Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-09-22

ply knocked him on the h, cd. there.
by sending him to the hospital or to
an inslne asylum. Candidate White
probably thinks he can drive Senator
Noonan out of the Congressional race
by the employment Of slugging tac.
tics. lie may discover when II Is too
late to retrieve the error that he has
decided upon mistaken line Of nc.
ton.
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The Republican managers are baC.
ly disturbed by the action Of the
American Protective Association In
putting an indcpe ndent county ticket
into the field, although they make
every effort to conceal their chagrin.
They affect to ridlcule the new party
say 1t was organ zed in the Interest
Of the Democrats for q valuable con.
sideration p I'D, and pre- iict that the
ticket nominated at Central Music
Hall will receive scant support.
But the Republican managers are
distressed. From the day they named
their ,unty ticket they have been
apprcbensive that the A. p. A.
would bolt it, They induced THU ty
five Of the forty.twO A. =. A. lodges
In the ty to vote against indepen.
dent action, and then they felt
reasonably safe. According to A. p.
A. authority, Theodore Geste ED Is
responsible for the evolution Of tho
new party.
This authority charges that Geste.
field issued lot OF circulars In the
name OF the order and mailed them
to members urging the defeat OF the
Democratic county ticket at all haz.
ards. Gcstefeld's action became known,
and II angered some OF the leaders OF
the organization. They declined to be
delivered to the Republican party,
body ard soul, and they carried their
revolt against Gestefeld's unwarrant.
ed assumption Of authority to the
point OF forming u new political or.
ganizatiOn.
One OF the managers OF the new
party said: "The ticket nominated by
US will pcll not less than 10000 votes
In November. The American Pro.
tective Association numbers $1,000
members In this city. At least 20, 900
OF these will vote with US. We OK.
pect another 10000 votes from men
who, though not members Ut the as.
ISOLATION, arc In sympathy with Its
aims and principles.
"MOst of these vOtes-I should say
80 per cent will come from the Re-
publican party. l admit that II
looks a. II the sole object VI this
movement Is to defeat the Republic.
an county ticket. So far a. I am
concerned, and voice the sentiment
OF many members Of the order.
think 1t best, oil things considered,
that the Republican county ticket
should be defeated. Its defeat will
teach the Republican leaders q lesson
that may do them some good. II
will show them that they must nom
mate a man for Mayor next spring
who Is acceptable to US II they expect
to elect him.
"rhere Is but one man on the Re-
publican county ticket In whom
members OF Our order are particularly
init rested. That man 10 o. N. Car
ter, the nominee for County Judge
Ordinarily we would like to see him
elected. but he must share the fate Of
his ticket. We have been shame
lessly betrayed by the Republican
leaders. They have professed to sym
pathize with our principles. but have
not enforced those principles wher
they had opportunity. We have nov
broken loose from our Republican
alliances and shall act independent!
hereafter.
ut would be claiming too much u
say that we will elect our count.
ticket. We hardly hope for that, ant
our detection will probably give vic
tory to the Democrats. But the Dem
ocratic party openly processes to be
Romanist party and our object Is +
compel the Republicans to stand will