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

| j. Swenic.
The headquarters Of the fire depart.
ment in particular simply swarmed
with Swenies, young aud old, and
where one did not bump into a Swenie
1t was some cousin or other connection
Of the Swenie family. Chief Musham
has long had an opportunity Of watch.
ing how this game worked, and has for
years been Disguised with 1t.
He Is now utilizing the opportunity
which good fortune has presented to
him. for the purpose of breaking up the
entire system Of nepotism and personal
favOritism established and maintained
by his predecessor.
Soon after the retirement Of the for.
mer chief, James J. Swenie. his son.
was discharged from a comfortable
berth paying about $1,000 a year. the
duties Of which were nominal. Young
Swenie wanted to draw his pay, It Is
| said, without showing up for work ut
all. Monday Chief Musham transferred
Frank, brother of James ]. Swenie,
from the Central headquarters to En-.
glcwOod. This the Chief says he has
done for the good of the service. The
people believe this and hope that Chief
Musham will keep on with the good
work until the roster Of the fire depart.
ment will cease to read like genealOg.
ical tree Of the house Of Swenie.
Gov. Yates lachrymOse glands must
be peculiarly sensitive for a man who
Is said to be total abstainer. His
Excellency broke down and cried bit.
tcrly mt the Methodist conference the
other day because he had known the
Right Rev. Bishop McCabe for quite a
number Of years. The youthful Gov.
ernOr Of Illinois may know what he IL
about when he weeps, but to those not
ION the inside" the reason given seems
hardly adequate. 1t seems especially
hard on the prelate with the mutton
chops.
Bishop McCabe, by the way, has man.
aged to keep well before the fOOtllghts
during the proceedings Of the Rock
River conference. Among other things
he delivered quite an interesting dis.
sertatiOn as to the comparative values
OF Oliver Cromwell and a saint. The
Bishop expressed a strong preference
for "Old NOll." This to the layman
would appear to be a distinction with.
out difference, for the illustrious reg.
icide always claimed to be not only a
saint himself, hut that every Ebenexer
and Jedemiah GoOdenough In his camp
was also Of the elect and deserved to be
all designated by that gOodly title. 1t
IL hardly fair for his reverence the
Bishop to deprive "Old IrOnsides'" fol.
lowers OF their highly priced title Of
Gods saints" at this late date.
To man up tree 1t also looked
somewhat homogeneous to defy the
man who beheaded the royal ruler Of
his country, ana our late beloved Pres.
ident, himself the victim Of Il slayer of
rulers, In one ana the same breath
But there Is no accounting for tastes.
The good bishop also took a fall out
Of the yellow press, ana made a partic-
ularly severe attack upon the journals
published by that distinguished citizen
and newspaper man, william Il.
Hearst. II the reverend doctor Is cor
rectly reported. he has not made 1t very
clear wherein Mr. Hearst's journals are
to blame for the act OF u mailman. DIR.
McCabe quoted few lines Of dOggerel
from the San Francisco Examiner In
illustration Of his argument, but mas
much as CzolgOsz never saw that or
any other copy OF that journal, the ar
gument seems irrelevant ana pOintless.
Besides all this, the doctor should re-
member that many, II not most of the
great reforms In church and state
which he lauds so loudly, have been
brought about by free press.
~6~
Hon. Lawrence Y. Sherman, Speaker
OF the two last Houses of Representa-
tives, delivered himself of an grafton
at banquet given under the auspices
OF the Citizens Association. Among
other things that Lawrence deplored,
In speaking for reform, was the "long-
distance telephone vote" In the Legisla-
ture.
The Hon. Lawrence is speaking au.
th0rltatively on this point for the long.
distance telephone is placed immedi.
ately behind the Speakers chair.
1t is said, by the way, that the ready
reference directory In the long distance
telephone box In the House of Repre-
sentatives contains the addresses and
members Of every corporation In I'LL
nois, including those of the attorneys