Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-07
THE LATE UkPLEASANTNESS.

The unplcasanincss which character
lied the last meeting of the Democratic
County Central Committee. when u
chairman w.l> elected amid scenes that
would lave done cre,li, To II i,cpnbli.
can primary. L. Ia he dcplor',l, hut
there H.. after all. no reason for good
Democrats to 90 into despair over the
matter.
No doubt there WAS some good old
fashioned rough and tumble lighting.
hut there were no eyes gouged out.
Men were Knocked down In the rare
old Sullivanrsquc style. but nobody's
ears were chcwcd of. The Democracy.
no doubt. occasionally INDUCES In u
shindy and there H. no question that
on last Monday night there was con.
siderable argument through the mcdi.
INN of knucklrs and chair legs. That
II a way the Democrats of Cook some
times have of emphasizing points Of az.
der and the like. but they do II accord
Ing Ia the manly and honorable prac.
tices and rules of 'lueensbcrry or Don.
nybrook. aS the ease may h.. l'ut In
the delicate. refined and civilized ART of
mayhem. "gouging" and "gilling." the
Democrats Of Cook chccrfully AMI
gracefully yield the palm 10 their Re
publican brethren. While the Demo-
Gratis lay claim. with Justice. Ia having
In their ranks u greater number of In.
divl,uals who are addicted Ia the man.
~ arr Ms u means To I'M end In matters
polite. the Republicans have u corner
ON all the cannilals. rye.gOligers. ear
chewers and kindred vOtarles of latter.
day physical force IDEAS In the discus
sion and transaction of political af.
fairs.
Now perhaps some reader of The
Eagle may question the truth AMI YER.
acity of this assertion. For cOniirma.
ton OF II We point 10 the pleasant and
lamb-like transactions IN the Republi-
can County Central Committee on
hOOrs J and X of the Great Northern
Hotel shortly before last falls election.
Everybody will remember how amica.
bly, Buck" Mccarthy AMI AID. Lam.
mers thrasled II out with each other
''On the floor on that occasion. They will
also recall how delightfully."- James II.
Il. Van Cleavc was saluted by u hire.
ling OF George u. Swift during that gen.
tie discussion Of the committees af.
fairs. Nobody will ever know how
many black eyes We're the result Of that
pow-wow of the Republican Central
Committee. because the Republicans
have n knack of setting lceches to their
black eyes ana having all the bad
blood sucked out before election day.
In this respect rhe Democrats who dO
business with each other with chair
legs might initiate the example of their
Republican brethren and get their sore
heads cured as quickly as possibl,
after the debate has terminated. This
H. thrown on merely as IL suggestion
en PEASANT.
Al the primaries that followed tn,
historic gathering of the Republican
Committee no account was kept of th'
number Of noses ana thumbs that wcr,
chewed of and the police records do no
show exactly how many eyes wer
gouged out. But there We're goo'
many. n city Clerk Van Cleave, Chri
Manner, Henry Wnln. Martin Hest
stephen 4. Douglas, Billy Kent. com
missioner Cunning, Aid. Campbell
Lloyd Smith, Sheriff Pease, Aid. Sayl'
John McKenna, &. =. Deneen. AID
Merchant. John ONeill, Jim" irwin
ana many another hearty Republica
can testify. The columns Of the IL
publican press also bear ample test
mony TO the sweet and peaceful wa
In which our gOdly brethren Of the IL
publican fold discussed and arrange
their affairs on that memorable da
la their case. however. II was not
ease al Kilkenny cats on Dom
brook fair" These terms, for son
reason or other, do not apply 80 apt
90 the Republican cannibals as they {
20 the Democratic rOwdics. Pcrhal