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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
10 ASSlST MvSHAM.

Candidates who passed the examina.
ton for Third Assistant Fire Marshal
were announced by the Civil Service
Commission. Those who were success
full follow, their average being given:
VIM. II. Townsend. 100; James Koran.
07.54; Chas. +. Seyferlich. 03.4S; J0-
seph l.. Kenyon. OO.00; p. J. Donahue.
SO.32; John Hannah, 8O.73; David J.
Mahoney, 1910.
Chief Musham will choose one Of the
first three eligibles. 1t " predicted his
choice will be Seyferlich. who recently
was brought In to take HOran's place
as chief OF the First Battalion. Town
send IL chief Of the Ninth Battalion,
I'D street and wentworth avenue.
The City Council will be asked to en-
act an ordinance requiring that all fire.
men obtain licenses from an examining
board. Much Of the smoke nuisance, II
Ii cOntended. II due to improper or care
less stocking OF boilers and furnaces.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
4 YELP FROM 0RAFTERS.

or all the exhibitions OF gall the PEG
pbe of Chicago have ever witnessed, the
recent action OF the City Council In call
Ing for the passage OF laws making 1t
"crlmlnal to proclaim through the
press or from the platform principles
tending to create restlessnfss In the
minds" Of the people, Is peerless for the
lOftlness Of It's altitude.
Just think of the Chicago City COun-
eli delivering hOmilies upon public
ethics and amenities.
4 body which has become u synonym
for graft and doodle.
A body which itself has been the
medium of enough official corruption,
violation Of laws, human and divine,
subyersiOn Of public morals, robbery OF
the rights of the public and general
spOliation of the taxpayers, to bring
about II revolution.
4 body which has come TO he regard.
Cd with derision and looked upon AZ
the personlficatiOn OF everything that IL
contemplate and vcnal.
This Is the body that has the monu'
mental impudence to talk about pass
ing laws to suppress ''restlessness"
iamong the people.
The only way to prevent ''restless
ness" among the people, no fur as thu
Taxpayers of Chicago are concerned, IL
to kill off boOdling and boOdlers In TIN
City Hall, and, for that matter, every
where else.
II ever conditions existed calculate,
ito produce anarchy, they are thOs'
(which have for years fourished In thu
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
ARM0vR 4 c0xPANY's CALENDAR.

Armour 4 C0mpany's calendar for
uh'1 II II highly artistic achievement.
The idea Is unique. 1t will embOly six
types Of the American girl Of to-day as
described by six of the foremost Amer
lean illustrators William 4. Smedley.
A. Il. Wenzell, Albert Sterner Howard
Chandler Chrlsty, Henry HUT and \.
!. Keller, All save one OF the drawings
will be In color; all will be full length
figures, placed against sOft.tOned back
grounds. The artists chosen for the
task Were In no instance restricted.
They were simply asked O give their
Ideal type Of modern wOmanhoOd. All
have done so, and the result az set forth
In the six original drawings Is all That
can possibly be desired. Each sketch Is
characteristic Of its creator, ana each
one technically considered presents the
producer ut his best. The artists were
given ample time for the selection OF u
model ana for the execution OF the
commission. When the names OF the
illustrators selected to furnish the
sketches Tor this calendar became
known one to the other each man nat
ura!ly desired to send forth only his
best effort, for only leading artists had
been chosen, and the spirit OF rivalry
was aroused. The six drawings IN vari
Gus vehicles are essentially cath0lic
which makes them most suitable FOL
the purpose to which they are to be put
aud they testify to the great versatility
and originality OF American illhstla
tors. They also pay tribute to TIN
beauty of our women, and the types
although differing widely, are all dis
tinctly American. Refinement, intelli
gence, suppleness. verve and whole
solneness are dominant traits Of Amerl
can wOmanhood, and these characters
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
WALKER ALONE ALL Ri0HE.

II would rather see young man
sent to the bridewell to serve sixty
days than to see him take City Hall
job" declared AID. MavOr, chairman
of the Finance Committee, to Comp
trOller McGanI.
Nothing will demorallze him sooner.
What does he get out OF It? He will
not quit 1t. As for the MayOralty. 1t
has been the political graveyard OF
every nan who has taken It, No Mayor
OF Chicago ever rose higher,
Comptroller McGann said that Aid.
MAYORS remarks We're true of former
times rather than now. He said:
II have seen the time when there was
an element Of immortality In the City
Hall that an ordinary man could not
conceive OF. The improvement within
twenty-five years has been beyond con-
ception, There was never a Corpora
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

him (lIarrlsOn he logically discharg.
ed Fisher from the city employ be-
cause that unfortunate individual
chose to exercise his right In place
and under circumstances where It was
ImpOtent and could not affect any.
body.
1t IL all. however. OF a piece with the
whole official ana political career Of
this political lizard.
A career OF continual Hypocrisy, OF
carefully planned grandstand plays,
covering up an administration OF I'm.
precetlented corruption and rOttenness.
The time has now come when the City
Hall Lizard will have forced upon his
Shiny. slippery mind the truth Of Abra.
ham I.Inc0ln's hOmely adage about
"fOOllng the people all Of the Time"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
1AKE GUN DRoPS DiS00R0E.

ChlcagO's invertebrate Corporation
Counsel, Mr.. Charles NJ. Walker. con-
tinues to maintain discreet silence as
60 whether OF not the same law which
applies to the County Treasurer In ~.
gard TO the retention Of interest on the
public funds applies also to the City
Treasurer.
The taxpayers OF Chicago are curious
to know why Mr.. Walker does not vol
unteer some information for the en-.
lightenment OF the public on this very
important subject.
Mr.. Walker may not he aware. but II
is Il fact, that II II u question which
involves a matter Of xSOOO annually
Of the public funds.
Gum Drops" Gumther the present
City Treasurer OF Chicago. has, since
his election. handled more money than
any one Of his predecessors has ever
done within the same length Of time.
There Is the very best authority for
stating that he has had continually on
hand from $6,OOOON to $S,OOO.OOO upon
which the banks allow interest at the
rate OF 2 per cent.
But Gum Drops" Gunther has an ar
rangcmcnt with the city by which but
1 per cent of this is turned over to the
city treasury, while the Honorable
Gum Drops" himself pockets the 9th
er half. In other words, n sum approx
imaiing $4,000 annually.
This Is nothing short of public out
rage, and the attitude of the City Coun
ell and Corporation Counsel Walker III
reference TO 1t Is not only remarkaDi'
but amounts very nearly, II not qui'e
10 a culpable dcreilctlon Of duty.
How can the Mayor and his com
plant Corporation Counsel reconcile
their attitude toward the County Treas
urer with that which they maintain TO
ward the City Treasurer
listen To Walkers opinion, rendered
at the request Of his master, Harrison
in regard to the collection Of intcres
ON funds by the County Treasurer
Here II Is:
1T Il the duty Of the County Treas
wer and Collector 10 treasure the collh
tvs moneys and II il the duty OF TN
CITY Treasurer 10 treasure the city
moneys: and the County Treasurer ans
Collectors duty among other things
To collect the city's taxes ami withou
demand
.Pay over TO such CITY Treasurer u
often as once in two weeks, from til
time ne shall commence the c0iiec'o
thereof, all such taxes as he shall the
have collected till the whole tax sha
have paid over
i am OF the opinion that IL any II
taest has accrued to or any compehs'
tion has been paid for the use OF fuhd
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Health Department authorities are
very much mistaken" says DIR. James. |
THAT the Health Department records |
are woefully Incomplete Is plain enough
to anybody who will compare the total
number of births recorded In the city
of Chicago with the total record re-
ported from such States as Massachu.
sets. where the best American records
are kept. or from the health offices Of
England. France or Germany. which.
of course. are far superior to even the
Massachusetts records.
IF the reports Of the Health Depart
nent of the city Of Chicago for the last
| ten years are to be believed. the birth
rate In this city falls far below that Of
Tany other civilized region in which such
records are kept.
when we consider the fact that a
larger proportion Of the population of
the city Of Chicago are Of the hubble age
than that Of any other of the largest
cities Of the world such proposition Is
absolutely ridiculous. The Health DE.
partment Of Chicago would he much
better engaged In appealing to the com
munity to give II adequate facilities for
making good birth records instead OF
claiming that its present records are
satisfactory. 1t Is an unfortunate thing
that our public authorities feel II neces.
sary to boast of the excellence Of their
work all the time instead of being per-
. fectly frank and emphasizing the plain
, and simple facts.
"My point is that the birth records Of
the city are Inadequate and that II II n
, grave wrong to the public to insist that
= they are satisfactory.
.To pretend that the work Of city
department Is good In the sense Of he
p ing satisfactory. In order to avoid pub
. lie criticism. when az Il matter Of fact
: the work falls fur below that done by
similar departments In other States ant
I In other countries. IL not acting fairl!
. by the public who pay the taxes for tn
). support Of these departments"
|. This II q scathinH ararignment Of tn
imi,ecile institution which masquerade
= ~ Il city Health Department.
;. 1t II only In line. however, with TIL
general policy of the BOOzers' Union.
). The very fact that this institution pre-
a tends to give daily reports on the cor
,litiOn Of our water supply. when ever
N scientific and qualified analyst In CHI
o cagO knows that It takes two weeks
I. nnnlyze water. proves the utter unr'
Y. liability Of every report. official state
ment or table of statistics that cmai
ii atcs from the BoOzers' Union.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
0EN OHARLES H. ALDRiCH.

The following letter from General
Charles II. Allrich explains itself:
Dec. :, 1901.
Editor Chicago Eagle:
Dear Sir-In your issue Of Dec. q you
give me the credit for securing the deci.
sion In the Philippine case, and state
that l am talked OF for the position OF
United States Judge. beg TO advise
you that l was associated with Law
renee Harmon, Esq, In the conduct Of
the case referred to, and that any men.
tlon Of me for a judicial position II
without my consent, "a ! would not az.
cept the place II offered me. am. very
truly yours.
CHARLES II. ALDRICH.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
the LIZARD AND THE DEAD Duck.

City Hall Lizard Harrison IL now en-
gagged In preparing for the annual ex-
hibition Of that political dead duck.
william Jennings Bryan.
The Lizard. by the way. has II fond
ness for dead ducks Of any old kind
Bryan. however. II the deadest duck
that ever the Lizard Of the City Hall
has ever hud anything to do with.
This year. as usual. the exhibition Is
to be made ut u banquet which II paid
for out Of the salaries Of the City liall
employees.
Every sewer digger. brldge.tender
contractor. ana garbage collector In the
employ Of the city will have to stand u
substantial deduction from his pay en-
| velope for January to dcfrny the ex.
pense OF the glorifcntiOn Of Bryan and
other defunct saints Of the Democracy
We include Bryan IN the general
qualification Of the patron saints. he
cause politically the Windy Orator OF
the Platte IL dcader than Julius
Caesar. Indeed. he IN as dead Us the
prOverbial mackerel. which, when de
parted this life, IL said to shine ana d'
other things.
1t IL an imposition upon the Demo
Gratis Of Cook County and Of Illinois FOL
Harrison to attempt to force the mort
bund Bryan upon them In u vain en-
deavOr to resurrect the theories whicl
he stands for ana which are now buried
deeper than Andrew Jackson Of happ!
memory.
II matters not that Harrison ma!
hope to gain Il little maudlin sympath!
for himself by displaying lOng.lOs
. brothers fidelity and affection 70
, "Billy Of the Platte"
The faCt remains that II there IL an,
, man In public life Of whom the Demo
, Gratis Of this city are more sick ana dis
gusted than they are Of Bryan. tim
-, man IL Carter II. Harrison, or the Liz
arb OF the City Hall.
:, The annual vaudeville Of the Liar
ana the Dead Duck IL II double impOs
- ton upon the City Hall employees VIII
heartily curse its recurrence, dam
10 Bryan ana Harrison and the sand-bal
q cling methods by which they are shake
-, down every new year to furnish u spe,
20 tacular "vlndlcation" for II pair Of I'm
tatlOn statesmen.
., Would n not be well, by the way. II
, somebody to ask Corporation Ceuns
:. Walker for an opinion AZ to wheth'
- this IL Il violation Of the Civil Servi'
law
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
FRAUDULENT CiWL SERVICE re-.
FORM.

