Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-21

The public Is sick of the cry. They
understand that II means only procras.
tiuatiou aud two years more of the
Lizard.
Municipal ownership is hut fad
anyway 1t is u failure in the one re-
sI,ect in which 1t has been tried by
our municipal goverumcut--the water
department.
People living in third story flats know
this.
The city of Chicago is not ready for
municipal ownership.
Mayor Harrison knows IL and he
knows to his sorrow that the people
will not bite any longer at his glitter
ing bait.
The traction companies are prepared
to caIttulatc upon every point insisted
upon by the people.
Even the greatest newspaper friend
the Lizard ever had. the great Daily
News. has cut loose from Harrison on
his policy of procrastination.
Here is what it had to say editorial.
ly on this point in its issue of Tuesday
last:
Mayor iIarrison's reiterated dcclar-
alton that no franchise renewals should
he granted until the Legislature shall
have given to the city authority to ac-
uuirc the street railway lines leaves
him still on the side of postponcmsnt.
Hut after all is said in favor of his
plan the fcarfully inadequate traction
service now given to the people clear
ly requires that haste he shown In at
tempting to bring them relief. 1t is
to be hoped that the Mayor and the
Council will take this view of the mat.
ter and that the expert assistance
which the committee needs so griey.
ously will bc promptly supplied. Then
definite progress can be made along
practical lines toward the settlement
of the chisc-renewal question.
Where does this leave ..'thc man OF
the single plank"
He ~ marooned.
lie has kicked away from him tn,
men who made him.
lie has attempted to destroy the val
liant and faithful Burke. and he ha.
succeeded in running all of Burke.
friends.
lie has fou,cd his party. and sncerct
ut everybody and everything thu, seem
cd to demand loyalty to party ties o,
the ties of friendship.
lie floated scrcncly upon his tsac
tion plank.
Now he finds himself suddenl,
thrown up on u desert island. while hi,
Traction Committee has swum off Will
his plank.
Harrison IL marooncd
Harrison IL friendless.
Harrison the thanklcss Is now plank
less.
Harrison has played his last trump.
And lost.
~eA
II II were not for the possible evil re-
suits of the school marms' tax agitation
one would he tempted TO smile nt som,
of the prctensions of the leaders OF
their agitation.
For instance. the following dispatch
was sent on here to the Chicago press
the other day, evidently inspired by the
band Of school teachers who have 81
thoroughly made use of the Board OF
Education rs u medium for ventilat
ing their peculiar views:
There II u good deal Of unconsciOu,
humor In the dispatch from which We
arc about to quote. which bears all the
car.marks Of this individual:
"Ofiicials OF the Teachers Fedora
ton" says the dispatch. "have decide,
not to bring suit against individua
members Of the state Board of Equal
zation for the recovery Of taxes tina
were not levied on traction companie
In 1890.
''rhc original intention of the Fed
Of the revenue law which specifies tina
In case Of loss from nonassessment tn
Assessor shall be liable for double tn
amount OF the sum lost through hi
negligence"
The plan" the announcement goe
ON to state, was 10 bring suit for 81
100000 against the members Of the ol
State Board as individual ASSESSORS.
Now the Federation leaders come FOL
ward, however. and announce that 9TH
organization Is not at all vlndlctive."
How nice!
I'VE thought II best To let the matte
drop" they say. although there is ~
iOubt that the taxes could he collected
hut the wealthy members of the Boar,
would lose all they have. while tn
others would not suffer In proportion.
What an amiable and charitable pol
icy dominates the action of the dca
creatures who run the Federation,
They would not like tn Oppress tn
wealthy members, and So they hay
dropped the hight.
Later on In the statement. hOwcye
the cat Is let out of the bag.
Up TO Dee. We had u right to brill
the suits" the dispatch goes on to sa
'but such action Is outlawed now. f.
on that date the thirteenth statute
limitations went into effect"
So that Is the reason why there wi
be- no further pursuit Of this line
policy by the Federation, ana not Il
promptings of gentle charity.
But the most mysterious portion
the item IL the announcement that III
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