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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-07

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

the city. they had demanded of the pol
iticians ~ put M candidates who would
meet such requirement. aud Frank
Wcutcr met that demand In every re-
si%ct. He was the ideal candidate for
this day of reform sentiment. IL only
the reform sentiment and those back
of 1t were sincere. Such was not the
case. Ii was " hollow mockcry proppc,,
IN Ivy hollow professions on the part
of Il few snivclling hypocritcs. 1t was
in reality run us a sort of auxiliary to
the Republican party. and 1t aided In
the selection of u machine candidate. n
rabid partisan-a man whose machine
methods have time and again called
down upon him the censurc of
the press and once when before the
voters the condemnation Of the public.
The Democratic ticket from top to
bottom was infinitely superior and
stronger than the Republican. but the
unreasoning masses didn't stop to con.
slider any such small matter us that.
they were too busy Following the bell.
wpthprS"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
MISTAKES OF THE CAMPAi0N.

There were u few mistakes made In
the conduct Of the AIayoialty campaign.
In the first place there was n great deal
too much of the advisory committee
and there was too much trltilcking and
dtckering with that aggregation of pat.
ert stifls. tho Civic Federation. These
fellows have proved to be hOodOos to
every person AMI every cause they have
cspo,iscd. Their support has been u
blight. their advice whenever followed
has brought confusion ana defeat In Its
wake. They have been pretty thor.
onghly slapped In the face by the cam.
paign just closed. Able. veteran. ana
useful members Of the Council. like
Aldermen NJ. Il. Madden, James l..
Campbell. Joseph A. Bidwill. ana 9TH
ers. were opposed by the self.cOnstitut.
ed publication association, and they
We're all reelected by handsome mn.
jOrlties by their constituents. The
Democratic managers had too much
huckstering with these hOOtlOOs. Again
there was too much Of the German Idea
injected into the campaign. Mr.. Wen
ter should never have opened up that
German headquarters. There were
German headquarters. there was the
German this AMI the German that.
there were German speeches. and In
fact we had German nd nauseam but
tered all over, above, around. and be-
low. the Democratic end of the cam
paign. II has now been demonstrated
that there are citizens Of other than
German birth. particularly In the Dem
ocratic party. and that the Democratic
party has got no mortgage on their
votes. The vote In the Irish ana Polish
districts demonstrates the truth of what
we say. Democratic managers. when
fishing for the German vote In future.
would do well to bear In mind that
there are others"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

The Railway Age has printed some
significant statistics as to the holding
up of trains by railroad brlgands. From
Its figures 1t appears that In 1900 there
were twelve "hOld-ups;" In 1901. 10;
In 1902, 10; In 1S9i3, 33; In 1904. "a. The
total number OF trains thus held up be.
Ing III; the total number of lives lost
being q; and the total number OF PEG.
pie injured. 30 1t thus appears that
the crime Of train robbery Is on the In.
crease. Various remedies such us
hand grenades, burning oil. hot water,
bloodhOAnds> Winchester rifles, burglar
proof safes, and 30 forth. have been sug-
gested But rs nearly all the train rob.
berries arc committed ON the great
through Interstate lines, the most ef-
fective preventive would be legislation
by Congress providing for the trial OF
the hrigands In the Federal court of tho
locality where they commit the crime.
Now they fly from the State where they
operate into an adjoining one. and the
latter will make no effort to npprehend
them. There Is no safer crime than
train robbery.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
Congressman Bellamy storer tells Il

Congressman Bellamy Storer tells the
Associated Press that the two great
measures he Is hopeful of seeing passed
In tho coming session Of Congress are
the Nicaragua canal bill una the bill
permitting railway pooling. Mr.. StOrer
would better restrain his hopes. II
Congress Gun pass no better measures
than those twain 1t would better pass
nOnc In u time Of CONFUSION and strin.
gency Of the Government finances. tho
nation does not wish to. load itself with
an expensive canal enterprise, and thu
people have lately found enough flaws
and. weaknesses lurking In the inter.
stat@ commerce law to. be dOubly win.
Ing now to surrender its single good
feature-the anti.pOOlfng clause.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
rCivIL.SERviCE REFORM.

