Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-10-07

made TO cblge this firm, which sup
ported Harrison by telegraph. cost the
people of Chicago $YOO.OOO this fail.
How long Is Mayor Harrison going to
allow the men who are closest to him
to go around sandbagging contractors
for the city?
There Is not contractor for the city
who has not received a visit from per
sons connected with the Mayors office
with direct intlmntlon that they mus
either put up" for the Organic ser
vices or get out of the city contracting
business.
More than that: Every poor youns
man who works in the City Attorney,
or Corporation Counsel's offices ant
who gets ST. month Is forced to pu
up nearly one months pay for the Or
ganlc service or lose his job.
A contractor who only put two row.
Of brick In n big city tunnel where
three were required, was told that h,
could escape prosecution by securing
Organic a'd. He secured II.
The connection of the Organic Ser
vice with the Rand -McNally deal I.
well known, and members Of the Board
Of Education are obliged to report t(
the Mayors confidential man before
doing business on anything.
The Mayor will hate you II you dom
do business with the Organic Servlc'
Is the battle cry.
Afildavits are rallying about this mat
ter from all sides.
Several brewers were refused per
mits to open summer gardens near th'
parks because they refused to be blet
by the Organic Service already know
all over the State on account Of II
ability In the grating line.
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The Assistant City Prosecuting At
torneys Of the city receive $71 pc
month; they were each assessed so
year for the Organic Service. An In
vestlgatlon was made and II was dis
covered that not one cent Of this none,
went into the County Central Com
mittee. but into the private pocket 0
one Of the Mayors confidential men.
An Investigation Is to be started b,
the City Council into the matter Of tn
Champion of Graft.
Nothing need he expected from tn
so-called Civil Service Commission, a
1t views the holding up Of city en-
plOyes for the Organ with great com
placency.
The Eagle would like to hear from nj
parties who paid money to town asses
sors In 1897 and 1898. The matter
not yet Outlawed. and there Is strOn
movement on foot to send some prom
nent bribe-takers to the penitentiar!
Bribery is not outlawed for three year
after II Is cOnsummated.
Inasmuch as Ex-Governor Altgel
will run independent for Governor @
Illinois II Mayor Harrison Is nominated
Democrats are casting about for ma
who can unite all factions. They hav
found him In the person Of Hon. =.
Shope, formerly Chief Justice of tn
Supreme Court Of Illinois. He Is love
all over the State, and will make
great race.
| NVhu Inn.n't ha Statn's Attnrnnv o.,
after the Tanners Trust! w. \. Eisei
drath is the vice president of the trus
who resides in Chicago. Most of tn
Chicago concerns are in the trust. \
one seems to care about prOsecutin
them. The Chicago firms which M
said to have entered into the new con
binatlOn and given their tanneries Int
its charge are w. y. Elsendrath X Ca
the Iambeau Leather Company an
the Walker Leather Company. I'll
poor photo-engravers, who tried
form trust, We're indicted. What
the matter with the tanners!
How Is this for Injustice? A numb,
of ph0to-engravers In Chicago, who d
not sell to the general public, but onl
to certain class, attempted to form
combination to make their trade mol
profitable. They do not make muc
any way, as the labor and materla
come high. They were unjustly indie
ed for violating the State law regardin
trusts. Now note the difference. Nir
Chicago gas companies desired to forl
a trust, so that they could squeeze I'll
people out Of more money and to effec
ually shut off competition. The min
gas companies bought the Leglslatul