Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-31
Largest weekly cirCQ.
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THE SPiRN0 CAMPAIGN.

Before TIE EAGLE again reaches
its readers the spring campaign will
be over, and Chicago will have once
again (unle.s all signs fail), demon.
strated the fact that II Is a Demo.
cratic city.
In the towns and the wards all the
indications point to u sweeping DEM
ocratic victory.
The Mayor, true to his own party,
has refused to be cajoled by will.o'.
the.wisp movements" and "federa.
lions" and has openly and boldly de.
clared himself In favor Of the Dem.
ocratic nominees and candidates all
over the city.
The prestige Of the Mayor has
thrown life and vlgor into the cam.
paigu, and In the midst Of condi.
tion depressing and injurious to Dem
ocratic interests has infused new life
into the local Democracy and will re.
suit In victory next Tuesday.
The EAGLE predicts that the Dem.
ocratic ticket In the North, South
and West Towns will be elected BY
cafe majorities. The South Town IL
the only division of the city In which
there is any possibility for the Re.
publican ticket to win out.
Henry Best, the nominee of the
Republican party for Assessor, Is per.
sonally popular and q strong cam.
paigner. He IL backed by the most
powerful combination OF the local
Republican party that has ever been
brought together In Chicago. Aid.
NJ. b. Madden, Sheriff james II.
Gilbert, Justice Edward Glennon,
Daniel Kochersperger. and half
dozen Others OF the same caliber are
the campaign managers OF Henry
Best and the South Town ticket On
the other hand Henry Stuckart has
the support OF Mayor Hopkins-the
organizer OF victory.
Stuckart has a clean record In the
Council, is personally unobjection.
able, and Is besides a shrewd poll.
tician. The vote In the South Town
Is close There is nothing certain
about this election, but under ordl-
nary conditions Stuckart should win.
In the West Town the Democratic
ticket will be elected by an over
whelming majority. The success OF
the ticket was assured from the be-
ginning, for no more popular set Of
candidates was ever placed before the
voters of the West Town.
Mortimer Seaman Is a young bust
ness man, with an excellent record.
Frank Kilcrane, the nominee fol
Supervisor, won the Clerkship OF the
West Town last year purely on hi
personal popularity, and AL Hof
mann, the candidate for Collector
needs no words Of introduction o.
commentator to the people OF thu
West Side. On the other hand, thu
Republican West Town ticket Is weak
Mr.. Monaghan Is q bright yOunt
man, with a large personal following
and a favorite In the labor Organiza
tions. But Seaman will beat him.
Jacob Horn, the nominee for Col
iector, Is unknown while MajOl
Blodgett, the candidate for Assessor
Is quite popular.
The Mayor himself has taken
hand In the North Town fight, AND
thereby added Immensely 10 the cam
paign OF Henry G. Bartling.
The latter gentleman hos beer
pushing his candidacy for the Office
OF North Town Assessor under cir
cumstances peculiarly aggrayating
One OF the leading organs OF hi
party has for some inscrutable reason
antagonized Mr.. Bartling. Whether
the cause OF this opposition comes