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INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. NEUTRAL IN NONE."
VOLUME XII.
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1895-TWELVE PAGES.
NUMBER 288.
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IAY0R SWIFTS
He Appoints Some Popular Men to
Fill Some of tbe Principal
City Offices.
Denis J. Swenie, the Able Fire Fighter, Re-
mains at the Head of the
Fire Department.
Kent for Commissioner of Public Works and
Badenooh for Chief of Police Are
Satisfactory.
Coin, of rublle Work W. D. Kent
Sttpt. or Police John J. Hndeiioch
Prosecuting Attonn'y . . ..Win. II. Tntge
Oil Inspector.... '...William Hnymond
Mayor Swift sent the foregoing 1
polntments to th Council Wednesday
11 ml they were promptly eoiillrincd. Thu
bonds were then presented uiiil np
jirovi'il. thn amount of tlu bond In each
ease and tli sureties being uk followm
William 1). Kent. nH Commissioner of
Public Works, In tlu sum of fSO.nuo.
with Joseph Downey, William J. Mux
ley, nnil Mathla Ucinier us sureties.
John J. Hudeiioch, iih Superintendent
of Police, In the mini of ifiKl.OOO. with
Bernard A. Kckhnrt. John C. Spry, and
D. it. Cameron iih sureties.
William II. TutBtf, iw Prosecuting At
torney. In the mini of t5,O00. with
tiiMtnvtiH J. Tutge, William Voeke.
Dledrlck !'. Cohrs, and Fruiik .Melne an
mirelleH.
William Itaymond, Oil Inspector. In
the mini of 10,000, with Ucorge Henry
Wheeler and Frederick S. Whistou as
sureties.
The bond of Hoy O. Went an City At
torney, In the mini or $5,000, with Hub
ert I' Mix and John II. CurtU us sure
ties, watt also approved.
.Mayor Swift ulso Hent u conimunlca
tlon to thu Couucll In which he sug
gested provtHlon should bo made for
tho appointment or'nn Auditor wIiohc
duty It should bo to audit tho account
of all department. Thu creation of the
position of Auditor and thu selection of
u eoinputuiit intiu for tho placo will put
u Htop to all pay-roll mulling mid also
the pudding of mipply lists.
The messngo on tho motion of Aid.
Madden was referred to tho Flnuncu
Committee, with directions that an or
dinance bo prepared In accordance
with the suggestions of the Muyor. Fol
lowing Is tho message:
To thu Honorable tho City Council:
Oenllcmen I believe thu creation of
thu otlice of City Auditor would result
In u great saving to tho municipality.
Ah matters now stand, each depart
meut makes Its requisitions on thu Con
troller, and that otllcer Is practically
bound to honor them. It appears
strange that while every leading cor
poration, especially tho railways, have
auditors to check unauthorized expen
ditures, and many of thu larger cities,
the cHy or Chicago has no such otllcer.
Knch a one If appointed should have su
premo control of all the accounts or the
city In every department, and no
voucher should bo honored by the Con
troller unless tlrst slgued and approved
by the Auditor. Ho should also for
mulate all blaukH and forum of vouch
ers calculated to Insure a better system
or accounts and a better discipline
among tho accountants, and should
iiImi determine the character of hooka
to be used, which should be uniform as
near as possible throughout the differ
ent departments.
Tim MtiitcincntH now sent to the Coun
cil monthly, and which are published
convey nut a vaguu notion 10 mo m.v
payers as to what the money has been
expended I'm, being simply a statement
r the receipts and expenditures on
account of the various appropriations.
Statements of this character should be
shown more In detail. When pay-rolls
tiro presented for payment at the end
or each month the Auditor should see
that all the persons named In thu roll
have workeiftho time they uro allowed,
and should also seethe tlmo books and
send hoiiio person euch month over tho
elty to check tho time books.
There uro great opportunities for
fraud In the pay-rolls, mid In .ounce
tlon with thoso ho should also be care
ful to noto whether the department Is
suing them Is employing more men
than allowed under the appropria
tion bill. If It Is so he should refuse
to certify to tho rolls unless a valid rea
son can lie given foi thu employment or
the extra men.
In regard to the payments to contrac
tors mi account or speclul assessments
thu Auditor should examine each requi
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sition with Ihecoutractnaud know that
the prUes are correctly given. So far
as possible, all books of account, should
be consolidated and brought under the
charge of the Auditor.
