Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-13
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 of The Mgle-Dear
Sir: Permit me to draw your atten-
ton and that of your readers to an Oc-
currence which took place the other
day and which tends to show to some
extent just how much our civil service
and other kinds of intrigue which We're
supposed to have been completely
eliminated with the installation of the
sO.called merit system.
The incident In question arose over
the interference of police official of
the West side with some of the busl-
ness arrangements of q well-knOwn
Democratic politician. The politician,
who. by the way. Is an athlete. ana
who claims a right to the allegiance Of
the police official In question, met the
latter In saloon a few evenings ago.
and rcprImanded him for his action.
The police official rctOrted sharply.
whereupon the politician proceeded to
administer n severe thlslshing to the
policeman. The officer was badly beat
on up. the politician literally mOpping
the floor with the blue-cOat. l send
you this story because 1t tends to con-
firm much that has recently appeared
In your columns, but while / furnish
you with names. ETC.. for Your own In
formation. l would ask you not pub
lish these latter details on account Of
obvious reasons. 1t IL remarkable,
though, how quiet the whole matter
has been kept. notwithstanding that
the chief sufferer was a high police
official. Yours sincerely.
A PLAIN CITIZEN.
TO the Editor Of The Eagle-Sr: AS
constant reader OF your paper | de-
sire to congratulate you upon the stand
you have taken In regard to the slot
gambling machine nuisance. The
Eagle has certainly done good service
In the cause OF public morals through
It's determined fight upon gambling Of
all kinds, ana l hope your paper will
keep up Its opposition to the slot ma
chine form Of this vice until every one
OF these devices have been driven out
OF town. wish to inform you In this
connection that gamesters with pas
sion for this kind Of ton find all
the slot machines they want plying
without let or hindrance west Of State
street ana south OF 30th street. In all
other sections Of the city they are
barred. IL this the sort OF "partinlity"
to which you had reference In your last
edition? Yours truly,
ONE OF THE FINEST.
Editor Chicago Eagle:
Dear Slr-NOw that the Board Of
Education has affirmed the rule that no
flowers shall be presented to graduates
mt the commencement exercises OF the
public schools, on the grounds that the
expense of the flowers was too serious
Il burden for the pupils parents and
friends to bear, would like to draw
attention to another matter which con-
stitutes much more severe burden on
pupils parents, but which the Board of
Education seems to be entirely Oblivl-
Ous of. This IL the frequent changes
made In the textbooks OF. the public
schools on the most frivolous pretexts.
These changes are made 40 often that
people having three or four or more
children are unable to utilize the books
used by one child for another.
! know of several cases In which a
change of readers was made In one
term ana back again to the old one the
next.
AS this adds much more expense on
the parents than the purchase of flow
ers, which Is purely voluntary, while
the change OF textbooks Is mandatory
1t is a curious thing that the Board OF
Education should maintain such II sys
tenn. Can any one explain the reason
whyy
A CHICAGO PARENT.
%SA'
| Robert Renshaw will be elected to tht
House of Representatives In the Thirty
first Senatorial District. Mr.. Renshaw
Is n tirst-class business man, has lived
all his life on the North Side, and would
make nm able and honest representative
OF the people of the Thlrty-tirst Dis
trict.
Hon. Henry Sherman Boutell, the Re
publican candidate for Congress In tht
Ninth District. will certainly be re
elected, as he deserves to be. Mr.. BOu
| tell Ia beyOnd question one of the bright