Harrison. the City Hull Lizard. who
In the cases Of COlleran, Joyce and
other good Democratic city officials Of
the city. made such II pretense Of vlr.
tliOus obedience to Civil Service law,
has. through his dealings with the I'M
fortunate bridgetender, Fisher, dem.
Onstrated what an arrant hypOcrite
he IL.
Harrison, who. fOrsOOth. refused to
obey the letter that he might run no
risk OF violating the spirit Of the law
In COlleran's case, openly, braxenly aud
impudcntly violated the spirit OF Civil
Service because he was not prevented
by the letter of the law In the Fisher
case.
The very incident which furnished
the Lizard with sufficient grounds. In
his own estimation, to discharge the
hridgetender from his position under
the administration, demonstrates what
a miserable gallery player, ana con.
temptible hypocrite Harrison Is In re-
gard to this question of Civil Service
| reform.
Poor Fisher was discharged because
he had the temerity to attend meet
ing of one faction OF his own party and
to vote In the way he considered just,
fair and legal regarding the constitu'
ton of It's central organization.
| Yet this hypOcritical little Mayor had
the effrOntery to send his Commission
or of Public Works, BlOcki; his Com
missioner of Streets, Mr.. DOherty; his
City Collector, Mr.. Brandecker, and
forty-fve other city employees over to
another meeting, which he afterwards
denounced as unfair, because Its Or
ganizers did not let the other crowd
into their hall and permit them to par
tlcipate In the proceedings there being
held.
What fine consistency!
What would Harrison have done had
his own advice been taken and Fisher
along with the other Tildenite members
Of the committee, been admitted and
the Hopkins roll call been accepted III
the basis of representation at the com
mittee meeting?
Fisher, under those circumstances
would have voted against the HarrisOI
interest. and his vote then would have
counted.
Yet while Harrison admitted and ad
vised the recognition OF the right OF
Fisher to vote as member OF thu
committee, under circumstances
where the vote would be injurious Il
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Mr.. MasOn's education was completed
In the University of Michigan. and
when the War Of the Rebellion broke
out. though but Just crossing the TIRES
hold Of manhood. lie enlisted In the
army Of the Union and went to the
front In the cause Of the Union as a
member Of the Twelfth Illinois vOlun-
teer Infantry.
Young Mason distinguished himself
on many u har,l-fOught field during the
war. and his bravery was rewarded by
steady promotion until he was finally
commissioned captain, ana major by
brevet.
At the close Of the war Major Mason
returned to Chicago and embarked III
the foundry business and has ever since
been identified with ChiCz,gO's growth
and progress.
Major Mason has been for many
years the head Of the Excelsior Iron
Works. and as a business man lie has
as In every other walk Of life proven
himself IN eminent success.
He has served as a member Of the
Library Board. as director OF the In
ter-State Exposition. member Of the
West Park Board and other positions Of
honor. without emOlument, and In all
Of which he has rendered most valu-
able service to the public.
| Major Mason II life member Of
Apollo Commantlery knights Templnr.
Lafayette Chapter and Blancy Lodge.
In which he was made member Of the
Masonic order.
In his present Office m an earnest
worker In the peoples behalf. Major
Mason will undoubtedly live up to the
high traditions Of his name and his owl,
distinguished career.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Chicago City Council. and which. to a
greater or lesser extent, exist there to-
day.
Nothing. perhaps. would conducc 80
much to u restful feeling among the
people of Chicago as a thorough clean
ing out Of its rotten, bOotlling City
Council and the stringing up to lamp.
posts of n few of its rObbing Aldermen.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Major George Mason. who has just
been appointed to u membership Of the
Board Of Inspectors Of the House Of
Correction, II one of the best citizens
of Chicago and u man who will he
distinct gain and benefit to the man.
agement OF the institution.
The office Is u purely honorary one.
and Mr.. Mason's acceptance Of It was
done In the true sense Of public spirited
citizenship.
He Ii u successful and capable b,sl.
ness man and he will bring to the per.
Torrance Of his duties qualities that
are certain to produce the very best re-
suits for the public service.
There are few positions under the
city government more important than
that Of Inspector Of the City Bridewcll,
because by the good or bad manage.
mcnt of that Institution IL the future
of hundreds of the youth Of the city
directed to the right or the wrong path
of life.
Major Mason II therefore the RICH,
man In the right place.
George Mason Ii u Scotchman h!
birth and Il true American by adoption
and training. lie was born In Paisley
Scotland. March. $40. His father wa,
an able mechanic and u competent en-
gineer and the son well followed IN til,
fathers footsteps. Young Mason came
to this country when but four years o.
age. and In this city the fOuntln
ton Of his splendid education was ln!'
under the tutelage of NJ. II. Gleason. I
noted teacher Of his time. His school
mates were such men as Charles Pea
cock, John NJ. and Bruce Clark. Georg
and James High. George Witl~ck an
others equally well known In Chlcag
commercial ana professional life.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
the STATE DEMOCRATIC PRESS
ON HARRISOM.

