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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
PEABODY'S PLAIN talk.

Chairman Peabody, of the Demo.
cratic County Central Committee, very
properly took exception to some re-.
marks made by certain members of the
subcommittee of the Civic Federation
ON pure primaries last Thursday.
from the observations made by tho
gentlemen In question 1t appeared to
Do their opinion that the regularly con.
stltnted party organizations were both
unwilling and unable to conduct decent
ana honorable primaries. ana the drift
OF the conversation led to the belief
that the only thing to do. in the minds
OF these gentlemen. was to take the run
ming of the primaries entirely out of the
hands OF the party organizations. This
MI Peabody very properly resented,
ana he in plain language gave the gen
tlemen of the committee, who had call
ed to consult with him regarding the
approaching spring primaries, that the
Democratic party at least was not only
able and willing, but determined to
conduct its own business and run its
own affairs.
a few more timely ana well placed
remarks OF this sort coming from the
right quarter would 20 far to educate
the worthy gentlemen of the Fedora
ton In the fact that not all the ability,
purity ana public honesty of this town
Is wrapped up in and confined to the
organized body of professional REFORM
,rS.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

minded enough to render honor where
honor is due. with the tribute of even
political advcrsarics to his honor. ill.,
tcgrity and ability still fresh in his
mind. John Il. Hopkins can retire froll
the Mayoralty serenely. feeling that a.,
has fulfilled an honest mans part. and
nobly administered the trust rcposctl
In him 10y the people who honorcd him
Win their SURFACES.
1t IL only In the days that are TO coruc
that John T.. Hopkins worth will he
fully appreciated.
1t is only by contrast that we distin.
g,'isli brightness from gloom. When city
accounts come to be balanced at the
end of years In the future the taxpay.
ers of Chicago will look back with RI.
greet to the business administration"
of honest John L. Hopkins.
The day will como when the whole
people Will unite with the Republican
Finance Committee of the city Coun.
ell with that large section of the com.
munity already alive to the full worth
of the retiring Mayor and with The
Eagle In saying to John +. Hopkins:
well done, thou good and faithful
servant"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

Tho friends of the feud.sun,lerc,l
Astors guard that silence which will not
stand In the way of future invitations
to dinner. Ward McAllister is positive.
~ painful In the apoplectic pOlitencss
which he wraps around his inability to
say anything. Elhridge r. Gerry teetcrs
Ill his endcnvOr to stand straight be.
tween the Jacks and the Wnl,lorfs.
From Society. nothing on the quarrel
itself. but from Mrs. Paran stevens
came something lurid ION the Right of
Rich People to Have a Row in the
FAMILY" Always original, "Aunty
faran' declares that the sncrcd right OF
ruction shall be as free to an Astor rs
to Mulberry Bend. II two ladies' OF the
latter may row over (which owns the
clOtlies.line," why not two Mrs. Astors
or two Mr.. Astors over equally petty
things? Why. indeed? But here Mrs.
stevens Is ut fault. She would not nj.
low the rabblc" to enjoy the Aston row.
much less to slluttler ut its unsec,nli.
ness; whereas the real delight In the
tenement row. which Mrs. Stevens 40
kccnly appreciates, Is that assistance
una comment which the neigl,bors,
cinnlng out Of the tenement windows.
btstow upon It. Mrs. Stevens evidently
wants SOciety's interest In the Astor
to be class affair, or con.
lined TO EXPERTS In domestic difficulties. !
Unfortunately the tcncmcnts of the Ar.
tors ,ic In view of the whole world. ana
people will look on, and comment and
shudder as freely as IL Fifth avenue
was Cherry Hill. The higher the tene.
hent the bigger the audience, Mrs. |
stevens.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

For the present things will probnbD,
go on as they have been going. There
IL slight fear Of revolution. The saving
feature of the situation IL the absences
Of any IMAM on horseback" Tho hcur
may have come, but not the man, 4
Bourbon restoration. with the present
prctendcr for king. Is not To- be dreamed
Of. Where Paris failed. Orleans viii
not succeed. For year q wave of IN.
polconism has dcluged France But
there IL no BOnapartc to ride To I'm.
plre on Its crest. The Napolcon,. 10.
gend lives: the Napoleonic dynasty 10
worse than dead. Nor il Tiers any p.v
man to seize the opportunity. not even
the pinchbcck Boulangcr. And sjrcc
the socialists are yet small minor,ty.
the republic seems secure. Yer IL is n
security based on the weakness or n.
foes rather than upon the strength of
its friends. Six months ago the re.
publicnns had the fairest Of prnsncc,x
They had large and for Tho
first time apparently stable nm.
JOrity. and they were bnckcl
by the tremendous popular feeling
aroused by the murder of I'rcsl,lcnt
Cnrnot. They have not improved their
They have hot been profit.
able servants Of the nation. And &c.
day they must pay the penalty of their
"nfaithf''lness-tl'ey ana all France.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
the COMIN0 CAMPAIGN.

II Is seldom that the city of Chicag,
has witnessed the approach of an i'm.
portant political campaign like that
which Is now almost upon us with so
much apparent Indifference. 1t IL rather
difftcult to account for this Some might
be disposed to say that the Democrats,
crushed by the recent overwhelming
dcfcat. are npathctic. ana feel that the
contest Is a hopeless one. This. how.
ever. IL hardly sufficient reason for the
condition Of affairs now prevailing,
Democracy has always been greatest
In defeat. Heretofore. reversal has
only had the effect of closing ranks.
healing Internal wounds. ending family
quarrcls. and exciting renewed energy
ana Increased effort. There IL no rca.
son why different condition should
exist here now. and yet It would seem
that there Is apathy. IL Is easy enough
to understand why the Republicans
should be resting on their oars. Their
work IL cut out for them by their bosses
and taskmastcrs.
Their candidate Is already choscn. he
IL as good as nominated. and there Is
scarcely anything left for the Rcpub.
lican city convention to do. George u.
Swift has been made, through tie IT.
rcsistlblc logic of u number of cXtraor.
binary circumstances. the only possible
candidate of the Republican party this
spring. ana as Il result much interest
has been taken away from the cam.
paign on that side Of the political fence.
With the Democrats. however. mat.
ters are different. The party IL not
dominated by bosses. The Mayor IL |
not attempting to dictate nominations, |
nor IL he pulling strings to secure his
own reelection.
There II plenty of good available ma.
tcrial for Mayoralty candidates. and |
Democrats will have an excellent op.
portunity of selecting from It man
who can win out In the race next April.
There II every probability that the
Civic Federation and other organiza-
lions Of II similar character will unite
upon an Independent candidate. With
II "citizens' ticket In the field the
Democrats could easily beat both Swift
ana the citizens candidate. There IL,
therefore. no reason for apathy or list
essness In the present campaign. There
IL plenty of good work to do. and the
Democratic leaders should rouse them
selves ana go ut It with the vim and
vigor of the days Of old. II Democracy
Is to triumph In Chicago next spring.
The work of preparation for the fray
IAN not begin too soon.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

Tho meanest man In the country has.
discovered and put himself on exhibit
tion. He attached, for Il small debt. the
body OF II stranger ut Crescent City.
Fla. ana the friends OF the unfortu-
nate dead had to forward the money
before the corpse was shipped to them.
This Is the first ilcndlsh crime that has
been reported from the South In some
time to the account of which the words
There IL talk Of lyncling the wretch"
have not been added.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
OBITUARY..
WO1,1,ISED n LOW

WoLFKED n. LOW.
Wolfrcd N. Low. aged ~, died Mon
day ut his residence, No. 17Os Barr,
avenue, Of bronchitis, aftcr I'm Hines.
or one month. Mr.. Low had been n
member ut the Chicago bur for twenty.
fivc years. He enlisted In an Illinois
regiment and served through the war.
After being graduated from Owrl,,,
law school he began practice I'm this
city. He was Il prominent figure In
u. A. II. circles and hnd served as Pros.
idcnt of Illinois State Sportsmun's
club; President Veteran Union League;
ana Commander Columbia Post. lc
was also an active member of I1pspcriu
Lodge. A.. +. and A. NJ. Cumberland
Gun Club. Prairie Gun Club. Eagle
River Hunting and Fishing Club. Cnlu.
met Heights Club. and Chicago Bar
Association. The funeral was held nj
ii o'clock Wednesday from the Hes.
l'eria Lodge rooms at No. - Monroe
street.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
4 TIMELY WANING.

The address of Attorney Robbins In
the closing arguments In the Swift,
Hopkins election contest was replete
with some wholesome truths. 1t con-
tanned statements ana illusions that
should furnish food for reflection not
only to persons interested in this now
famous contest, but all good American
citizens who have at heart the welfare
of this country and the maintenance of
It's institutions ut heart. Mr.. Robbins
drew attention To the fact that the tac
tics of the lawyers for the contestant
changed the moment an election chang
ed the political complexion of the court,
that Is to say, the moment the Demo.
cratic Scales was succeeded by the Re
publican Carter.
An appeal had been prayed to the
supreme Court from Judge Scales de-
cisiOn and had been granted. Yet
when Judge Carter was elected and
took his seat, the attorneys for the con-
testant at once sought to retrace their
steps by means OF bubble and to drag
The case back again into court. Ifany-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

by The ward bosses is sure to be clCrtcd
Il his party Is In tho majority.
The Council can confer ON an up-
pointivc Controller such powers and
provide for the performance by him
of such duties as 1t shall deem proper
and necessary" No ordinance which
II can pass to prescribe the duties Of
an elective Controller can contain pro.
visions any more rigid than It can put
In an ordinance to regulate the duties
of Controllers chosen as they are now,
If an appointive Controller breaks the
law l,c can be brought before the courts
or he can be removed by the Mayor.
An elective Controller can he prose.
critcd. and that Is all. He would he
responsible to the people," but the
people cannot turn out man as quick.
~ as the Mayor can.
IT the Controller should he made clcc.
tive ana the ward politicians given an.
other Office to fight over and trade on
the next step would he to provide for
the election of the Superint endcnt of
streets. or Chief of Police. or Corpora.
ton Counsel. so they. too. might he '.rc.
sponsiblc to the people" The consc-
Iuences would be- disastrous. Make n
law to take the Mayor out of politics
ana the more responsibility he has the
better 1t will be. Let him bc the head
OF the city government with
power to select all his chiefs
Oh departments. and If any.
thihg goes wrong anywhere he will he
the one OH whom all the blame will fall,
Even II the Legislature falls short of
Its duty and does not pass such law
an appointivc Controller will be- a bet.
ter man generally than an elective one.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

Hog.raisers should keep an eye on the
south. or. at least. Oh South Carolina.
The planters In that State are being
turned away from cotton to hogs. which
means smaller purchases of meat. or.
none ut all. from other parts. A lead
ing Journal. to stimulate the hog pro-
duct. has been Offering prize TO the
south CarOllnian who can show the
best hOg.rnising record. ana two hogs
are exhibited that grew ut the rate of
): and 42.2 pounds per month, AMI
weigh i6S ana sol pounds.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

