Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-03-10
Largest weekly circQ.
lation in the city and
county Of any paper
published in Chicago.
the STATE CAMPAIGN OF 1894.

Before the municipal campaign
has been gotten we'll under way, the
State fall campaign has been fairly
launched and the political pot is now
simmering merrily.
Last week was marked by two no
table political conferences In this
city. These were the meetings OF
the Democratic State Central and
the Republican State Central Execu.
tive Committees The former fixed
June - as the date for the State
Democratic con vention, and the lat.
ter called a meeting Of the General
Republican Central Committee for
April 10 and fixed the same date for
the holding Of great Republican
"love FEAST" for the purpose Of open.
ing up their campaign with big
boom.
The Democrats have referred the
question of nominating candidate
for United States Senator to the
county conventions, leaving the lat.
ter untrammeled and ut full liberty
TO instruct their delegates for or
against the proposition. In thus act.
Ing, the Democratic committee have
done wisely and we'll. They have
adhered to true Democratic principle,
and the benefit Of their policy OF
adjudication and non.centralizat ton
OF authority will be felt In the
approaching Senatorial campaign.
There Is much difference OF opinion
as to the advisability or non.advisa.
bility OF nominating a Democratic
Senatorial candidate this year. There
are many who claim, with much req.
son, that 1t was the winning policy
four years ago, and that what won
out with Gen. Palmer then would
now win out with some equally good
Democrat.
On the other hand, there Is much
force In the argument OF those who
oppose nomination on the ground
that conditions are much changed
since Palmer was nominated and
elected, and these conditions have
the effect Of throwing the party into
a state OF more or less lethargy, and
that a good free.for.all campaign,
with a fair opportunity to the best
man to win, would enliven the cam
paign, arouse the voters and get the
rank and file OF the Democracy into
a lighting and con seQuently q win.
ming condition.
There will be no time lost by the
various candidates from now on to
the holding OF the last county con.
vention, and one OF the hottest cam
paigns In the history of Illinois will
be witnessed before the eth Of June
next.
In calling an early convention and
providing for long campaign the
Democrats have also acted wisely. II
ever there was need for campaign
OF education and instruction that
need occurs In Illinois this year.
The artificial conditions under which
Democracy has had to bear more or
less Misrepresentation and odium
must be explained away, and it will
take much time and much explana.
ton TO accomplish II.
The Republicans will be forced to
hold a late convention owing to the
decision OF the State Executive Com.
mittee to contest the last State appor-
tionment. 1t would, Of course, be
absurd to make the Congressional
and State Senatorial nominations be.
fore the apportionment contest has
been decided by the courts, and this, at
the earliest, will not be until some time
in July. The State Convention for
the same reason must be delayed to