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

of the United Mincworkcrs' Union, will
make an address.
The organizations represented ut the
meeting have II total membership Of
over IOO.OOO.
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The payroll brigade Is hustling day
nnl night In II frantic effort to offset
the barrow boom. As usual. there Is
the old "cOn' talk through the daily
papers and the channels of Harrison
Junk" politics about capturing the
big guns" 'routing the inimy." ana so
forth. Among other "hot air" cmanu.
tions from this source Is II lot of riiicu,
lous rubbish about Offering Mr.. bar.
row the nomination two years hence II
hc will only keep out Of the race this
time.
This Kind of talk like nll the other
efforts of the Harrison boomerang
press agent. has had II rcactIonary cf.
feet.
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1t has had little weight upon the Oar.
row followers. who have merely rc.
marked that similar promises had beer
made before and broken. They recalled
the frequent promises made by til,
Mayor to Corporation Counsel Walker
The DarrOw men also say they hllev,
their candidate can defeat Harrison fol
the Democratic nomination if he wlsic.
to become n candidate before the prim
aries. The statement made In thi,
connection by William Il. Burns. SEQ
rctnry of the public ownership party
Ogden avenues Tuesday last. IL worthy
of reproduction, as II IL very much Il
the point.
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"Thc people Of Chicago, the Demo
Gratis of Chicago and the worklngmcr
Of Chicago are tired of Harrison" said
Secretary Burns. 1T is my opinion
that II Mr.. DarrOw should go before tn,
Democratic primaries he would dcfca,
Harrison there ana put an end to til,
misrule of his administration.
u am for Darrow because he ha,
demonstrated on every occasion that
he Is the friend of the wOrkingnun
Harrison has demonstrated on every
occasion that he IL the enemy of tn,
wOrkingman and the friend of the me,
who occupy boxes ut the horse show.
Al IA sls,..trSnI I. A,
having brains. but llc has men To thin,
for him. and they tell him that tn,
wOrilnglnen can he delivered by bust
ness agents that he puts on the pay
roll, Those business agents saw theil
finish ut the last election of the chi
cngo Federation of Labor. und nov
Harrison will see his. There will he II,
more iatllng guns parndeh through tn,
streets To intimidate lOcked-Out an,
starving men, and no more sluggin.
and beating in the name of the law o
men who wear poor clothes"
| similar sentiments were cnuncatc,
ny George II. ShOaf. organizer Of tn,
street ear men. and 4. l.. Quinn. an
! other labor leader.
Outside of the Organized Appetite n
the city Hall, there Is really no liar
risOn sentiment ut all.
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nonnc" that the opposition to the clec
tlon of six more judges TO the bencl
of Cook County next June has die,
| a-horning. Even the Tribune. whicl
seemed inclined 10 buck the proposi
tion. seems To have very meekly fnllei
into II "languld aclulesccnce" In 1t. ON
contemporary in Il recent edition say,
cditOrlally:
"Thc General Assembly will he aske,
to raise the pay of the Circuit Judge,
from S3,5O0 II ycnr to S5,WW There Il
To he judicial election next June, anl
now u HE tine for II change In th,
salary II one Is - he made. The prcscn
rate of compensation was fixed in 1877,
1t was not considered excessive then
If s3,oOO II year was not too much thei
il Is not enough now. The reasons 70
giving the Cook County Judges $1,000
II year Instead Of $1,000 hold goo,
throughout the State There has beer
IN the last thirty years an advance Il
the cost of living in the country as wei
as IN the city. Ii costs more in til,
country, MS well as in the city, to In!
the services of professional men as o
worklngmen. The lawyer and tn
physician are better rewarded tO-da!
than they We're in 1872. The remunera