Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-11-23

Central Committee would be nothing
more nor less than idiotic
Does man throw his house and |
home open to the traducer of his good
name. or the burglar who has former
~ looted It?
VIII man turn the conduct of his
business affairs over to fellow who
but short time ago sold his interests
out To Il rival.
In word. does anybody want to
| have anything to do under any circum-
stances whatever with branded trait
ors. merccuarics who have neither 10y
atty to party or principle nor good
faith in their dealings even with their
own personal friends and followers?
The Eagle thinks not
The rank and file of the Democratic
party does not think SO. 1t naturally
rcvolts t the bare mention of the prop.
osiiion.
One of the weak sisters made the alb
; surd compromise proposal that the an
nual election of officers shall be post
poned until after the primaries and the
appointment Of II new Central Com
mittee by the next county convention.
This would simply mean not alone
Il cowardly surrender of its rights by
the present County Committee. but
would also open the ranks of the party
to the knaves and traitors who stand
ready tn split 1t In two at the first
favorable opportunity and deliver It,.
| h,,nI MI la, k,,,, l.. 80
its enemies.
1t Is well to serve notice on the
weak sisters now that the County Cen
trail Committee will not dcviatc an inch
from the course of conduct which IL
has marked out for its own guidance
and which is clearly aud explicitly
prescribed 10y the constitution of the
Democratic party of Cook County. Iii.
nois. adopted In convention assembled
Nov. 20. 1900.
This organization stands with solid
and united front upon its constitution
ready to pursue the proper tenor of It's
way and to grapple with every plot and
meet every ambush that the .Iutases
of the Democracy of Cook can plan OF
spring upon them.
The vaclllators. too. had better accept
notice that they will have to either fist
= or cut bait now.
The party organization Is In no MOOD
to stand for hirtations or compromis,
programs with the pirates and bucca
necrs.
1t has come practically to this. The
/ A.. %, Ia.
Tildcn Bumocracy or Carter II. Harri
son. the real leader of the honest Dem
ocracy of the West
This question will have to he answer
cd. and that soon:
Under which flag. gentlemen
Neither the prlvates on the outside
nor the weak sisters on the inside vii
find the central party organization nm
prepared.
Its membership has been filed since
the redistrlcting of the city In accord
ance with the provisions Of section
of the constitution, which are Us fol
I lows:
'"Sec. j. should the city of Chicago
during the existence of this cOnstlt,
| VtOU, ID TttllStTIcttNt ibtV W"uSs WI
any ward should thus he without II
proper representation upon said con
mittee, then said committee shall ele
the required additional member I
members from every such ward.
Should the county OF Cook. durii
the existence Of this constitution he +
districteti into congressional or sen
torial districts. and any district TIN
be without It's proper representatit
upon said committee, then said col
mittee shall elect the proper numb
Of committeeman to which said distri
or districts may be entitled
The Eagle quotes this section In II
because 1t completely answers the
. tacks and criticisms of the It'd
Bumocracy In reference to the III
that the committee has recently I'LL
certain vacancies In the bOdy-vaca
cies created by the very circumstanc
referred TO In the section itself.
Another point which the pirates al
buccaneers thought vulnerable In t
\ armor Of the county central committ'
and In which they had fondly believ
they might attack II with some enc
was the fact that there being no cou
ty convention In 1900, and that thel
fore the terms of the members OF I
present committee expire next mont
The argument II advanced by the
rates and buccaneers that the prese
committee cannot therefore hold on
another year.
This hope Of the Bumocracy I
Eagle will now proceed to demolish
simple quotation from the minut
of an important meeting of the coun
central committee Here 1t Is:
Meeting of the central committee
~. the Democratic party of Cook Count
held Tuesday. March u. 1900.
- Quorum present, Chairman Gah
presiding. Minutes Of the previo
meeting read and approved.
reg "Alex. J. Jones of the Thir'y'foui
'ook Ward introduced the following reso
w" ton:
the Whereas. The various election IN
h'e of the state of Illinois which have be
'wer adopted since the adoption Of the q
'h' stitution and bylaws OF the Dehiscl
t., Ia.