Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-04
NO OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE

Democrats Of Cook County will not
permit gentlemen from other parts Of
the state to nominate their county
ticket for them.
| THIS Is precisely what the Tllden.
ties and the fioppers had hoped to
bring about by creating bogus fac.
tlOnal fight In the ranks of the local
Democratic organization and then by
carrying 1t up for settlement to the
State Central Committee use that body
as a lever to boost into control Of the
party machinery here. thus virtually
placing the handling of the coming
fall campaign In Cook County In the
hands Of lot Of gentlemen from
down the State"
The scheme was cunning one. but
II did not work.
| Men like Gahan and sullivan saw nj.
most ut the start that no matter how
their wishes In the matter lay. Il was
iinpracticablc.
There was nothing for the state Cen.
trail Committee to arbltrnte. discuss or
settle by compromise or otherwise.
The organization was united. its over.
whclming majority was unanimous and
able to silence and control a very
small gang of mutineers.
Such men as those mentioned quick.
~ perceived thnt the game was up and
they are now willing to come back and
make unconditional surrender.
The gentlemen referred to are mem.
hers of the committee and they. with
their handful Of misguided followers.
are entitled to come back ana he good
IT they will.
But they might as well untlerstnn nd
now as ut any other time that they
cannot come back with any terms 10
dictate In the shape Of compromise or
In any other shape.
These men come back. II at all. sim.
ply ns persons who. having seen the
error OF their ways. atr rcpentant and
desire to return to the posts which
they deserted. They permitted them
selves to he led away by the will.o'.
the-wlsp light waved before their eyes
by the few traitors who stabbed the
Democratic party In the bnck twice.
aiding rs far as In them lay In Its
downfall In two national campai gns.
men who knowing the im,,Ossiblity Of
their ever being able To break back
again into control Of the party which
they 40 M'scly betrayed had resolved
as last desperate expc,licnt to first
wreck the existing organization and
then build up one of their own In Its
stead.
They have seen this attempted. and
they have seen the effort prove u
miserable failure.
They have seen the leader of the
loyal ana true Democracy Of this cO,In-
~. Robert u. Burke, n man whose
name II respected as u sterling Dem.
Ocrnt by party leaders everywhere.
from Bryan's western home In Ne.
brnska. 10 the State Of David u. lin
In the East. attacked cruelty. falsely
AMI mnlicio,isly. hut vninly. In the
courts with the evident hope Of running
him socially as well M politically, ana
they saw this followed up by the at.
tempt In the early part OF this month
to wreck the noble organization he had
built ul. and to erect another per.
sOnal' machine on its ruins. with
headquarters In the Tildenitc ROOst.
under the flag Of the Modern AIexan.
der
This. too. they have seen fail ut.
terly.
No scheme. however well laid. no
/ attack from the inside or the outside.
could rOut the organized Democracy.
II stood with unwavering loyalty by
| Its leader ana by itself, ana disaster
was the lot OF the erstwhlle traitors
and present conspirators for usurpatiOn
Of authority.
Small wonder that regret has over.
taken the wavers AMI wanderers af.
ter false gods.
They are knocking ut the party doors
for admlttance and they will be admit
ted as prodlgals, but certainly not rs
| dlctatOrs.
Az for the "Wabbling Willies," ana
there are more OF these than the two
faced I.oefiier. th0ukh being 10 utterly
insignificant their names are unworthy
Of mention. they have been caught ut
the Old-fashiOned game OF running with
the hare AMI hunting with the hound.
Nothing but contempt do they de-
serve. and the idea OF these political
bacilli attempting to skulk back into
camp again under cover Of "cOmprO'
mise" propositions IL absolutely anus
ing.
Every Democrat In Chicago knows
that no quintet In Wabbling Willic's
back room or any other back room can
shake thu solidarity Of the Democratic
organization. II there be any who
have any doubts on this point we d.
rect their attention once more to the
list of names and the official facts and