Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-08-30

thrust them out Of 1t.
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Following up his declarations on Sun.
day, Mr.. Devinc. always logical, fear.
less and able, had the following to say
later on In the week:
"a campaign can not be run on
wind" said Miles J. Devine yesterday.
amplifying his County Democracy
plaint of Sunday. 1T takes ut least
$4,000 as a starter to man the polls
on election day. Then there are the
expenses Of registration, naturaliza.
tion, hall rent for meetings and so on
This campaign committee of ours,
chosen for its inoffenslveness, has not
turned hand. Headquarters have not
even been chosen. Nobody Is getting
in touch with ward and precinct lead.
ers.
III u ward leader goes to some Of
these campaign managers with infOr.
nation as to where 800 votes can be
had. he Is told to come back later, ana
when his back Is turned the campaign
managers wants to know Who was
that fellow anyhow The Republican
organization Is hustling day and night,
which shows the difference between
live politicians like LOrimer and Burke
and the committee we have. We never
needed Burke in campaign as we
need him now. and petty Jealousy Is
keeping him out"
As n result Of the Eagles articles on
the subject Of campaigning on wind,
the significant fact leaked out that Mr..
Austin J. Doyle, one Of the very few
live Democratic politicians connected
with Harrlson's silk stocking commit
tee, waited upon John T.. Hopkins,
chairman OF the Ctate Central Com.
mittec, and had a long conference with
that gentleman not many hours after
the Eagles article and the action Of
the County Democracy had come be-
fore the public. 1t Is said, the subject
was campaign finances, but neither
gentleman was disposed to talk on the
subject. In discussing the matter the
RecOrd-IIerald the following day had
this to say:
Politicians prlcked up their ears ut
this conference. Coming SO soon after
Miles J. Devine's give us the old lead.
ers' speech before the County Democra-
cy, some fancied they saw in the In.
cident possible getting together Of
Democratic factions In Chicago for the
campaign, but on new lines. Never be.
fore, since John =. Hopkins became
State chairman in January, 1901, has
any representative of the dominant
city hall element In the county or.
ganlzatiOn darkened the doors of State
headquarters on a political mission"
| Meantime somewhere In the shadows
OF the corridors of the Briggs House the
candidates lurk and hover around In the
exclusive headquarters of the "silk
stocking" Campaign Committee. There
they listen to gentlemen with superiine
hosiery compose fulminatiOns on the
traction question, or discussing the
probable effect of the hullabullOO about
the assessment of State employees for
campaign purposes, In the coming elec-
| tiOns.
While the Democrats are In this
strange condition, the Republicans are
| active, but they are not without trOu-
bles of their own. The Eagle observes
that Senator Mason continues to make
things exceedingly lively for the ma.
chine managers, just as 1t predicted he
would. The rotund statesman from
Chicago has broken several lances
against the buckler of the gentleman
from Aurora, and last week tilted him
one which, II 1t did not unhOrse tho
sanguine-cOmpleXioned warrior from
Aurora, certainly made him wabble In
his harness.
The political assessment of -State-em,
ployes bueabOO has certainly been
made most annoying issue Of the cam
paign, and the gallant and persistent
Mason has been making the most of
1t. Meantime Congressman Hopkins
has prepared himself for a fOray on
his own behalf down through the State
As candidate for United States SEN
atOr he will make his first speech OF
the campaign away from home. Sept.
2, at Macomb, the home Of Speaker l..
~. Sherman. This will be the formal
campaign opening In the McDOnOugh-
HancOckWarren County Senatorial
district, Mr.. Hopkins made the ap'
pOintment with Mr.. Sherman more than
q month ago, before going to Colorado.