New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-23
TOPICS IN CHICAGO.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL. HEADOUAR-
TIERS READY-SALOONKEEP
GIVING UP BUSINESS

week he
forty rooms they occupy two sides of the Audi
torium Annex are assuming a businesslke asnect
ana long before August 1 operations will be fully
under way.
The Democrats have done nothing vet toward de-
'ermlhlhg the location of their headquarters al
though they admit Chicago will be the pIace from,
wiicn 'hey VIII conduct their campaign II is posi-
pie that, now the Republicans have taken ouarters
from the Annex people who housed the rsr,oora+.
TOUR years ago. the Democrats will retaIiate nv en-
gag1ng the old Republican HEADQUARTERS in the Ar5t
forum Building, more recently occupied nv the
Farls exposition Commission.
Ihis matter OF selecting a place from which 70
olrect the campaign every four years has aroused
some sentiment toward erecting a permanent marty
headquarters, political temple of Renublic., -
clpies' such an edihoe could be made Norma
hent party home where all the archives and tro-
phies of the party could be kept and from, which
the business of the party could be conducted AT
al umes Democrats regard such an enterprise
IN much the same favorable light as the RenubU
cans ana indications are multiplying that the two
great political parties viii not again have 70 In
duge IN their quadrennial period Of house hunting
two.
Inc need Of permanent home where the
seareher after party facts can at all times suppIv
MS wants mas been felt in every campaign for
NUMBER OF years As rule however the partv
nus heeoed Its campaign fund for other reasons
than for the securing of a home of IT'S DUN yvttb
the immense increase of population has come the
necessity of system and permanency In the moth
obs required to handle large numbers of ueople in
tellgently and effectively. The party which first
increases its effectiveness by making its carnnaf
continuous will have such an advantage over fts
opponent that 1t will force the latter TO follow its
Lead On the principle that anything that Is worth
doing at all is worth doing we'll such a plan for
the plant TO carry on the work would seem to he
required.
While the desire to get votes is the central ona
IN all campaigns. the work of doing 1t involves so
many details that the best talent of the best men
Is IN oemand-with the price only a secondary
consideration. If the best men doing the best work
for few months accomplish such wonders
why cannot the same men. working all the time
accomplish moreP Campaign managers in the &C
tuaI campaign have to deal professionally with
every phase Of life. Politicians writer's bill post
ers' speakers, telegraph and railroad companies
BOAT lines, bandmasters and what not are only
Few of those necessary to deal with. In the pres
ent method of getting all of the machinery at work
only TO nave 1t In operation for little while there
Is great waste of energy and money. Its tempo
rary character also furnishes many tempta-
tons for raids the party treasury that the ne
cessty of having some responsible man who can
be held accountable for 1t all and who will know
the real from the fraudulent Is apparent TO the
many good business men whose funds put into
a campaign
Just where such permanent home would be
located would come up for full and mature
sideration in party councils. the same any other
great question affecting the party welfare. Unlike
the fixing of a location for convention. which is
subject to conditions that require constant shift
ing from city to another the party head
quarters could be so located as to give the man
ayers the best position from which TO work. With
all of the facts before them. it would not take
experienced party workers long TO decide on the
needs Of the case There is a possibility for power
and glory IN the establishment and successful
operation of this field such as is sufficient to call
out the ambition of the greatest talent
Uniforms for the Republican Legion have been
decided on by the Cook County Republican organf-
zation, and it is asserted that there will be $4,000
members of the Legion enrolled for the opening
parade of the campaign. with fully 10000 available
to march. The official uniform adopted will be
white trousers, blue military coat with red epau-
let's and red white or blue hat In the formation
of the regiments the headgear will be arranged
as to form the colors red. white and blue when the
men marching. DR.. Jameson is in charge of
the formation of the Legion and he reports every
thing going along smoothly without interruption
of any sort.
AS If the relative disparity OF income to outgo
not already unfavorable enough for the city
comes the prospect Of a still further shorten
ing up of the financial resources Notices are being
sent in by saloonkeepers at the rate of fifty day
that they will continue in business after the
close of the present quarter for which their licenses
issued. According to computations made by
E. NJ. Lahifr Mayor Harrison's secretary, the fall
ing off in income by October l will amount to over
81 100000 by that time fully thousand saloon
keepers will have gone out of business. At present
there 800 saloonkeepers in the city which is
1900 less than five years ago In the last ten days
there have been $50 transfers of licenses. This
means the shifting of the burden from the retail
drink dispenser back to the brewer, to other
individual more willing to assume the risk OF profit
or loss. According to the best information avail
able the chief reason the falling off in the bust
ness is the increase in the price of beer In many
localities this is the main staple, and the number
of dispensers is so great that the profit to be
divided is small. By reducing this profit through
the advance in the price of beer the chance Of
istence to the small saloonkeeper Is reduced below
the Iatter's limit.
One of the methods whereby people in municipal
politics in Chicago grow Compliant at the expense
OF the people is Just being exploited in the
administration newspapers 1t Is charged that iron
lamp posts. paid by special assessment of abut-
ting property owners. have been sold TO contract
ors' at the Of 81 post, then reprinted and
sold to abutting property owners on other streets
at the rate OF $50 each. Meanwhile there is fear
that through the failure of the city resources TO
keep up with expenditures of the street lamps
on the back streets will have to be left unlighted.
The city has already in years gone by resorted to
the turning off OF all possible lights on moonlight
nights.
AS between sentiment and garden truck the city
makes way for the latter. The monument in Hay
market Square, erected in memory OF the police
men who went down In defence OF law and order
in the riots of 1885, been found to be interfering
with the movement OF the wagons Of the truck
farmers who come In from the outlying districts
daily and the city has therefore presented the
statue to the West Park Board. condition that
IT will remove 1t to Union Park. a small square
more than mile from the present position OF the
statue. Here the figure. with its upfted club and
ing the nurse girls that haunt the park Other
its S 8
would be the stuffed figure Of old Jumbo.
In he OF Chicago