Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-31
now THE DEMOCRATS CAN GAM
CONGRESSMAN

The Chicago Eagle IL always graft.
fled to find It's lead followed by Its
daily contemporaries. 1t II the high.
est kind of a compliment. and gives
us renewed confidence In our own judy
ment In such matters rs we under
take to make editorial comment.
This observation Is called out by the
developments In the First Congress
siOnal District. The Eagle was the
first to point out the unsuitability Of
Martin Is. Madden. the Republican
nominee. for this high Office ana to
draw attention to the fact that the
Democrats by nominating u strong
man against him could defeat him. In
urging upon the Democrats the neccs.
sity Of naming good candidate
against Mr.. Madden. the Eagle drew
attention to the fact that owing to
the eXcoriating which Mr.. Madden had
received ut the hands Of the daily
press when he presumed to aspire to
the United States Senatorial tOga,
some years ago, he had been much
weakened politically with the people Of
the district. The Eagle referred to
the criticism of the Municipal Voters
League which preceded Mr. Madden's
retirement from the Council and which
was fully discussed In the daily press
at the time In question.
The daily papers Immediately fol
lowed the lead of the Eagle, the Rec.
rd.Herald publishing an editorial on
the subject. with the caption. LEST
We Forget" In last weeks Eagle the
fact was emphasized that IL the Dem.
ocrats named strong, clean candidate
against Mr.. Madden In the First Dis
trict, they could make n gain of one
from Cook County at a critical june.
lure In the House Of Representatives.
In the edition of the Record Herald
the day following the subjoined arti.
Gle appeared:
While the Democrats are felicitating
themselves ON the discovery that In
gerrymandering Cook County the Re.
publicans have left two districts so
close that u small change In the vote
would give five Democratic Congress.
there Is little likelihood and less Occa-
sion why there should he n change In
their favor, except In one district.
That district, In which the Democrats
may reasonably look To gain u Con
gresham, Ii the First, consisting Of
the First and Second Wards. the Third
Ward east of Stewart avenue, the
Fourth Ward east of Halsted AMI the
Sixth Ward north of 43d street. In
1900 Mckinley carried this territory by
n plurality of G,OSS. but Yates plural
ity was only l,239, ana In 1901 Mayor
Harrison carried 1t by $3.50 over
IIanccy.
In this doubtful district the Repub-
Leans have been guilty Of the folly Of
nominating Martin Il. Madden, whose
political career was thought to have
come to not altogether enviable con-
clusion when he retired from the City
Council under broadside from the
Municipal Voters League. There Is
large Republican vote in the first con-
gressiOnal district which is irreconcil-
able on the Madden question. But it
will not turn out TO elect any sort of
n candidate the Democrats may name.
In the other Republican district,
which the Democrats think they see n
chance of carrying this fall the stu
alton is very different, II Is the Ninth,
which in the reapportionment of the
State happens to be Congressman BOu.
plurality in 1900 was +,31l, Yates was
only 900 and Mayor Harrison carried |
the district against Judge Hanccy last |
spring by 3,0s2.
While these figures on their face |
show a closer district than the First, |
they are far from being as favorable |
for the Democrats because Of Bou- |
tells strength as compared with Mad. l
den's.
This Is all very true, but the Eagle !
now wants 10 make one more sugges-
tion In this regard
While Mr. Madden Is very weak |
the district Is unqucstion- |
ably Republican and If the Democrats |
want to win there they must be very |
careful about whom they nominate. 1t
will not do TO give the nomination TO
any weak sister who has been either 1