Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21

eat ana capable official by voting on
election day to elevate him to higher
Office.
"The test vote In the convention to.
day shows the Mayor has lost strength
IN the state outside Cook County"
said Alderman John Powers. 1T shows
also the Mayor has lost political pres.
tlge In Cook County. where he was able
to control little more than half Of the
delegates. The surprising feature was
the vote In the city Of Chicago. There
the Mayor lost votes he was supposed
TO control absolutely. This section OF
the roll call has much political signit-
canoe. and IL taken by some as Il fore.
runner Of the Mayors delegate
strength next spring"
prominent Democrat said on Tues.
day: I'VE canvassed the new state
central committee tonight. ana Mr..
Hopkins will be reelected chairman by
u vote OF over two to one. We expect
to do our best TO elect the State ticket,
and We intend to Insist that the Cook
County central committee. controlled
by Mr.. Harrison. shall he loyal to the
Democratic Orga anizatiOn and do their
part In the coming campaign
Roger 4. sullivan has the peOple Of
| his ward with him In every fight that
he makes. He IL never defeated anu
yet Harrison Is continually trying to
down him.
Another unfortunate feature of the
convention was the action. or rather
| the failure to act. In reference to the
nominations for the County ana Pro
bate Judgeships. II the Democracy of
Cook County felt they could not name
two men who could defeat Judges Car
ter ana Cutting before the people. or IL
these gentlemens official records were
such as to commend, them even To their
political opponents In convention AS
scmblrd. the least the latter might have
done was To he graceful ana magnani-
nous In the matter, and indorse the
two gentlemen in question.
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One of our evening contemporaries
to wit, the Daily News-maintains
that Robert u. Burke was not vindi-
Gated by Tuesdays primaries because
he had only 800 majority forsooth. out
OF about 1900 votes cast. This Is stu.
pid malevOlence, nothing more. ana
our esteemed contemporary IL only
making laughing stock of itself by
resOrting to II. In the first place. the
ID. n. should not forget that Mr..
Burke's majority was One-ffth Of the
total vote east. If Il candidate for
Mayor was elected by One-fifth OF the
total electorate of Chicago, that Ia to
say, by Il majority of about 10000,
our esteemed Fifth avenue cOntempO-
rary would hardly deny that such n
result would be both u victory and u
vindicatiOn for the mayoral candidate.
Mr.. Burke's victory was proportion
ately great as such 7O.OO0. majority for
II mayOralty candidate would be in a
city election. II is surprising that n
great paper like the Daily News should
resort to such paltry attempts to hide
the truth.
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What do you think of Mayor whose
constant political companions include
the worst doodle Aldermen and the
notorious william Loctllcr?
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The Ohio State Journal says II the
tendency toward lynchng in this cOtin'
try is not resisted humanity will some
day tread upon the graves of this gen
Grafton with deadly curses.
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King Alfonso says bull lighting Is
cruel and he much prefers horse rae
ing. This remark Is probably the cor
ner stone of an early Spanish revolu-
tiOn.
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Up to the hour of going to press tlet-
ty Green had not forwarded a reply to
the British nObleman who advertlses
that he wants to marry rich Ameri'
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