The people have adopted the civil
service law. This IL another result of
the recent election. They have also
elected George u. Swift Mayor and he
will give them civil servlce-with an
axe. They will discover before George
u. Swift II very much older what kind
Of n civil service reformer he II. and
when they do they will perhaps begin
~ realize that they have made II mis-.
take.
The following. taken from u published
Interview with Mayor.elect Swift the
day after his election. Il. We consider.
highly significant:
'What do you propose to do with re-
yard to the present force of city hall
employees"
"ln answer to that question I will say
that think the people demand clean.
ing out Of the city hall. That immense
vote Of yesterday was not n vote mere.
~ 10 compliment the Republican party.
nor was II for the purpose of giving
George Il. Swift n job. II was u pro-
aest against the methods now prevail
ing In the city hall. II was IN i'm.
~ ~ Wv
city hall. and the demand of the people
will be- Obeye,l."
do you mean that the gang will be
turned out:'
II mean just what ! say. The peo.
pie have declared by their votes that
they are not satisfied with the men who
now hold office In the city hall and
draw salaries from the public funds.
They have by that vote declared their
dissatisfaction at the manner In which
flieafYairs Of the city have been run. and
I shall try and give them change"
Civil service. Mr.. Swift thinks, Il all
very well In Its way. but he evidently
does not intend putting 1t In force until
all the Democrats have been first
turned out. That Is about the sort of
civil service that We have been always
lslni to from George Il. Swift. II Is
Sansi to get the leopard to change his
spssA. and 1t Is just rs hard to make a
genuine -cfvil service refOrmer' ont OF
an old-time practical politician whose
teachings from his earliest days have
been In the school Of the political ma
chine. The Eagle has no quarrel with
machine politics or politicians, l,
rather admires and respects the sturdy
party man who fights for party su
premacy and the maintenance OF party
principles along the good old line OF
So me victor belong the spells, but i
siOes dctest the double-dealing hypoc
risy which. under the garb Of ire
FORM" starts In upon the old method
Ia DO business at the old stand. Thu
Eagle has no doubt, however, that Mr.
Swift will soon tear or the mask III
has worn during the campaign jus
closed and stand before the public II
his true light.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
SOME SURPRISES.

The election was full of surprises
and matters of interest ana spcc.llntiO
The vote In the Twenty-ninth Ward
and the defeat Of that gallant Demo.
cratic fighter. AID. Tom Carey. by Buck
Mccarthy. was perhaps the biggest
surprise of all. The old Twenty ninth.
long the banner ward of Democracy.
II region that had hitherto been regard
ell as impregnable. came near going
Republican this time Who wonld have
| thought It?
when they read In the papers next day
that Buck Mccarthy had been elected
and Tom Carey defeated. They
thought II must be some typographical
error. but 1t was too true. People are
still wondering what could have been
the matter down In the Twenry-nlnth.
| Perhaps they do not take very kindly
to the civil-service idea down there.
Again, in the Nineteenth The defeat
| of Aid. Thomas Gallagher and election
of Frank Lawlcr was Il shock No
body drcamt that Thomas Gallagher's
honest and faithful services and
1
unstained record We're to be- ~
warded by defeat and reputation.
] Yet such Is the case. The vote on the
mayoralty question in the Nineteenth
Ward. too, was n surprise. The Nine
teentl that had been looked to for
1900 majority, gave just about one
third that amount.
In the Sixth u similar surprise was
In store. while the Fifth Ward actually
went Republican.
Up in the Twenty-third regular
revolution occurred. for that one-time
Democratic stronghold for the first
time In history went into the thou
sands with Republican majority. II
certainly does look blue for Democracy
when its old standbys go back on 1,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

The effort to secure. nn Amendments
to the copyright law, which would op.
crate to prevent the piracy of plays.
should be warmly supported by the
press all over the United States. A bill
for that purpose was introduced In Con-
gress somewhat late In, the session. but
In tho short timo allotted. to It before
the House, failed to reacha vote. main.
~ because Of tho, ignorance of It's JUS
tlce and Of the scope OF Its provisions
displayed by certain mainbers. They
drowned It In talk. Thu American Dra-
matists' Club. which. lasely dined Mr..
Cummings. who introduced the bill.
and Mr.. Covert. tho committee chair
man. who chnmpiOnadl II before the
House, are wise In resolving on cam.
paign of education among the members
of Congress. 80 that, when the bill,
comes up again. Its mariss may be more
accurately estimated. 1t IL fact that
there IL practically no punishment for
stealing u play, and no redress OF any
kinl for the author whose play hns
been stolen. This IL u nice state OF
affairs for any member of Congress to
struggle to prolOng.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

