Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-17
THE MIGHTY nam FALLEN.

II Il always sad to contemplate the
downfall Ut the mighty. TO see the
once puissant James II. Farrell. mar.
shal of the one time great and gor.
gcous Cook County Democratic March.
Ing club. snubbrd. Is something tia;
would bring tears out of u turn.p.
And snubbrd he has been.
The crstwhilc gay AMI festive mar
slinl. In company with Robert Emmett
Burke. ami other patriots. put Their
heads together not many days ago and
arranged for Il great silver parade.
demonstration In force. so to speak.
for the popocracy on Nov. I.
II was tn be IN answer to the sound
money parade of Friday last AMI the
thousands who chcered for Mckinley
AMI gold were TO br met by answering
echoes from just rs many thousand
ihroats of silver.
This. at least. was the arrange mrnt
of MessrS. Farrell AMI Burke. but 1.-THE
best laid plans Of mice AMI men gang
aft agley." Not only have rhc plans
Of Messrs. Farrell and Burke gone
mcanderlng. but their suggestions have
been met with the coolest kind of u
rebuff from the powers that be, for
the time being Ut least. IN the man.
agcmcnt of the Democratic party.
senator Jones. rs chairman OF the
National Democratic Committee. coOlly
Informed Messrs. Farrell AMI Burke
that tho parade shall not be. AMI so
the remnants Of the Democracy OF
Cook County will not 10 afforded an
opportunity of showing what u mlscr-
able handful 1t Is. AMI Messrs. Farrell
ana Burke are snubbed absolutely
ana completely.
| II Is enough To call from the well
springs of pity u tear drop and cause
the repetition of the ancient but Of
fectlve catch word. anent, show the
mighty hath fallen"
In line with this snub to our local
lights OF Democracy Is the cold deal
administered by Tammany Hall To
John Peter Altgcld.
Tammany Hall has repudia.ed Alt,
geld. 1t has spewed him out of Il.
mouth. Tammany Hall has gone on,
Of Its way 10 declare that 1t has had
nOihing whatever To do with an inv!
tati0n recently rendered by some Dem
ocrats of New York, to the anarchist,
Governor of Illinois. Here Is how tn,
New York dispatches speak of the
affair:
Tammany Hall may. In sbme dark
underground fashion, have had some
thing to do with bringing Gov. Aitg,!t
to New York 10 make n spacoa for III,
anarhistic Chicago platform. but II Il
did, Tammany Hall Is ashamed to nd
nit 1t ana will have nothing to do will
.Altgeld or his meetings. The snub |,
the more biting because the German,
Democracy, which really did Invite
sideshow of Tanmany Hall.
1t was organized this year. ana III
principal men We're ana are member,
of Tammany. No one knows or In,
ever told what It's membership amO,inti
TO, and yet Tammany leaders say the.
will have nothing to do with Altgel,
because they didn't invite him there.
Even worse than the snub Tam
many Is administering 10 John Pardon
.\itgeld Is the explanation prlvatel.
given for it. John 4. Shcehan. boss o
the wigwam, said. In n confidential
talk
Il admire Gov. Altgcld. He Is n sin
cerc, bTiny man, but he has drastic
vigorous opinions on certain things. AM
Tammany Hall could not indOrse then
by inviting him TO speak here withou
offending some elements In New York
! and we have gone as far as we care o.