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THE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN .1 . I w v mum ! f I tt W 1 el r utEirm ruEUSHiM rcimi, t ni t.tHie kMl WM t 1 I M Mtl I I'M )-! I ''? , . . n - l! " i . m 1 l,n e eln' " " h. tuil tuin.l-rt, ih f. wi. ! !" ! t tii'ti.ll l it'uh. H(foH'W. rr.l- r. r)l'le .i AniKli I'l Wl.lmstl AtVMUIMM li AT Ik. ptr HiTiemlel tlni" t tmmlli ...... I " Inch r Im.l.lh .. ' llli In t h.oillh WH S llli'llKH f Mlliltlh 11" " 10 (t-lit pr imililh Hi tt.-h a, I eoluma. HI Mum Ktm1ln tie! lew 1,1 i-i-M T line, InT. eh Ihm-mIhii lor pnel.l riM for liunw ,Ivmi.,,iiiii, rltMnTti Amuhh 'l. UKiiiMI l't Ail r'riulii Iviiitriiiient,. ""Til AmirHH'JkK 1ft f MB t'rIAKPIOH Or Al.t, I'tHTIHMd OIIiKltTH OHOAS (ir No 16 'May in, Patkonizk those who advertise In The American. Hemomber this, , PoUK now council were organized in Cook county, Illinois, lat week. Thk immoon (Vftwn, a UoikIhIi shoot published at .St. I'huI, ha sus pended. Thk A. P. A. is growing rapidly In Kansas City, Bnd will contest tho com ing election warmly. OVH friend In Olympla, Wash., are doing 8omo good work, accord I tig to communication which have readied thl office. A THRIVING branch of tho A. P. A. hat boon organized at Hanson, Ma., and tho Daughter of Liberty have oventy member. Thk A. P. A. In Iowa U taking it nccond growth, and wo hope they will all pull together and luocc will surely crown their efforts. JtJBT now it doom that Gorhott'g in tereMt at Palmyra, Neb., are on tho wane at leat tho Honaoum faction oc cupied hi place lust Sunday evening, LKTTKH8 received from different parts of Colorado how tho increase in tho order to bo great, and that some good work will bo done there thl oom Ing six month. Alt()KNT(NjC, Kaunas, has uono but 'Americana on guard. We understand that every ofllcer In that buy little city I true to American principle. A JltmiiT may depict the Itoinan Catholic church a harmlcs a a dove, but the blood of hundreds of thousands of martyr, which stain her skirt, cries out against her, Tub Protestant all over Ortrnt Brit ain are ahirmed at tho rapid growth and spread of IlltuullsUc tendonoh s there. They realize that Kltuallsm I only A very short toi from Homanlsm. Tkxah has now tho A. I', A. and Jr. O. U. A. M. It U reported that both order are growing like a ''prairie fire." A Council of tho Junior Order at VAl burne, Tex. (Initiated fifty member dur ing the second week of It Ufa. Thk Hibernian from over the whole work! seemed to bo deeply Interested In wmie trcrct suliject, o atate tho dally press. We understood that tho Itonian party had no secret soclette. That I they have none a Protestant could Join. THK school board of Kansas City, Kan., has, at tho request of the pstrl otlo societies of that city, granted tho favor requesting that the flag of our tountnt bo displayed on every school house in that city, and it environ, at least five day each week. CoKMACK and Ormsby of tho police force: Galligan, Salter and Iiarnes, of the fire department certainly mako a nice quintette to bo In command over American cUI.ens. They are a dl' grace to tho City oi Omaha, and tho Hoard of Fire and Police should heat tate no longer in purging the city of these men, and appoint men In their stead, who will respect the right of their subordinate. A COKRKBJ'ONUENT ask u for our authority for the oaths, and tho canon law, which have apoarod in these column so often. For tho priest. bishop and cardinal's oath, the VmlrMk -Avxerknn, odltod by Supremo Presl dent W. J. J I. Tray nor, 1 our author ity: the canon law is from tho ljyU American, formerly of Chicago, but now dead, which wa editod by Col. 0. Minon. Tho Jesuit' oata was copied by tho editor of The Amekican from an English translation of the moriita etreta of the order, which passed through but two pair of hand between those of the Jesuit and this editor. If he desire to know where each can be found in print we shall en deavor to inform him in our next Issue. Time to look up authorities prevent) our doing so thi week. I I l , '.' , .v U , ! Vt(Mt t.n(M lV- O - l t -? Km !! IN.trtH I v.1f r:i-S. ' ..'M, It r."' ki r4H' k i I , q h t' ' 4- ' ! i .