Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-11-10

party received some body.blows from
its own friends.
The ruling of County Court Judge
Scales in the dispute of the Populist
factions over their place on the off,
cial ballot came like a thdnderbolt.
The facts seemed to be all In favor Of
the Bricklayers' Hall ticket, and
Judge Scales would have had to
stretch neither the law nor his con.
science to have decided in their ia.
vor. by doing so he would have to a
large extent broken the back Of the
Morganite Peoples party movement
here, which, as any one can now see.
was put up and maintained solely In
the interests Of the Republicans. In.
stead of doing so, he decided against
the weight of evidence and argu.
ment. and this was backed up later
by the Board of Election Commits.
sioners, which saw 1T to accord
to the Morgan ticket the place its
trainers sought, thereby solidifying
the movement and making 1t capable
of working the full extent Of injury
to the Democratic party for which 1t
was designed.
BY this unlooked.fo decision Judge
Scales contributed largely to his owa
defeat and that Of his colleague on
the ticket, Roger Sullivan. The dc.
feat of the Democratic candidate for
County Court Judge is one OF the
darkest features of last Tuesdays
landslide. 1t places in the hands OF
the Republicans for four years, and
goodness knows how much longer,
the entire election machinery OF Cock
County. This will be o terrible
weapon in the hands of the Re-
publican party in the future. II
has proven potent one fol
the Democrats. though 1t has beer
used fairly aud honorably. It will
be used unsparingly now by the Re
publicans. As for the State cam
paign, 1t can hardly be dignitled BY
such q name, at least on the Demo
cratic side. That organization OF
old fogies known rs the State Central
Committee, dozed and snored around
E the Palmer House during the entire
u fall. In the early days Of the cam
/, paign they allowed themselves to b.
hood. winked and Out.gcneraled u
every point. They have In no sens
of the word shown the least activity
Franklin MacVeagh was allowed Il
y, run his campaign alone withou
aid ,or assistance from the com
y mittce or its AGENTS Durin
G the last few weeks they apreare
g to have fallen into o condition
!. OF absolute coma. Nobody eithc
.s heard or saw this organization, and
might as we'll have been dissolve
and its members attending to thei
pumpkin farms down In the State 10
all the benefit 1t was during tn
Is State campaign. The first thing tina
d must be done Is to reOrRauize tn
le Democratic State Central Commit
tee. or, at least, put on some liv
n members and drop few OF tn
II chestnuts.
d Here In Cook County the Demo
4, cratic party, as an organization, ha
10 nothing for which to blame itsel'
10 The party was never better organize
J. than IL was for this election. ABB
men were ut the head Of the varlOl
ir wings and branches OF the organiz'
lie tion. Every line OF campaign wor
re was carefully and thoroughly a
N tended to. and the whole wei
a. drilled army was led by
Of man who has no superit
ly as an organizer, a tactician and
~ political general-Mayor John p Ho
y. kins. But neither the party organic
Of ton nor its leaders could stand 7
I'd before q popular avalanche like th'
I'd OF Tuesday, oftentimes caused
y. false sentiment, oftentimes by mi
&c representation and unfounded CO.
I'd clusions, but always irresistible. b
IS. the party ranks will be dresse
ne The organizations will be not on
II. maintained but strengthened for ne
springs struggle, when Democrats
TX Chicago will be called upon
no maintain their own. No feeling
a dependency will follow the preset
x. defeat. Democracy has always be-
lg strongest in defeat The TEL
he porary effects OF last Tue
e, days disaster will pass ov
d. quickly The people will have l
EFF turned to sober second thought /
le- fore the beginning Of 1895, and "
as be about ready to reverse the d
he cision which this fall they ha
SO unjustly registered against I
,eS Democratic party and with such