Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19
self.Respecting Citizens Fight Shy of Head.
quarters on Account of the
Surroundings.
Decent Democrats Have Little or No Show
with the Present Unsavory Machine
Aggregation,
But the People Have Determined that the
Party Must Be Run by Clean
Hands,

which constitutes the makeup of the
Democratic organization of Cook Coun.
~. the party Is saddled with the enor.
nous weight Of the present city admin.
istration. There is no gainsaying the
statement that this administration has
been the most productive of scandal of
any in the history of Chicago: more
productive, In fact, than all of them
put together.
There Is 10 need of enumcrating
them; the people remember them but
too WELL
The present unsavory aggregation
which constitutes the majority of the
party organization has done nothing
beyond making a continuous and per.
sistcnt effort to bolster up and main.
tain in Office this calamitous city ad.
ministration. And this. too, in face OF
the fact that more Of Mayor Harrison's
subordinates have been indicted for
misdemcanors and malfeasances In
office than ever was known under any
other Mayor or than ever occurred dur.
Ing the administration of all other may.
ors of the city of Chicago combined.
Good cltlZens-Democrats and Repub.
leans alike-dcplorc the fact that the
machinery of the party has fallen into
the control Of a gang, the majority OF
which are boodlers, graftcrs and dis
reputables. They deplore that Mayor
Harrison's administration has been
compelled to eXpend so much valuable
time In keeping so many former under,
strappers out Of the penitentlary.
Not only do the Democratic voters
demand reorganization of the party
machinery in Cook County, but they
demand and will have n reckoning
with those now in charge for certain
peculiar dolngs ana transactions which
do not seem consistent with the idea of
party loyalty.
Here, for instance, are few qucs-
tiOns that the Democrats of Chicago
ask.
Why have the Democrats failed to
nominate a strong candidate in the
Ninth Congressional Distrlcty
What underhand deal Is on between
a certain hlgh-muck-a-muck Of the
Democratic party organization OF Cool.
County and the Republican party In the
Ninth Congressional Distrlcty
Franchises Of fifty.three lines now
owned and operated by the Unou
Traction Company expire in 1908. The
hst includes all the important principal
and Cr0sstown lines on the North and
West sides. Secretary George @. Skies
Of the street railway commission has
compiled q table showing the fran
chises affected and It is set forth In the
statement that twenty-seven Of the
franchises were granted to the North
Chicago Street Railway Company and
twenty-six to the West Chicago Street
Railway Company. Many Of the fran
chises, as indicated by asterisks, are
subject to the act Of 1865.
Following is list Of the expiring
franchises:
State street, from Lake to Ciark
streets, by Division street.
sClark street. from Washington
street to Fullerton avenue.
Clark street, from Fullerton avenue
to Diversey boulevard.
Wells street and Fifth avenue, from
Randolph to Clark streets.
Center street-Clark street to Lin
coin avenue.
Lincoln avenue-Center street to Bel
mont avenue.
Ashland avenue--Belmont to Grace
land avenue.
Belmont avenue-Llncoln avenue to
Robey street.
Robey street-Belmont avenue to
Roscoe boulevard.
Roscoe boulevard-Robey street to
Western avenue.
Division street-Wells street to ely
tourn avenue.
'Ciybourn avenue line-Division
street 20 Fullerton avenue.
Bedgwick street-Chicago avenue to
Division street.
'Sedgwlck street-Division street to
Lincoln avenue.
Garfield avenue-Lncoln avenue to
Racine avenue.
Racine avenue-Webster avenue 10
Center street.
Center street-Raclne avenue to Lin
coin avenue.
'Larrabee Chicago to Lincoln
avenues.
Webster avenue-Racine to Lincoln
avenues.
Sheffield avenue-Mnc0ln avenue to
Clark street.