Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-10-13
7HE FRAUD" HOWL.

The senseless howl about "wholc.
sale fraud "false registration, "bal.
lot.box stuiling" and the rest OF IL,
Is but one indication that the Repub.
leans are not so sure OF success this
fall as the local party organs and
leaders would have the public believe.
This is the same old cry that we have
heard In the past when the vote in
Chicago and Cook County between
the two great parties was very close.
II isa sure sign that a preparation
for the usual contest" is on foot, lust
such a contest as that ludicrous
farce initiated by the Republicans
In the case Of the last Mayor.
atty election II is also an indica.
tion that the Republican managers
are no longer counting upon great
revolution In public opinion and u
landslide at the polls. They see In
the inyincible organization OF tie
Cook County Democracy we'll.
drilled, well.captained host that they
know cannot be easily defeated or
routed. They feel that they have
the battle OF their lives on their
hands, and they know that with a
free field and no favors they cannot
compete with their adversarics In the
science OF honorable politics. But
for the false issues and arguments
with which the public mind has been
delnecd during the past twelve or
eighteen months, the Repub,l.
can party would not. Lc "iu
II" In Cook County to-day.
II the election were to be
held next February instead Of next
November the Republican candidates
would be buried under $4,000 ma.
jOrity In Cook County. Conditions
upset BY various causes are now,
under the Democratic reimbursement
Of the tariff, beginning to right them.
selves. Industries are again active;
manufactures, even according to the
Republican press, are reopcnlng, and
business generally Is rapidly picking
up The reaction has we'll set In,
and few weeks more should bt
sufficient In which to teach tho
people the falsity OF the doc
trines that have been dinned
into their ears and the injustice
they have been led into committing
toward the only party that believes
and acts on the principe Of a Soy
eminent for and by the people,"
The Republican managers already
notice the change that Is being
wrought In public sentiment, and
they dread the effect OF the campaign
Of education that will DO waged dur
ing the next three weeks. Hence the
sudden chorus OF the bowling der
wishes OF the local management
Fraud, ballot-box stufiing, false
registration, and other stereotyped
campaign cries are being shouted
at every meeting OF the party or
ganizations We are told that 4
the Republicans don't carry Cool
County by over $4,000 they will b'
beaten, because the Democrats viii
steal any majority short of that
This. by the way, Is amusing wher
one considers what shorn lambs, wha
mild, innocent sucking doves hav'
charge of the Republican party thi
fall. And then the agents thes
good, innocent men have got to d.
their scientific work! Clarenc
Woodruff, sammy" O'Neil, Captain
Shippy, Ike Rivers, and Others O
that Tx. As mild.mannered a lot O
fellows as ever cut throat or scut
tied ship
These are the gentlemen who ar
just now making the welkin RIM
with cries OF fraud and warnings t,
the public TO beware of the bold, ba,
Democrats. AS we have before init
mated, these tactics are familiar. w
have seen them tried before whel
the Republicans were preparing +
furnish excuses beforehand for defeat
Happy augury.
IN THC EIQcJ CEMATOPIAI