Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-08
THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY.

One of the most striking illustra.
tons Of the dccadencc and disintegra.
ton of one political organization AMI
the indestructible vitality. virility
and continued growth of another was
furnished by the two Democratic pie.
mics on saturday last.
That given under the auspices of
the old Simon.purc County Democracy.
of which Robert 4. Burke Is the In.
dOmitable leader. was Il magnificent
success In every way. II was attend.
ed by ten thousand people or more.
All the real leaders of the party 10.
cally were present. rs well as some of
the most prominent national leaders.
including william Jennings Bryan.
Mayor Tom Johnson. Of Cleveland.
and Mayor Dunno. of Chicago.
The proceedings were marked by
the utmost enthusiasm. ana every
thing went to prove that despite all
the efforts of its enemies to pull IL
down and destroy II. despite every at.
tempt to supplnnt II by pay roll
brigade controlled and directed from
the City Hall. the great oil organiZa.
ton which has done so much for
Democracy everywhere throughout
the country. and has carried the ban.
ners of the party to victory SO often
here Is still Il very important integral
part of the local Democracy. At the
affair given by the Harrison organiza.
ton ut Elllotts Park, there were about
twenty couples and nobody could he
found to do the "oratlng," but Miles
Devlne and Justice Jim DOOley: the
last OF the remnant of the Harrison
organization. 4 more utter failure.
or more remarkable case of the
proverbial wet blanket than this lat.
ter affair could not be well imagined.
The mayor was afforded the most
striking kind Of an object lesson In
the difference between an Organizn.
ton based upon principle ana one
whose foundation Is the pay roll.
While Harrison was boss. ana con.
trOlled the city hall patronage and
pay roll. the public crib patriots. Of
course. fOcked In gOOdly numbers to
the blOw-Outs organized by the Harri-
son city hall pets, but now that he has
been removed from this point Of want.
age these loyal operators Of the public
pap have fed from the Harrison or.
ganIzatiOn and have deserted 1t like
rats fleeing from sinking ship. 1t
was a pitiful exhibition Of the begin
ming Of the end of an organization
that appealed to the stOmachs and
the pocket books, rather than to the
brains and the principles Of men-
the last dying gasp of the city hall
organized appetite.
1t Is doubtful II we shall ever hear
any more Of it. Its leaders, with few
exceptions, are just now busily en-
gagged in the unusual occupation of
working for Il living. and have appa'
rently lost interest In its affairs now
that they are not thoroughly inter
woven with pay roll considerations
and IL Is well understood that those OF
them that are left will soon he given
an opportunity to engage In the sam,
laudable enterprise. The small fry
now that they see the trend of events
are either lying low ana close TO The
pay roll. or are endcavOring to flock
over to the other side. They are moi
wanted there, however. The ranks
will be closed against them. and whel
the treachery of the pay roll brigade
to the party and to Judge Dunno II
the late election has been properly re-
paid by n thorough cleaning out oj
this pay roll brigade from til" city
hall, the Democracy will be purget
of about as worthless an aggregation
of rotten rlif-raff as ever brought dis
credit and odium upon any party.
The Eagle Is glad to he able 10 con
graduate the true County Democracy
; and It's unconqucrable leader, Rober
; T.. Burke, upon its splendid vindira
ton ana triumph. 1t has never beei
, defeated and is stronger and more In
nuentlal to-day than 1t ever has been
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