Chicago eagle., 1898-04-23

Brunjes. who Is very popular. the fight
Tor President Of the board seems TO be
quite u pretty one.
Friends Of cx.Congressman ]. Frank
Aldrich. and the most solid business
men Of the First Congressional Dis.
trict, nre bncking Mr.. Marvin A. Farr,
the ex.Presldent Of the Chicago Real
Estate Board. for the Republican nom.
NATION to succeed Jas. Il. Mann, the
present Congressman. From present
Indications. II is believed that II Mr..
Fhrr consents to bc candidate he will
not experience much difficulty in secur.
ing the nomination, ns he II said to
nave the backing Of such well.known
and stnlwart Republican lenders us DIR.
1. n. Jameson. ID. II. Kocherspcrger,
Major A. W. Clancy, and Hon. Wash.
ington Porter.
| The best citizens Of the whole West
Side are unanimously of the opinion
that Hon. Frank w. Young should he
elected Judge Of the Superior Court,
Mr.. Young. they say, II the right man
Tor the place. and the services he hns
rendered the Democratic party In the
past entitle him TO q Democratic nom.
inntiOn this time. During the past ten
days Mr.. Young has received the posi.
tive assurances from certain North nnd
south Side leaders that they will bring
In their delegations for him. The
Twelfth Ward, like the First, is
pledged to Mr.. Young. and he viii have
the undivided support Of the solid ana
unbroken West Side. Mr.. Frank w,
Young II n sound lawyer, ana has been
truthfully styled "One OF Natures no.
blemen.' He IL well poised. Of anu.
ble disposition, and when elected Judge
Gun be relied upon to treat his brother
lawyers as II they were human beings.
Tho taxpayers and our best citizens
Insist that Chetlnin. Hutchinson und
stein shall be reelected to the bench.
They have faithfully performed their
duties, ana the masses demand that
they remain on the bench. where they
belong.
The career Of Blanche X. Bruce, Reg.
lister Of the Treasury. who died recent.
". was one OF singular vicissitudes.
Born slave In Virginia afty.seven
years ago, ana obtaining In his boy
hood only such education as he could
get by stealth. few things could have
seemed less likely than that he should
enter tho United States Senate ut the
age Of thirty-fOur. only four years
above the minimum age dxed by the
Constitution. Yet he did this In 1875.
as u Senator from Mississippi. Soon
after the completion Of his term In the
Senate. he was appointed Register Of
tho Treasury by President Garfield,
the same Office which he has held un-
der tho present administration. Mr..
Bruce's native ability and his traits Of
character won for him the respect Of
his associates In public life.
Why does not this great country have
a national air? Not something borrowed
or paraphrased from abroad. but an air
OF Its Own-Original, chara cterlstic. stir.
ring. full OF life and motion. What we
want Is something simple, bold. a
swing. a dash, a clear. shrlll. pene-
trailing clarion note that rings like n
wild bell in the night and turns men
pale with fervOr. Why can we not
have a battle song OF our own? Why
must We content ourselves with repid
messes borrowed from abroad, with
dressed-up piOus lamentations. with dis
NAL chants and dirges? We are young,
| xNyn at vlyn fll1 rf tvtIl
and fire. Give us something that speaks
for our splendid, palpitating national
ity-sOmething that jumps with our
free stride and passionate ambition!
1t has long been the fashion to place
upon menu and dinner cards sketches
and quotations to suggest topics of con.
versatiOn, but Partisan hosteses have
adopted an opposite course. Their form
ula reads. "Whlle sitting at table,
speaking on the subject of the Dreyfus
question IL forbidden" In like fashion
Catherine II. once posted on the walls
OF the Hermitage: 1T Is forbidden to
have an ill-tempered air, to exchange
unkind words, to speak III Of any one
whatever. All quarrels must be left
at the door with hat and sword" How
beautiful to be dictator! Yet even In
this land of free speech, the De LONE
indlscretiOn suggests the wisdom OF
dictatorship over ones own tongue.
The extraordinary safety of the mails
Is illustrated In the history OF the
Round Robin of the class of "A Yale,
which In fifty-three years OF travel
across the continent one hundred and
fifty times and jOurneyed more than
Ave hundred thousand miles without
once being lost.