Tho average clergyman IL not built
upon the proper plan for a money
making man. lilo cannot make money
rapidly, and when he tries he com.
mits some serious blunder. That Is the
way 1t was with clergyman from
Buffalo who went to New York to get
rich. He had been told to go there
ana he could secure a fortune In about
five minutes. He took with him $500
In good cash, which IN accommodate ting
gentleman had promised to take In eX-
change for several thousand dollars
that Stocked just as good and would
pass anywhere" The accommodating
gentleman got the $500, and later the
clergyman went to the counsel for the
LexOw Committee and complained
that he had package of tissue paper
that was Of no value whatever for
paying bills. He has now gone back
to Buffalo satisfied that there Is moth
Ing for clergymen In the screen goods
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
now Lowe, o LORD. now LON09

The people have made their choice
of chief executive IN u manner tina,
leaves no room for doubt that they dc.
sire u change In the political complex
Ion of our municipal government.
There IL no getting away from the tire.
mendous verdict of Tuesday last. The
Democratic party Is blamed not for
It's own sins. not because OF any flaws
In Its doctrine. not because It's candi.
dates are not clean and capable men.
but because of affairs. conditions and
circumstances with which II has had
nothing to do. and for which II IN no
more responsible than the Republican
party which rcaps the benefit. The
people have not yet got II out of their
heads that Democracy Is responsible
for the hard times" and upon that
Issue mainly Democracy has been and
II being beaten all over the country.
or course the good people," the apps.
ties of "reforin." the professional
traders In purity In politics" have
had u crack at the Democratic party
everywhere they could find u chance,
for 1t II II curious thing that those pro.
fesslonal reforn,ers are to In invarin.
bly, found working on tho side Of Re.
publicnnisin and against Democracy.
But the Democratic party iius always
been able to withstand that kind Of
opposition ana can indeed afford to
disregard II. but the ''hnr,i times rack.
ct has proven to be- u verftatlc dcstrnc.
tion. Doubtless In the future the eyes
OF the people will be opened und Jus.
tice will NJ last he dOrc. Meanwhile
suffering Democracy In disposed 10 cry
aloud: GLOW long. q Lord. how long!'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

The reports about the massacre OF
Armenian Christians In Aslntic Tur-
key are almost too horrible for belief.
and 1t Is to be hoped that latcr and
more authentic ndviees will show that
the conduct OF the MOhamMedan SOL
diery was not 40 frlghtfully brutal as
Is represented by some Of the dis.
patches. While there seems to be some
doubt about the extent Of the butcher
les there appears to be none about the
disorders that led to them. TheII,lrdish
tribes who occupy tine farthest away
parts of Turkey In Asia are nOmadic
robbers. Times have been harder than
usual with them Of late. and their plum.
dcring OF the Armenian peasantry ras
been more extensive than 1t Is ordln-
arily. The latter. consequently, found
themselves too poor to meet the taxes
demanded for this year by the Sultan
OF COnstantlnOple's officers, and the
latter consequently let the soldiery
loose ON the poor people OF one section
for the purpose. doubtless. Of frlghten-
Ing the rest into making prompt pay
ments. An investigation vii doubtless
be undertaken by the European pow
ers, but what good Il will do so long
MS Turkish rule Is allowed to remain
II IL difficult to see.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
THE TOWN. TICKETS.

or course the Democratic town tick.
cts. like everything else. went down In
the rush. On the West Side james
McAndrews put up splendid fight.
running away ahead Of HIS ticket. The
gallant young Democrat deserved vie.
tory.
l.. =. Drcyer, too, was compelled to
bow To the storm up In Lake View.
The choice VI the citizens iu this case
was not the choice of rational men: Il
was that OF u flock Of sheep following
the bell wethcr.
In all seven towns the Republican,
tickets went sailing In on the crest nj
the wave. even Jake Richards suffer.
Ing defeat for the first time In tho
South Town. Well. there was nothing
like making Il unanimous while they
were ut II,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
GEORGE A. TRUDE.

