New-York tribune., 1900-07-02
CHICAGO TOPICS.
THE GERMAN CANDIDATES FOR Gov
ERNOR-PROMINENT MEN WHO
LEAVE CHIeAGo-THE LAKE
FREIGHT QUESTION.
FREIGHT QUESTION.

date for Governor OF Illinois Crendorf and
Ortseifen. Alschuler and AItgeld stock SCARED
away up along with Standard oil and other big
dividend payers. while the ordinary American
citizens Ike WorthingtOn and Ladd. were down
sIong with American Steel and Wire common
after Gates raid. In fact, most Of the Amsri-
can candidates were hardly worth the quoting
and few were mentioned at all There was no mis-
taking the intention Of the Democratic political
leaders throughout the State to play for al IL
was worth the failure Of the Republicans TO put
a German on their state ticket. The part ~
John Peter Altged in the programme was strict
Iy spectacular and for It's scenic effects alone
AS a part OF the stage setting he was privileged
10 crafty 70 It's fullest extent his ever present
desire 70 make a big talk Had he gOne further
and attempted % enter the lists as one % the
candidates the result would have been hard 20
Irognosticate. There are some among the Dem
ocratic statesmen who freely assert that the
Convention would s-raishtway have made
Donnybro0k Fair look IKE a Sunday school pic
mic by comparison, while others said that his
candidacy might have competed with Deweys
in the amount of enthusiasm which it aroused
On Wednesday. however. when il was found
that AlschuIer was altogether too heavy for the
Cook County politicians. the German stock went
away down. There was no more German talF.
and the Cook County men straishtway discov-
cred that there really were Other uationali-ies
Some reason for the change Cf heart can p9s-
sby be found in the fact that Mayor Harrison
would rather have seen anybody on earth nom
mated for the Governorship of Illinois than Al
schuleE. The latter is young. and has made
such cOmmendabIe record that he promises -7
usurp the field which MI Harrison claimed f7~
himseIf-that Of reformer. Worse still, he Isl i1
line for higher office whether ne wins or loses
provided he makes good showing in the losing.
As Governor he is 1T and a defeated can
didate for Governor he would naturally have the
Democratic Legislative support for United states
Senator. There is possibility that this VIII
not be an empty honor il the expectations of
the Democrats regarding the status of the next
Legislature are verified.
THE EXODUS FROM CHICAGO.
The report that Lyman ]. Gage was going 70
settle down on a farm in New England has
given the citizens Of Chicago a nervous chill
Every time such reports OF the Eastward migra-
tion of Chicagoans are started about a really
prominent citizen it causes start and shiver
here. The reason OF it is that the thing has be-
come so common. As soon as a citizen gets 10
the point where he can put the financial trials
and tribulations OF earth behind him. or has
risen to a height which makes him National
figure, he at once makes all his arrangements
to get out Of Chicago. Some OF NIr- Cages
predecessors in the exodus line. providing Mr..
and some 10 anything else that they could con
jure up after the river was turned into a roar
ing but crooked millrace and had lost its fra
GRANGE. Pork and pTOntS, wheat and winnings.
the things that seem TO be the whole show in
Chicago, apparently take on a sOTdId and hum
drum appearance to a man after he really gets
up 70 a full mans size. This at least IS the
opinion of a number of men who seem. 20 b
getting ready To make the move themselves
Then these same men VIII tell YOU how the de
parted citizen has made a great mistake There
never was a greater city than Chicago is going
Edr FoN1 v-r,r4 ergf rfrrT
up by trying to get you enlisted in some enter
prise he is floating. or work off some Of the other
lent here.
The newspaper man in Chicago who has not
been offered 'steen hundred a week TO work on
Mr.. Hearsts paper is a freak and in dan
ger of capture by the South Clark-st- dime mU-
saums. To hear the boys tell it, they have been
sent for by Mr. Hearst, and the matter taken
sOnal or political difference stands in the way OF
the two great forces Joining in an alliance. Of
fensive and defensive, tor the betterment OF Lhe
Western newspaper field As to the salary 10 be
paid, that of course. was entirely satisfactory
TO Mr. Hearst As a matter of fact the new
newspaper has been overwhelmed with appii-
cants for places Many We're from regular work
ing newspaper men and many were not Tha
complete force OF the paper IS organized, and the
first issue is TO be made Monday. July , Mean
while the local field. which has been compare
lively free from color work IN us regular news
paper issues, is branching out in the line Ge
chrome work galore The first attempts in this
direction were made on The Democrat" a little
evening daily. Some of the type used The
front page of the paper is so large that only
four or five letters can be allowed 10 the pag-
This type prints nothing but red-real. live
lurid Western red. The effect is startling One
could easily flag train with half of one OF the
headlines Another departure, designed evi-
IDENTIFY to be more artistic. is The fringe which
Mr. Lawson has put on the makeup Of the
front page Of the extra Sporting Extra" edition
OF The Evening News This like The Demo
Crat," is also red The decorative Innovations
bring 10 mind the line in one Of Eugene Fields
works which describes the well known Western
leaning toward " most any color, 50 its red
The Sunday morning papers are also preparing
10 do a few spaSmS in COlCrs.
PROBLEMS IN LOST CHILDREN
Lost children are getting so thick and coming
50 regularly at the police stations on the North
Side that the matrOn of the East Chicago-ave.
station is promoting plan 10 tag all children
turned at large during the day, that the little
runaways can be sorted out at the station
and driven home in the patrol wagon in the
evening. 1t is figured that under the new plan a
lively patrol wagon team could set over It's
route before daylight of the following morning
whereas under the present imperfect system
some of the youngsters are in luck to set home
in time for Sunday school the next week. Seven
teen different languages, with as many more
variations of the same, are spoken by the
mothers who swarm the station each evening
looking for StrayS. By the time the crowd Is
dispersed and the hySteTiCai mothers who drew
blanks in the distribution are forwarded 10 the
next station the ma1rOnS. the interpreters and
the officers are in such mussed up state that
they do not care whether porch climbers have
ransacked the Lake Shore Drive or not
Trolley car patrons have been confronted with
a new danger during the last week. Myriads OF
bugs have Swarmed around the electric lights
along the track until they have creased the rails
to such an extent that the car jumps them On
the slightest prOvocation. Several accidents due
to derailed cars have happened, and the ofl-