Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-04-11
THE LATE WORK OF "PURiFYiN0"
POLiTiCS.

The Municipal Voters League has
completed It's campaign In Its sclf-ap.
pointed task of purifying the City Coun
eli. The question which now occurs to
the mind of every citizen anxious to see
this long wished for reform accom-
rlished Is. In how far has II been sue
cessfui. a general survey Of the sltua.
ton. now that the smoke Of battle has
cleared away. leaves the average citi-
zen In doubt There II no question.
President Cole IL q great campaigner,
aud has done earnest and magnificent
work. considering that II has been done
almost single-handed.
While other citizens who take the or.
ramcntal end Of the work Of reform
have been spOuting ut Mnquets and.
betwc drinks Of champagne. deplOr.
Ing the terrible conditions prevailing
In the body polite In Chicago, Presl.
dent Cole Las been hard ut work In
the dIngy CID quarters OF the league on
Washington street. setting plans AMI
digging pitfalls for the bOOdlers. Cole
has been doing the hard work. while
the ornamental refOrmers have come
In for the glory. Cole has been arrnng-
Ing schemes for the defeat Of bOO,llers
In public Office, while the other fellows
have been denOunclng them ut han.
arcts aud later planning their election,
and afterward how to bribe them.
Cole has sought the election Of honest
assessors. while the ornamental gem
Ilcmcn have been lauding the men
whose nomination his league made pos
sible. but who would be- too liable to
make honest assessments on rich mems
property II elected. and toward whose
defeat they therefore consp,rp,l. Mr..
Cole and his league was soon called on
In the work Of helping ont genuine re-
form In the town campaigns. however.
and forced to drop that end Of the bust.
ness like u hot potato. There IL n story
behind that phase of the ease. Some
day II may be- told. But President Cole.
worked CALAMITY. ana rs has been said.
almost single-handed. His efforts re-
relvcd the active support only OF Aid.
Kent. of the Thirty-secUnd Ward. who
faithfully reported NJ headquarters. lu.
deem ana all. and Secretary King.
Now let us see. however. what the re-
suit has been.
Has the gang In the City Council
been broken up:
Those who know hest say. No.
win there he enough In the new City
Council to pass Doodle measures over
the Mayors veto:
The Eagle says yes. and 1t has good
grounds for expressing that belief. or
the ten alleged doodle Aldermen, who
forced their nomination and came up
~ the polls to face the people, how
many were defeated through the exer-
iions Of the Municipal Voters League:
Five.
The other five were reelected. 1t
ma. be mentiOns d en- PEASANT mat SOME
ungrateful sections Of the community
allcge that the defeat Of the five men
referred to was brought about almost
entirely through the efforts Of the four
great newspapers that always fight for
public reform--the Record, News.
Times Herald, and Tribune. BE- that
AZ II may. i've Of the men who were
branded as unworthy OF reelection
were reelected. These five are Cough
lin. Of the First Ward: Martin, OF the
sixth: Powers, Of the Nineteenth: Null
caliy. OF the Twenty-ninth: and Howell.
Of the Thirty-third. The five who nave
been retired are: ROhde, Of the Ninth:
Sianwood, Of the Thirfeenth: O'COnnor.
at the Sevcnteenth: MahOney. of the
Eishiecntl; and Bigane, Of the TWEEN
,y eighth.
FOR ROhde there has been substituted
n gentleman rejoicing In the heroic
patrOnymic OF Vaclav Klanlia. Is Mr..
Klanha an improvement upon Rohde: