Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-31

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member Of the congregation Of the Holy
Name Church.
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Party chiefs from various points In
the state held an important confer
ence In Chicago last week in which
n'a'ters bearing upon the approaching
state campaign were discussed.
Hon. Hen r. Cable. of Rock Island.
member of the National Democratic
Congressional Committee. was the
principal figure in the conference. Mr..
Cable H. slated for the craftsmanship
Of the Executive Committee and has
announced that headquarters will he
opened In Chicago about July I. Mr..
Cable IL confident Of making some
gains In the congressional field In hi.
nois this year. and the Eagle takes
pleasure In directing his attention tn
an article published elsewhere on that
subject In this edition Of tn. Eagle.
Mr.. Cable il an exceedingly able and
slIrewd political leader. and there Is
little doubt that II he and his com.
mittec get down to hard work they
ran gain az least one seat In Cook
County. thereby retiring "AInddy"
Madden into private life. which. II
nothing else were accomplished by II,
would u" good thing.
Among the other prominent Demo-
Gratis present at the conference were:
Chairman Hopkins. OF the state Cen
trail Committee: Charles Boescliriiste!r.
E,lwnrdsville. vice clalrman; ElmOrc
W. Hurst. Rock Island: Nick Perrin.
Lebanon: Maurice r. Moloney. Ottn-
VA: william Il. Brinton. In Sale:
Charles W. Ferguson. Rockford: sam
ucl Alschulcr. Aurora: Denis j. Hogan.
Geneva. Among the matters discussed
at the meeting was the formation Of
the state platform. which, II Is safe TO
say. will ignore the III To ! anil other
miscellaneous and nOnsenSlcal issues
which have been raising havoc with
the Democratic party for som" years.
Now that Mayor Harrison has the
nominating of the Legislative candi-
dates through u few ward bosses AMI
through his pet Advisory Committee.
the people might as well remain NJ
home on primary day. BY the way.
why don't the Legislature change the
laws so as to abolish the primaries
What II the use Of putting.
the people 10 the bother and expcns"
OF holding primaries ana conventions
when Harrison ana his kitchen cnbl-
net attend 10 the whole business! II
would he u great saving to ihe public
purse TO abolish the conventions.
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Judge William II. Barnum rs u nom
inee for Circuit or Superior Court
Judge would give strength to the Dem
Ocr,tic ticket. ana rs Judge 'f0r his
nomination would mean his election
would add wisdom and dignity to the
bench.
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While the school house accommodate
lions Of the city are entirely Inadequate
to the needs of our school children. and
while the School Board has been com
PEELED to appropriate millions of dol
lars for the purchase of additional sites
ana the erection of forty new school
houses to meet this demand. Mayor
Harrison sends u demag0gic letter to
the board advocating that the school
houses be thrown open for mass meet
ings for the discussion of public ques-
lions. This means that every long
haired crank who wants to talk munic-
ipal ownership, free taxes, free lunches
or any other kindred subject, can rally
II horde of kindred spirits around him
In the school houses evening after even
ing. make use of the school fixtures for
their own purposes ana turn the clean,
peaceful scenes of learning and educa-
ton into hog pens. The school teachers
md the pupils will lind the floors of
their school hOusse filled every morn
Ing with tobacco juice, covered with
stubs of cheap cigars, ana nieir desks
nnd seats with anarchistic literature
perhaps, or even worse. We are told
In report of the meeting of the school
Board that the need of additional
school buildings was emphasized when
4 request was made to the City Council
that the high schools he allowed To hold
heir graduating exercises in places
Dther than the school halls. But Mayor
Harrison evidently doesn't see it that
way.
John Garden, the well-known busi-
ness man, will undoubtedly he one OF
he Democratic nominees for member