Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-12

III may W. tttHt MT. lItTTlSVIt i'VH IVY
q rcpudiate Alderman Minwcgcn: this
'ort of language may sound all right
yhcI some fat-headel ward statesman
$ listening to himself frothing and
'uming in the City Hall corridors, but
{ looks mighty awkward in cold type.
Mayor Harrison may point with pride
% the fact that u man of Irish birth
5 M present chief of police.
That is true. hut what kind "f an
answer does this Irish chief make
10 the windmggy Minwcgcn?
Listen to how this scion of the hot
bloodcd O'Ncills replies:
I'm not saying" says chief O'Ncill,
I'm not saying that some of the men
would no, make good ditch diggcrs.
1T III Biutc-thou descendant of the
lily Niall. this is indeed the most uu.
kindpst cut of all.
Can ii he that he who traces his line.
age back to Mall of the Nine Hostages,
looks down with contempt upon his
countrymcn on the force aud dubs
them mere clansmcn. simply ditch
,iiggurs." and not even good enough to
he rukoncd even as kern ar rallow.
GLASSES.
hut perhaps. too. there is u covert
Snccr ~ woodcm shoes in this sly nllu-
sion to ditch diggcrs.
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The Irish chief proceeds to say in
Windbaggy Minwcgcn:
I'VE have got men on the force that
were formerly doctors and lawyers.
while lots of them are mechanics
lie forgot to include the musicians
But what kind of an answer Is thisi
If there are men on the force who were
formerly doctors. or lawyers. or me.
chanics. II Is safe to say they nrr not
the best policemen. Men who make Il
failure of one avocation in life rarely
make u success I'm any other.
AS u matter Of fact. the majority
of the police are naturi,l.born Aucri
cans says chief O'Ncill.
Natural born" IL good. However. II
is rcussuring to learn from the chief
that they came into the world in the
regular way.
This city IL rearing its own police
men," says Mayor IIarrison's chief oi
police.
Well. that may bc true. hut Just at
present II Is feeding them on very thin
milk.
ut will he only u question of time.
continues chief O'Ncill. "bcforc the on
tire force win he composed of natives
of the town.
No doubt about that II the Harrison
Minwegcn policy Is to 20 into effect
The chief himself viii he retired oi
pension by that time. of course. 80 II,
doesn't care.
All this Is very mild roaring" from
the Mayors Irish Chief" There ism
very much Of the "I.ahm Dcary Aboo'
about the Chiefs reply. WhyI
The only reasonable answer Is III,
,lassen't."
Minwegen Is nm administration Alder
man-Thiggin Thuy
But now. what will the hundreds o
thousands of Chicago citizens Of for
rign birth ar Imrentagc think of al
this?
When Mayor Harrison welcome,
Prince Henry to Chicago he said thcr
were one million citizens Of German cX
traction In this city. DID he think q
that when 'Minwcgcn. the 'alminlstr
tion Alderman" was invcighing ugnins
'fOrclgilcrs on the police force.
When Mayor Harrison was an uIl
known personality. spending money Il
II vain attempt to run newspaper. N,
afterwards spare time lOunging arO,in,
Democratic headquarters. men of lrisl
birth and lineage were planning hi
political fortunes for him. AMI later car
rled those plans into execution. Their
are hundreds of thousands of that rae
In Chicago. Did Mayor Harrison thinl
of that when his administration Alder
man was Snecring ut 'thc bogtrOtters'
on the fOrccI
Whether he did or not. Minwcgcr, tn,
llarrlsOnlnn Alderman. has nailed tn,
present city administration to the plat
form of opposition To fOrcign.born citl
zcns In the public service. and the for
"lgn'born citizens and the foreign. .borl
citizens sons will remember this whcI
til" right time comes.
Nh BWklish.
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Dr. j. B. McFatrlch will certainly IL
nominated for Congress this fall IL
Is far more popular In his district tina,
MARTY" Madden, the only other candI
date mentioned In the district.
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Chicago theate, managers hay
adopted n new scheme. They sell nue.
OF their standing room" for the gal
lerics, thus increasing the risk of hu
man life.
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The sale of standing room" In Chi
cago theaters must be abolished.
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Hon. Miles j. Dcvlnc will make
model County Judge.
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The most popular aud efficient odi
cial in th" city Hall il Peter Kiol
bnSSu, the Commissioner or HuIldiur.