Show POLITICAL BOSS LABELED GRAFTER Confidence In public officials must when political bosses like Fred Lundin In Chicago are ar Indicted N hetes e es s of or the Irregularities is carried as a a sensational disclosure and large I headlines appear appeal in the papers But Lundin is a type of politician peculiar pecullar to our larger larcer cities where there are strong political machines and every eTOry opportunity is presented to cover up and conceal wrong doing dolne There are ar ward heelers and political grafters grafter and they operate with aith th bold bold- boldness boldness ness because ete even the tho courts in many places are under their Influence Lundin was a part of o the th Thompson machine and aDd was vas as known as the si si lent boss and li Ii credited with hay hay- havIng ine hav-ine lug Ing been the pov poa po er behind the lh mayor I mayorI of Chicago He lie possessed possess d great pow pow- power power er and must have been unscrupulous But finally he overplay ed cd his hand and now Is called to account It If guilty he should be treated not as an nary offender but as a the most danger dancer ous pus ous type of ot criminal Men of ot kind do much to undermine our gov goy goy- eminent OT-eminent Long ago public sentiment Chicago condemned Mayor Thompson 1 but ut the lh people of o Chicago regularly returned him to office A few days ago the mayor mavor announced he be h would re- re reAt retire re retire tire At the th time tim he h must have hav known of the findings of the th grand Brand Jury and was attempting to escape the ava ava- ava avalanche lanch ava-lanch lanche sweeping along bi hill hili pathway |