Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-26
THE CONFUSION or FUSION.

ttptn illp StdIt anu I'tiilV-
cratic organizations are still houiider-
ing around in the bogs and quagni"cs
of fusion. Up to date II has all resulted
In nothing better than complete and
absolute confusion.
Prtvccn Scwali and Watson. senator
Jonc.. continues to remain between the
devil and the deep sea. The anarchists
AMI socialists. who make up the bulk
of che silver Democracy. insist upon
the withdrawal of Scwall and the in
dorscmcn, of tlicii Vice Presidential
| ca ndlatc.
No amount of concession. and every
| thing short of Il complete surrender to
all demands In regard 10 State and
| county tickets all over the country has
been offered by the DcmopOp leaders,
will satisfy the ravcnous maws of the
| banded Ocialistic.anarchistic ana pro-
| fpSsioi1l laborltc elements which now
| dominate and rule with an iron hand
! the once powerful ana aggressive M.
tonal Democracy. II IL Watson or no
fusion with them. They have gone to
the extent of threatening to drop Bryan
and substitute another name for his on
the national ticket. This. of course.
would mean disaster ccrta in and inrv.
liable for the Dcmopop ticket,
| ON the other hand. to remove Sewall
would mean to drive out the few decent
AMI reputable Democrats who still re-
main in the party ana are willing Ia
vote the ticket though they rrpudiatp
the platform.
Small wonder. therefore. that tossed
daily from one horn to the other of this
dilemma. Senator Jones Is having sRial II
pleasure In the prosecution of his polit.
ical lahOrs these cool autumnal days
He will probably experience u feclin.
of profound relief and gratitude when
the votes of the people mex, NOvcMbc,
will send Him back from the Audito
rum Annex Ia the obscurity of his
home in Arkansas and allow his trou
biesonc principal in the Dcmopopl,
drama of 1S9,i-thc Boy Orator--to In
dulgc his flights of fancy in the court.
Of Nebraska.
AS for the muldlc In the State of iii
nois. Altgeld IL up to his eyes In tn,
mess. He has monkcycd with the Stat,
AMI county tickets until nobody vii,
was acquainted with tho makeup o.
either can now recognise them.
The state ticket has been gcrryman
dcrcd To Altgcld's hearts content. will
the result that even II Illinois were (,
bc carried by Bryan next Noycmbc,
the silver Democratic national Tickle
would not receive the fun electoral vot,
Of the Prairie State. IA To the Cool
County ticket. almost every candidate
named upon II has been solicited to go
on to make room for some pOpulisii
pet of Chcngos anarchistic CHIEF EX
ccrtvc. They have all slgnllch thci
: Willingness to get OF IL they br giycl
back the cash out of which they wcr
cozened previous to the convention Il
the consideration for u nomination u
; the hands of u gang of hOol.ums
thieves, pickpockcis and saloon-kccp
crs.
Put the skates who got hold of In
pockctbOoks Of the candidates hmv
never been known to let go of anything
In the shape Of cash that they once go
their hands on, and they are true l.
their record this time.
Thus the situation stanhs-unpnralle,
In the history of Illinois. An a!lcge
, Democratic ticket In the State tina
does not represent the Democracy q
l the State or the nation.
/ \ county ticket from which the canl
, dates are willing to step Off II they h
!, only refunded the money which the
D paid for their nomination. \ gang q
| managers" who want the candidate
. To step off tia, Popullsts may bc p,,
on In their place, but who won't rctUr
{ to the men they want to Dust the pu.
= clmse money of their nomination
!. \ sorry mess 1t IL indeed. \ prcti
I pass. truly. has the Democracy of I'll
q nation and of Illinois been brought |
u by The maladminstratl0n of its n
q fairs by the .Ionsps and Tl,lmnna /,
one end and the Altgcld gang ut til
i other