Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-02

NOtul1k Uetter ILLUSTRATES the 10ct tn0t
the welfare Of labor and the welfare Of
society 20 hand in hand.
Lieut.. Albert q. DuttOn Of the Wood.
lawn police station will resign to-day.
He has been on the force for nineteen
years and was captain until Chief
kipley reduced him. DuttOn Is now In.
terested In gold mines In Arizona with
former Inspector Fitzpatrick. and the
two have just returned from an lnspec.
tlOn OF their properties. Dutton, as
soon as he Is out of the department, will
depart with his family for the mines,
which nre now paying comfortable div.
idends. Had he remained Oh the force
one year longer he would have been
entitled to- pension.
The Hon. Little Mike Ryan has con.
sented to be candidate for Alderman
In the Fifteenth Ward next spring.
This step on the part of the able
statesman Of the northwest part Of the
city Is In the line Of the massacre which
the reform element intends to wage
when the robins nest again. Richly
caparisoned. Little Mike will dash
a.ong the enemy's line. walloping a
head here and head there till his
school OF reform Is perclcd high on the
necks Of the vicious and wicked.
Since Peter the Hermit organized the
crusaders no man has carried the ban.
ner OF reform as far into the camp of
the pagans as Little Mike. The history
Of Chicago is nglow with the heroic
deeds performed in the name of honest
government by Little Mike. When the
spol.snen In the Council were brOws.
Ing on cover tops Little Mikes index
digt was pointed alOft and his lungs
were breathing the air of high motives.
Short In stature. little Mike Is tail in
purity: light In avoirdupois. he Is heavy
as solder In sOlidity Of purpose.
The Bacon compressed air ordinance
Is one Of the nOb.est works Of Little
Mike. II is monument to his great.
ness and Il hunch to his line Of bust.
ness. The city had air and Il was not
compressed air, nor did 1t percolatc
through conduits.
Owing to fool laws the whole city
cannot plunk It's votes for Little Mike.
But the Fifteenth Ward. where Mike
the Lite lives and has his being.
should see to 1t that his ambition is sat.
istied ana that once again he Is allowed
to conserve the best interests Of the
city. Reform has a fair start, and
champlOncd by 80 fearless a leader as
Little the Mike It will trOt down to the
wire full Of botts and hard to curry.
high up and hard 10 handle-whooper
M. Mike.-News.
It should be clearly understood that
Rabbit Ear Wheeler's arbitrary and
heartless Chicago City Railway Com.
pany which is discharging men for dar.
Ing to joina trade union. IL not ut all the
same piOus Chicago City Railway Com.
pany which will presently be asking
the City Council for a nfty.yenr exten.
sion Of Its GrnnchIse.
In day or two we shall have the
result OF the meetings Of the state
Board Of Equalization and the taxpny-
ers Will then know how much they will
he required to pay. Springfield advices
are to the effect that the assessors
guesses In Cook County In 1907 will be
equa:lxed-heavcn save the mark!--.
by the addition OF 33 or 35 per cent. on
town ana city lots ana 40 per cent. on
personal property.
Thus every injustice ana inequality
under the worst assessment known In
many years will not only he perpetu.
nted. but will De aggravated, magnifcd
and intensified.
ls II not time for the people Of iii.
nois to demand that the entire revenue
system Cf the State shall be reformed
from beginning to endY
At the twenty.ninth annual reunion
of the Nineteenth Regiment, o. V. L.,
held ut Canton, Ohio, Inst week, the
principal speakers We're Congressman
Burton of Missouri and Judge Calhoun
OF Illinois. both members of the regi.
mcnt. In the course Of his address
Judge Calhoun was asked about Cuba,
ana he said:
II cannot say what this country will
do In regard to Cuba. You know the
President well enough to be certain
that he will net In the interests Of
peace.
"'rhe Insurgents of Cuba have q
cause more righteous thnn had our
fOrefathers In their struggle for indie.
pendence.
II am sure our Government will net
so as to maintain its honor. 1t will be
In the cause of liberty"
Judge Constantine Buckley KilgOre,
of the United States District Court for
Indian Territory, died Sept. 23.
Judge KilgOre was one Of the most
famous backwOOtls characters that
ever went to Congress ana attained
high Federal office.
For three years he has been Judge
Of the United States District Codrt for
Indian Territory, and has filed his po
sitlOn with great credit to himself. Prl-
or to that he served three terms In
Congress.
Buck" Kilgore achieved greatness
In single night while In Congress by
kicking down the door which Speaker
Reed had caused to he locked so that
he could hold II quorum while 1t was