Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-03
Largest weekly cilcl.
lation in The city and
county Of any paper
published in Chicago.
MAYOR HOPKINS ADMiNiS TRATiON
AND THE CAMPAIGN.

The spring campaign has now been
fairly launched by the Democrats,
whose leaders are first in the field,
their organization complete and their
ranks dressed ready for the fray.
Although the offices to be filed at
the election which Is now upon us
are, comparatively speaking, in one
sense at least, Of minor importance,
yet the importance Of the election as
whole and the necessity Of victory
for the Democratic party cannot be
overestimated.
The morale OF the party In the ire.
mendous fall campaign, which will al
most Immediately succeed the spring
election, will be very largely affected
by the result Of the latter.
Already unfortunate conditions,
prevalent all over the world, and for
which the Democratic party Is no
more responsible that 1t Is for the
threatened resignation Of Mr.. Glad.
stone, have had an injurious effect
upon the party, and the Republicans
are making the most they can out OF
the moral effect OF victories based up
on Misrepresentation and misunder.
standing, and buttressed by q con
junction Of circumstances which can
not continue to exist for any consld'
cradle length OF time.
Unfortunately, these conditions
still prevail and cannot fail
to have some effect In the
minds OF the unthinking and
the unreasonable, as was the
case In the late municipal cleo.
ton. Should. therefore, the ap'
preaching spring election go against
the Democratic party the effect on
the fall election would, to say the
least, be very injurious. Chicago.
however, In the midst OF all the arti.
fcial panic and manufactured indus.
trial depression, has given evidence in
the election Of Mayor John p. Hop.
kins that she Is unshakably and un.
swervingly Democratic and loyal to
the core to that party. With the
proper men at the helm OF political
affairs this city will always lie Demo.
cratic.
The party in Chicago is now cap.
taiped as 1t never was before. 1t IL
united and solidifed. Its executive
and other committees having mat
tiers Of importance to the party and
its local campaigns in charge, is CON-
posed OF the ablest, cleanest and
most fearless OF Chicago Democrats
They are representative and satisfac-
tory In every respect, They have
been recently chosen at one OF the
most representative meetings OF the
party organization ever held in Chi.
cagO, and were selected with practi.
cal unanimity.
The Chief Executive OF the city, a
Democrat elected on clear-cut party
issues by Democratic votes only, ha'
given TO Chicago the ablest, purest
and most conscientious administra
tion this city has ever had. 1t hat
won the admiration OF all and added
meal culably TO the strength OF thu
party In Chicago. The Hopkins ad
ministration has won the confidence
and appreciation OF the communit.
at large, and demonstrated anew tn
fact that Democratic government
and the honest and economical con
duct OF public affairs are inseparabl
and identical.
Thus, with due appreciation @
the gravity and importance OF tn
impending struggle, with confdenc
b eaotten OF past experience and pas
victories 10 its leaders, with the pres