Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-09-12
GEN. BLACKS RESIGNATION.

Gen. John G. Black has at last made
up his mind not to accept the nonlna.
tion rendered him by the gold Demo
Gratis of Illinois. and has consequently
left the aforesaid gold Democracy In II
somewhat embarrassing condition. lIia
action has compelled the state Central
Committee Of the faction of the party
to assemble and name u man In hls
place. They have done so by naming
W. =. Forman to succeed him. ana this
action having created u vacancy on the
tcKet for the nomination for Attorney
General the committee named II well.
known Chicago attorney. ID. v. sam.
uels for the place.
The action of Gen. Black IL no sur
prise to these who know the Black fam.
lily. however.
Capt. W. l.. Black. the Generals
brother. was the able counsel who de.
Tended the anarchists here some years
ago. and there IL II strong suspicion In
the minds of many that the vein of So
cialism which runs through the char
actcr of the Captain can bc traced In
that of his brother.
II IL not surprising therefore that
Gen. Black should have refused to ally
himself with the so-called gold bugs"
One peculiar feature In the dccllna-
ton incident Is the fact that Gen. Black
| wrote two letters Of decllnation. one
| for the Associated Press AMI the other
| for the committee. That given to the
| Associated Press was short ana curt.
that sent to the committee contained
ample apologies. through which ran a
fine thread Of yelled sarcasm.
| In the course of the latter epistlc. the
General says:
Il am convinced by my investigation
that In this State the election for Gov
ernOr lies between Aicssrs. Tanner and
| Altgeld.
II recognize the lisinterested charac'
ter and lofty aims OF your Orga niza ton
that It seeks to establish the Democ
racy upon Its ancient foundations and
amidst Its ancient principles. u refuge
for It's errlng brethren In the future
and n safeguard Of free government
I recognize the unseltish devotion OF thu
men present In your convention e
principle and Democracy.
II am further convinced, beyond q
reasonable doubt. that the only efYec'
In the selection Of my candidacy would
bc to diminish the chances OF one oil
the other Of these gentlemen for elec
ton. Men differ In their opinions rs Il
whose chances would he most serlOusl!
IMPAIRED. hut In any event the Who'll,
effect of my candidacy. 80 far ns thu
election IL concerned. would be wha
have stated above. namely. to dlmin
Ism the chances OF one or the other O
the candidates.
80 believing, ! feel constrained
highly rs ! prize the good opinion 81
the gentlemen who placed mo In nom
inatiOn. to decline to he candidate"
THIS Is very fine. hut there Is n strOn;
suspicion abroad that the generals Ide;
; of lofty aims In politics Is measured b!
the probabilities of success In atta!nin,
to office. II Is feared. too, there are tO'
! many "erring brethren" In the Demo
; cratic party In this State for all Of then
! to find the refuge 10 which the Genera
alludes.
The real truth of the matter w0ul'
appear to he that the General has singh
preference for pelf over honor, AM
chose to hang on to an office paying
snug annual salary to accepting u dis
tlnguished mark of public appreciation
on the part of his fellow Democrat
that carried prestige hut no chance o
office with H.
1t does also appear that Genera
! Black has wantonly sighted n body q
: Democrats which contains many hon
!! orable and high-mnded citizens VIII
, are struggling for what they believe t
he the right.