Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26

CUuTVS.
An evening paper ironically speaks
Of "Chetlain's fame" Well, the
Judge is rather young yet and a
trifle ambitious, perhaps, and
with an insinuation, just an
insinuation, recollect, that he
would like to do something new. All
very fine and very praiseworthy, but
really the domain Of law is not just
precisely the place to experiment in
the novelty line, and the Judge may
yet come to realize that fact. How.
ever, we cheerfully concede that he
Is achieving fame.
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1t seems that the Marquis di Pull.
mano, In his unique efforts to intro.
duce medieval serfdom into his
seigniory In Cook County, has at length
precipitated sort of Jack Cade re.
bellion among his vassals The Mar.
quis had recently kept up such fire
OF "cuts" on his employees that
forbearance ceased to he a virtue and
they have openly renounced allegiance
to the friend OF King Humbcrt.
They are. however, remarkably quiet
IN their movements, and so far the
Marquis has not appeared to threaten
them habited In armor like unto his
ancestors and bearing his heraldic
battle flag. 1t seems, too, that the
charges that he made for window
shutters on the houses of his tenants,
water, and other things have aided
In provoking the rebellion, but the
Marquis knows what he is about in
the way Of promises. Meantime
his former serfs are insisting
that this Is the nineteenth, not the
twelfth, century, and that, although
The king can make belted knight,
marquis, duke, and q that,
An honest man 3 above his might.
And the Pullman strikers are right.
Bogus lords have no place here as
tyrants.
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The farclcal so called Swift Hon.
kins Mayoralty contest was up before
Judge Scales on Monday. This time
Attorney Robinson asked that the
ballots cast at the Mayoralty cleo.
tion be opened and testimony be
taken at once. IS a demurrer had
been filed on behalf OF Mayor Hop.
klns this could not be done until
that was disposed Of, and so this
weary, senseless affair "went over" rs
the lawyers say. It Is strange that
such contests 50 constantly plague
the courts, and yet this particular
one, engineered as IL Is solely TO- q
low and groundless political scheme,
Is SO destitute Of all excuse for Its
continuance that 1t Is an. airropt to
the people Of this city, as we'll as to
the court into which IT. is occasional.
ly precipitated.
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Our stirring, sleepless postmaster,
Washington Hesing, now at Wash.
ington, is reported as saying Tat
he came to that city "to take
new posto1ice back with him."
There Is nothing like pluck, and MIR.
Hesing has lots OF 1t, but as to taking
a new postoifice back with him, we
fear In that no IL Q little on. How.
ever, he does admirably In keeping
the need Of one before Congress. 1t
must come at last, and when 1t does
Mr. Heslng's efforts should not be
forgotten.
Judges Tuley, Adams, and Sears
on Tuesday decided that Judge
Chetlain, 10 filming Election
Commissioners Hutchins, Keenan,,
and Schooner $1,000 each for
failure to produce the ballots In
the so-called election fraud case, was
what Is usually known as q "little
too previous" Judge Sears delivered
the opinion OF the court, and entered
an order discharging the commission.
ers. This virtually ends that case.
As to whether It ends Judge Chef.
lain's queer ideas of his Jurisdiction
the public are not yet informed, but
1t Is quite safe to say that the public
have formed an opinion quite In con.
sonance with the ruling Of Judges
Tuley, Adams, and Sears.
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Marshal Arnold has just returned
from Washington with full authority
to purchase for the Federal Courts In
the Monadnock Building $4,000
worth Of new furniture. This Is
great news. Just think OF it-f8,.
900 worth OF new furniture. II the
General Government keeps on 10 this
reckless style 1t will be ruined before
Coxey gets his appropriation for good
roads.