Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-20
Central Committee Dispossessed Of Headquar.
ters and Ordered to Attend to Minor
Matters
Meantime the Advisory Committee and Other
Outsiders Assume Complete Charge
Of the Campaign,
But Organized Labor RevoIts Against the New
Dictatorship and Other Dangers
Threaten Ticket

The usurpation of the duties of the
Democratic organization of Cook Coun-
ty was made complete on Monday last
by Mayor Harrison's advisory" silk
stocking and special patchwork com.
mittee Of citizens.
1t was one Of the most extraordinary
Incidents ever witnessed In connection
with political campaign In this county,
and what its effect can be nobody can
ut this time predict with any degree of
accuracy.
To the unprejudiced or disinterested
observer. however. 1t looks as II the
Democratic candidates will be lucky II
II does not prove serious or disastrous
blunder.
This view is held by many even of
those who are friendly to the Demo
cratic ticket, and who will probably
support 1t, but who dcplore the driving
out Of active participation in the cam.
paign Of the regularly elected central
organization of the party In order to
allow an ofilce.holding "boss' from the
City Hall to exploit himself as a great
leader.
When, as some OF our daily contem.
poraries put II. "the Democratic County
Committee abdicated in favor Of the
Harrison advisory campaign com.
mittee Of twenty.four In the manage.
ment Of the pending campaign, and by
n resolution adopted In the meeting OF
the County Committee. the advisory
committee OF twenty.four was given
the management and full charge OF
the campaign" an act unwarranted and
without precedent was perpetrated; one
which In fact amounted to an abrOga.
tion Of the rights and duties of the reg
ularly chosen representatives Of the
Democratic party Of this county.
In SO far as In 1t lay, the Democratic
organization effaced itself so that Hnr
risOn, the City Hall payroll brigade and
the "four.fiushing" silk stocking "ad
vlsory" committee might pose 'as til,
leaders and the molders of the destinies
OF the party.
This Is, to put 1t mildly, treating tho
voters of the Democratic party In {
very cavalier fashion, and the friend,
OF the candidates on the DemOcrati,
ticket already begin to fear that 4
may be resented by the voters Mt thu
polls on election day.
The Democratic party Of Cook Count!
has constitution, section of Article
!. Of which provides that:
"The control and management Of tn,
Democratic party Of Cook County, I'LL
nois. Is hereby vested In a committe,
of the Democratic party Of Cook Coun
ty, ILL.,, which shall consist of two mem
hers from each ward In the city of Chi
cago, one from each Senatorial distric
and six members from the county
towns outside Of the limits Of Chicago
and within the limits of Cook County.
Section 2 Of Article III. provides tina
"Said committee shall have the genera
supervision by subcommittee or other
wise Of campaigns to elect candidates
nominated by said convention"
These are extracts from cOnstltu
tion framed and adopted by the peOpl,
of the Democratic party for the man
agement Of It's campaigns and affairs II
general.
Yet at the fiat OF a would.be boss
the principal jack-in-office at the City
Hall--a lot OF individuals who have
never been known to be active In the
affairs of the party, concerning some
Of whom there Is some doubt as t.
whether they ever voted the Demo
cratic ticket, while others mt most can
not be classed otherwise than as leap
year Democrats, are foisted upon the
party as a campaign committee Of
management, while the constitution OF
the party Is calmly ignored or ridder
over rough-shod
All OF which, by the way, has beer
brought about by carefully planned
political intrigue through which Harri
son and his pet lieutenants of the City
Hall cohorts could be landed In the
saddle as "bOsses."
And here, too, Is where another grea'
danger for the gentlemen whose name,
appear upon the Democratic ticke
crops up, as 1t will be the purpose OF
this article TO demonstrate later on.
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