Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-10-12

COUNTY COMMISSIONER FRANK NJ.
BLAIR informs THE CHICAGO EAGLE
that under no circumstances will he be
a candidate for reelection to the Coun-
ty Board. He says that he does not
want denomination or a reelection.
Mr. Blair has made fine record. He
has done well by the people and may
be found available for some more i'm
portant place in the future.
LOUIS CURLETT, a man distinguished
for his cheek, and also for the fact that
he has failed to get number of small
jobs which he sought for. is a candi-
date for County Commissioner on the
Democratic side. The nomination Of
one man like Curlett would bury any
ticket beyond hope of resurrection.
This is year when none but first
class men should be put up by either
party.
The Jackson League is shaking
hands with itself over the alleged fact
that club composed of three hun
dred business men" has agreed to join
them in body at s. per head. God
help the league. Business men" who
try to break into politics in job lots
seldom have 50 to their name. If it
was to unload "schooners" at five cents
a glass some of the tribe might be
caught.
W. V. B. Began is secretary of the
Postofice Civil Service Board, and two
of the other members are Democrats.
Mr.. Began is a rockrooted Democrat
from southern Illinois, who was brought
to Chicago by Brother Wilbanks. Mr..
Morrison, who is much interested in
the young mans success, must feel
highly gratifed at the exalted position
he Occupies under a Republican ad
ministration.
The colored Republicans of Illinois
have formed a State league. They are
kicking about the fact that they are
getting no Offices John G. Jones and
Ed H. Morris, the two leaders in the
movement, have been in politics for
some time, and lead o certain fac
ton of the colored Republicans in
Chicago. Jones is a porter on Pull
man sleeper on the Rock Island Road,
and Morris is lawyer.
Mr.. GEORGE briggs was nominated
by the members of the Chicago bar
for the vacant Circuit Judgeship 1t
Is very kind in the members of the bar
to allow the people to vote for their
choice. Considering the fact that
number of the lawyers who make the
nominations are not citizens of Chi
cago, it would be Just as well if the
13O,000 voters of the city allowed the
non-residents, type-writers and brief
less cads who make nominations for
them, TO do the electing.
The North Side postal service would
be much improved if Joseph 7, Lell-
man, the carpet-bag foreman of car
riers, We're taken by the neck and crop
and thrown out of the service. If he
was able to learn the distribution" at
that station, surely some decent Re
publican has brains enough to do as
well. Lehman was an importation
brought in at the request of the car
mine-headed Spangler, who swore that
he was copperhead of copperheads,
and Spangler ought to know a copper
head if any bcly would. The service
on the North Side would be greatly
benefited by Lellmans dismissal.
WHAT radical change does com g
over the ideas OF some men. 1t is only
a few years since meeting OF Demo
cratic aldermen was held in a room in
the City Hall building. Dewitt G.
Cregier was then Commissioner Of
Public Works, and was generally re-
garded as a Republican This Demo
cratic aldermanic caucus decided that
he was Republican anyway, and it
appointed committee 20 wait on
Mayor Harrison and demand Cregiers
removal This the committee did.
Now some Of the aldermen who We're
ou that committee are the right bowers
Of Oldham Not AhalofH, Whis.
kers.
Nh GroHur T. GrutN has again
appeared at the Clfy UallAud Is iptI.