This plan was adopted by all of the
leading railroads of this country ten
years since, so all of their accounts are
In one department under an Auditor,
and It seems to me that thu same rule
Is applicable to u municipality. There
Is In my Judgment considerable danger
In having Important accounts scatter
ed. It Increases tho chances of error
and fraud mid the consolidation of
clerical forces will result lu consider
able economy. .
The appointments met with general
approval, and thu appointment of busi
ness men for Superintendent or Police
and Commissioner or rublle Works
was exceptionally well received.
tluv. Altgeld not only thinks free
sliver and the Democratic party will go
well together, but he Is frank In saying
why he thinks ho.
"The sliver question," said thu Uov
ernor Tuesday, "Is going to be the
only point, at Issue In thu coming Presi
dential campaign. The party that es
pouses rree sliver wins the light. That
Is all there is to It. t both parties
take up the question things will I to re
duced to their original basis again.
Hitherto the Keptihlleau party has
carefully straddled tint free silver ques
tion. It can't do that any more. If
the Republican party tries to straddle
thu silver question ut this election' It
will bo routed, horse, foot and dra
goons. Hoth parties have got to have
a silver plank In their platforms, mid
they have got to stand right on that
plank. They have got to be for It or
against It. No half-way measures will
do."
"Isti't It something new for you to
rainu nut on the sliver question V"
"Not at all. Whenever I havo had
reason to express myself oil the subject
1 have shown myself In Its fuvor. I
th!nk It's ti good thing, and while I
no longer take the' least active Interest
in politics, I regard Ir us a good thing
for the Democratic iwrty to adopt."
"Will not' thu Uorniau vote be cast
solidly against tho Idea?"
"No, It won't. 1 belluvo the (lennans
are as much iu favor of free sliver as
any oue. Kvon If they are not, tho
thing wants to be looked at lu Its right
light, ir the people don't want free
silver they are going to get a chance to
ay so, ami that chance they have not
had In a good many years. Tho object
of thu Democratic party In espousing
the cause of free silver at present Is not
necessarily to espouse It altogether, but
to see what the sentiment of the people
Is on the subject. If they don't want
It the Democratic parly doesn't want It,
either."
"Then It's a ineru vote-catching de
vlceV"
"It's nothing of the kind. It Is a
genuine attempt on tho part of the Dem
ocratic party to Hud somu remedy for
the present stagnation of business lu
America. That remedy, I hellove, lies
lu free silver. Commerce once had two
legs to work with and it throve. When
silver was demonetized commerce lost
ono of Its legs, and has had to go
through the world with hut ono over
since. The Democratic party wants to
restore the other leg to coinmerco." '
"Hus not President Cleveland ex
pressed himself rather plainly oil the
subject or free sllvurV"
"Well, what If ho has? Cleveland Is
not thu leader of thu Democratic party
by a good deal. For that mutter, hu
never was. He was elected to the
Presidency by the Standard Oil people
mid Wall street, mid ho never repre
sented thu actual will of thu puople. It
Is oue thing for President Cleveland
to express his views on tho silver ques
tion nt this Juncture, but whether tho
peoplo will ludorse them Is quite an
other matter.'' I llrmly bolluvu.notlilng
but free silver will benefit this couu-
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try. Since 1871 wages and products
have been steadily sinking and it Is
time a halt was called."
The subcommittee oflhe Kxectillve
Committee of the Civil Service Iteform
League, appointed to draft amend
ments to the Crawford bill pending In
thu Legislature, providing I'm' the ap
plication of the merit system to the
Cook County otilces, met at the olllcu of
John W. Ida. Senator Crawford and
President Healy of the County Hoard
were present mid there was absolute
harmony all mound. Numerous small
changes were agreed to unit Mr. Cum
mins took the papers to have them en
grossed. His work will be laid before
tho Civil Service Committee of the
Civic Federation for Its approval.
The amendments will be much more
voluminous than were tlrst Intended by
President Healy, ami will Include all
of the Important sections of the bill
adopted by the city. The amendments
will Include one for the appointment
of three commissioners who will servo
one, two. ami three years for Hie tlrst
commission. Afterwards the commis
sioners will bo appointed for a term of
three years. Hut two of the commis
sioners can belong to thu same political
parly. The commission after its ap
pointment Is to classify the county em
ployes ami after the law Is lu operation
(he board will till all vacancies accord
ing lo this classltlcatlon. Kuch com
missioner will receive a salary of 1,
300 a year.
President Healy nays hu does not
think there will he any dltllcuity In get
ting the bill through the Legislature.
He also says that he believes the op
position among the County Commis
sioners will disappear when the time
comes for the board lo make the meas
ure operative.
