Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-10-15


always on the outside to. all corners.
Years ago Mr.. Gahan lived in a frame
house on Union avenue. near the stock
yards. Here the neighbors gathered at
night to consult him on various topics
and always found n welcome. When
his growing family made a change nee.
essary and he moved over into Hyde
Park the stock yards people gathered.
several thousand strong. in the big
horse sale pavilion and in mass meet.
ing expressed their regret. \. y. Trudc.
Rev. Father DOrney. eN-Judlgc l'rendcr-
CAST and others of equal prominence
were the orators of the occasion. and
when Gahnn's turn came what he said
was brief. lie expressed his gratitude
and then invited all his old ncighbOrs
to consider his new house as open to
them ny the old one had been. And the
invitation II still in force.
Mr.. Gallan Is man of eruditioi. as
his well-hllcd library attcsts. by
snatclring brief vacations from busy
career he has managed 10 travel over
the greatcr part of his native country
and mas visited Europe. lie is deeply
Interested In educational affairs and
years ago devoted much Of his time to
the schools of the Town of Lake. even
then noted for their excellence. One
of his objects of pride Is a family of
promising girls. although his hopes
were checked several years ago by the
| untimcly death of two bright sons.
Irrespective of party affiliations. the
lifelong friends and business ana 30.
litical associates of Mr.. Gahan are his
warm supporters In the pending cam
paign. One of his warmest admirers II
John II. sherman. vice president and
| general manager Of the Union Stock
Yards, between whom and Mr.. Galian
there nrc many features of similarity.
They have been fast friends for many
years. and when Mr.. Sherman learned
that MIR. Gahan had been nominated
for County Treasurer by his party he
expressed the opinion that the office
could not he filed by one Of more sterl.
ing qualities or unqucstiOncd ability.
Levi Il. Doud. president Of the Nation
nj Live Stock Bank. Is another who
places implicit confidence IN every ac,
Of Mr.. Gahai,. md SOlva Brlntnall. the
veteran president of the Drovcrs' Ma.
tional Bank. regards him as one of the
brightest and most able men In public
and business life. Jesse Sherwood. of
the Board Of Education. and a promi.
nent stOck-yardcr ana member of the
firm of Greer. Mills 4 Co., who Is re-.
gardcd as an oracle, asserts that the
election of the Democratic ticket. ana
incidentally of Gahan. Is merely II
question Of election day.
| such men rs James II. Ashhy. assist.
ant superintendent Of the stock yards,
AMI =. II. Duggan. track superlntend.
cnt Of the Chicago Junction Railway
and IN ardent Republican. are not only
confident of Galian's election. hut pre-.
diet for him future of brllliancy.
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| Two examples In our own national
history have shown that the dagger Or
the pistol OF the assassin II just as apt
to In aimed at the most democratic Of
officials as ut the haughtlest of mon.
nrchs: Just rs apt to pierce the heart Of
u Lincoln rs that OF u Caliguln. No
lortlness. no humility of character; moi
the divinest love for humanity nor the
broadcst bcncilccncc OF aim; neither
the greater purity Of life nor the most
sclf-sacrilicing devotion TO the public
goOd-nOnc Of these are barriers
against the violence of men mad,lcncd
by imaginary wrongs or vicious the.
cries. Anarchists of the type Of him
who has recently murdered u pure,
good woman simply because she was
an though whatever power
she exercised seems TO have spent itself
mainly through the unObtrusiye chan.
nels sought by good women of lower
rank-such men discriminate no more
than do mad dogs In the choice of their
victims. They are, In fact, human mad
dogs. TO deal with them In Il wholly
preventive way seems as impossible ~
to wholly prevent the ravages Of
canine rabies. Let the poisonous mi.
crObe Of anarchical sentiment lodge In q
human brain. ana, given u favOring en-,
virOnment, II IL bound to complete IT.
mission OF evil. Tho only hope II IN
making such favOring environment ~
nearly impossible rs we can by cult
waiting everywhere the spirit OF Chris
tian optimism. Anarchism cannot grow
where light and checrfulaess prevail
II IL the final product Of the darkest pes
slmism--Of a system Of thought where
In there IL no room for hope. Make q
people happy AMI anarchism Will find
no soil In which II can take root: III q
crowd with discomfort. ana the evil pas
siOns on which anarchism feeds begin
to run riot. Italy IL the home OF NOR,
discomfort, more melancholy, more pos
simism, than are found In all EurOp,
and America beside. From her borders
have gone the three assassins who's.
crimes have most lately shocked tn,
wOrld-the murdcrers of President Car
not. of Premier CanOvas and of Elm
press Elizabeth. And Italy will prob
ably continue to breed assassins and
anarchists until q better government
q better education ana better social
system shall have made happier the
homes ana more hopeful the lives of It's
crowded population.
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KOch's theory that mosquitoes ar,
the agents In the spread Of malaria Il
NOT new doctrine, bur has bepI