-v It (. t l.M' (-." Ihn U'ii tlo tl-il ! tlitw tS ). Va IH i(Hit t ' v lth !! t ! ami iHnftl'i tO:K f.H stteh jvi't... tin B im i. not th ht n-M t ferltPitk btel U,, tr Aitiiilin!i', men ho ttn-ir eRte!iil tNitUoi-s 1nb l bUj '.) ...i.'iit.i Uo' nien eb'' tSem ami l Mteh a extetil b IhU "' piei!.Nl by lb" ii w in rhaigrt eUoth ib psrl nsent that at the pv i,t lime a (n at umtirol polbvnttn and fleeim-H aw rtctl In ep. n ivwlt airaltiM Ibe eon linu.xl bmtallty of their neilor m.-ers-aiul Ut pl H In a mild form sl dial of UdbhNtil ba len en- ertiileri d among the men on aeeount of their superior omeers using their nielal jvosltlotis a a means to vent ielr jsMnonal spite and antiuoMty against wrtaln of the men, who aw un- irtunate enough to Im olaetnl In an Inferior position under them. : In one resivect the brutal assault on Sergeant W. II. hlieop, tJ Acting- Chief Cormack hist week, was a fortu nate Incident, as it will lw the means of revealing to the Hoard of FIro and Police ('omnilsxloners the sort and claw of men who are now In chargo of the police department of this city. In our last week's Issue wo presented: our readers with a true statement of fads ... i . i concerning tins unwarranveu ami brutal assault. Any ofllcer who loses omituuid of his temper and so far forget himself and the posi tion which he ooouplos as to strike an Inferior ofllcer, should at onco be dltiharged from that position as totally nflt to hold same but up to the pros- nt time no such action has boon taken Ither by the board of fire and iiolloo ommtssloners or by Chief Soavoy notwithstanding tho fact that Sergeant Shoop ha filed with the board charges gainst Cormack for conduct unbecom ing an ofllcer and for assault and bat tory. With a regard to justice and fnlr play, Chief Seavev Bhould, immed iately on hi return to thl city, he be ing absent at tho time of the assault and Captain Cormack acting In hi place, have suspended Cormack jwnd- Ing an Investigation by tho board. Ser geant Bhoop having been suspended by Acting Chtof Cormack pending an In vestigation of charge of neglect of uty, preferred against him by Cor mack. What Is auoo for the goose should certainly be sauoa for the gan der. Tho Instance whore men In with opartrnent havo been tnado the vic tim of tho personal spite and vlndlct Ivenona of their superior ofllcer are too numerous and too flagrant to oscnpo notice, and therefore it should bo the uty of the lire and polloe board to remedy these evil, and give the men 'ollof from uch petty persecutions, This matter of tho chief of police having special favorite among tho ollloer under mm suouiu no longer oo tolerated. The superior ofllcer of any force should bo perfectly Impartial in all hi dealings with tho men under him If ho I not, ho should no longer ho retained in that ps Hon. This 1 a very serious matter, and ono that the board should took Into and take action upon, as it has boon repeatedly as serted that Chief Seavey U not impar tial by any mean in hi dealing with the ofllcer and men under him. Again, In tho flro department matter are, If anything, in a worse state. It a notorious fact that tho present hlef of the Are department Is not only diyslcally, but both mentally and in or ally unlit for such a position. Iho manner In which ho ha handled the many big, disastrous fire thl city ha uffored during tho last year are evl dence sufllelent to warraut the board In dlsjionslng with hi ervico, on the ground of incompetency alone, Tho vtlu language lie use toward tho men under blm stamp him a morally unfit for the position ho holds. Hut for some reason or other tho board take no cognizance of these thing. The in suraneo men have demanded hi dis missal, but all to no purpose. GalUgan evidently has some "pull" that enable him to hang on to the city payroll like a barnacle on to a ship' bull. At the last meeting of tho flro and police board, tho officers and member of tho HenovolonU Association of Paid Hre men laid before that body petition asking tho board to in terfere and adjust matter icrtaiiilng to the association, Thl petition 1 practically a complaint against the