Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-01
REJECTS DEMOCRACY.
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public offices. 81. to he inferior tn one
who Is not u believer IN any party or
party principle!
II certainly looks that way. Judging
fr0m his letter to Mayor Harrison. and
by natural Inference the Mayor holds
with his friend.
Now to revert to the question about
the meaning of partisanship. we would
like to offer In u modest way. our view
NJ to what the term stands for. and
what IL implied In II.
1nrtisanship means membership of
II political party. and loyalty to Its prin.
rlplcs. Party means organization IN
support Of principle.
IT the operation of the machinery
even of party whose principles are
right IL lmd In municipal politics II Is
bad In state and National politics. II
follows. then. that believers In the cult
to which AID. Brennan and Mayor IIar-
rlsOn have recently apparently given
their adhesion. must hold that there
should he no party anywhere IN Ameri.
can politics.
II also follows that if there II to he no
pnrty there can he no principles In pol.
tiles. and that therefore candidates for
public office must he Judged by other
standards.
Let us ask ourselves what this would
mean.
There II hut one answer to the u,ics-
ton. Without party or principle. can
dl'lntcs would be the choice Of the rich.
and office could only he obtained
through the influence Of money.
Whit would be- the result?
simply this: Government In Amer.
len. National. State and municipal.
would bc neither more nor less than n
plutOcrncy.
The American people will never stand
for u plutOcrncy. The republic was
made through II war for principle. and
when 1t cuts adrift from principle It
VIII cease to exist, or there will be u
revolution.
Alderman Brennan says he feels that
should he he defented on account of
Ills attitude on the party issue Il would
be Of small moment We're II to bring
about absolute nOn.partlsan election Of
city officials
Mr.. Brennan need not lny the iintter-
Ing JUNCTION to his soul that his action
In the premises will have any such
far-reachlng effect.
The real matter Of grave moment to
the public involved In the Brennan IN.
cldent. IL the apparent acquiesence OF
Mayor Harrison In the Allerman's
declaration Of principles. ana its prob.
able effect upon the spring campaign
OF the spring OF 1908.
4 census bulletin shows that there
has been a surprising increase In tho
consumption OF Illuminating gas during
the last decade, and this IL In spite OF
the electric light. When the telephone
was first put into use. predictions were
general that 1t would displace the tele.
graph, but both modes OF cOmmunIca.
ton have continued to Increase. Not
all inventions displace older. even
though inferior, processes. Some OF
them net as aids and allies.
Grand opera will never command the
wide appreciation and II will never
reach the general vogue In this country
that 1t enjoys abroad until II can DO
heard for VI. The big music halls are
the hrst step toward the solution OF the
problem of how to make grand opera
pay. 1t must appeal to the masses. 1t
must be within the reach of persons OF
moderate means before II can be sure
OF unvarying success from box office
point Of view.
A Cincinnati bOOkkeeper who had Il
salary of only $25 per week proved his
right to better pay when he managed
to filch 100000 from his employers the
other day. There was manifestly an
disparity between the re-
spOnsiblllties imposed upon him and
the compensation he received.
~
Here's new Irish bull. A Connaught
paper answers a correspondent: "YOur
abusive letter to us Ii SO scurrllOus
that we will not even acknowledge the
receipt of It," Which reminds us OF
the Irish NJ. r. who saw along the UNI
trOdden pathways OF the future the
OF an unseen hand.
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