n gallant fight was put NJ by Geo
a. Trude. the able, capable. and pop
'llar gentleman who was pittcd ugnii,s,
that callow youth. Roy .. West. foi
the office of City Attorney. hut moth.
ing could withstand the tidal wave ot
Tuesday last. Had It been merely an
ordinary tidal wave Mr.. Trudc would
have been elected, for he ran aO.OU
votes ahead Of his ticket II vas a
splendid tribute to q young mans
worth ana ability as a public servant.
something. indeed. to which Mr.. Trude
can always In the days to come refer
with parlonablc pride. Defeat In Mr..
Triide's case Is no cause for humilia.
ton: for him there II victory and vim.
dication IN II. The people and not
Mr.. Trude will be the losers hy last
Tuesdays work. and. doubtless. II will
not take them long to find that out.
and that To their cost. too.
When tho tremendous interests IN.
volved in the administration of the
affairs of the office are considered. II
seems to bc an objectionable oiIcnse
to turn out an experienced and able
official like George A. Trudc. simply
TO make place for boy. who had to
be rewarded for some act or service of
his to the Republican machine. This
IL civil service with vengeance. If
this be- the popular conception of civil.
service reform of which we have heard
so much within the past few days. then
the less We have of It the better. With
Roy q. West we have no quarrel. lie
may be. and doubtless Is, an rstimablc
young gentleman. and may with the
aid of stan of able assistants get
along fairly well with the duties of
the office. but We do think II sin and
shame that the public can prove itself
so ungrutcful for faithful and accept.
able services, AZ II has done In this IN.
stance.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

The people of Minnesota are moving,
like those of Iowa did Il year ago, to
prohibit the so per cent. co-insurance
clause In fire insurance. The insur'
ance companies In that State, as In
many others, attach clause In the pol
Icy providing that unless the insured
carries policies covering at least 80 per
cent. of the value Of the property In
sured, In case of loss he shall receive
only that proportion to the face OF the
policy which the amount Of the policy
bears to the per cent. In other words,
insurance becomes a partner with the
insurance company so far as paying the
premium Is concerned, but there In n
discount on his dividends so far as the
profits are concerned. The great mass
of people do not look upon 1t as a fair
deal and there Is likely to be cOnsidera.
bic inhibitIve legislation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
Charles KOhlhOss. of pOOlpsyills

Charles Kohlhoss, OF POolesville, Nd,
charges all his present woes to an ad-
vertisement: and so does his wife. lie
advertised mot wisely but too WELL"
His advertisement brought him a wife,
and now she Is trying to get rid of him.
The story would make u tirst-class plot
for a play, and we commend 1t to strug-
Cling young dramatists In search of
material, When Mrs. KohlhOss--gOod
name for farce-cOmedy, too--declded
that she had been married long enough
she consulted lawyer. who sent her a
letter giving her some advice. 1t 50
happened that this letter fell into the
husbands hands and he unhesltat ingly
opened and read It. This made Mrs
KOhlhOss mad and she had her husband
arrested for opening a letter addressed
to her. The case came up In the United
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
M'GiLLEN, CONWAY AND WALL,

In the defeat of Aid. John McGillen
the Democratic party suffered one of
the sorest blows of the day.
In the general disaster no loss has
been more kecnly felt. aud IN the DAYS
to come. when not only the Demo.
cratic party but the cause of munich.
pal government will miss the wide OK.
periencc. the parliamentary ability
aud the sound and logical counsel AMI
reasoning of the gallant young Demo.
cratic leader. the public will slowly
awaken to the fact that they have
lost an able and valuable servant.
1t Is. however. some consolation Ia
know that though retired from the
Council Mr.. McGillen has not retired
from active participation In the affairs
of his party. lie will stand at the top.
and some day when the skies are
brighter help lead II to victory. Good.
genial Matt Conway, too. went down.
though II Is hard to find u cause for
his defeat for Matt was u Republican.
and 1t was day of general Republican
victory. Matthew Conway was n use.
ful member Of the Council. and ls..
voted more of his time to the business
of his constituents and Of the city than
any other Alderman. There Is a well.
grounded belief that his defeat was
due to that dnmnablc. I'm American
product Of the last decade. Deputy.
ISM" IL Is said the Twenty.cighth
Ward IN infested with these orcy.cyed
bigots. who cannot accord to others the
freedom. liberty aud justice they hol.
lcr so loudly for themselves.
The defeat of Aid. Pat Wall In the
Fifth was unexpected. Mr.. Wall was
u faithful representative. and popular
among his colleagues ana the public
generally.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
IMPORTANT VOICE.

