Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-12
Gossip Is Now Busy with the Names Of Good
Men Who Are Likely to Succeed
Him.
TuIey, Ortseifen, Payne, Barnum, Gunther, Shep.
ard and Other Available Men Are
Talked o.

these. lie has done more To wreck
and disrupt the Democratic party In
this city than any man whom 1t has
ever elected TO the Mayors chair. and
1t could never again he reunited
under his leadership. His rc.nomina.
tioy next spring would mean u dis
aster tn the Democracy of Chicago
that II could not recover from in years.
Second-From the viewpoint of good
municipal government. the retirement
of Carter Harrison cannot fail tn bc
hailed with genuine satisfaction by all
who have an interest and n pride IN
Chicago.
II Is not necessary To dwell upon the
reasons for this. \ glance around
upon the condition of the city to-day Is
sufficient. Ii speaks for itself. so dc-
plorablc H. II. that when Chicago has
seen the last of Iarrisonism. she will
look back upon II rs n sort of munici.
pal nightmare. which has left had
taste In the mouth.
Coming as Minwegcn's "scrcrch'
does. ~ close upon the heels of Mayor
Harrisons announcement that he IL
through with the Mayoralty, the latter
now seems to he the more plausible.
Having had three whacks at the pub
lie crib. ana seeing no chance for an
other. II is not improbable that "hiz
zoncr" may have given Minwcgcn carte
blanche to tell the truth and shame
the devil" So 10 speak.
And YET the terrible candor of the
administration spokesman Is not tn"
less astonishing. No man In public
office. no administration of any kind,
he it city, State, county ar national,
has ever been 80 tiat.fOOtcd. 81 broad,
declaration of knOwnOthlngism. as Is
the published statement of the repre-
sentative of the present city admins
| tration In regard To the Foreigners.
as he calls the Irish and Germans. on
the police force. There are many
Poles, Italians and other nationnlitlcs
by the way. on the police force, too
but the men of Irish and German "N
traction prcponderatc 81 largely that
| there Is no doubt that the animudycr
slons of Mlnwegan. the spokesman oi
the Harrison administration. Is direct
ed mainly against the two latter ma
tiOnalities. although II Is certainly
broad and sweeping enough To tax" IN
all,
Let Us see the full extent OF til,
cruel thrusts his honor's special pet
and representative in the Council gives
To the men who for three terms have
worked for, fought for ana triumph
antly elected Carter II. Harrison May
or of Chicago.
We quote from the Chronicle Of Apri
Sth:
These foreign born officers" say,
Mmwcgcn "arc more used to SlIovclln:
bog in the fog than they ar" Ia twirlin.
Il baton"
oh, Mayor Harrison, who wo,ll,
have thought it,
There are Yo!;"ls over there 9Th,
Mayors wardD who have not been over
her" long enough To learn where STATE
| street S. They are of no value Ia I'll,
city, and II r. Il shame Ia keep tlcT
on IN" payroll
Well, well, Mr.. Mayor, who wonl'
have thought H..
over in the old country they hav'
worked in the peat hogs" says Minw"
gen "and they ought 10 be after th'
plOw or at the forge rather than 0l
the force
This j. the language Of one of YOU
! representatives IN the Council. Mr.
Mayor. What do you think Of IT, lu
doubtless you are not surprised. I'm
who would have thought IT,
The men who were born here" say,
Mlnwrgcn, know the city and are ;
terror 10 cvildocrs. If the police fore,
| were rcOrganizcd, and efficient men pu
in the shoes of the peat drillrrS chi
cagO would bc a model city. All IA,
! worthless men Uhc foreigners ShOul,
be- Topped OH the department. \ WON
an with u broOmstlck would be a better
ally In time of danger than some 81
tines" bog hoppcrs ana peal trlmmcrS.
Well what dO the German ana Irish
| American citizens of Chicago think 81
! the Harrison administration now tn,
language above quoted is the rcportcC
uttcrancc of an acknowledged repre-
sentativ" OF the policy of the city al
minlstratiOn in the Council.
AID. MInwegen is an administration
! Alderman.