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

he Is. There are bur ten men IN his i'm.
mediate ncighborhoOd who thought hr
shouldn't be kicked out of politics. Nal
Icy ought to retire after the slap in the
face administered him by his own clcc.
tlOn district.
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Mnlley's law partner. Sims. had u
narrow escape, too, In his pnrtiulaf
district. He escaped defeat in his ward
club elections by the narrOwest kind of
u margin. The closeness of his call.
however. amply demonstrates that the
people hate hOggishncss In politics ~
elsewhere. Two fat county offices (elcc.
tiOn commissioner ana county nttOr
ney) for one law firm IL more than the
public can stand In one dose.
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Leaders of labor In Chicago are talk.
! Ing OF putting mp n tlckr. of Their own
In Chicago.
While It would probably work injury
to the Democratic cause. the Eagle IL
forced to confess that 1t II hard 10
blame the labor men for being dissat.
istied with their treatment by both the
ola parties.
We fear there has been too much of
promise and too little OF performance
toward organized labor both In the
City Hall and the County Building, ana
II there should he labor ticket. the
men who do the strlnging act will have
only themselves to blame for It.
/ Besides. there IL no reason why hon
est organized labor should not get n
chance to hold the reins of government
for while. and recent events both in
the East and the West indicate II dis.
position on the part Of the public 20
give labor show.
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Three Superior Court judges ana three
Circuit Court Judges are to be- added to
the bench of Cook County by next falls
election. Besides this, the Probate
Court judgcship and, six and perhaps
seven. of the present judgeships will
have to be filled. the terms of Judges
Sears, Ball, Gary ana Kavnnaugh eX-
piring next year, while the health of
Judge John Gibbons Is In such u pre-
curious condition rs may necessitate
his retirement and the consequent elec-
tiOn of Il successor.
There Is splendid material among the
Democratic members OF the Chicago
bar with which to ill all these vacan-
cies, ana there should be no quibbling
or nonsense about nOn.partisan nom
nations.
ed only 10 pcrpctuate rotten Judges In
office, to encourage corruption of the
courts by rendering the Judges practl-
cally irresponsible to the people. The
voters should never abrogate the rights
which the constitution places In their
hands for the selection Of their public
servants. Let both parties put up their
candidates and the voters will then
have IN opportunity of choosing he
tween them, or of picking out the hest
men from both sides.
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The Health Department says the only
hope for those who use Chicago drink
ing water is to get II dose of typhoid
fever. This Is unique suggestion as
n precautionary measure of health. We
will next hear that the Chicago Health
Departments only specific for smallpox
Is to catch it and thus become immune.
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Who Is this fellow Cohen who has
been collecting funds for the erection
of monument to the memory of the
late Carter II. Harrison? BY whom
was he commissioned to raise or collect
funds for such Il purpose? So far as
can he ascertained. he has had neither
commission nor authority from any
body. or course, his self-assuned