Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-08-18

| VHilc' d S'Ilgle TAX advocate, ~ an
alleged Populist convention. The
charge that Mr.. Lorimer was forced
to resign from the superintendency Of
the Water Office under Mayor Wash.
burne is untrue. lie had the decency
to resign because he had been nomi.
mated for Superior Court Clerk, and
took the position that he could not con.
sistcntly hold one office and be a can.
didate for another Expert Holbrook
did not Investigate the books until
long after Mr.. Lorimer wa. out, and
his report to the Mayor was that the
accounts were correct, but the sys.
TEN, which has been in use so long,
was bad. 1t Is still in use, however,
no one being able to suggest a better
one.
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Mayor Hopkins, on being asked II
the Democrats were seeking an in.
dorsement Of their candidates from
the Populists' convention, said:
"The charge is absurd. Its motive
becomes apparent when We consider
BY whom II was made. The Repub.
licans allege, to divert attention from
their connection with the movement,
that we are trying to capture the
convention. There is not a word of
truth in 1t. While we admit trat we
have no more use for the Populist
ticket than the Republicans have
for a Prohibition or A. +. A. ticket.
1t Is untrue that we have been nego.
tiating with the labor peop.e for an
Endorsement OF our candidates.
This labor party Is nothing more
or less than a Republican
side shoy, and, knowing that II
has been started to aid our enemies.
we propose to light IL with all the re.
sources ut our command. We expect
no quarter from the Republicans and
Laborites and we will give none. We
will elect our ticket and I think the
genuine labOring men who now sup.
port our political enemic, will In
time discover their mistake.
Il have MT met any OF the leaders
Of the labor movement, and as most
OF our candidates are out OF the city
they could not have been in consulta.
tion with them. 1t Is therefore ap.
parent that the allegation that We
have either been nicditatinp a scheme
to capture the convention or to Sc.
cure nominations for our candidates
Is a base invention Of the enemy"
II the convention Is not q bolster.
ious gathering the predictions of the
politicians will not be verified. 1t
will consist Of I 500 delegates.
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Republican conventions have been
held In all the Congress SIGNAL districts
of Cook County, except the Third,
Fourth and Sixth, and In all the Sen.
atorial Districts except the First,
Fourth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth.
Little Is said as to when the COnven.
ton In the Third Congressional Dis.
trict will be held. Marcus Pollasky
and stephen A. Douglas seem to lie
the ouly persons mentioned IN con.
nection with the nomination.
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In the candidates thus far placed
In the field for Congress and for the
Legislature. the Democrats OF the dif.
fcrent districts have shown deter.
mination to be represented by good
men. The party Is strengthened by
such nominations. Its chances OF
success are improved. There Is a
comfy Of interest all around. But II
must be remembered that the surest
roa1 to success for any candidate Is
to bend all his energies toward the
election OF the whole ticket.
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Mr.. William Budinger, n sterling
Democrat Is mentioned as good Dem.
ocratic timber for State Senator In
the First District.