Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-02-15

dates so that they may bc jugglcd out
of their rights.
But even the great newspaper lie
fender of the rotten Civil Service De
partment cannot avoid mild rebuke in
this connection. 1t says:
$50 far as the Civil Service Commits
sion is concerned, 1t must see that no
such muddle ever occurs again. With
the severe lessons 1t has had thus far In
ready to adopt methods of precision In
its examinations. particularly such i'm
portant ones as those on which police
inspectorships depend
With this we agree. but apparently
the only way to make the Civil Service
Commission thoroughly alive to its re.
sponsiblity as well us To- where its
duty and Jurisdiction begins and ends
Is to investigate the methods of the
department. and to thoroughly inquire
into every detail of this transaction.
Since the courts are not to be appealed
to. The Eagle therefore suggests that
the Grand Jury Is the proper tribunal
As the Daily News says the commits
sion has had enough severe lessons in
the past. but had the advice of The
Eagle been taken long ago, this one
would not he added to the list.
The Eagle now claims that the career
of stupidity. or worse. of this depart.
ment. causing scandal after scandal as
IL has. should he put stop to. and 1t
but voices the feeling of the general
public when it asks what are States
going to do about 1t?
We quote again from the Daily News:
"If the members of the city Civil
Service Commission are rs much i'm.
pressed with the loss of Police Cap.
tain Schucttler's examination paper as
Is the public generally they will make
an earnest effort to get ut the truth of
this natter
Very true. but IL the concentrations
which our contemporary showers upon
Capt. Schucttler for his act of abnega
ton in the premises are to be taken as
an indication of what its advice would
be I'm all such cases. the truth of this or
any other matter of n similar nature
that has occurred or may occur In the
future in the Civil Service Department
can never be ascertnlned. because the
proper means of arriving at ii will
never be taken.
But the public demands an invcsti.
cation of the Civil Service Department
now. and the Grand Jury can begin in
no better place than in the Schucttlcr
jobbery case.
We have states Attorney now who
Is fearless public officer and one
whose investigations usually 20 to the
roots of things.
VIII he obey the public demand In
this ease and bring the Schucttcr job.
berry before the Grand Jury?
For his own sake. us well as for the
cause of justice and fair play, The
Eagle hopes he will.
Mr. Denecn cannot fail to recognize
the absolute necessity of taking action
In the matter. Neither can the Grand
Jury.
So far as The Eagle IL concerned Ii
Is the honest opinion of this paper that
the civil service law, from the very be.
ginning. has proven Il curse instead of
n blessing to municipal government In
this city.
With the most sublime Indifference
TO the fitness of things, Corporation
Counsel Walker has made demand
for an increase I'm the appropriation for
his office during the coming year.
In view of all the circumstances of
the case this Is one of the finest exhi.
bitions of gall to which the public Of
Chicago has been treated In many u
day.
In the first place Mr.. Walker de.
mands an appropriation of $50. 400 this
being IN Increase Of $4,000 over last
years.
In the next place the Corporation
Counsel's office under the present al.
ministraiion has been receiving nearly
thrice as much In the shape of I'M AN
nual appropriation as 1t lid In 1895 and
previous 10 that date. In lS35, the mp
preparation for this office was $4,000;
in 1901 II was SIo,OO0: this year the
sum of $4,000 Is demanded by the Cor
poration Counsel.
In the third place the Corporation
counsers office under Mr.. Walkers
administration has been the poorest oN
crse for law department Chicago has
ever had.
II Is run In II slipshod. happy 90
lucky way: II hardly ever wins cas-,
for the city; IL Is worsted whenever II
Is confronted In the courts by law
yer of any ability at all, and, owing
Ia the manner in which II has beer
handled, the judgments against Tho
city ran up during the past year alOn,
10 over S4,OoO,0D.
In the fourth place Mr.. Walker has
The cffrOntIy 10 trrn In his estimates
In u lump sum. without making any
specifications, the Inference being that
the gentleman in question proposes ia
spend the vast appropriation demanded
as he sees III In the running Of his Of
lice.
He submitted no pay roll, gave no de-
tails whatever, hut simply asked for Il
cppl So. tls