Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-01-21

Coroner's Jury, the
non-enforcement Of the laws govern.
ing theaters, as our readers will recol-
lect. The following from the Chicago
Eagle Of February Is, 1902, are sam.
pies Of warnings given Harrison:
Chicago Eagle, February Is, 1902:
The city authorities have been fore.
warned about the dangerous condi.
ton of Chicago theaters. II anything
occurs they will be held responsible
for It.
Chicago Eagle, February Is, 1902:
The Building Department does not
enforce the ordinances governing
theaters.
In spite Of these and other warn.
ings, in spite Of report by an hon.
est building inspector that the Iro
quois theater had not complied and
was not complying with the ordi.
nances, the Iroquois theater was per.
mitted by the Harrison administra.
tion to open.
The result was that when GOO limo.
cent and valuable lives were sacrl.
feed, Harrison was held to the grand
jury by the coroner's jury, presided
over by that honest Democrat Coro.
ner John Z. Traeger.
In a smaller city the mayor might
have been lynched.
In big, forgetful Chicago he was re.
leased on writ Of habeas corpus by
a friendly Judge and now has the
nerve to ask people to make him
mayor again!
The First Ward Ball continues to
be the subject Of much gossip. Fol.
lowing are some Of the latest re.
ports IL circulation: The red light
district alone was mulcted annu.
ally to the tune Of $50.O00,
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 q total
revenue Of 100000 year. The Har.
rison boomers have made o treaty
with the First Ward gang whereby
they are to have the whole Ball to
themselves In return for the support
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
and the gang will have to give up"
the Ball will not be disturbed In any
way and the First Ward Bail will be q
recognized feature Of the administra.
tion as Of yore, with one important
exception-the First Ward gang will
not have to divide.
The heart Of Denis J. Swenie, the
veteran fire marshal, was broken when
Harrison removed him during his last
administration; the heart Of William
Musham, the veteran fireman who
succeeded swenie. was broken when
Harrison removed him. Both died
soon after their removal. But who
knows how many hearts were broken
by the killing Of 600 people at the
Iroquois fire? The coroner's jury It
will be remembered held the mayor
and his building commissioner to the
grand Jury to answer for alleged Off
cial neglect Of duty in this matter.
The Harrison barnacles can be
heard all over Chicago crying for their
long lost Jobs.
The one thing that Harris0n's eight
years In the mayors chair showed
was the fact that Chicago could be
run automatically.
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During the previous reign Of graf,
did any one ever hear Harrison cal
for cheaper gas?
Harrison men swear that they will
break up the United Societies unless
they endorse their man for mayor
This is nervy.
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The Democratic precinct Commit
teemen and the Regular Democratic
organization chosen by the people a.
the primary held under the State Law
are to be wiped out of existence by
order Of the Hereditary Candidate fol
mayor.
The noble Tight Wad having dis
covered that the Democratic worker,
are against him to q man, wants Il
split the party in two and form q riva
party organization.
He has aroused the appetites ant
inspired the imaginations Of the hos
of crooked paving inspectors, stree
and alley neglectors and other dronel
who made his last administration .
stencil in the nostrils of the people.
These has beens, with vivid mem