chief, showing that Galllgun usurp hi position as chief of the department, to interfere in matters outside his jurisdiction and that he use hi authority to coerce tho men under nun to do jast a he wishes. If they are not compliant they are threatened with his displeasure, and the men unfor tunately realize tbe fact that he a chief can make life very uncomfortable for them if he o desire. We quote verbatim tho following portion from tho petition as Died with the board: "Our oresidont, the chief of the fire department, constantly persists in using his authority a chief In our meetings. and all transaction oertainine to our association, a thing which he ha no right to do and which i detrimental to the best interest of the association. "We ask your honorable body to a- ! ! tf :tU, t Is ! ttr-tf fcKn-t i.Mn y a.. n .;ui-tl J si.,. ,1 (I tip . o " ) ll Ukl' till il l.i r Kllltt J I. V i OHU I H lit li !! v li e ! '.!! t R' ,tn !trM in SB !' IM.-w I't lil, i ,1, l.t t, ,! thU itutoW l v j.t.ir t...t t,e t..ii " I.S'ta liS I illt I i- . i.i live .iii .) mrni 14 iiii M J , and f lnlli lit eiwpUitiU lis. Is t le to I),. t-il nt ot.ij ti) pihaie ti!l hlna's but atn l,i lin n i n.hirj II tn lire ibpsi limel The ee of Ms eiij has rvlNt') stlniatlnd Im a liieuu(U ill and, t ..r' ineu ioe d, the liluriie wien have d" teaiiih d bis dimlsh bul b all lhe eitnipUInU Die IkiihI 1i Invailaoly Hint-! a d af t ar. Hut the time h no iMihti h, n I lie l.nl esnliol aey teger aflortj ut ts tndiflereni ui w ns alniKe of ortleial authoiity by the hlef of the tire departitietit of thl ly. The Ul Interests of this city uen maud that the hoard should tske mil action a will remedy thl eli, not only in the lire department, but !wt In the sille force, and the only ay I list this can Ih done Is by effecting complete change in the heads of Uith oparlincnl. I he following names should bo stricken from the city's pay roll, nan ely,Seavey, Cormack, Ormsby, alllgan, Sttllcrand Humes. Someday, and not in the very far future cither, this will assuredly come to pass. 18 IT A HUMAN SCHEME? F.ditor Tuppor, of tho lstyal Ameri can, was arrested Tuesday on a chargo of libel, it seems the dally paper had published, with lluiing headlines, a long story about a woman, a priest, some property and some lawyers which Is suld to have contained certain libel ous charge. That story Mr. Tupper ubllshod in his paper. Whether it was altered from ttie original or puD- llshed verbatim as it appeared in the other papers wo are not prepared to say, but tho fact remains that he 1 un der arrest for an act which older and stronger paper commit with impunity. It may bo that Mr. Tupper' arrest 1 uoto a new scheme which Home has put In operation and by which she hopes to bring the patriotic press into disrepute or silence it altogether. Hereafter she may connive at the pub lication of certain untruthful state ment which reflect upon her in the most severe manner in tho hope that such articles will bo republished in the patriotic press, and give her an oppor tunity to hurras or cripple the Amer ican paper. A far a we are con cerned, we do not care what disreputa ble scheme she concoct in the hope of tricking us, fi r we feel able, with the help of Ood, to confound and defeat her, and if our brother editor work with the same faith, Home will be pow erless in the city of Chicago two year from today. THE OHAmW OUDEll. The Loyal Orange Institution, not withstanding the attacks of its enemies, move quietly along, and Its men ber- ship I Increasing In almost every part of the country. Tho annual meeting of tho supremo lodge In Boston next month will bo one of the most Impor tant sessions over bold in the history of tho order In tho United State. The new constitution will come up for final adoption. Also the establishment of a permanent beneficiary fund for menr bors of tho order. The prevailing Im pression among many thai) the Orange Institution Is political 1 a mistake That they oppose the prostitution of religion for political purposes is true. That they uphold the right of the gov ernment to maintain on general non sectarian public school system, Is equally