Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-10-20
HON. WILLIAM LORlMER.
Candidate for Congress Second Congressional District

registered shall be made on or before
opening Of court on Friday, Nov. ..
1900.
County Court sits to hear applica.
tOns for registration on Friday and
saturday, Nov. 2 and 3, 1900.
Nominee may withdraw from sucli
nomination In the following manner:
Where the nomination Is for such an
office rs requires the nomination papers
to be filed with Secretary Of State. by
filing with Secretary OF state a proper
withdrawal on or before Monday. Oct.
%. 1900. Where the nomination Is for
such an Office as requires the nonina.
ton papers to be fled with any other
official than Secretary Of State, by Ill.
Ing with such official proper with.
drawnl on or before Monday, Oct. -
1900.
Secretary Of State to certify nomina.
tons to County Clerk on or before Mon.
day. Oct. 90. 1900.
Election Tuesday. Nov. Q, 1900. u a.
m. to 4 p. m.
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Hon. Charles =. Cutting will bc the
next Probate Judge Of Cook County.
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Vote for Hon. Charles $. Cutting for
Judge of the Probate Court.
Hon. Miles ]. pevne may be called
upon by the Democratic party to run
again for City Attorney next spring.
lie made good record In this Office.
VIM. +. Wicmers would make a good
Judge.
And now American made locomotives
are going to New Zealand. The Yam
kce mnchlnist Is almost justified In
saying with Edmund Dantcs. "The
world IL miner
On the march toward Shiloh. u young
col0r.scrgeant noticed that Gen. vii.
Ham Nelson always muttered to him.
self when he passed the flag. One day,
Us this happened. his adjutant sup
posed himself addressed, and called
out: II did not understand, Gencralw
The reply came like shot: II said,
God bless the flag" "Amenw cried
both the sergeant and the adIutant.
Amen" repeated the thousands Of
veterans Of the Civil War who. during
the recent encampment In Chicago,
mnrched-old. battered, lame. loyal
down the banner-hung Avenue of
Fame. Not for self.praisc. but for the
honor and glory Of the dag were they
there. Nor could the most careless
spectator have failed to DO reminded
anew Of the beauty Of our dag. the
respect due II, aud the mighty heritage
1t has brought US. God bless the flag!
Tho newspapers cannot overcome
their tendency to treat jestinGly the
process Of naturalization. They repro.
duce the absurd answers given by mp.
plicants to the questions asked them.
and record without reprObatlon the
high speed achieved by some courts,
which turn out new citizens from the
naturalization mills" Mt the rate Of
four 10 the minute. Non.performance
Of a solemn duty by the courts fur.
nlshes some justification for the Zip.
pancy Of the newspapers: but courts
and newspapers alike ought to realize
that this IL serious business. The deg
radiation Of citizenship Is no subject
for u Jest 1t Is not an amusing thing
when illiterate aliens, who know moth.
Ing OF our institutions and are with
difficulty coached through parrOt.llke
responses 10 few simple questions,
are given share In determining tae
course Of national policy, through their
votes for Congressman. State Lcglsla-
lures ana Presidential electors. There
are some encouraging signs. New York
now has law undeD which naturallza.
ton stops ninety days before an elcc.
ton. In Massachusetts,. politicians,
aware that the local courts have more
time to examine applicants and more
knowledge OF their antecedents. have
been In the habit of taking them, In
drOves, before the Federal courts. But
new rules have been adopted by these
courts which are intended to detect i'm
posture. These and similar measures
looking to greater strlngency will DO
generally approved. For u temporary
advantage, politicians sometimes cast
scrrlples to the winds. in their desire
TO get votes. But no man can seriously
and permanently wish to have Amerl-
can citizenship debascd. At present,
the tide OF immigration Is again rls-
ing, ana considerable proportion of
the newcomers are wholly illiterate.
The social and economic evils arising
from excessive immigration are inten-
slfed when ignorant aliens are en-
trusted with the ballot. Tho natural
izatlOn laws are so generous that there
IL no excuse for evading them or turn
ing them into dead letter. Strictly en-
forced, they will not shut ont one man
who has In him the making of a good
citizen. Public sentiment should bs
quick to condemn any laxlty In their
Interpretation.