Railroad companies and. their man.
ayers are hereby warned not to extend
courtesies or Issue passes on account of
The Eagle upon the request of any per.
soD other than the editor and proprietor
OF this paper Tho Eagle seldom asks
Cavors Of corporations. but 1t has been
brought to the attention Of the proprlc-
tor that certain unauthorized parties
have been asking transportation on ac.
count of this paper. Hence this warn
ing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

A dispatch from Guthrie. Oklahoma.
says that whilB. Miss WOrmsb0rDuRn
was strOlling about last night bear
suddenly emerged froM the bushes and,
grabbing her, Rugged her with 10 much
vim that two Of her ribs were broken
and she tainted. Tint was a mighty
mean bear. We only wish he would
try Ills tricks on the girls Of this town.
II he ever meetsM typical girl fnomL,ere
and tries his rib.Qracking experiments
he Will either be squeezed to q pulp or
Will sneak away into the woods. and
hate himself To- death. These girls
never faint.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
FRANK WeNTER.

Frank Wenter returns TO his duties
az president Of the Board Of Sanitary
Trustees serenely. He has nothing for
which to blame himself, he made an
honorable and manly fight, and 1O2.-
OD Of his fellow-citizens who know
him either personally or by reputation
s.1prs4s1d their confidence In and es-
TEEN for him. The people had made
a great outcry for reform in municipal
politics, they had demanded a bust
ncxs administration OF the affairs OF
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

In Passiac, N. j.. the Board Of Elu.
cation has made the teaching OF cook
Ing regular part Of the curriculum for
the upper grades In the girls schools.
Cooking h a useful accomplishment.
but 1t should not be forgotten that In
Its higher branches 1t il a mans Occu.
patton. A. rule, the highest salaried
professors Of cookery are Of the mascu-
line persuasion,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

States Court and Dir. KOhlhoss' coun.
sci raised the point that the wife could
not testify against her husband. The
judge sustained the objection. and rs
Mrs. Kohlhoss was the only witness
there was no evidence for the Jury to
consider and the cas~ was thrown out
Of court. There are complications and
situations enough for anything from a
Onc-act farce to- n six-act melodri ma.
1t IL essentially American. too. Now.
who will be the first to utilize It?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06

A curious anl suggestive. incident has
Just come to hight In the recent troubles
among the Moqul Indians. u small trib,
living In the mountains Of Arizona.
One Of tlse tribal chiefs upon recent
visit to the East bsrnmc imbued with
the Ideas Of civilization AMI upon his
return eiNlcavored to advOcat. his
views among the Moquis. His people.
however, rsbuked him for the sngges.
ton. held council formally declaring
hostility to NIL cIvllixinE influences and
have had the progressive chief placed
In custody. VI H. evident that the Mo.
Quis, like many Of their fellow tribes,
regard civilization rs the invasion OF
traditional rlghts and privileges. This
particular tribe may he somewhat more
conservative In preserving Its traditions
than others. bun the fact remains that
while many tribes have consented Ia
civilization none has rushed to embrace
II. Admirable work has been done In
the Indian schools bat the results stand
rather rs a sign OF Cn,ica sim enterprise
than Of Indian pr0gresslveness. The
rejection OF civilization by the MOa,iis
II, after all. merely representative of
the universal attitude Of the red man,
who. save In exceptional cass.x. treatls
the path Of the white man only under
cOmpulsiOn. 1t H. one Of the curious
characteristics of u rapidly disappear.
Ing race that. while civilization has
managed to tame the red man and 10
treat with him Oh Il basis OF amity. II
has seldom been able to cfface his
prlmeval and legendary impulses.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
THE TWENTIETH DID WELL.

The Democracy of the Twentieth
Ward gave Wenter III more votes than
they gave Hopkins In 1893. Mr.. Swift's
vote fell of u corresponding amount.
Although the ward Is strongly Ilepubli-
can. Mr. Swift carried 1t by but 2Sl
votes. In 1881 Ills majority In the ward
was :Ny1