Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-14
THE TRIBUNE AND THE GOVERNOR.

With u vlruipncc which bespeaks
plainly personal hatred and rancor
rather than sober genuine Judgment
and u desire to fairly " s;ernly critlcisc
the Tribune leads In II journalistic At.
tack upon Gov. Altgeld for having re-
leased the political prisoners for that
Is what they wpre,. Chapman and Me
Nuliy.
In his pardon niesslg" toy. Aiigeld
sets forth most clearly. logically and
indeed unanswcrably r.ie grounds up.
on which he granted those parlotis. We
shall not here try to add anything to
that most excellent and admirable piece
of r,.l soning. Nothing could add to It's
force. cohesion and justice. II attacks
and rcnts to pieces the veil Of fraud.
hypocrisy AMI can.!ng phariseeism with
which certain goody-goody Organ!xa'
lions by which this town = cursed
clothe the partisan rancor. the blue.
nosed. narrow gauge bigo,ry and know.
nothin gism which underl.e all their ac-
lions and actuate their every movement
for good politics." good government
and the rest of II.
1, seems beyond the region Of doubt
or cavil the fact tlra, the chief Of these
p!ous. praise.thc.I.ord, scml-public or.
ganizat lions has from the start made of
itself sort Of annex to the Republican
party.
Does the Tribune deny this:
II does not even attempt u denial.
for even the journalistic menduclty OF
which 1t Is sometimes capable would
not be sufficiently strong to perpetrate
such u 'thumper" AS denial Of this
universally recognized fact
The civic Federation. In Its capacity
of chief jackal to the Republican lion.
hunts around for prey just previous To
election. ana by constituting u number
OF It's members grand Jurors manages
to raise terrible howl before. during
and after election for the purpose Of
furnishing campaign thunder against
the Democrats. Mos, clearly did Gov
Altgeld demonstrate this fact. Did
the Tribune atremp, denial of that:
Certainly not. for whatever else he
may be. the editor Of the Tribune knows
an unanswerable argument when he
sees one, ana Is exceedingly shifty IN
lodging n square issue as well as Il
Knockout blOw-vide Victor Lawson's
$4,000 wager.
The Governor disclosed how go0dy-
goody grand juries chosen just before
election To redeem the world Of pCll-
tics. in Chicago nj least, are usually
composed almost exclusively of Repub'
llcans and devote their cleansing and
redeeming and purging processes al
most entirely to The unfortunate Demo.
Gratis.
The editor of the Tribune does not
deny thi; this l. 80. but he says the
Democrats deserve It. They need puri-
ticatlon and redemption. he thinks, and
they need II exclusively, else he would
not attempt 10 justify the record In
thls regard.
A. "A matter of fac, however, the
Tribune Is mistaken. Republicans once
IN A while need some attention al the
hands of the .'GOdly" associations of
"GodlIke" citizens. We will point, for
Instance, 10 the reccn, Republican pr.
marlcs In Chicago. by the way, what
has become Of the Threatened prosccu'
lions. etc, etc., In connection with these
proceedings;
BUT while the Tribune doesn't deny
anything. IT does go in for blackgnard
ing the brave, Conscientious, able and
fearless chief executive of this com
monwealrh, and II does IL In way thai
rOl,s the attack Of all its force.
The other city papers weakly atremp
20 answer and are themselves confound
ed by The unanswcrable arguments
they couch their lances against. They
could not disproye the fact that pool
Chapman did nothing more than hun
dreds. nay. thousands. of Democrats
and Republicans have done before him