Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-30

Following the lead of the Chicago
Eagle. and acting in line with the facts
given in its last edition. the Cook Coun.
ty Democracy. now unquestionably the
greatest Democratic organization In the
West. has denounced the methods by
which the recognized leaders of the
Democratic party in this county have
been shut out from participating in the
pending campaign.
The great organization has also en-
pressed In no mincing terms its opinion
of the Harrison silk stocking" commit
tee and its pucrile attempt to handle
one of the most important elective cam.
paigns ever held In Cook County.
In calling attention TO the conditions
upon which the action of the Cook
County Democracy was based. the
Eagle had no desire to throw any cold
water upon the Democratic campaign.
In fact. the results prove that the op-
posite has been the effect. But the
Eagle has had the idea that the Demo-
cratic campaign IL being asphyxinted
10y lot of cheap gas about topics,
subjects and issues that have no place
whatever In this falls election.
The Eagle further desired to call at
tention to the fact that the men who
were capable Of handling the affairs Of
the party and who had done SO ably for
years had been forced aside To suit the
aims and objects of conspiracy
Matched by little clique of profession
al pap suckers over ut the City Hall
who believe themselves born rulers and
statesmen, and whose ambition knows
no bounds.
This paper Is gratlfied to see that Its
efforts have been understood and have
been already acted upon In an intelli
gent way by the practical Democrats
of Chicago and Cook County.
In this connection the following re
port OF the doings of the County De
mocracy at It's last meeting, published
In all our daily contemporaries, speaks
for itself:
dissatisfaction over the manner II
which the Democratic silk stocking
committee Is conducting the count!
campaign found expression by practica
politicians ut the meeting Of the Count!
Democracy yesterday. Cheered on b!
the members of the Democracy, Miles
J. Devine, former City Attorney ant
member Of the State Committee, de
nounced the methods Of the member,
of the committee.
"'What do the members Of the so
called campaign committee" know
about running political fighty III
asked. Are any OF the members O
that committee cOnversant with the In
tricacies Of politics? 1t Is all right FOL
the members Of the committee to sit II
their Offices and write out statement,
and pledges. They are well qualified
for that sort Of work.
THE real work Of the campaign
however, ought to be intrusted to the
tried leaders. the men who are familiar
with political methods ana who know
Until these men are allowed to run Oul
campaign we will find that all effort.
10 secure results will be fruitless.
Take the situation as II new ex
lists. The workers are apathetic. II
you ask them why they are not oul
hustling they tell you that there Is
no use TO work for the ticket. In all
the wards the same situation exists
The workers are apathctic and the yOt
crs more so. II we wish to win vie
tory this fall we will have to take the
management OF the campaign ont of the
hands Of the Advisory Committee.
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Our esteemed contemporaries aftel
quoting Mr.. Devines speech went oi
10 say that Robert T.. Burke was thu
man to whom many Of the orators re
marks were construed as illusions
and this is doubtless true. But ther
There are others.
These others the Eagle mentioned II
its last edition and did the same pre-
viously, Not only Is Robert T.. Burk,
missed from the directory Of the part,
affairs, but so also, are such veteran
successful politicians as T. T.. Ryan
Roger q. sullivan, John Powers, Mile,
j. Deyine, John T. Heating, Patrick i
Haynes, John l.. McGoOrty, Thomal
Gahan, Frank $. Peabody John Nc
Glllen, Joseph +. Mal0ney, Stanle,
Kunz, John j. Hayes, Fred r. Eldred
Alexander J. Jones, Walter $. Boyle
Charles $. Thornton, John =. Hopkins
and scores Of others equally wei
known and equally successful in Dem
ocratic politics for years past.
These men have not endeayored t.
thrust themselves On the party, bu