Mayor Hopkins will write a book
when he Is through with this hurly
buily. It may be that Chicago will
have it to ponder during the delight
ful summer days that are now walling
to come In. Or It may be Chlcageaus
shall not have It until the winter nights
are here. If the latter, It will come
from across the water, for the .Mayor
Is going abroad soon.
"Is It really soV" the writer asked
Mayor Hopkins the other day when the
Mayor had come lu with a tired look lu
his face.
"I cannot hope," he said, "to ho an
author. I wish 1 might, but I have had
no time lu my life lo devote to the study
of that which I ihluk is necessary to
one who aspires to authorship."
"You might llnd tho time after your
term of otlice Is over."
"I might, that Is true," he said. Ami
after a moment's reflection he said:
"I might, as you say, havo time. Maybe
I will have that lime. It might bu al
tercating " mid ho paused a second
and then finished, "lo some folks."
"Vou woro never In politics, Mr.
Mayor, until you becumu Mayor of Chi
cago'" "Oh, yes," ho answered quickly, "I
havu been In politics nearly all my life.
Hut I never held an otlice until I was
elected Mayor, If that Is what you
mean."
"If you should decldo to wrllo a book
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It would deal with politics to a con
siderable extent, ir not wholly?"
He played n tattoo on the blotter of
his desk and then after a moment he
said:
"Likely. I don't know what else I
could put Into It, because I have not
done much aside from polities that
would he of Interest to the public."
"Ami It would cover the period of
your Mayoralty'"
"Not necessarily, l have had some
knowledge or politics mid politicians
aside from this otlice which Is Interest
ing and which would Interest the pub
lie. Hut I do not mind saying to you
that I never knew men until I became
Mayor. The short term I havo served
has been a revelation to me."
"A disappointment?"
"Yes ami no. There are disappoint
ments which- are compensating. Hut
I am not repining. That Is not my
nature. I like politics. I like Its excite
ment. It Is Inspiriting to inc. 1 like
to tight the other fellows. 1 shall al
ways be lu politics no matter what my
business may be. 1 do not mean by
that that I shall be an otllce-seeklug
political!."
"Would your experience as Mayor,
provided you shall write a book,
prompt yon to shield your party, or will
It tiny all alike'"
"As I Intimated to you before, such
it book would necessarily bo based on
political Incidents, but It would not bu
a partisan volume. 1 can tell you that.
What would Im the use of writing a
hook such us we have beeii discussing
unless It contained a moral V If 1 shall
conclude to do this It will be Inspired
by the hope that It will save others
from mistakes mid correct some er
roneous Impressions. The book might
be highly Interesting If the names of
Mime citizens and the part they have at
tempted to play could be given. The
publication of the names of the people
to whom I refer would open the eyes
of the public, as mluu were opened.
Hut that might look like vimllctlveuess,
and 1 have no such spirit. They
failed."
It can be Mated lu connection with
this reference, but nut as coming from
the Mayor, that he teels hu has re
ceived less of support and encourage
meut finui citizens who disclaim paitl
sun spirit than he has finm his avowed
political opnuents; and that he Is sensi
tive about It, and believes that by the
publication of certain Information he
would not only vindicate his admin
istration, hut that such a publication
might servo as a warning to certain
citizens who talk oue way and look an
other. "You will take a rest after the elec
tion'" "I shall go to my store at once, ami
for four or live weeks I slrill see how
business has been and where I am.
After that, say about May ID, 1 shall
sail for ICttrope. I am going to take the
water tit Kins for two months at least
mid maybe longe'r. I am more of, a suf
ferer physically than my friends think,
and I expect to get relief in tho waters
at the springs mid to rest. After that
I will see thu Interesting cities and sec
tions of thu old world. I want to go
away for the purpose of making some
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studies that 1 oHimot make hero. I am
better qualified, I think, from my ex
perience here to make certain Investi
gations. They will beiiellt me. I have
no time to study what I want to study.
This vacation which I anticipate, if I
may so call it, will be my tlrst lu life,
barring the few little runs out or the
city since I have been Mayor. 1 have
been at work ever since I was 10 years
old. I have never had a day which I
Mr I could spare from work. My only
recreation has been politics, mid thai
has Its burdens ami disappoint incuts
when one assumes responsibilities."
If Mayor Hopkins tlmls that he has
time before his trip to Kurope he will
endeavor to get his iMiok In the hmid.
of publishers. If this time does not
present Itself he probably will prepare
the matter while he Is rectiperalug
across the water, and Issue It here
about the time of Ids return.