true, and they require a a qualification of membership that every forolgn-born applicant shall comply with the naturalization laws of the United States before being admitted to full membership. It objects are for the maintenance of the Protestant re ligion and works of charity and benev olence among It member. Orangemen do not attack Roman Catholic on ac count of their religion beliefs, but be cause of their prostitution of religion. A man who 1 not a believer in the ex istence of a Supremo Being or in the d I vino origin of tho Dibit ha no place in the Orange ordor. He Kiut obligate himself to give hi children or any children under hi chargo at least a good common school education such as tho public rcIuhjIs affurd, which shall be kept entirely freo from ectorlan control or interference. It make no difference what the nationality of a man may lie, so king a he can and Is willing to auliscrlbj to those principle. Whatever may be said derogatory of tho ordor by It enemies, these are It true principles and torching, and every Orangeman can well foci proud of them. WHY should not a straight American ticket win this fall? It Is not advlsabl to wait until tho campaign is on before reform literature 1 circulated. Mor vigor is being displayed by both of th old parties, than previously, which should teach American to keep on the alert. Lee P. Gillkttk, Grand Custodian of tho Masonic Order In Nebraska, died at hi homo In Beatrice, Sunday even ing, May 13th. Hi funeral occurred Wednesday under the auspice of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. I t ( .t A t In at,' I., r I'xlutti r !. I t ,Si' In inltln iHf et (i!Mieee ' i"t Mr. It A W aUernn t i t Al!ld the r Mrtie ht. h Me WaSbr u! ,!!, H tbl th fet Lot fiii 'liej hd w Med a ftiil tt 1 tnpM DM tl aU I be i'iiip'iytss tf lite .!nnlfl ik iifhnittttei, leigellier with the am. f Ihn i r..(i,t(i'iiilli t them for 'ioh''nieril Th'i- a llt. liii lil aeeoinesnvtuif the Mt to the ftivt Win) the U'tiei-r mint t. intf em- led (H)!y half tlnu so a ! ghe a it-ater siinlr of lhen ok. This tton tin giiveriior warmly rei-om. en ml oil. Dial li Her maileii or at.-d Jan. I't, Two days afu-r- ard AUgeld wr t Mr. Waller a fob low" Jan. 12.-H. A, Waller, IWdent Ittmrd of l.liuHiln Park Continissloner, Ashland Hbsk, t'ltleago. iNar Mr. Waller: I said In my lat letter to you that I desired to have a conference Ithyour lsiard Is-fore a susrlntend- nt and chief of (Milleo were apjmtntcd ir next year. From present Indica tion It Is doubtful whether I can be in Chicago In the near future, and as the Imard may require time, 1 deem it liost to write you thl morning. A I stated to your board onee before havo not had great confidence in the management of Lincoln Park for tho past four or five years, and in a numlior of conversations which I had with Mr. Goudy and others on that subject I stated that It seemed to mo that, hllo Lincoln Park was popular be cause of its location, there was not a llrst-rato showing made by It manage ment, when tho large amounts of money expended were considered, and I am still of that opinion. The management of Superintendent Pottigrew ha been a source of constant complaint from noarly all elements of the pirty ever since I have been gov ernor, it was charged, among otnor things, that ho was making a kind of P. A. camp of the park, and that prior to the beginning of the new ad ministration, no Irishman and no Cath olic stood any show there. On examin ing the list of employes sent in, 1 find that none of the old employes appear to have been Irishmen, and so far as I can learn very few, if any, were Catho lic. It Is not our business o cham- lon either the Irish or tho Catholic. They are abundantly able to take care of themselves. Hut thoy are citizens and taxpayers, and their mwney helps to keep up the park, and it Is not propor for any public official spending public money to dis criminate against anjt class of citizens. I find further that prior to the begin- ing of the' new administration no democrat wore employed, except a few that were forced into the management by Mr. Goudy, Mr. Chase, and some of the North Town officers, Further, that