Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06
Policy, Poker and Other Forms of Gam.
bling Now DisgraCing the City
Must Go.
"Privileges" in River Wards and Other Dis
tricts Shall Not Control Democracy
Very Long.
Beneficiaries Will Be Taught that the Sheriff
Has an Authoritative and Heavy
Hand.

continually deceived. Let us quote u
case in point. Two days before the con-
test in the County Central Committee II
number of saloons where II harmless
game of "forty-hves'' or penochlc for
the beers" wns In progress among
friends and nciglibors In certain dis
tricts of the city were pulled" The
,patrol wagons were backed UP to the
doors and people were arrested. and let
go after they were brought to the sta.
tions. What was that move made for!
II was simply II divcrsion---a demon.
stration In force to show that no priv.
ilcgcs go" In Chicago. and that If Shcr.
lm Barrett was defeated In the contest
on the following day II was not be-
cause of any privileges that anybody
had.
| SO 1t Is and has been with the con.
cert gardens. where peaceful and law.
abiding citizens cOngrcgnte for amuse.
mcnt In summer time. They are perse-
cuted and harrlcd to show what n
strait.laced system everything Is con.
Quoted upon in this city. Decent ana
well-conducted wine rooms In reputable
saloons are torn down with n great
show of ostentation as u demonstration
of the plety and salntliness of the city
administration. But In the meantime
back rooms of questionable resorts
flourish In the ''privileged" districts.
Tickets reel or the results from various
gambling resorts. youths gamble their
small wages. and not infrcquently the
money Of their employers upon these
results: policy ana crap games drag the
last cents from the pockets of the poor:
vice tiourishes and blncklegs fatten on
the fallngs of humanity; and these are
"prlvilegcs" which count for much In
the organizing of the Democratic party
of Cook County today. Let the bcne.
ticiurics of these privileges look out.
There Is Il new power for good in Chi
cago to-day. The Sheriff of Cook Coun.
ty can tear down the mask of false pre-.
lenses In this municipality and expose
the true conditions In all their hidcous
ugliness and he viii do 1t.
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Every good citizen will rejoice when
Sheriff Barrett begins his campaign on
the privileged blncklcg. Every decent
citizen should he willing to purge tho
Democratic party ana the city of Chi.
cago of such II disgraceful gang of
hnrpies, u gang which has left blot
upon the fair name of Chicago. There
. are hundreds Of sources from which
the sheriff can receive information and
aid In such crusade. The Eagle will
gladly take II hand In 1t. This journal
does not propose to conceal its knOwl
1, edge of the hidden dOings ana work
ings of these scalnwngs. ana the or
ganized scOundrelism of the "priv
legged hell holes of Chicago. 1t will
he glad to furnish the fullest infOrma
tiOn. between now and next spring on
this subject to the Sheriff. to the pub
lie at large and to all interested.
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Just think OF what falling off thcr,
I would he among that phalanX of sixty
'h' III Nouh'.
I Committee should the authorities TAX,
t 1t into their heads to shut up the gam
+ bling saloons, the policy shops and
, other law-brcaklng institutions.
Chief of Police O'Ncill was said To b,
In active consultation with certain
leaders of the faction which command
ed II small maiOrty of tn" votes In til,
Central Committee on II recent occa
sion. Was that for the purpose OF
making arrangements To close up the
gambling resorts and pull all the panel
game JOINTS III the downtown uis,rIcli
; Perhaps so. but II IL queer nothing
: came of il. Chief O'Ncill used TO know
n good deal about these things when
he was captain of the Harrison street
district. II may DE that his knowledge
of them slipped his memory after ho
was transferred to Englewood and
since he was appointed Chief of Po,
! lice.
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, This memory ls n treacherous thing
and it is said that, like conscience, il
not infrcqucntly makes towards of
us all
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: The Eagle viii take great pleasure
in refreshing the amlable and gallant
Chiefs memory on several matters
concerning the Harrison street police
: district between now and next spring.
: Not with view TO embarrassing that
! worthy official or of forcing dis
, agreeable duty upon him, but for the