Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-03-24

In the primaries. 1t has been felt for
years that we ought to have. ut least i'm
this city, II primary law that would be
obligatory upon the regular party or
ganizatlOns. Such u law was passed In
February, 1893. which, while faulty In
some particulars. In u large measure
Will give the members Of u party the
privilege Of taking part In nominating
candidates If they insist upon their
rights.
EVERY member Of n party. whatever
position he may occupy In that party,
has perfect right Mt any time to state
whom he fnvOrs ut primary. and he
has the further undOubted right to use
all fair means to persuade other mem.
bers of his party to accept his views.
But that person should give-must give
to every other man the same freedom
Of choice. We have primary law that
Il something more than a name. 4
state Of public sentiment which under
this present law will permit a few pco-
pie In any party TO say months before
the primary is held. before oven the
delegates are elected, what candidate
or candidates will be named. IL un-Rc-
publican and dangerous. On all public
questions every American who Is
worthy Of the name carries his sovcr-
crcigniy under his own hat.
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The $1,000 Prize Art Calendar Of Ar.
mOur h COnspa
We are In receipt of the Armour
Thousand Dollar Prize Art Calendar.
consisting of thirteen sheets (size lOx
~, reproductions Of the prize winning
designs In colOred relief made by
Messrs. W. l.. Mcdonald and j. dee
Wareham. Tho winning Of the prize
by these young men has given them u
national reputation among designers.
Both names have for some years back
been well known to fellow artists in
the West, In connection, particularly,
with the Lockwood Pottery OF Cincin-
natl. Mr., Mcdonald was born In that
city, ana Mr.. Wareham, though u MT
rive of Michigan, has made II his home
for seven years past. Both had their
cinnati, passing thence under the artis-
tic influences that have prevailed at
Lockwood and In late years visiting
Europe. Their art Is of local growth. a
distinctly American development, but In
close sympathy with the newer dccora-
! tive movement abroad, which, however,
1t In no sense initiates.
In their own words: "Thc idea of
this calendar arrangement Is a delicate
play upon tho word Armour by pro-
| ducing II pageant Of ilOrscmen In En-
glish armor, from the time of the Morse
men, down through the several centu,
| rles during which armOr was used, cacl,
knight bearing the XOdiacal sign ana
associated with the flower or growth
characteristic of the month. The from
tlspiecc suggests youth reaching ont
into the possibilities of the coming cen,
tury. The treatment Is n conventional
decoration, pure and simple. The colors
of the spectrum have been chosen us a
basis of oration--Wintcr, blue;
Spring, yellow; Summer, red; Autumn,
purple. January gives us the Morse.
man--blue and wlntry with the mistle-
toe. February makes step toward
the yellow, separating from blue 10
green. March rides on the wings of the
blast, and blows his trumpet with the
yellow dallodils. April reaches the
height in ycllow-the dandellOn; while
the knight passes from sunshine Ia
showers, May comes covered with
| blooms, with faint tint of the red of
summer. The knight of June comes
decked in the rose, typlfylng love, ana
bearing the petal, which is the heart,
as his shield July establishes the red
of summertime poetic columblnc, and
| bounds out Of the crimson midsummer
sun. August becomes perfectly relaxed
and breathlcss under the flaming pop,
! pies. September brings the first hint
of purple, and rides by with the harvest
moon. October bears the first banner
of Autumn, while the crimson leaves
fall. Melancholy November, muffled In
his somber mantle, gazes wistfully back
into the glorious 1900. The purple turns
again toward blue, In which December