Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-02
sA0LETS.

sA0LEIS.
Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw "A sure to he the
next Governor Of Iowa. The people
are with him and he cannot he beaten.
Wouldn't Melville Il. stone make u
grand Mayor Of the city Of Chicago?
The candidacy Of the youthful Drain
nge Trustee Jones for United states
Senator may he announced later on,
probably after the county convention
wipes out his judicial aspirations.
Hon. Robert Il. JampOlis will prove
a strong candidate for county judge.
along with Andrew J. Ryan. The re.
p,fb.icans mention Kickham Seaman.
Hon. Jarvis Blume and Col. II. X. Bliss.
The assistant county attOrney--"the
hoy Shepard"-nlsO has aspirations, but
they are not budding fast.
II Is given out that Henry Sherman
/ Boute.l Of the Twenty fourth Ward hns
been decided upon by the Republican
. organization as the nominee for Con.
gress In the Sixth District to succeed
the late Edward ID. Cooke. Mr.. BOutell
has Inv Offices at 1O3 Adams street and
lives ut "a Walton place. His friends
have been urging him TO enter the race
for some time ana they say he hns
yielded. He Ii fine orator. Alaj
Henry ID. Bean and Hon. Chester NJ
Dawes are also talked OF.
Judge Theodore BrcntnnO would
prove one OF the strongest of Republi.
eau candidates for Congress In the
sixth congressional district. Every
German would he out on the warpatll
for him. ns would good business men
generally.
Hon. VIM. NfnvOr II honest and up
right. lie has made u splendid record
ana will be reelected to the City Conn
eli next spring by the voters of the
Thirty-secOnd ward.
n hard fight recently to prevent the
payment Of $4,000 to u contractor for
extra work not specified In his contract
Zina Il. Carter II one OF natures no
blemcn. He has made n magnificent
record as member OF the Drainage
Board.
by more than u twO-thirds vote the
Board of Education has decided to sub.
ordinate principle to expediency. After
publicly declaring that the board Ind
no legal or moral right to favor any
particular class of wOrklngmen In the
disbursement Of public funds number
of the members yielded to the cOercive
tactics of the representatives Of union
labor and voted to stultify themselves
The surrender was made all the more
abject and humiliating by the confess
siOns Of those who took occasion to ex'
plain their votes. One member said
II personally still believe that We
have not the legal right to do this, hui
we IRE confronted by condition that
demands attention. ! yielded my per-
sOnai convictions rather than lock thu
doors on the children"
Another member said:
I'VE lave no right to insert the clause
or to discriminate against labor, hut
like Mr.. PettibOne. feel that condi
ton cOnfrOnts us, ana ! therefore favor
the agreement"
or such heroic stuff are the guardians
OF our educa tionai interests. In agree
Ing to insert the union labor clause III
building contracts pending the Legal
proceedings before Judge Tuley the
board not only defed public sentiment
but disregartled the opinions OF its own
legal counselor. Attorney Morrill,. whG
IL legal adviser of the board, held that
the proposed clause would constitute an
unfair discrimination between differ.
ent classes of citizens, would abridge
the right Of citizens to sell their labor
ana would he contrary to the decisions
Of the courts In cases Involving the
same issue.
The contractors have thus thrown up.
on the school board a responsibility that
should he borne by the contractors
themselves. The board In Its public
capacity has undertaken to relieve the
contractors of the settlement of veX-
atious controversy with labor. In do.
Ing so II has clearly transcribed its
proper ana legitimate functions and has
committed u grievOus wrong by giving
u particular organization monopoly
of school contracts.
Caution and cool Judgment should
prevail among the street railway EN-.
plOyes. Public sentiment will not back
them In any strike which Is not al,so.
lwely forced upon them. 4 strike at.
tended by violence and disorder would
react upon the employees, and might,
perhaps, even rebound to the benefit of
the street railway companies as against
the public when those corporations seek
franchise privileges from the council.
There are some Indications that the
street railway companies would well
come strike with violence, for the
sake of the color It would give to their
absurd contentious at Springfield that
i. Is only the iawless element Of the