Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-31
Citizens from Many Parts of Town Write
Of Men and Events Of tho
Day.
Pointed Questions Asked Regarding the Trans
actions Of Public Bodies and Of
Political Leaders.
Gossip Of the Oty and Of the Country
Forms the Subject Of Com.
munications.

their heads In the sand In the hopes Of
hiding themselves and doing clever
things under cover. etc. In this par
ticular case the get busy program
was the result OF plan to Offset the
great labor movement and to boost up
HnrrisOnism by the latest life buoy
municipal ownership. or course the
municipal ownership OF HarrisOnisn,
IN everybody acquainted with that spe-
cIes Of political demagogy knows. lies
In the single idea Of life tenure on
the payroll. hut II likes to parade un-
der familiar flags. ana Its leaders make
u great prctcnse Of friendship for union
labor. Hut union labor has been "On''
to these fellows game for some time.
II had only To wait little for the
City Hall demagOgs and payroll pat.
riots to show their hands. and this the
latter did most thoroughly. The get
busy cards" turned out to be one OF
the worst bOOmerangs yet launched by
the payroll boosters Of the Harrison
campaign. These cards were printed
without the union label and sent broad
east all over the city with u fatal
omission, constituting as It does II slap
In the face to union labor. ana particu-
lnrly to union printers. The Tribune
In discussing this particularly unpleas-
ant mOrscl Of political news also culls
up the fact that the Harrison cam
paign buttons had been ordered from
nOn.uniOn firm ana union button max.
crs have as u result since refused to
place HnrrisOn's orders for campaign
badges. The Tribune says:
AS another annoyance to the Mayor,
the button making firm Of Gaherty l.
Co. refused to accept m order from
City Sealer Quinn for 10000 Harrison
campaign buttons, the charge being
made that some nOn-uniOn concern had
supplied the first hatch several days
ago ana on them had put II counterfeit
union label.
ION top OF this difficulty came u
charge that the get busy for fourth
term postal cards and the Harrison
petitions are minus the union label"
Just think OF the audacity Of Har.
rison and his "hOt air" campaign man.
ayers In expecting the support Of the
labor vote OF Chicago.
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Things seem to be changed II q
young man can get an army commits
sion more promptly by enlisting and
working up from the ranks than by
going through West Point. II the son
OF an army officer who has resigned
from West Point to enlist In his faith
er's troop makes 1t work successfully
II may make army service more p0pu-
lar. and. In addition. give pointer
to the navy.
1t is well that the sc0lding Judge 10
rapidly falling into disrepute. While
1t Is true that lawyers should DO gen.
tlemen. judges are also under some OBJ
legations of this character. Intelligent
cooperation between the lawyer and
the Judge will not only do away with
all friction Of q personal nature. but
will also expedite the business Of the
court.
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1t now develops that General Chaffee
inched up against Count Won Walder-
see In much the same way that Ad.
miral Dewey crowded Admiral Diede-
rich. History cannot be properly
judged until long time after 1t is
made.
The Illinois State Journal notes the
interesting discovery that IAN Egyp-
tian mummy 1000 years old died of
appendicitis" This disease, which
spares neither youth nor extreme age,
must have found that mummy. how
ever, a pretty tough customer.
A Missouri boy stole and pawned his
mothers wedding ring In order to buy
marriage license for himself. Really q
boy like that deserves to have descend.
ants who will keep his name ringing
through the corridors of Time.
A Chicago preacher declares that a
girl who has reached the age Of 25 with.
out having learned to bake pies and
make shirt waists Is not true woman.
We concede the pies. but why shirt
waists?
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A mule imagines he has musical
vOice-and a good many people seem