Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-02-15
architect, for Alderman. He Is very
strong man with the people.


There Is but one fireproof theater i'm
the city. ana perhaps a practical test
would prove 1t to be fireproOf oven.
There will he u holocaust in one of
our Chicago theaters some day. and
this rotten city administration can be
blamed for It.
Col. Francis A. Riddle will bc nomi-
mated by the Republicans for Clerk of
the supreme Court.
"Loefllcr for Lincoln Park Commits
sioncr" Is the bate cry ut Wells street
and North avenue.
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George Mills Rogers will ornament
the bench. He has the judicial TEN.
permanent and should be nominated and
elected.
John T.. McGoorty would make u
great Judge. Wherever the people
have placed him he has proven true to
his trust.
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Andrew j. Ryan. the popular ex-City
Attorney. is frequently mentioned for
Congress.
Chicago taxpayers and citizens are
unanimously opposed to the placing of
any prohibitive tax on butterine. Such
law would be unconstitutional and
outrageous. People who wish to use
buttcrinc have the right to use IL like
any other pure food.
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Daniel j. McMahOn would strengthen
the Democratic judicial ticket
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Congressman George l.. Foster is
making u good record
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Many people who want harmony IN
the Democratic party and who believe
that in union there il strength. want
George =. Foster nominated for Judge
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Rc.clcct County Commissioner Elan
agnn.
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The Wabbly William Social Club has
endorsed the candidacy of Mr.. Loeiliel
for Alderman of the Twcnty-thirt
Ward.
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When Americans are studying trade
statistics and glorifying the doings %
the people Of this great nation. 1t II
well to look Mt other statistics and re
alizc what n mOmcntOus problem con
fronts this country. Suicide Is incrcas
Ing. \ total of 1.2i5 persons killct
themselves In the year recently closed
The figures are as near official ms IL II
possible to make them. or this tota
$3.50 were males and l,39j females
The causes are well worth studying
Dcspondcncy leads the list with 2,0S'
victims. Dependency. In many eases
Is the penalty Of ambition. ana is ,
species of insanity. 1t Is closely nsso
ciatcd with the growing business of ;
commercial nation. 1t touches the live
of the men who would be rich and pow
crful and live Mt rate of n mile
minute. They neither cat. work no
sleep properly. They burn the candle
ut both ends. Every year they want t
do more than they did last year. Man.
can stand the pace for II consldcrabl,
length of time. Others can't. The.
worry. they brood. ana then they join
the ''dcspontlcncy list" Because of do
nestle infcllcity there were 54l sui
cldcs. Liquor drove 430 to sclf-Iniiictc,
deaths: business losses, "; dlsappOlnt
cd love. 2SI; III health. GlS; insanity
G7i; unknown, l,Gi3. Mob law IL nj
ways bad law, and mob law Is incrcas
ing. In 1901 there were us legal exc
cu,lons, 135 lynchings nnd 1852 mur
dcrs In the United States Those ar
bad figures. They show how much o
bnrbarism there Is In mankind. Tn
excuse of the average mob for murder
ing II murderer IL that 1t desires t.
make justice speedy ana sure. Ii re
fuses to trust to the courts. with thei
technicalitlcs ana delays. 1t acts Will,
passion II hot and tumultuOus. Will,
the desire for revenge still fills human
hcarts. The remedies are education an,
courts that, by their conduct, are
guarantee OF Integrity. When the peo
pie know that justice Is sure and Ger
tain. surely the infiIctlOn of the ,leatl
penalty will be left to the law. Self
restraint and slOwness to anger shOul,
he taught IN every school IN the land. 1
II u doctrine that should he instillcd II
childish minds. If the feeling tim
makes men stain their hands witt
blood Is to be educated out of human
beings, 1t will have To start with tn,
children, and be 50 thoroughly i'm
pressed upon them that 1t will bccOm,
u part of their lives.
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Municipal mismanagemcnt seems t
reach II climax when political consider
atiOns dictate appointments to office
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