Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-24

pcnetrates even the inner recesses of
all the City Hall editors. AT last see
Il great army from the Twenty-iirst
Ward lodging houses, headed by "Bill
the Bruiser." and Weary Wagglcs,"
shouting as they come that they hope
to he able to carry your home precinct
for YOU and ready to urge you to he
their candidate. while from the south
| hear the voice of Tom Carey declar-
ing in clarion tones that actually YOU
have been urged
Then hizzoner faints away. so to
speak. under the strain. but when he
Is revived and finds the manly arms
of the river precinct champions sup
porting him, with Sister Anne perchnd
at his feet. he murmurs: well. IL ever
| the time should arise when the people
| call Oh me to renew my hold on the
payroll for two years more, why. |
shall consent"
| Never even in the days when cleo
tionecring in Chicago was in its crudcst
form was there II cheaper. more clum-
sy and plainly demagogic method of
boosting up Il candidate or Il candi-
dacy. both of which are dead us the
proyerbial mackerel. The cheap mot
lev does not conceal the clown In this
| circus. IL only serves to accentuate the
righteousness of his antics.
| When the Eagle makes indirect ref
crcnce to the newspapers which have
allowed their columns to he subordi-
mated to such u purpose as aiding IN
the exploitation of the payroll brigade
land the "ilunkeys' own" In their efforts
to remain ut the public crib for two
years more, IL il aware. of course. oil
the fact that there are honorable en-
ceptions. Our esteemed contemporary,
the Chronicle. for instance. has the
following to say editorially on this
same subject:
Garter II. Harrison wants to bt
Mayor again. He no longer pretends
to make any secret of his candidacy.
Two or three days ago he admit
ted that he was u conditional candi
date. To an interviewer he said: II
the time came when saw that II was
the wish Of the people and the part,
for me to run again would have moth
ing to do but accept
"Whcn he made that delivcrancc III
meant to get the nomination and MAKE
the race II he could, of course. but III
!, wished to be urged. lie wanted 10 ID
urged because 1t would look better u
seem to yield to persuasion than to ut
t.mpt to thrust himself forward with
out invitation.
"Therc Is not the least doubt IN
could have had plenty of urging IRON
a whole lot Of payroll patriots win
would rather not be rooted out OF tn
public trough IL he had left matter
mt the conditional stage II few day
longer.
But he was too impatient for that
The very next day after he had al
nounccd his conditional candidacy III
private secretary arose Mt mectin
OF n Harrison organization In til
Twenty.6fth Ward and said: i can ~
nounce positively that Mayor Harr
son will be II candidate for anothc
term. His Kentucky blood II up whe
his enemies announce their intentio
of putting him out Of politics.
"The City Hall barnacles are read
TO rise up spontaneously and urge IN
urge and urge. hut what Ia the H.
OF urging man whose Kentucky bloc
Is up to 212 Fahrenheit ana whose p'
yate secretary--by authority, OF co''r'
has positively announced his rnnd
dacy whether anybody urges him
not?
IAN there Is left for them to do IL
get out and hustle and urge other pc
ple-everybOdy they can toucli---to s''
forth into the open and shout for H'
rIson, the second Pharaoh OF the Ia
rIson dynasty, the present head OF Il
family which the fiunkeys and the IN
roll brigade would represent to be
INDISPENSABLE to Chicago rs the Ia
family Is to the Philippines"
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