Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03


City Clerks office anyway.
TAXPAYER.
Chicago. April ~.
In the midst of the excitement AMI
turmoil about the meat trust. it IL to
he feared the bread trust. which you
so strongly denounced some time ago.
stuffs Is even worse than a corner In
meat. for bread IL indeed the very stan
of life and the food Of the poor who
are In the great majority IN this as In
every other land on the face of the
earth. Why will not our authorities
turn their attention to the alleged COM
bination for regulating the produce AMI
price Of biscuits and other brcadstuifs?
Why. should they confine their opera
tions to meat only? Why. I'm the words
Of the old saw. "why make fish Of one
ana flesh Of the Othcr?" VIII Our as
sistant pure food commissioners. Mr.. Il.
NJ. Patterson. not call upon the fed
eral authorities In regard to this mat
ter and strike while the iron IL hot?
! mention Mr.. Patterson because. IL I
rccOllcct Alright, he made some prom
lses or announcements IN this regard
some time ago. Yours for justice.
4 LABOREl..
Chicago Eagle:
Dear Sir-rhc Mayors last act In re-.
gard to the fire department has given
rise to very general idea throughout
this department that his honor must
have some special spite against the
tiremen. I don't know what we ever
did to Mayor Harrison to cause such
strong hostility towards us on his part,
hut one thing that do know IL that
the boys of our department are red hot
clear through, as the Mayor will find
10 his cost the next time hc hobs up
as u candidate for office. Sincerely
yours.
AN OLD FIRE FIGHTER.
Chicago, May l.
The Poles OF tho Northwest Side are
just now engaged In making Il vain
appeal to Mayor Harrison for adequate
police protection. They should remem-
her that just now Mayor Harrison IL
engaged In crlppling that department
instead Of adding to Its efficiency.
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A million dollars In increased fire In
surance alone IL the price the Chicago
public has to pay for the demOraliza-
tion of the fire department worked un-
der the Harrison regime.
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One Of the most gratifying things
about the pending campaign has been
the unanimlty with which both parties
have ignored the impudent dlctatlOn Of
the sO-called bar primaries.
Friends Of Mr.. John Hunberg who so
strcnuously urged that gentleman's
claims for leading place on the Re
publican ticket argue that In him tho
great Republican Hyde Park district,
which always helps to roll up the par.
TVS majorities, IL entitled to substan-
tial recognition In one of the first.class
nominations.
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General Joseph b. Leake will prove
one of the strongest candidates the Re
publlcans could name on their judicial
ticket Gen. Leakes record as u clti-
zen, lawyer ana an official are away
above par
Mr.. ID. j. Schuyler, the well-knOwn
lawyer, is n lifelong Republican, and
is one of the leading members of the
Chicago bar lie has been most prOmi-
nently mentioned for one of the Repub-
llcan judicial nominations, and IL
placed upon the ticket would make u
splendid race.
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The Board of County Commissioners
could not have a better man among its
membership than John Garden.
%cA
Republicans of all factions are rap
idly uniting upon Col Francis Riddle
for the Clerkshlp of the State SUI
preme Court. He would run like q
prairie fire throughout the State.
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1t Is now considered quite probable
that Aid. j, ii. Sullivan will receive
the Democratic nomination for County
Clerk. 1t could not be given to bet