Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-22
CENT WIN BY "COUNTiN0
NOSES"


II was solcmnly announced in on,
of the daily papers on Thursday morn
ing that the City Hall cabal had held q
secret meeting the night previous IN
the Mayors office. and that counting
of noses" took place After this inter
csting ceremony 1t appears word was
sent to the reporters waiting outside
that the success of the city Hall
slate" was assured.
| The individual who spread the con.
soling news among the newspaper men
never cracked II smile white doing so.
| And this in the face of the fact that
the "City Hall slate" does not contain
the name of John Mct;illen. sheriff.
elect Barrctt's candidate for the chair.
manship.
But the really amusing part of II was
the grave announcement that Mr.. Bar.
rett had positively assured the Mayor
that he uIarrisoW had more to do
with It than anybody else. aud would
receive the support of the Sheriff-clect."
How our esteemed contemporaries can
allow themselves to be buncoed into
printing such hollow humbug rs this II
| something which passes our under
standing.
In the first place. even the little
coterie which gathered In the Mayors
office was not all composed of members
Of the new Central Committee. In
fact. The Eagle has reliable informa.
ton that not more than half of those.
present were members of that body.
In addition. Notwithstanding circu.
lars. private letters. telephone mes.
sagcs ana commands and cnjolcry ga
lore. only u corporal's guard could he
mustered at the midnight caucus.
None Of the rcal leaders of influence
In the party was present. and instead
Of being assured Of success. when the
counting of noses took place It was
the general comment that the jig was
up.
or course. as stated In the carefully
prepared report of the cabal. ut was
admitted on all sides that much de-
pended upon whether SlerifY-elcct Bar.
rett will stand by John McGillen to the
extent Of actively opposing the May.
or's preferences"
Well. we should think so.
The report says: "The Mayor did
not attempt to answer"
We think he could have done 10 had
he cared to.
But The Eagle will answer II for
him. Sheriff-elect Barrett will stand
by John McGillen for chairman first.
last ana all the time. altogether ire
spectlve OF Mr.. HarrisOn's preferences
In the matter.
The City Hall cabal will put that In
their pipes and smoke It right now"
The really ludicrOus pnrt. however.
Of the cabals report Of its dOings was
the serious announcement that the nd.
visibility Of "A resumption OF former
friendly relations with Roger &. Sulli.
van ana forgiveness for ex-AlnyOr
John +. Hopkins were among the
matters under adviscment by Mr.. Har.
rison. ana the ridiculous little City
Hall clique.
This IL enough to make cat laugh.
Think Of the MayOrette. whom every.
body now regards ~ a dead duck pOlit-
ically, graciOusly undertaking to ire
sumo former friendly relations" with u
man who, always n power In his party.
IL stronger politically now than ever.
And "fOrglving" eX.Aiayor John 4.
Hopkins. II man who simply fayed
Harrison alive In a hand to hand pOlIt.
ical contest for the craftsmanship Of the
party State organization only n few
months ago, and metaphOrically mall.
oil his hide on the door,"
The whole thing has given rise to
more hilnrity In Democratic ranks
than anything that has crept into the
columns of the press In many moon
Instead Of success the latest gather
Ing Of the cabaL gave convincing proof
that the City Hall slate IL not now ana
never was In 1t. II was smashed from
the beginning. and not all the cohesive
power of the payroll can put the
broken pieces together.
With the slate will also 90 into outer
darkness the organization which has
come to he generally known as the
United Order of lngrates.
BY the way, we said there was not
corpornrs guard ut the last meeting
of the City Hall cabal. We came near
forgetting to state there We're just thir-
teen.
The usual number.