almost the whole republican force formerly employed is still retained, and the influemre of prominent republican politician of Lake View and the North Hide Is just as potent as ever. Now while we cannot permit the park management to become a democratic muchlne, there I no reason why we should permit a continuance of a re publican machine, even though It doe t un witii a uitio less noise now man formerly. So far a the present chief of police 1 concerned, he seems to Iks not only a republican ut a very pro nounced typo, and who in the past wai very bitter, but from information which receive from a number of sources ho has on diver occasion made himself offensive even under tho new adminis tration, and has taunted some of the democratic policemen by saying to them that under the republican ad ministration policemen were paid 970 a month, whllo under the dentoeratlc ad ministration the wage were greatly reduced. 3. It hit been the policy of the present state administration to have every Important place, that la, head of departments, etc., filled by men who, beside being thoroughly capable, were also democrat In sympathy with the state administration. I adopted this policy because I felt that no measure could bo so well carried out if it had to be instructed to men who secretly wanted the administration to fall. 1 can see no good reason for ex ceptir.g tho management of Lincoln park from the rule or policy that is eft forced elsewhere In tho state. If we have not got democrat who are thor oughly ca(iable, and who can and will give the publlo the very highest grade of service, then tho right thing for us to do i to shut up shop and go out of business. If we have, however, men of this character, and I know that wo have an army of them, both good policy and good sen so require that we put them at the holm. This being so, it Is my Judgment that your board should put In a new superintendent and a new chlcftif pollco from the lt of April next, and that they bo democrats, and I write this letter now so that you will have ample time to make a selection I do not care to urge anybody upon tho board, a I do not desire the board to get tho impression that I wish to mako place for anybody in particular will, however, uggost for the consider ation of the board tho fact that there 1 but little more new landscape garden Ing to be done. The gardeners and florist whom you now have can easily Hrfid l Ibis tH,;tf ti tar It.a in l in .nU(;t uk li I ( in. U h.'i .1, wMeh ill '.i H i.,t jiHsr ..ii. j , l ok Mtjiili.ru U,e i t !. iIt1 f i.t it,. t ir. and tf a nin ) fimm w bw I il il t ru e Hn r ,nl (lie il,.' Inf. a ll.nn. 'kt,. U-tng bt)iitt'-M Ulan . ,,i ! ;i.k1 -Kith bH and il.o hmmI w M man. I Tb MUry pa tit ) live lt.'Ml l Mum- Hiy l'ut and will vHftttaftl the . -t I lit r an no iieiit ten hlmlly show Ul teller trt Other liM'ii'K r of the Itnard and obsU-e, Af uMog jou and the other ti-mU r of lb board in lev Mutt iwi soeal rruard aw cry Irulj Jou". J'mv P. Ai.ruti.t. On the l .th of January Mr. Waller i knowledge,! the h'Oelpl of this h ttt r rid stated that tie would give ptotrpl nd careful consideration to lt eon- etits, and, after a thorough Investiga tion of the charges, would eonimunleate 1th Altgeld again. The following I is responw: Chp-aiks 111., Jan. 31, iWI.-IIon. ohn P. Altgeld, Governor Siato of Ulnnls, Sprlnglield, HI. My Dear Sir: Since my letter of the 15ih In resionso to yours of tho 12th of this month, I beg to state that tho commissioner of Jreoln park have mado a very careful and thorough investigation of the sub ct matter of your letter, and, as a re- ult, desire to excess tho opinion that you have been verygreatly. misinformed a to tho true statu of tho affair? In the park. They find the superintendent having tho respect and esteem of all the em ployes, and conducting matters in a business-like and careful way, discrim inating in nowise agulnst any creed, nationality, or the democratic party. They find that there are employed in tho park fifty-nine democrat, forty- ie republican and twenty-two labor ers who have not been in thl country long enough to entitle them to vote, but who