Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-09-06
Harrson's Men Attempt to Place Blame
for Typhoid Fever Epidemic on
Poor Jews.
Calumny Leveled at an Industrious and Law.
Abiding Race to Cover Official
ncompetency.

The BOXERS Union has never been
known to fail in finding some person,
place or thing upon which to throw the
responsibility Of the fruits Of its own
incOmpetency.
For long time it has put the blame
for the high death rate upon the water
supply, but finding that this had a
reacting effect it has now fallen back
upon the Jews and the Ghetto,
and with extended but unsteady finger
1t points to the "West Side river
wards and cries, Unclean! Unclean!
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But the BOozer's Union has evidently
forgotten that the proofs Of its own
incompetency and that of the city ad.
mlnistratlOn which IL responsible,
stand glaringly before the public eye,
so glaringly that all the efforts to shift
the blame either upon the waters of
Lake Michigan or the shoulders Of the
Jews must fail.
There are the alleys Of Chicago rcck-
ing with filth and stencil.
There are the dead horses and other
animals that lie In the streets fostering
In the sun.
There are the rain sodden streets, the
sl0ughs and mOrasses which lie in the
midst Of our thOroughfares breeding
miasma and throwing forth the germs
Of all kinds Of disease. there are the
Overfowing garbage boxes, there are
the manure piles allowed to accumu.
late In defiance Of the health Ordi.
nances, there are the poison vomiting
rendering tanks, whose OdOrs p0llute
the atmosphere and afiiict all humanity
within the limits Of this afflicted city
All these and other sources of sick
ness, plague and death stand In evi.
dence. but the Harrison Health De.
partment has not a word to say about
these things, though 1t Is responsible
for them through its inactivity and In
competence. 1t prefers to throw the
blame upon the Jews, and to suggest
the burning down of the Ghetto
AZ matter OF fact the principal
cause Of the typhoid epidemic Is tn,
fact that the BoOzer's Union, other
wise known as the Chicago Health
Department, has persistently and con
tinuOusly for years misied the peO
pie as to the condition OF the city.
water supply.
For years the Eagle has pointed Oul
the nonsense and absurdity Of the
daily alleged analysis Of the water, in
sisting that no proper analysis of wa
ter or Of any other fluid could be made
within the space Of twenty-four hours
But the BOozer's Union has kept on
issuing Its ridiculous bulletins and
announcements concerning the water
supply, declaring 1t "usable" here and
POTABLE" there and ''drlnkable" some
where else while all the time the wa
ter has been unfit for use The peO
pie have been deluded, the epidemic |,
here and now war Is declared upon thu
Jews.
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A. Il. Porter. the Republican candi
date for Clerk of the Appellate Court
Is man eminently deserving the sup
port and the votes of all good citizens
As a Justice of the Peace, as Clerk OF
the Drainage Board and In other office,
of Importance and responsibility, Mr.
| Porter has given evidence of his abili
| ty. AS man he Is courteous ana afia
bic, and his home life as a citizen gen
| " i.,u ujt ,tsh nIn A.
Clerk Of the Appellate Court he woult
discharge the duties of the office to tn,
utmost satisfaction of bench, bar ant
the public at large.
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| Hon Edwin X. Walker should be re
elected member of the County BOart
by a sweeping plurality. He has mad,
one Of the most useful county officials
ever elected by the people of Cool
County.
Charles G.. Breyer, the wealthy
| plumber, can have the Democrat,
nomination for City Treasurer mex
, spring II he wants 1t,
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Democrats and Republicans alike
Will take pleasure in voting for Hon
Fred 4. Busse for State Treasurer.
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Many names are just now being put
forward by Republican leaders in con
nection with next springs Mayoralty
campaign. Among the men mentioned
most prominently for the Republican
nomination for the MayOralty Is Mr..
Charles Il. Hyde, head Of the promi-