Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-02-07
TWO NORe FAILURES IN inc
BOOSTING BUSINESS.

The pay roll brigade experiences ,. u".
ing IN. past week two more o's'",.
apd very pronounced failures III 'ne'r
,,..n..rn,c efforts to boost themselves
ro.r into their Jobs by boosting 'he
principal jack.in.otiicc back mo n's'
An effort to line NJ the 6ermnh,
.,,.r,,un Democrats the other day TOT
Mayor Harrison, Us was done 70 sun, sum,
extent IN previous campaigns' result"
,n foi,urc. A meeting called TOT ,m"'
,,,ruosc WINS held ut the Bismarck iio.
10, in Randolph street. nut 'hs'e"" ~.
orunn,z,ng "A Harrison club. ~ WIS u"
tended by the promoters. the m ,. ~
referred the matter to u COMMUNE '"
investigate and recommend W""' Nv
ton should he taken. A.,
The call, prepared by some Oh w.
Moyor's City Hall lieutenants' was NOV
,I."r In defining the objects OF Tue
m,n,,nu. When DR.. AdOlph Gehr'n"h''
vino acted as the temporary chn'rm""'
and Hugo GrOsser. the C'! Sm''s
liam ron,d not explain satisfactorily
what the nifty assembled voters wrr'
,h.ro for trouble began. Collision, "''
.on,,on and other questionable uohsS
raro charged. Under the lnsist'nt ""'
monds of Karl Killings, Leading WV
S,Ic German. for II truthful eNp'a'h
,,nn NJ the objects. Mr.. Grosser anu
.,,,.r CITY Hall employees admitted 'hh'
they hoped to indorsc Mayor ',"'.',
snr,s candidacy and form riuo !"
,',iry the German. American Demo
Gratis to his support. 49,, ,,s
81, the purpose is political ana n"S
ANYTHING to 10 with the r"mp"'s,'
exclaimed Mr.. Killings, "theh ""' "''
with YOU" u..,ou
s,pmund Zcislcr. General iier'n"'
,.,, and others took the sam" sunni
As the anti-IIarrison forces III" :,
c,,nr majority. they took charge W
the meeting and proceeded Z" III" "
they organized by clecting Martin
Becker president and william Kruger
secretary. The president was then M
thorized to appOint II committee of nin'
to formulate plan of permanent or
ganlzatlon ana report next week. II
: prevent II becoming n Harrison club
william Rnllen Introduce resolution
that no city employe nor any relative
of city emplOyc should be- appointed
ON the organizing committee or have
anything whatever to do with 1t.
This was pretty tough, but the "Npe
ricnce. bitter rs II was, did NOT strike
the promoters 50 badly rs 1t woul'
have done had II been completely novel
Far from being new, however, 1t wa
10 the Harrison Kitchen Cabinet N
old. old story. Only II day or Two br
fore the same eXperlenc" was had II
an absurd attempt To line MP the old
time Altgeld following for Harrison,
The attempt to enlist the Altgeld par
~ in favor of the fourth term was
dismal failure, like everything else Ina
he has undertaken of late.
\ few of the pay roll fraternity Were
on hand as II matter of course, IN
: otherwise there We're no signs of life.
If Governor \ltgcld were alive there
, would be no pay roll attempts to or
ganize the Altgeld party In favor I"
Harrison. 1t would be openly in oppo
sition 10 that individual
What will he the next blundrr an,
fzzlc by the pay roll crowd? VIII the!
he compelled to fall back upon intlmI
datlOn ana violence NJ the primaries
as last resort
The Altgeld men remember how liar
rlson in his puny way undertook Il
drive him tAltgeldD out of political life
and refused even To attend his funeral
These things are not forgotten. "Ncep
by the Harrison boosters, whose clIeal
tactics and humbuggery deceive no
body.
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