An Interview was pi luted a few days
ago with a Japanese gentleman In Ta
coma lu which he was made to say that
If It had nut been for the war with
C)ilua his government would have
seized the Sandwich islands. Well,
suppose It had uitidu thu attempt what
would havo happened? Of course this
government could not havu tolerated
anything of tho kind. A ringing pro
test would havo been sent ut once to
the Japanese government, warning It
to keep hands off. If it had not paid
attention to tho warning then the
Presldetit would havo culled Congress
tuguthur. Kvery available vessel In the
navy would havu been sent to thu Isl
ands.'' Meanwhile the regular army
would havu beu Increased to .o,ooo
men with further reinforcements of
Pacific coast volunteers. They would
have gone to Hawaii and stopped thu
business, ir It so happened that our
tleet mid our troops proved iusittllcleut
at tlrst they would have been Increased.
They would have taken possession of
Hawaii and tho .laps who were not
killed would have been captured and
sent back to Japan and Japan would
have paid the expenses. And Kurope
would not havo Interfered. While thu
Japanese havu something over lL',000
people iu thu Islands this country bus
the prior Hen upon them. If wo do not
take them ourselves neither shall we
allow any one else to take them. It
Is fortunate therefore for thu Japs, If
such were their purpose, that they are
lu war with China, because they are
thrashing the Celestials. If they had
been In war with Cnclo Sam It would
have been most unfortunate for them,
for they would havu been thu thrasliees.
No Kngltsh author, wu are told, uses
more than ten thousand words. Thu
dictionaries now contain from two hun
dred and fifty thousand to two hundred
and seventy-live thousand. An ordi
nary man, lu common speech, seldom
uses more limn three thousand. An
Knglhdi peasant Is said to use not more
than four or live hundred. Iu fact,
tho study of our language Is, lu no
small degree, tho study of a foreign
one.
Klght hundred mid thirty-eight pairs
of corsets for men wero matin by n Con
necticut firm hist year. Look out for
tho "now mau,"
TAIKISG OF A
The Friends of President Cleveland
Want Him to Hake Another
Race Next Tear.
It Is Believed that He Is Not Inclined
Personally to Seek the
Office,
And Mrs. Cleveland Is Also Reported to Be
Very Tired of the White
House.
Washington. April Hi. Will Orover
Cleveland be the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency lu IMMjy
That Is a question being fieely asked
lu Washington these days.
The tlrst offhand answer to It would
be: "Absurd; Mr. Cleveland has al
ready been nominated three times,
which Is once more than has fallen to
the lot of any other man lu this conn-1
try: that he has twice served as Presi
dent, mid that an unwritten law as
forcible almost as any provision of the
Constitution makes It Impossible for
any man to hold the highest otlice for
three terms."
All this Is very true, but Mr. Cleve
land's entire political life has set at de
fiance tradition and precedent; he has
been a law unto himself, mid without
regard to what others before him lu
similar circumstances have done, ami
It would not be surprising now If he
should once more set mi Innovation.
There are astute politicians here who
believe that Mr. Cleveland's nomina
tion Is logical mid Inevitable. Let mc
quote what one very distinguished man
said when asked If he thought Mr.
Cleveland had any ambition to again
be the nominee of his party:
"1 have never heard the President say
anything about It," this gentleman
said, "and I should think that he will
be perfectly content to go out or the
White House when Ids term expires. I
believe he will be more than content. I
think he will rejoice that his release
has come mid that he can go away
tlshlng or traveling without being the
subject or perpetual attentions on the
part or his fellow countrymen, which
may be flattering, but me decidedly In
convenient at times.
lint while I believe his personal
preferences me In favor of retiring to
private life, let me ask you this ques
tion: Suppose the con vein Ion were to
be held next week, mid Mr. Cleveland
declined to be a candidate, whom could
wo nominate and hope to he success
ful with? You can look over the Held
mid name several able men, men of
high character and good Democracy,
but who so completely holds the respect
mid affection of the masses as Mr.
Cleveland' Who Is there the nusiuess
community will stand by us they will
by Mr. Cleveland, mid we need the
business men lu the great centers and
throughout the country to make our
campaign a success.
"It Is evident that the Issue or the
next campaign will be the money ques
tion, mid that the tarllV will be of only
minor Importance. Who better repre
sents sound and honest llumiclal views
than Mr. Cleveland, mid with the prop
er platform for him to stand on Mr.
Cleveland would give the Republican
candidate a very hard race.