Anybody who thinks no nawspnnc
can be lively ana worth reading unles,
1t Is published In large city IL invite,
to cast his eye over the following cdi
torial gems taken from late number
Of the Southwest Virginian OF Jones
willie. Va:
Robbie Ball IL repairing tho gallows.
Capt. Will 4. Kennedy Sundaycd IN
the city.
John Henderson was In to see us ycs
terday.
John Henderson says he sold seven
saddles 30 far this week.
a rainy and muddy Nmas wos tl,c
fatcd lot Of our dudine aristocrucy.
Having extended the "merry Nmns"'
we now greet you with u "Hap,y New
Year."
Bill Jones. who Is to hang tomorrow.
says that he guesses he will die as he
has lived.
The lOcalist had the pleasure of cat.
Ing turkey with Maj. ana Mrs. Hyatt
Nmas day dinner.
Private Scct'y Duskins received n lot.
ter from his Honor Col. Alex, II. Nun.
sey spying that he would be ut home In
time for the hanging.
Our little town. though hcmmcd ana
hcdGed about by spirc.likc mountains,
possesses to a remarkable degree the
best accOutrements Of stage talent.
The editor further says: .Jonesyillc
Will have II unique and attractive OK.
hibiti0n tomorrow. On that day, for
tho third time In the annals OF tho
county, our citizens may witness n
lragical tragedy. Mr.. william Jones.
The gentleman OF color. will make his
last ana final debut on the public stage,
A large audience IL expected" Jones.
Vile. we infer. is apt to be Il lively ana
cheerful sort of place when the oppor.
unity to celebrate the Christmas holi.
lays ana u hanging ut the same time
happens to come along.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

A British butcher never. never will
he ensiaved! He has put on tho smock
OF war and whetted his knife and
cleaver ON the steel. Sir Albert X. Rol.
lit, president Of the London Chamber
or Commerce. has volunteered to lead
him, ana the ever-amusing London
Telegraph has called upon the patriotic
impulse to rise lin the breast of every
meat eater In the kingdom" against
the Chicago slaughterer The way of II
Is this: Before the ChicagOans seeking
new field for conquest invaded Brit.
ain the British butcher was accus.
toned to buy his beef reeking from
the slaughter-hOuse. The beef shrank
when 1t was hung ana to compensate
the butcher he was allowed Il rebate.
When the Americans entered thew
were forced to accept this custom, al.
though by the time their beef arrived
In England 1t had shrunk as much az
1t could shrink. No sooner had they
become firmly intrenchcd than they To-
cided not to allow the reduction; the
result Is n patriotic roar from the Brit.
ish butcher, an attempt to BOYCOTT
American beef ana the establishment
OF great shops for the sale of American
beef exclusively. One cannot turn n
corner In London nowadays without
confronting one of tie familiar names
of Swift, Morris or Armour. The mad.
dcning aspect of the situation to The
patriotic English butcher Is that he ia
unable to raise the loyalty OF the "Rrt.
ish meat eater" Whatever sentimen.
tai notions the British may cling to re-
garding colonial advance and the honor
Of the British flag and its supremacy
Oh the sea, they have none regarding
the staple foundations without when
empire is a shallow dream. They will
not have their beer taxed; they will buy
heir beef where they can buy 1t CHEAP.
'st and best. They flock to the Amer.
can shops, and 80 sure are the chi.
'agoans of their field that at the first
mention OF boycott they announced
hat they would not sell beef to auy
hop that would not display a sigu TO
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

Mr.. Horace T.. Scudtler, editor Of tile
atlantic Monthly, remarks plaintively:
Il often ask myself IL l am getting n
fhll return for the energy spend read.
iEG the newspapers" Not knowing
what papers or what part Of the papers
Mr.. Scuddcr reads we cannot answer
Ms question. But We can cheerfully
assure him that We get Il full return for
tho energy wc cxpend In restraining
ourselves from reading the Atlantic
Monthly,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
he PHILADELPHIA Ledger

The Philadelphia Ledger proudly
boasts that there are more ccntena.
rians and nonagenarians living In that
town than In any other city In this
country. We can account for this only
on the supposltion that Philadclphians
who are familiar with the Lcdger's
obituary poetry are afraid to die. Who
would not shrink from this as long as
pOssible?:
II gave him his medicine regular.
From morn till the set of sun;
He took two powders ut 10 o'clock
And another powder at 1.
But doctors cannot help us
When death knocks ut the door;
GOOd-by. my darling husband!
You left at 10 minutes to A.
we sometimes wonder that Philadcl-
phinns do not go elsewhere to die.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02

