was its central ity more than an any other considerate con on that secured this grize prize tor it after that the city better known the event advertised verti sed it made the corid better acquainted with it and its onward progress progreso so has been omitting emitting the great fire of binl one continuous uninterrupted it might as well have th the pseudonym of convention city app tied lied to it as within J the tee past twenty eight years it hasteen tile the place of more national political conclaves tsan all other ether places in ia the union combined tit in say lug log atals we reter reler of course only omy to toe ane great parties in 1984 noto thy the democratic and blat ional t gatherings were captured by Cm Cili cago as the former was tour years precious ly and it has baa now secured it for next year the national committee in ses aey sion at washington Waun ington yesterday having decided to liola hold tue convention there on ea the of june next the demo crata brats will probably again follow although the wisdom ut such a step its very doubtful ua it looks like partiality as waugh all fiands were beginning to lu concede that there is ia only one place in the union where when a convention can y y oe held ot 01 course other cities presenting even urging their als cl trust ma out they aid this thia wila tue kapur kllc u committee to no avail ban arr vif nas ass claims arid and Is preparing t 0 offer unusual and unequaled unequal ea ind ace cements pento for tie the honor bonor but omaha yr or mond luond or indianapolis or r ny y titie lite ambi ambitious tius ird claay bisso aillem C f u of at the ih united states would do the tae sa batse laing audit about ay an to to their neutralizing one an oua tiera efforts leaving the city of th haiie e a long way y a the lead ta in tile the mp DIP acter ot choice is f r in most it i a bulky and ad thoroughly cosy po populate 94 witto with growth so rapid as to be ba almost discernible si fro a m day to dw day and q eh bulk and fir od bt trade aud and troina u are aimont ir 0 by LL it may be or 8 id to be it is abi n only novel latho e mattei oi 01 rapid in crease crettie ad lim Ls out but ua ala 1111 imparts parte L to social aay life fe political proc go an i legal principles some new U 9 aota stoc 8 arthue art lioK features lea tures it has BU liedle y conceived the idea vast bucket ahoy 8 or limited ham ed atuck broka rages are 0 o at a species ot of gambling gamb liag dens auddis at er tue proprietors vigorously per 0 aps these men are no wellse umer stock block on a larger scale and they have plying kleir vocation openly aud and witt toai clis gule lor for years meeting with no interra liou wu whatever aLever irom irma utti otti cery cers or guard iaus of tons law until the jut laba lew day clays 8 tae other oilier forms forma of gaw gaui bling those practiced with cards and ad ainer ana which differ laiq brym stock acock gambling lini only IQ in tile means cia clovd are not but per leaps aney will be it the vartui kiriu jua m ot tile great city is I 1 ilow now possessed eased does not evaporate so 0 o soon the social and evils are as evil as ever wita iut uc great restriction or the abe teai har of it but no matter toe tile legal juggernaut is in motion and in 10 sufficient numbers to keep up toe me ma aae acropolis iro cro polia polis newly acquired reputation lor for etera dealing wita offenders caa be found elsewhere e even if the ane lease of dessive among a s myriad of law brenk ers be selected but this lu is only a part af ise a very long story the things donesky chicago ghica it might profit ably have left undone and toe matten left undone which should have received attention before attain at tainia iq to such pro portions to attempt to grapple with them now would be to toe the augean test feat of hercules re beyond the reach ot ol enat nem tion it does not offend i tw taft average chicagoan to tell him eliat his to is the wick wickedest edest city is in the worlds 69 44 receives the statement with the calm demeanor of one who is told that them its is quite a rain going on out boord and aad then he be says in reply to your allega allegation tiva 1 I know that my dear sir air see how we boom |