Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-03-28

No time should he lost in clearing
out the lodging house districts of the
river wards.
For the sake of the public health
a> well as on the grounds of general
public morality the Eagle has long
and pcrsistently advocated this course.
II now looks as II the Republican
campaign managers see good cause In
the present campaign conditions for
taking some steps ut least In that
direction.
Evidence of Wholesale fraudulent
registration in the First. Seventeenth.
Eighteenth and Twrnty-nnth ward
lodging house districts Is said to he
In the hands of the Republican cam.
pnlgn managers. and states Attor.
ney Dcnccn ana the grand jury will
probably hc asked to get busy" with
the matter.
As the election draws closer. the
gang il becoming dismayed.
The heelcrs who have for several
years past held on to the public crib
In one capacity or another. seem To
bc terror stricken at the uprising of
the people against payroll rule.
They see solid ranks of life long
Democrats wheeling into line for u
business administration. ana they
seem to he ready to resort to despcr-
ate remedies for an evidently desper.
ate ease.
During the past week there were
strange doings among the ranks of
the payroll brigade In the line Of
campaigning. and now we hear of
wholesale colonization and Il revival
of the old campaign methods of rc.
pcating. which everybody fondly i'm.
agined had been forever put an end
To In Chicago with the introduction
of the Australian ballot.
II II said. however. that prompt
means will be taken to nip this lit
tie scheme In the bud, and To have
erased from the register the names Of
from 5000 to 10000 hoaters. Migrants
AMI buns. said to have been Illegally
placed there To keep In the payroll
brigade on election day.
In compliance with the provisions oi
the primary laws the application tC
have the names erased will he filed
with the Election Commissioners oI
either Monday or Tuesday OF mex
week. Tuesday. Wednesday an,
Thursday the Election Commission
ers will sit to hear the evidence whicl
the campaign managers will presen
In order to secure the erasures. Ii Il
believed the evidence will he of 1
sensational nature and that some o
the city hall campaign managers ma!
find themselves In trouble before elec
ton day.
\ corps of men has been at work fol
The Republican campaign managers
during the past three or four weeks
They have visited nearly every lodg
ing-house In the four wards mention
ed. They have made daily reports t.
the headquarters of the Republican
bureau for the detection of fraud
Grand Pacific hotel.
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Just think Of H. In the First War;
alone there are $500 suspected names
while II Is claimed that in the Eight
rcnth Ward the registration j. double
ana even triple what II should he
Every barrel house, lodging house
opium joint and other questionable ~
sort IN the lcycc and river ward lodg
Ing house districts are said 10 be iille'
with strangers imported into the cit
and cOlOniZrd for election day.
When the Republican campaig
managers get through with their pr'
sentariOn of these facts IL l. believe
rhcy will next take the matter befor
the grand jury with a view Of gettln
after the big tOadS in the puddle. TIL
people will not stand for having thei
will upset and their wishes thwarte
nj the polls on election day, by II hOrd
of imported vagrants, and they wi
see 10 il that the individuals respons
hlc for such an attempt will he pun
lshed for II to the full limit of IN
law,
Hon. Ernst lIummel Will run fa
>head Of his ticket.
A>
Mr. Thomas &. Dennehy is the kin
business man whom the people lik
honor
%eA
r. Frcdcrick schultz Is a typical ri
of Chicago. He is a capable bus
man. and has during his life s
ucted himself as to earn the goo