Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-20


ing traction issue (both sadly out of
place. in the forefront.
1t requires no elaborate course Of rea-
soning to demonstrate to the readers
Of The Eagle how the conjunction Of
circumstances here pointed out II cal.
culated to injure the prospects Of the
Democratic ticket in the coming fight
There are The Eagle admits. some
good men and shrewd political leaders
identified with the work of the ad-
visOry campaign committee. but they
alone cannot bear the burden Of the
campaign, particularly the milestone
which the Identification with It Of
Harrison and his administration will
be around their necks.
For the Harrison administration and
its loudly trumpeted ''bOssing' Of the
campaign has already worked injuri-
ously to the Democratic interests In
more than one direction.
Not only may II turn away hundreds
of votes of oppressed taxpayers, who
are sick and tired Of seeing its fruits
are neither cleaned nor paved: Of our
water supply, which Is undrinkable; Of
our schools. where the children cannot
get drink even Of doubtful, not to
speak Of good water; Of our demoral.
lied fire and police force. but in one in.
stance (and upon this point The Eagle
uttered distinct warning last week.
1t Is likely to divert $4,000 votes In q
body from the ticket.
When The Eagle announced that the
organized labor Of Chicago was up In
arms against Harrison and would &c
solldly against him next spring. rs also
against any movement which made for
his political ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or with
which he would be Identified as a lead.
or, this journal knew whereof 1t spoke
and gave Its reasons for Its assertion
Now listen to what follows:
The following Is an extract taker
from the daily papers Of Tuesday
morning, In which 1t was loudly herald
ed that Harrison Ind succeeded IN
boosting himself to the front as the
boss of the campaign:
"ChicagO teamsters, Of whom there
are more than 10000, are up In arms
against the Democratic bosses, and
leaders In the various unions OF team
sters who have hitherto been stauncl
Democrats are now In open revolt.
Hugh McGee. president of tho
Truck Teamsters' Union. which has d
membership of 1900 men, expressed
himself forcibly on the political situa
ton yesterday.
"'Carter Harrison can't pull the WOO
over my eyes any longer said McGee
The teamsters still have the stOcl
yards strike fresh In their memory. II
that strike Mayor Harrison sent his 20
lice In battaliOns to aid the packers
even making them act as ''scabs" II
driving teams the union men had lefI
In an effort to secure living conditions
We are not likely to forget that ac
ton. 1t IL the first time this old maI
ever worked for the Republican party
but that's what I'm doing this time, II
Harrison Is to be the boss. I'll get tht
teamsters' votes, with little husling
and am not going to cOnhne my efforts
to teamsters, either.
"I have nothing to say against some
Of the union men on the Democratic
ticket, but they must stand the cOnse
quences Of Harrison being the boss
They won't get the teamsters' votes
I can promise that. We will rid this
city OF Carter Harrison just as SURE
as my name Is McGee. We have hat
100 much Of him. | wouldn't care II
the whole ticket were made up of unioI
men-as long as Harrison il the boss
I'm out to defeat it."
All Of this was fOreshadOwed In last
weeks Eagle. IL was pointed out dis
tinctly that Mayor Harrison had an
tagonzed union labor all over Chicago
that he had been marked out for defeat
by II next spring, and the intimatiOl
was clear that il he thrust himself tt
the front in the Democratic county
campaign he was certain to hurt 1t.
| But the teamsters are not the only
union men who are out against the In
truslon Of Mayor Harrison into the
campaign. There are the freight han
diers, who We're treated as outrageous
ly during their strike as the teamsters
the boxmakers, who with James II
Payne, the ex-president of the organ
lzatlOn, at their head, are bitterly op
posed to Harrisonism; and there are
other labor unions of minor strength
all Of whom bitterly resent the atti
| tIlle of thn Harrisnn adminictratin