have taken out their first pa pers, lind at different periods, ranging from ono to three years, will bo entitled to their last papers, and will then bo- come naturalized. NO RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION. They find that there are seventy- seven (77) t'rotestania, miy-one (uij Homan Catholic, and two (2) of no re ligion whatever. They find that no one in the employ of the park ha any knowledge what ever of any discrimination on the part f the park management, it superin tendent, or any one else against any one on account of hi creed, nationality or political affiliations. It would appear from the above statement that a majority of the em ployes of tho park are democrats, and certainly fifty-one out of l'U men is a fair proportion of Homan Catholics. n giving you thes j fact It may be well to say that the superintendent does not employ men other than tho labor- ng clan. All the chief men are em ployed by tho commissioner them selves, who pas upon their names after they and their applications have been nvestlgaiod and reported by a com mittee to the board. The chief of po lice has no authority whatever to dis charge or employ any ono under him. The superintendent of the park has no authority whatever t. discharge any of the men employed. In the purk other than the labor class. Thus you will see that there I not very much opiortunlty for discrimina tion on tho part of the superintendent n any cose. If an officer, head gar dener, or florist is unsatisfactory to him he is obliged, to report it to tho commissioner, who- have the matter investigated through a proper com mittee, and upon a report of the com mittee tho board, takes such action as it deems wise. In your letter you also state that "the management of Superintendent Petti' grew ha boon a.ource of constant com plaint from nearly all element of the party ever slnco I havo boon governor, It ha been charged among other thing that ho ha been making a kind of A. I'. A. ojiap of the park, and that prior to th beginning of the new ad ministration, no Irish or Catholic stood any show there." A ha been demonstrated from tbo examination which this matter ha been given, you will observe that thoso chargoB are not consistent with facts, and the commission would suggest that hereafter It would bo very agrecabio to them, If any charge aro mado, that the person making such charge should bo known to the commission, and that they should bo directed to them for a resXinso. Thl In nowlso I mount to be construed that, the commission is not at all time ready and anxious to give tho governor of this stato any and all Information which ho tuay desire con cerning the management of the park, but anonymou charges against a re spectable body aro very unsatisfactory element to deal with. Honco the sug gestion that all charge in future should be accompanied by the name of the party or parties making uch charge and tho commission will deal dlroctly with them. The commissioner will actupon your suggestion In regard to the chief of po llco, but after thl letter we hope you will colacldo with u in our view that It would bo against the interest of tho park, and therefore of tho taxpayer of the North side, to disturb the relation hli b .. 'U U I l!i e ntr ( n r J lt-i 11 i'li 1ft e.ib i V ) r' y , H W!.U. IWiIm.1 A'tt'p 4 tbea Mr. ': it r that be ,!! ! s it afil b re;t( Slii'ii, li bib tlif !' T M jletl t!ml b i ' H jt ultnl IthiHtt M skewM- w twftt, atil lb ? -v Med Hal tb If fet bnl llu t.!t!. aMi ei 'er hh h be ciml.l t iviii'oJ, i.mtip y, "leiinn- t II' V, I e.ti t I of liilt a-st.iv In Otbei'," l.e sl oiili! Hot tt hib-r blM'lg' nalioii Tt'ert((fcili AIU'i M mnmul him Mnlr the plea of lhtxi'-l iiev. Th this ebatg." and otlit t Mr. Waller makes It ply, Intlie.fil ftrtrtB, of Ut Hunds), out tils own sltitmtiuv. Among the many gisul things he wroU were ttie follow Ing; "In regard Ui your crlltelum of the Iswrd relating to the Luke .Shore dri south of Oak strict, 1 have thl to say: That all contract by tho Ixvard of Lin coln park cotiittilxnioncrs in regard thereto were made la'fore my term of office, and work commenced thereunder. During my