Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
4 REPUBLICAN SWEEP.

As the days go by and the election
approaches the signs continue to mul.
tiply of Republican sweep In this
State.
The Central Committee continues to
old way. and. as Secretary Van Cleavc
puts 1t. II Is seeing to II that none of
the vantage ground which It has gain.
eli will be lost until tho battle il over.
The work of organization IL progress
ing In every county and township
throughout Illinois and In Cook Coun-
~ the leaders of the local Republican
machine are doing tremendously effect
i've work. John NJ. Smyth. NJ. u. Mad.
den. DIR. r. y. Jameson. william Lori
mcr. AMI other local leaders are speak
ing nightly to thousands Of Repub.
leans In the various wards. aro,ising
their enthusiasm and encouraging
them to 20 ahead with the work of or.
ganizing clubs and preparing for regis.
tration. THUS the interest of the voters
Is not permitted to iiag by the Repuh.
leans both locally and down the State.
and the biggest vote ever recorded for
q set of Republican candidates In Cook
County and Illinois Is confidently cx-
pcctcd.
On the other hand. the Democrats
are apparently hypnotizcd. They are
too much cngrossed In their miserable
Irritation with the tag-rag and bOh-iail.
known rs the populist party. to any
longer take an interest In the good old
Democracy. which, was at one time tr-
umphan, and invinciblc hcrcabouts.
They have 80 completely changed
the character of the party that even
Its own creators would not recognize
1t. 80 patched and pieccd with POpulist
| rags IL the garment In which 1t has
| been nrrayed. The work of It's con.
| ventlons has been set aside by COM
| mittces. which have not the right to do
| 80.
The County Central Committee II
putting In Its time IN trying to fix III
| fusions with u lot of skates behind
closed doors. instead Of laying plans
for the organiza ton OF the party and
for getting ont the vote.
The State Democratic ticket put NJ
by rs fine II convention rs ever a..
semblcd In this State has been man.
gled ana torn beyond recognition by a
State Central Committee that under.
takes to set ut nnuyht the will of the
people rs expressed through their duly
elected representatives In that conven.
ton. Democratic candidates for State
offices have been forced or and Popu.
lists placed upon the ticket: I'rcs!dcn
tial electors selected by the convcn
ton are being thrOttled into suDm!s
sion to the within 0f the pops and kick
cl off In disgrace. II they refuse 20 =,
voluntarily. In order that POpullsts
who. II elected. will vote for Watson
and not for Sewnll. the nominee of til,
national Democracy for Vice President
may bc put on. This sOr, of thing ha'
sickcncd and Disguised the true Demo
Gratis of Illinois. 1t has driven life
long members Of the party ont of II,
ranks and II will drive more. We az,
mistaken II II II not rebuked this fal
by such u crushing defeat Of tho on
tire State and county ticket from Alt
geld down. as will bc a warning to III
ture generations Of Democrats In I'LL
nOis and convince them that 1t pays t
. bc honest with the people. ana that tn
Old-tlme Democracy has nothing II
common with anarchism and socialism
Democracy and anarchy can no NOR
fuse than oil ana water. ana tho AZ
tempt TO blend the two this time vii
bring u staggering blow from the pee
pie from which neither may soon r.
, cover.