Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-27

Nttte UtNII SeGNIte INV gOt OllIx
scnnt consideration ut the meeting of
Republican members Of the next I.cgis-
lature at the Union yesterday noon.
The only mention Of It was by Prcsi-
dent Foreman of the County Board"
That's enough to kill 1t. Good thing.
william LOrimer's seat In tho next
Congress rs n Representative from the
Sixth District will be contested by
Allan &. DurbOrOw, the defeated Dem
ccrntic candidate. and the proper no.
tice was served Dec. 20.
The announcement of the contest
came ns surprise to friends of the
Congrcssnian.elect. hut has In no way
caused any iineasincss among them, ps
1t Is believed the contest will amount
to naught.
Clarence $. barrow will not he n
candidate for Mayor next spriug.
On that point he declared himself
cmphntically ns soon as he arrived at
his office from the long siege n. has
been undergoing In Pennsylvania as
attorney for the striking coal miners.
lie wils not anxious to talk politics. but
when he was told that during his ub-
sence from the city his name had been
frequently mentioned as the possible
candidate Of the proposed labor pnrty
Tor Mayor. he announced that he was
not candidate for any office and uey.
or expects to be.
The Harrison organs glecfully made
announcement Of the above mentioned
statement. But they carefully refrain
ed from saying II wOrl about the one
which accompanied II, namely. TINT
under no circumstances would he (Alr.
DarrOw) consent to run for the office
Of City Attorney. This acted us n very
cold dOuch upon the red-hOt hopes OF
the City Hall pay roll brigade. which
Is now 40 actively engaged In planning
another campaign, by "round robin"
ana otherwise for ''Our Carter"
~SA
The esteemed Daily News says That
In order to purify the city government
we must have Il new charter. ana con.
tInues:
1T IN the opinion Of the Daily News
that the municipal legislature should
consist OF two branches, the members
of the upper branch being elected from
tho city ut large ana the members of
the lower branch being elected from
the wards ns ut present"
This IL precisely the 8! stem In vogue
In the city of st. Louis, ana we have
been hearing strange news from the
st. Louis City Council of late. These
patent panaceas for the diseases of the
body polite are but poor things ut best
II one were to judge from results.
The advisory committee" idea of
President Foreman of the County
Board seems to have died abOrning. 1t
Is curious to note the fate which usu-
ally Overtnkes the children of the brain
of theoretical reformers rs soon ns the
lntter get into the region of practical
public business.
Aldermen Butler ana Keeney of the
Twenty-seventh Ward have opened ,,p
an office in which they propose to have
heart to- heart talks with their cOnstit-
uents. The affair thus far has proved
good deal of a white elephant, but
neither of the city fathers from the
jefferson district is made of the tim.
her to wilt easily under adverse cir.
cumstances.
by the way, what has become OF
"Onery" Palmer's aldermanic sitting
, room?
"Onery," together with several other
of the politicians who boast of the
quality of their hosiery, seems to have
gone out of business entirely.
TOO much referendum In Alderman
Firms municipal ownership bill caus-
ed Il substitute to be offered for it In
the City Council last night. Several
Aldermen declared 1t failed to give the
city the enabling legislation required
to enable 1t to acquire street railways.
Others asserted that 1t would take two
years under the bill to purchase trac-
tlOn line. The measure was attacked
by several Aldermen as being indefinite
ana loosely drawn. Who could have
drawn IT.