term of office no contract has ever been mado or entered into with General Kit Simon or any other ieroti In relation to said extension or any matter conneeU'd therewith. You did not, as stated in your communica tion, havo numerous interviews with tho board In relation to this extension of tho Lake Shore drive, and the board never disregarded any requost mado by you in regard to said extension. You never, at any time, verbally or in writ ing, mado any suggestion or request to the board or myself In regard to any action to be taken by the board in re gard to suld extension. If you consid ered the action of the board in regard to the south extension of the Lake Shore drive good ground for my removal, how 1 U that Messrs. Cooper and Winston, who participated in all the actions of the board complained of, are retained, unless it I that you desired to remove only those members who op posed you in the removal of a faithful and competent superintendent, and that this 1 a mere makeshift excuse? I have been removed from office for a single offense, my refusal to allow you to dictate in regard to the discharge of official duties for which I am responsi ble. You desired to make the manage ment of the park subservient to your personal interests through the removal of the officers of the board, regardless of the interest of the public I did not consider this consistent with my duty to the public, nor did I feel at liberty to deert my post through a resigna tion. Tho result was not unexpected on my part. Malicious and falso charge are pub lished la the public pre by you la. your official capacity, which capacity alone calls for an answer on my part to any chargo made by a person of your well known mental and moral charac teristics, In this, as In many other of your official acts, you havo prostituted this high offlco which you hold to the gratification of personal Dial loo, Your administration is the greatest load which tho democratic party which placed you In office, but whloh you do not represent, ha ever been compelled to carry In this state. I am content to leave thl Issue be tween u to that last tribunal, the peo ple, whoso Interest I have tttideavored to protect and serve." Mc Waller' stand ing In Chicago and Illinois 1 too well known for us to at tempt to say anything commendatory. We shall, however, tako the liberty of reproducing the following editorial from the Inter Omm on the subject: Tha flvo-coluran letter of Mr. Robert A. Waller to Governor AUgeld, pub lished In the Jnmr Ocean yesterday, is one of those documents whluh suggest the refrain, "Fit the punishment to the crime.', In tho exor;lso of hi author ity a governor of Illinois, John P. Alt geld auramarlly removed Mr. Waller from the office of Lincoln park ootnmls sloner, alleging, as ho had to In order to furnish the basis of legal fiction nec essary to tho removal, incompetency and nittlfeahunco in office. To any one who know Mr. Waller, and he is one of tho best known of our citizen, thl chargo of incompetency Is simply ab urd. Ho could not conduct his own lurgo business If ho had not tho ability necessary to park commlsslonershlp. Ills general reputation is such that tho chargo of Incompetency sounds like a Joko. Tbo letter seems to explain In detail what, in tho eye of Governor Altgeld, constitute malfeasance In office, namely, rofuslng to bo a mere puppet In the hand of tho governor. If Mr. Wallor had taraoly submitted to tho governor's dictation hoi would havo boon in the eye of that official a model commissioner and worthy of all com mendation. It 1 purfectly evident from tho gov ernor' lottori to Mr. Wallor, given in full, that from tho first the former looked upon himself a dictator, and tho mombers of the L'ncoln park board were puppet to do bis will. Ha began by dotn Hiding that the board should dismiss Clerk Taylor and pjt in hi place one Gourgo W. Weber, who had lofttiiu (.ostolllce service.! under acloud. Tho board did not want to do it, as thl correspoudenc j show, but reluctantly consented. Pretty soon tho governor followed this up by demanding the re moval of the chief of the park police i ...... .... .... i , ,.. I -