Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-25

Allpgeu StuIllHS VI tle Clty INtS -TViiS
In the Third Ward and elsewhere will
occupy the attention of the July grand
Jury. 1t Is composed of excellent citi-
zens. its foreman being Mr.. Enos NJ.
Barton. head Of the Western Electric
Company. Good results are confident
~ anticipated.
~
We are glad to note that the grand
jury Is getting after the policy sharks.
Policy IL one Of the worst evils and
curses that afiict the poor Of this city.
~6A
The wisdom of appointing an able
lawyer like Mr.. John =. Miller to rep
resent the traction interests and the
receiver of the companies was demon
stratcd when. on last Monday. the IA
nous attorney made satisfactory ar.
rangemcnt for q truce between the big
corporations and the city until Nov.
10. each preserving its rights. NcgO.
tntions for final amicable settlement
will be opened up In the meantime.
0>
One of our contemporaries printed
u long editorial the other day on the
subject of separating garbage from
ashes. What Is the use of doing this.
when the city refuses to remove or dis.
pose of garbage, anyhow?
%6\
The esteemed Daily News seems to
bc lnboring under n misapprchcnsion
when II says that the methods Of par.
llamentary procedure In the City COun.
ell need revision, because important or.
dnances are offered to the Council and
referred to committees without being
printed. II our contemporary will only
refer to the authorities II will find that
on the motion of any two aldermen all
new ordinances can be deferred and
published, and rs such u motion IL
the charter motion ii cannot he OPP
posed, but Is passed as u matter of
course.
~6
The insurance men of this city have
succeeded In securing the appointment
of Il lawyer to the position Of fire In.
spector. This Is step In the right
direction.
~eA
Judge Edward Osgood Brown has
rendered splendid service to the COM
munity by his decision In the labor
riots. The Eagle predicted that Mr..
Brown. II elected, would make one of
the best judges who ever sat on the
Cook County bench. ana we are glad
to say we We're not mistaken.
%S
William Jennings Bryan dealt him
self n neat back.handed slap when he
declared by inference that the Chicago
and Kansas City platforms helped to
defeat the Democratic party In the
last two campaigns. He allows" how.
ever. that Cleveland's last term did
even more harm to the party three
years ago than the platform.
great man. but when did he become
the mentor of the entire Democratic
party? II the Hon. Larry Is to draw
up Il declaration Of Democratic prin
ciplcs," we suppose those antiIunted
ideas of Jefferson ana jackson which
served so long will have to be laid
away on the shelf
Bryan Is said to have suffered from
chill during his recent visit here
Illinois temperature never has been
particularly hcalthful for Dublue J.
%e
Just as we predicted, the long sum
mcr vacation for the City Council has
been entered upon, ana yet the traction
question seems to be rs far away from
settlement rs ever.
~GS~
The Eagle Is glad to see the position
which it assumed in opposition to the
movement for attaching II salary to the
office of president of the Board OF Ed
ucation is generally indorscd both by
its contemporaries of the daily press
and by the public ut large.
All the efforts of mcndacous scribes
to belittle Hon. Richard Yates and his
administration have fallen Hat. Gov,
crnOr Yates has given n splendid adj
ministration, and the public fully ap
| preclates the fact.
&6
The honored name of EnOs NJ. Bar
L ton a : fornman of tho ora nd iuru will