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

that ot I'resluent ot the City CtNil Ser.
vice Commission.
He should follow this up with po-
lite invitation tn John Wings Ella to
step out, and then he can ut his leisure
present Powell with the key to the
street.
When this is done. then the Mayor
should appoint to the offices thus va
Gated men who will see to II that the
best friends of the Mayor as well as
the most capable officials of his ad-
ninistrutiOn are not prosecuted. ma.
ligned and deprived of Justice. or even
of an opportunity to clear their char
acters from undcscrved stigmas calcu.
lated to injurc them during the bal.
ancc of their lives. In making his Sc
lection the Mayor should he careful to |
appoint men who are not of anarchistic |
tendencies. men who do not dcspiSp |
and hate his police force and make il |
u life business to dcmoraiizc and Ills.
rupt II.
II he is authorized under the law to
appoint Democrats as u majority of
the board. he should name men who
are representative members of that par.
~ instead of individuals who make IL
u business to wreak ruin and destruc-
tion upon every subordinate officer or
cmployc of the administration who has
ever given good service to the Democ.
racy of Chicago. or proved his loyalty
in the past. either to Harrison or DE.
mocracy.
Ii the Republican party is to he rep
resented on the board he should appoint
n real and representative Republican.
not political cunuch.
II he should do this then the public
might expect real civil service and not
an administration of the law given IN.
der the apparent belief that II was in
tended only to benefit those who he.
long to no party. who have no public
principles aud whose only conception
Of the principles of true Americanism
seems to be to keep those who form
parties. create public policies. elect
public officials and lay the foundations
of civic government. out Of office. In
order that the same may be enjoyed by
u class who neither know nor exercise
the functions of citizenship.
| After this has been accomplished per-
haps Mayor Harrison may be enabled
to do justice to the party and personal
friends and supporters who have been
80 cruelty wronged by the operations
of the system now in vogue.
And their names are legion.
1T. Al.
1t might he In order for the Mayor to
pose once more as the leader Of West
crn Democracy. to once again mingle
In cordial fellowship with the rank and
file of his party. and to restore himself
to the place to which the public elected
him. but from which he has dcthroned
himself by his policy of cowardicc and
self.abnegation.
Until he shall have done these things
the Mayor may as well make up his
mind to lind himself outside the breast
works OF Democracy In this city, coun-
~ and State
Not all the Andrew Jackson day ban
quets that ever were devised. not all
the public prOtcstatiOns ever made
from rOstrum or platform. not even the
publicly expressed friendship OF Will
lam Jennings Bryan can ever rcinstate
Mayor Harrison In his former high
standing In the Democratic party. un.
less there shall be II righting Of the
wrongs inflicted upon hundreds of the
active Democrats Of Chicago through
his surrender to the forces Of know.
nOthngism now rampant In the City
Hail.
II may he said by timid professors
against the regime now ruling the rOOst
under Mayor Harrison. that The Eagle
has been too strong In It's denunciatiOn
Of these conditions. ana particularly OF
the present Civil Service Commission
as the root Of ull the evil
To such as these we say the views Of
The Eagle are indOrsed by ninety-ninc
ont Of every hundred of the true Demo
Gratis of Cook County, and not only by
these. but by every citizen Of this town,
who loves fair play and dcspiscs bigot'
ry and cOwardice.
The Eagle can quote by the dozen
from the published ana private utter
ances Of leading citizens Of Chicago In
support Of It's attitude upon this ques-
tiOn.
It gives n typical one as illustration of
that fact.
Everybody knows who Alderman Ma
vor is. He Is u prominent Republican,,
Il leading member Of the City Council.
and .the Chairman Of the city Finance
Committee Here Is what he says about
the civil service administration:
There Is little chance for II young
man to advance in the City Hall. Ger
tainly not the opportunities offered In
the business field. The civil service law
limits opportunity In public positions.
y man may have served for years In II
city position and acquired valuable eX.
perlencc. He may seek To enter the next
higher grade. \ young man Just out Of
college may take the same examination
and secure higher marks than the man
, with the experience of years. This
might not happen in II business house,
The head Of the firm probably would
select the experienced and tried cnl'
ployc for advancement. Thus In public
Jobs the young man strikes II rut and
I, often sticks there for years. lie he,