"I do not believe .Mr.t'leveland wants
the nomination. I think he Is much
more Interested In seeing the party
kept straight on the subjects of the
tariff and llnance, and Unit tho candi
date should be sound on the money
qucMlnu. and stand Hptnrcly on a
wniuil money platform, than he Is in
securing tlie nomination for himself,"
It In significant that lu the highest
political circles this talk about the
President again being a candidate Is
frequently heard. It Is something more
than mere Idle chattel'. It shows that
the chances of the President's name
coming Into the next convention are
being seriously considered.
1 tint Inclined to think, from certain
things which have come under my oh
sir va tlon dining the hist few days,
that' members or the cabinet havu
asked one another this question, al
though from all that can bo learned
the President himself has said nothing
to them and appears as If he Jiad not
heard Hie gossip, or If he has heard it
Is Indifferent to It. Hut when men
talk In tills way, when they discuss
the names of other possible candidates
and llnd some Haw In thu armor of each,
ami then say, hi a more than sugges
tive way, "How would Mr. Cleveland
do'" I am forced to think that It means
a great deal.
TUP Till
I am told that Mrs. Cleveland l
heartily sick and tired of being the
wife of the President, and looks for
ward with great Joy to the time when
she can once more be plain Mrs. Cleve
land. Ah the wife of the President
Sli", Cleveland leads a life which l
dreadfully monotonous. She h de-
iiarreit troni general society, and can
accept no hospitality except from the
members of the Cabinet, and Cabinet
dinners are pretty dreary affairs, be
cause all the members know one an
other so thoroughly before the tlrst
season Is half over that they get tired
of the same society before the list ban
been exhausted.
The wives of the meinhera of tin
Cabinet havo a much better time of It
socially. They van and do dine wltlu
outsiders, at the various legations mull
with private Individuals, but thu eti
quette o'f the republican court pro
hibits Airs. Cleveland from doing thlx.
Out shopping, at the theater, or In any
pi'blle place her every movement l
watched, so that her whole life Is more
or less artlllchil, and subjects her to.
constant constraint.
Mrs. Cleveland would no doubt Ik
glad to leave the White House behind
her, hut It Is not thought that even
her objections will stand In the way of
the President again becoming a candi
date If that Is considered advisable.
To the people who say that no man
has yet been elected ton third term the
reply Is that with Mr. Cleveland It
would be only two terms following.
as the break between his tlrst and sec
ond elections makes this the tlrst term
of the series, which Is uq entirely dlf
feieiit thing to three terms running.
Mrs. l.ocuu, who Is now on the conti
nent of Kurope, has neen to Home In
specting the work of Sculptor Sim
mons mi the statue of her husband, Ulu
late (ieti, John A. Logan, to be erectedl
In Iowa Circle lu Washington, Accord
ing to thctcrmsofthccoutract wlththe
sculptor, he Is under obligations to
llulsli the pedestal, which Is to lie of
bronze with four discrlptlve panels,
before receiving any further compensa
tion. Already '.',."itM) has been paldi
him out of the jfti.1,000 set aside for the
equestrian statue of the famous Ml
nolsan. According to the letter of Mrs.
Logan which was written to (.'apt. (leo.
K. Lemon, she found tue military panel!
very satisfactory, showing as It does
In a group the generals who served un
der Logan. This panel is Illustrative
of war, ami on the reverse side Is a
representation of Logan as he appeared
In the ('tilled States Senate chmuhcr
surrounded by his colleagues. This
panel icprcscnts Logan lu peace. On
the other two sides are female llgures
typifying war ami peace. When this
pedesial is completed an aildltiiiuilKtr.
IKH) will he paid the sculptor after II.
has been Inspected and accepted by the
committee representing the Secretary
of War and the Army of the Tennessee.
Considerable uneasiness is manifested
among Mrs. Logan's friends us to
the exact condition of nualrs in regard'
to the proposed statue of the OeueraT
at Chicago in accordance with the ap
propriation made by the Illinois Legis
lature. It Is said already Sculptor Si.
tlamleiis has received upwards of S'Jt),.
(MM on account of this commission, but
no oue seems lo know anything as to
What the statue will look like If it lb
over llulshed. Fully live years havo
elapsed since the contract was award
ed, and It Is thought something dellulto
should he known as to the Intentions of
the sculptor, Iu the ease of Franklin
Simmons he was allowed four years to
complete the pedestal mid equestrian
still ue, and lie has devoted his entire
time recently to completing his work.
It has been suggested that Mr. St. Can
dens he asked to submit a model for
examination, and It Is cei tain that such
n course would meet with the approval
of the Logan family.
On second thought John Hull hit"
concluded not to rinse out thu month
of thu Orinoco,
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