Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-21

vestigaton was made and 1t was dis.
covered that not one cent Of this money
went into the County Central Com.
mlttee. but into the private pocket Of
one of the Mayors confidential men.
An investigation Is TO be started by
the City Council into the matter Of the.
Champion of Graft.
Nothing need be expected from the
so.called Civil Service Commission, as
1t views the holding up of city EN-
ployes for the Organ with great com.
placency.
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The Eagle would like to hear from all
parties who paid money to town asses.
sors in 1897 and 1905. The matter is
! not yet outlawed, and there is n strong
movement on foot to send some proml-
nent brlbe-takers to the penitentinry.
Bribery is not Outlawed for three years
after 1t Is consummated.
Inasmuch as Ex-Governor Aitgeld
will run independent for Governor Of
Illinois II Mayor Harrison Is nominated,
| Democrats are casting about for man
who can unite all factions. They have
found him In the person Of Hon. 3. p.
Shope. formerly Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court OF Illinois. He is loved
all over the State, and will make a
great race.
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Why doesn't the States Attorney get
after the Tanners Trust? W. N. Eisen-
drath Is the vice president Of the trust
who resides In Chicago. Most Of the
Chicago concerns are In the trust No
one seems to care about prosecuting
them. The Chicago firms which are
said to have entered into the new COM
bination and given their tannerles into
Its charge are w. n. Eisendrath Il Co.,
the Lambeau Leather Company and
the Walker Leather Company. The
poor photo-engravers, who tried to
form a trust. were indicted. What's
the matter with the tanners?
How Is this for injustice? A number
Of photo-engravers In Chicago, who d.
not sell to the general public, but Onl!
to certain class, attempted to form ,
combination to make their trade more
profitable. They do not make mucl
any way, as the labor and materials
come high. They were unjustly indict
ed for violating the State law regarding
. trusts. Now note the difference. Mn
Chicago gas companies desired to fOrn
trust, so that they could squeeze tn
people out Of more money and to effect
ually shut of competition. The min
gas companies bought the Legislator
of Illinois for S25O,OOO ana obtaine'
special permission by special law t
form trust of their own and also pei
D mission to shut out competition. Il
. other words, Illinois enfOrces trus
laws against the poor, but allows col
poratlons who will put up the brib
money to buy just such legislation u
: they want, in order that they may es
c cape the penalties that poor peopl
I have to pay for doing the same thinl
: And yet people scott at the talk of re,
olution.
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> The Mayor has ordered 567 gas lamp
a in front of churches to be shut of
I This will give the pickpockets a goo
;. opportunity to rob the church-goers an
get away. The churches don't adve
tlse in the official organ.
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e The carpet-bag president Of the scho'
e board wants TO raise the taxes of I'll
people Of Chicago 10 an $ per cent. bas
: next year.
IS He has the cheek to ask for S4,000,0(
q for new school buildings.
% This beats the Champion Of Graft a
e hollow,
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~ We do not believe that Mayor Harr
son will stand up for public and unlin
. tied grating In his name by men WI
are close to him.
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,e w. y. ElSendrath, the Chicago rel
d resentatlve Of the Leather Trust, an
n who has not yet heen indicted un1'
I 4 the antitrust law, informed "a report'
Yfor The Eagle the other day that
has been paying "the city" $500 ye;
for years for the privilege of Occupyir
I. sangamon and Dix streets. Who GO
n the money? Eisendrath ought to
x made to tell. The slush and dirt fro