Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-01-28

arrested In Chicago except by mis-.
take. During the last Harrison ad.
ministration a Misunderstanding 10
said to have arisen between some Of
the leading pickpockets and city graft
collectors as to the territory certain
of the trade were allowed to work In.
For instance, some Of them were pro.
'hibited from going East Of Wells
street on the North Side, or Of Clark
street on the South Side. Light.iin.
gered gentlemen who were permitted
to work the exclusive territory had to
pay high price. Two notorious
shooting affrays and big scandal
cropped out Of this, but things were
finally arranged SO as to keep the pub.
lie in ignorance and let the game 60
on. Now some of the experts inter.
ested in the Chronic candidacy are al.
legged to have arranged for q solid
support Of Harrison by the Pick.
pockets Union. As this means pros.
perity on both sides there IL much
happiness among the elect. The terms
Of the arrangement are, Of course, se.
cret and cannot crop out except II
event of o sQueal when they 60 into
effect in case Harrison should be
elected again.
Poor but honest men who have add.
ed to their modest incomes In the past
by acting as judges Of election are to
be superseded in every possible In.
stance by millionaires.
This Is In accordance with the or.
ders Of the Harrison board Of elec.
tion commissioners which 10 now en-.
gagged In showing of.
Like the historic monkey climbing
q pole, the higher It climbs the more
1t shows Of Harrison.
The poor but honest voters Of Chi.
cago deeply resent this last Harrison
ian insult.
Harrison Is an aristocrat by train
Ing and by instinct
He inherited his wealth.
He never did a hard days worh
outside Of Office holding In his life.
No wonder then that, he prefers
aristocrats to poor men for Judges oi
election.
Two hundred men of wealth have al
ready been summoned by the Harri
son election board to take the places
Of poor but respectable men recon
mended by the regular Democratic or
ganization.
The Harrison election board viii
stick to its fad and will supplant
every poor man election Judge with {
rich man whenever It Is possible.
The Harrison move to bounce al
poor men who are judges OF election
and put millionaires in their places
will prove boomerang.
Is the Democratic party to be de-
prived Of all representation among
the judges of election? This 10 toe
much even for Q Harrison move.
Take this tip from us: Dunno will
beat Harrison two to one at the pri
maries. NU
The United Societies made theil
debut in public life when they made
their great fight against the Harri
son charter, foisted on the public b,
a convention of which Chronic
| Candidate Harrison was q leadinl
member. Harrison's present lieuten
ants almost to man fought for
the adoption of this Charter as every
body knows. How the United So
cieties or any portion of them car
be fooled into supporting man who
helped make the high tax and anti
personal liberty features of this
would.be charter and who never OBJ
jected to anything bad about 1t, IL
past finding out.
The First Ward Ball continues to
be the subject of much gossip. Fol
lowing are some of the latest re-
ports is circulation: The red light
district alone was mulcted annu'
ally to the tune OF $4,000
through the medium OF the First
Ward Ball under the previous Harri
son administration. Dives and 'ho
tells" were forced to contribute to the
extent Of $4,000 more, making tota
revenue Of 100000 year, The Har
rison boomers have made a treaty
with the First Ward gang whereby
they are to have the whole Ball to
themselves in return for the supper,
of Harrison in the approaching pri
maries. No cabinet officers or Other
attaches Of the administration will be
permitted to butt in. The red lights
L and tho nanQ Will haNa fO WQiva I'M ,