Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-03-16
WENTER AND WC1ORX.

The ticket nominated 10y the Demo
cratic city convention Is from every
point of view one of the most excellent
ever put before the voters of the city of
Chicago. and II Its citizens are really de.
sirous of honest. capable. and high.
minded municipal officials. 1t will be
elected from top to bottom. Frank
Wcntcr. the head Of the ticket. Is known
to the great bulk Of the people of Chi
cago rs II gallant young Democrat of
high and honest principles. lie has
an executive officer In many and Ill.
vers ways. he has given proof Of the
faith that II In him when he says that
II elected he will give Chicago an hon.
est AMI clean administration. by his
conduct In high public office In the p,lst,
notably ~ u member Of the Board Ut
Education and as President of the
Drainage Board. He II Of Central Ger.
man extraction. ana there is little doubt
that his nomination has won for the
Democratic ticket the almost sOliallfied
vote. great and sweeping us Il II. Of
that mighty element Of our voting com.
Munity. While proud of his fatherlai,,l
and loyal to It's children. Mr.. Wenter
has demonstrated that he Is typical
American citizen. Broad gauge In his
Ideas. he has been loyal friend to his
friends. ever faithful to his word. and
generous even to his advcrsarles.
Wenter's name will he one tO con.
jnre with In the North and Northwest
Sides. and In the great Irish Democrat.
ic wards of the West and South Sides
ne will receive the solid Democratic
;ote always loyal Ia the Democratic
party ana its candidates.
The nomination of Mr.. Wcnter has
sounded the bugle note OF Democratic
resurrection from the tomb of temper
AIRY defeat. That ringing note to-day
reverberates through every ward and
district of the city Of Chicago. and has
made the Republicans shiver In their
stronghold.
Mr.. Wenter enters the arena as the
standard bearer and champion of the
Democracy of Chicago In the most dig
niticd manner In which any candidate
took the field for municipal ilonors.
He had not sought the office. In his
case II can be said. without fear of op-
position. the office sought the man.
There was no unseemly scramble for
the nomination In the convention; that
fine gathering was for him to nan.
The extraordinary spectacle Of the
great Democratic party of Chicago ris-
t,,.x hn al
unanimous vote its nomination IN
the highest office within It's gift Ia u
young man who had made no fight Ia
obtain II was present In the case of the
nomination Of Frank Wcntcr.
Opposition To him. II there VAS any,
faded In that gallant throng Of ster.
ling Democrats, ana no SOONER was
his name put in nomination than II
united cry went up, "Wentsr IL the
man"
That cry will lind ringing echo IN
the ballot box on election day, and wheI
the issue between Wenter, the bright
young banner-bearer Of Democracy
and Swift, the candidate of clique
OF machine slate-makers and not of the
great Republican party OF Chicago, u
decided by the official count IL VIII bi
done In the self same words which IN
this campaign form the battle cry Oi
the Democratic party, "Wenter Is the
man."
The balance Of the ticket Is equally
strong as the head Of 1t.
John s. Cooke Is Il typical candidate
for city treasurer. lie Is one OF thu
wealthiest and most popular Of Chi
oigos big brewers. or Irish birth III
Is NJ the same time credit TO his ma
tive land and a model citizen OF The
land Of his adoption.
George A. Trude. ''the pet OF the con
vention," IL also the pet Of the party
aud II win be found that the handsome
young City Attorney IL the choice of tbs
great majority Of the voters Of Thu
city, irrespective Of party.
The ticket was named by as orderly