Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-23
From the Chicago Eagle, October 2,

rTOm tne SnicdSo Edsie' octooei .,
1915:
The alleged Official organ" for
which the notorious Berg.Gray.B Burns
gang did so much special work is
still doing business.
A number of,articles which appeared
In The Eagle in the issue Of Septem.
Der Is, 1915. were stolen bodily and
reprinted verbatum ad literatum with.
out credit In the September 25, 1915.
edition of this unwieldly mass Of clip.
pings and dead ads. which Is alleged
to prey upon a part Of the public as
an Official organ"
We have nailed down our doormat
because 1t IL mot safe from the preda'
tory wanderers attached to this al.
legged representative Of Senatorial,
Aldermanic. Shrievalty, Park, City
Civil Service and other "ofiiciar con.
nections.
We do not miss the stolen para.
graphs which are plainly discernible
In the September % issue Of this al.
legged champion Of graft, but we do
not permit our patrons to be bothered
without going to their assistance.
Our attention and the attention Of
q portion Of the public taken up with
politics has. for some time, been called
to the appearance of an untidy collec.
ton Of white paper, formed and
printed like shapeless newspaper
only larger than the average. This
curiosity filled with pages Of dead ads
and edited with pastepot and pair
OF shears has been likened In appear.
ance to a newspaper cemetery. An
ad in It achieves immortality, as 1t Is
never taken out no matter whether
the alleged advertiser Is dead, out of
business or in parts unknown.
This remarkable product Of the
shears, pastepot and printing press has
been calling itself an Official organ"
It is said, because Of its success In
boosting a lot OF touching talent con-
nected with 1t into political Jobs and,
incidentally, into some notoriety.
Aside from the alleged Senatorial,
Legislative, Bailiffry, Park Odicial,
Aldermanic and Civil Service aid ex.
plotted by the junk referred to. It has
other interesting attributes.
One OF these Is to steal as much
from the columns Of The Eagle as
possible in order 10 give some life to
the load Of pulp.
This Is not to be wondered at when
one ascertains the character and rec.
ord Of some of the solicitors and 9th.
ers who are, or have been, connected
with 1t. One Of the latest ornaments
on the soliciting staff Of the Official
Touch is said to be a gentleman long
schooled In the art OF passing bogus
checks. He Is an artist in more ways
than one in his particular line.
When the late Fred Busse was
elected mayor this recent addition
TO the staff of the Dead Ad Blanket
conceived brilliant idea.
Mayor Busse was treasurer of the
Republican County Committee.
Believing that a number of people
would like to contribute to Mr. Buses
campaign fund, he started out to col.
lect the contributions-and keep them
himself.
Unfortunately this man with monu'
lN'htdi sdlI anu iHiiiiittsiHdi piIuCl'
pie, walked into the wrong place one
day. He was detained until the police
arrived when he was arrested Pull
got him out Of jail and while he never
got over his check passing habit, he
fell lower and lower until he secured
a job TO lie for the official organ
Well, let him lie-for awhile.
There are others with records on
the waste paper junk, but one exam
pie is enough at present.
The heads and scissors work on the
thing are done by a veteran free
luncher, il is said, who holds down a
chair between bites, on the pay roll of
the City Civil Service Commission.
It's brilliant society gossip, collec.
tons and incidentals are alleged to
have been long taken care OF by one
Of Sheriff Traeger's underlngs, who
was bold enough 10 have both his OFF,
cial position and editorial connection
appear after his name in the Chicago
city directory for 1913.
An ex-Representative In the Legis-
lature and well known jackpotter, who
used 10 attend the meetings OF "all
committees" for business reasons, Is
said to be the star on corporation
work and informing utility people how