Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-07-26
Citizens from Many Parts Of Town Write
Of Men and Events Of the
Day.
Pointed Questions Asked Regarding the Trans
actions Of Public Bodies and Of
Political Leaders.
Gossip Of the City and Of the Country
Forms the Subject, Of Com.
munications.
TO the Editor Chicago Eagle:

To the Editor Chicago Eagle:
Dear Sir-Can you or any Of your
readers explain what the public IL to
gain or tell us even what 1t may hope
TO gain. by the tour through the East
Of the Council Transportation Commit
tee? There IL a very strong prevailing
opinion that It Is n junket. pure ana
simple. and past experiences In this
line support that opinion. These tours
Of investigation In the East" occur at
regular periods, but altogether too fire.
qucntly to suit the pockets Of the tax
payers. and nobody has ever heard of
what good any of them was ever pro.
| ductivc. The annual reports contain.
ing maps. diagrams and all useful and
necessary data of public works and i'm
prOvements In all the great cities of
this country are nll In the hands of the
city officials and available at u mo.
incnt's notice. These reports contain
all ana much more Information
than any committee of investiga-
tion could get together IN twelve
months: and, what is more, the infor.
nation IL given In better shape than
any such committee could give II.
l suppose It is too late to prevent the
present proposed junketing trip. but
write this letter with the hope Of calling
attention to the matter with an eye to
the future. I think that such excur.
slOns should ut least bc authorized by
the Council before they are under.
taken. The taxpayers are heavily
enough burtlened now and should be
spared all unnecessary expenses. Yours
truly, vERlTAS.
Editor Eagle:
Dear Sir-AlthOugh the Eagle II an
Independent newspaper. and not an
organ OF any party, yet as Democrat
l cannot help expressing my admira-
tiOn for the fair and fearless way In
which you discuss all matters political
or Of public policy. So far as the DEM
Ocratic party Is concerned, believe you
give II fair and honorable treatment.
In this regard the Eagle IL the only
newspaper In Chicago to which we can
now look for fair play, because Of the
two dailies which claim to be Demo.
cratic, one In the representative Of a
section Of the party only, while the 9TH
er seems to find nobody In politics to
critlcise but Democrats. In the latter
case would cite the bitter attack upon
Alderman John Powers, the able and
worthy President Of the Cook County
Democracy. AZ member of that or.
ganizatiOn and an old.time resident Of
the Nineteenth Ward, ! wish to say that
some steps ought to be taken In protest
against the attack on our worthy Pres.
ident. There IN no doubt whatever that
Mr.. Powers will be triumphantly elect.
ed. hut think n sweeping vindicati0n
of him is due ut the hands of the COun.
ty Democracy as soon as that body re.
sumes the business of the campaign
next fall. Yours for fair play,
NINETEENTH-WARDER.
July 81, 1902.
To the Editor:
Sir--As you are a consistent sup
porter of Senator william T.. Mason,
and as ! have been nominated for the
Legislature In sure Democratic dis
trict, l would like to ask you how or
under what circumstances could n DEM
Ocratic member OF that body vote for
Mason? If l saw or knew of any way
by which ! could do SO hOnOrably or
without treason or treachery to my
party ! would gladly vote for him.
Yours sincerely,
A DEMOCRAT FROM COOK.
(Our correspondent cannot have
thought this subject over very thor
Oughly, otherwise he could have easily
supplied the answer to his own ques-
tiOn. In the first place. II the Demo
Gratis should be In the majority In the
Legislature, ana he should take part In
the party caucus, he could not under
any circumstances hOnOrably vote for
any one but the choice Of that caucus.
Should they he In minority, however,
then he would be bound only to cast
his vote with the rest of his party col
leagues In the complimentary vote nc.
corded to the caucus choice After that
he would be at liberty to break away
and vote for whom else he pleased
Ed
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Acting Mayor Walker has taken the
right stan In rebuking the Ofticious
self-seeking class of politicians who
would aid their own interests ut the ex-
pense Of those Of the general public, by
intapfarincr In hoholf Nf O1taOrf1or1iQap