Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04

Notices were sent yesterday to every
employe of the county building that
could be forced or cajoled into attend
ing that meeting that he should be on
hand. The Republicans helped might
lily to fiji the hall. They sent there all
the members of the West Park police
who could he spared. and members of
the Eighteenth. Nineteenth, Tenth and
Twelfth Ward Republican clubs.
BESIDES, there were by actual count
90 members of the Republican star
League of ex-policemcn present. have
this information from member of that
league who Is not i'm sympathy with the
present county machine. and who per.
sonally counted the men. He knows
every one of them. Edward Coen.
marshal of the drainage canal police.
sent as many of his men as he could
spare up there, and all the drainage
employees that could attend were OH
hand. The county hospital force that
was not on duty went almost to n man.
Ex-Governor Altgeld in his speech
attacked Il. a. Waller. Now. l have
come In contact i'm the last ten years
with great many officials of the city.
but a more conscientious, more careful,
more upright man than Il. a. Waller
I never met in office. I wish that all
oiiiccholders. both in the Republican
and the Democratic parties, were like
him.
II can stand abuse--1 have grown
cu m n,tt s,tr a..
abuse Carter Harrison over the body
of Robert Waller. who is In his coffin
now, think 1t is time to call halt.
Will the members of the County DE.
mocracy who come here every Sunday
and who work for the organization put
M with this? We should throw the
cutthroats out
The cnmity of John l.. Altgeld to the
Harrison family Is no new thing. II
was conceived In Jealousy and born In
envy. The father of the Mayor. the
late Carter II. Harrison. did every.
thing I'm his power toward making Alt.
geld Governor. lie stuinped the State
for him and supported him with his
newspaper In 1892. Altgeld. was elect.
ed. In the spring of 1893 Carter II.
Harrison was the candidate Of his
party for Mayor. Sam Allcrton was
running against him. Wash 1Icsing
and some other boiling friends Of Ait.
geld were supporting Allcrton. The
Democratic Executive Committee
made n formal request of Altgcld to
made u speech for Harrison In Chi.
cage. Altgcld refused to do 80. a
committee of two was appointed to
wait upon Gov. Altgcld at Springfield
and ask him to come to Chicago to
help the party out Altgcld refused
point blank to come. lie never made
speech for the party In the spring
campaign of 1893. lie never. publicly
nor privately. expressed u hope that
Harrison would win. He privately
hoped that he would not. But TIarri.
son did win. without Altgeld. by 2i.OOO
majority. History will repeat itself In
1900
That was lally cooler of u crack that
Gen. Lieb took ut Altgcld. Altgcld has
been dcnouncIng Mayor Harrison for
his friendship for gold Democrats. But
privately he has been sending for gol,!
Democrats himself, and asking them
TO support Altgcld for Mayor. General
I.leb was one OF the men he sent for.
The General didn't do a thing to him.
He just took the ungratcful political
hypocritc up and spanked him sOundly
In u letter full of sarcasm and truth,
ana winding up with this hot shot:
II cannot refrain from commenting
on YOUR inconsistency, Mr.. Altgcld.-l
had almost said hypOcrlsy--ln privately
calling to your aid In attempting Ia
haul down Mayor Harrison men whom
You publicly designate rs traIvbrs and
hetraycrs-to wit, gold Democrats.
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Clubs to fight the Gas Trust have al
ready been organized In the 2Sth. 18th
18th. Goth, 2lst. 10th. ana 10Th Wards
Let the good work go on.
The Gas Trust seeks TO control tho
bench, Legislature AMI City Council.
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The Democrats will make denuncla
ton of the Gas Trust q part of thcil
city platform this year. Now wha1
will the Republicans do?
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Why Is 1t that the daily newspaper,
are all talk about the repeal of thu
Allen bill, and have nothing to sa!
about the gas frontage bin:
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1t will not be long before the peopl,
!, settle the Gas Trust. Mark thes,
words.
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Give the Gas Trust the Legislatu r,
ami the Bench, ana the people vii
soon he serfs.
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: First Ward voters will be ably repre-
scented In the City Council II they elec
I Fred II. IIildrcth. the wcll-knOwn res
T tanrant man, Alderman next spring.
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The farmers have still some rights q
Illinois. The Elevator Trust must 20