When u Colorado Judge asked two
ladies' who wanted to be Jurors, do
you know that you will have to bc shut
up IN the rooms In the evening delib.
Grating upon the verdlcts with men?"
one of them stoutly answered. II sup
pose that In court Of justice. the pro-
per authorities will make the necessary
arrangements for carrying on the bust
ness of the court" With the ballot In
her hand. It seems altogether likely that
the Colorado woman will go on the
jurics whenever she shall choose to do
80, ana that the arrangements" will
he made for her.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
LINE TRIBUNE" rs Ri0HL

We clip the following from Ncdnes.
days Tribune:
There was Introduced ut Mondays
meeting Of the Council II resolution
reading Us follows:
THAT the Corporation Counsel he and
he IL hereby directed ut once 10 IRE.
pare an ordinance repeating the 0r,lin.
ance now In force under which the
Mayor appoints and the Council con-
firms the city Controller. and prOvid.
ing for the election by the people of Il
City Controller ut the next city election:
and 1t Il hereby directed that said or,
dinancc shall contain every possible
safeguard. such AZ authority to prevent
Overdrafts and the right To reject bills
not believed to be justified. aud gener.
ally to regulate the expenditure of all
moneys placed ut the disposal of every
department In the city of Chicago"
II was prcfaced by preamble to the
effect that the Controller, who Is now
nominated by the Mayor and confirmed
by the Council, should be Irresponsible
directly To the people"
The Council has the authority to
pass sueh an ordinance. II can. II It
pieases. provide for the election by the
people Of the Controller CORPORATION
Counsel, Superintendent of streets,
City Collector. and Marshal. Thus far
II has decided Wisely that those offices
should be hppointive rather than cleo
tive. II has been the belief that on the ,
whole more efficient service would he
secured II these officers We're RESPONSE. |
BILE 10 the Mayor and he responsible |
for them than II they We're Irresponsible
TO the people"-which means often com
plete lrresponsibility. The majority |
have thought also that If party convcn-
tons had to nominate II number Of |
other city officers in addition 10 the
four they nominate now the nomina-
tions, due often to trading, would he
Of an inferior character.
Taking the list of Controllers since
the adoption Of the present charter 1t
IL questionable whether as good men
could have been secured had they been
nominated by the ward delegates. 1t
has been generally the aim Of Mayors
tn select men In whom the public had
sOne confidence to occupy that posi-
ti0n. A Council can refuse to confirm ;
the nominee Of a Mayor and force him
10 make another and more satisfactory I
appointment. Hut the man. no matter @
Bow poor bis record, who Is selected 4
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-02-02
NO INVESTIGATING COMMISSION

There does not appear 10 he much
likelihood Of legislative investigator Z
committee after all.
Come to think the matter over we
feel bound to say that we cannot SEQ
what necessity exists for one.
of course u few hysterical persons,
reformers. apostles of public morality
ana purity, ana, In fact, the custodians
or all the virtue In the world generally,
have been cry ingO out for a committee. i,
Chicago LexOw, In fact. IL IL really
wonderful the desire Of this class Of
people to make out Chicago To bc pre-
ciscly situated rs New York appears To
have been.
\ sort of epidemic of emulation or
mimicry. to be more precise, appears
10 nave set In among that class OF DC0-
PIE.
They would have Il Chicago Park.
hurst, and they first coddled Rev.
clarke into existence, then killed hi.,,
OF, ana they IRE now engaged In strong
Efforts In the same direction with ono
Rev. Careless Martyr.
Then they should have Goff, and
they cast around for men like Mills ami
Trude. all of whom had too much sense
to join In the silly game.
Next they must have % LeXOw and
tho Kerr committee was evolved. That
collapsed, ana now they are trying
their hands with the Legislature.
II Is given out on good authority thay
these people are now secretly grieving
over the fact that they have no Tam.
many In Chicago to attack.
No doubt they will turn their attcn-
ton to the creation of some such insti-
tuition next. 1t would he on II par with
The balance Of their bogus reforms ana