To call Mayor Harrison u stiff In to
apply n compliment to nm invertebrate.
--Danville Democrat.
The Democrats Of Illinois will never
support man for Senator who goes
back on his friends. --MOnticellO Her.
aid.
The Harrison Presidential bubble
has burst. Well, We always thought
the suds were rather thin.--Cair0 Sun.
Talk Of Harrison for President! Why,
with his pudgey form ana red nose he
would make better paperweight.-
Mount Vernon Herald.
Illinois Democrats will never favor
Harrison for either President or Sen.
ator. He IL a Civil Service Reform
hypOcrlte. ana the party has had
enough OF such men, Eftingham TIA
zette.
Cook County Democrats are In re-
volt against Mayor Harrison. They
have discovered that he IL not Il Dem
Ocrat. -Oswego Palladium.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

In making its nominations next fall
the Depocratic County Convention
will he guided by the history OF the
past and will name none but the very
best ana strongest men as the party
candidates. Spencer Ward is strong
" urged as man who would very
materially strengthen the ticket, AMI
his nomination for judgeship Is prac-
tlcally assured.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

ton Counsel. for instance. but proAted
afterwarl by having held the Office. All
the young assistants Of the Corpora
ton Counsel are being bettered by hold
Ing Office"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

Justice j. X. I'rindivllle Ia one ut
the most respected ma popular men,
hers OF the Cook County bar. He
would make an excellent member Of the
judiciary. and he viii probably be NOM
mated for that office by the Demo-
cratic County Convention.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

tics are found In varying degrees in all |
of the six sketches. All Of the artists
are well known through ther various
contributions to leading magazines. us |
we'll as to important art exhibitions.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14

The esteemed Inter Ocean IL very In
geniOus In the matter OF fixing up states
for the DemOiirltic County Convention.
1t IL u little too early, however, for
our contemporary to be entirely accu-
rate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
HARRISON AND I'VE A. p. A.

VI DUET ~ HlIVttuiNeiS lIOiiI I'LL ONeT VII |
cago held on Tuesday night, the an.
that Mayor Harrison had |
not given one cent to the BOer fund |
was received with Misses.
Great cheers and laughter greeted the
reading of the following poem on Har-
rfson's A. T.. A. tendencies, by prom
inent ChicugOan:
Oh. Carter. dear. what's this we hear.
t-pOn my soul they say
That you have thrown the Irish down
And Joined the A. +. A.
Yet your little brown Fedora"
Your City Hall caubeen.
You would long ago have eaten
But for wcarers of the green.
hut well keep the shamrock In our
hats
Although on Patrick's Day
We must get our marching permit
From u little A. Il. A.
but when the leaves upon the trees
All budding bright are seen.
You'll get YOUR marching permit
From the wearers of the green.
When first the wOcful tidings
or your rank apOstacy
From party ties and friendship, too.
Young "Man Of Destiny"
Were sent abroad we all proclaimed
The dreadful tale untrue.
Until II was confirmed.
Little Garter H." by you.
Twas sud indeed. Young Carter.
To hear ChicagO's Mayor
A.sneering at the men who stood
Upon Haymarket Square
That dark and dreadful night In May.
When heroes hearts beat true.
And boldly braved red annrch's wave
A solid line of blue.
still satdcr IL the wocful fact,
ChicagO's Mayor has seen
II fit to place ban upon
The wearers Of the green.
Hut the leOpard's spots You cannot
| chnngP.
| And no one ever knew
A yellow kid that did not wear
A bilious orange hue.
They claim you're pledged In future,
Without bubble, bnlk or dodge.
To run the City Hall just like
| An old Know Nothing lodge.
Next seventeenth of March. It's said.
You'll drape the "llall'' In black.
Aud on July the twelfth you are
To hoist the Union Jack.
We watched you on the evening.
When to help the starving Beers.
The great big Auditorium was crowde,
to the doors.
But when they passed the hat around
Their charity to vent,
ChicngO's Mayor sat In his chair.
And never gave u cent.
The German Turner's now no more
Find favor In your eyes.
: To golf links and to kIltie bands
Your fancy fOndly files.
For the force that was "the finest"
. or late We hear the cry
: Your Civil Service gang has raised.
No Germans need apply.
:, bob Burke must now retire,
!, II yOi're to have your way,
= His name sounds too Hibernian
:, To please the a. +. 4.
= Hut when Flu and Bob LindblOm
Come to handle your campaigns
:, Wen see you get passport
), To oblivion for your pains.