Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09


well" remarked Luke +. Collcrnn,
the newly appointed chief of detectives.
as the jnnitOr. sleuths and lleutenants
swnrmpd into his room to renew nc
quaintance last Wednesday. II Will
now sec how much disturbance can
cause among the South Side thieves.
burglars and highwaymen."
The official had little time to look af-
ter the duties Of his new position. ms
every attache Of the department. from
Jnnitor sullivan up to Lieut.. Haas. was
enger to congratulate him.
II suppose I'll @ n little bashful I'M
I'll I cnn get hold Of the right lines"
resumed the detective chief. "but there
II one thing certain. I was put here to
work aud I guess I'll I'LL the bill sntls-
factOrily."
Collcran showed n long scar on the
top Of his head. n mementO Of fall
from the Randolph street viaduct. He
explained that during u fight several
years ago he was thrown from the via.
duct by Jim Davis. alias "Slim Jim.
and narrowly escaped death. Collcrai'
II n wcll.knOwn thief catcher and comes
from Dcsplaincs street station. where
he was made captain by Chief Ripley.
About Oct. IL there will l~ held In
bloomington or Springfield u confer
cnce Of prominent Republican mem.
bcrs of the Legislature to discuss the
question of rcapportiOnmcnt of the
State. TO this meeting will bc Invited
men who were conspicuous on one side
or the other In the fight over nppOrtiOn.
mcnt In the General Assembly last
spring. Representatives Of those " hc
supported and those who opposed the
appOrtiOnmcnt bills then introduced
will he invited to this friendly confer
cncc. No outsiders will he requested
to bc present. In fact they will In
told. should they inquire. that tlcil
presence Is not desired. At this meet
Ing there will bc prepared n plan OF
Senatorial apportionmcnt. certainly
and Of Congressional nppOrtionUcnt
possibly. At lcast II II hoped that thu
men can agree on u scheme which VIII
be deemed acceptable to all partic,
and factions.
Should such nm agreement bc reach
cd copies of the plan recommended Will
be mailed to each Republican Senator
and Representative and he will IN
asked to reply In writing IN to whCth
or this II acceptable to him, and il no,
to state his objections. When all tho
replies have been received II confer
cncc of all Republican members of tn,
General Assembly will bc called. ant
there will bc prepared n plan Of appor
tiOnmcnt for which each man vii
pledge himself to vote should spccld
session bc called. When an agreement
like this has been effected GDS"rnOl
Tanner will bc Informed rs to villa
has been accomplished. Then n spe
cinl session will bc called.
Such IL the present plan Of the re
publicans who IRE working tn brins
about rcappOrtiOnment. Speaker y,
4. Curtis on one side and Colonel Jon
/ athnn Merriam on the other are th'
missionaries In the propaganda of ,hl,
| plan of pence. Colonel Merriam wa
In town recently. and interviewed soy
cral members Of the Legislature
| Among those who will In Invited I,
| the preliminary conference nrc soma
| tors Anthony. McClOrd. Fisher. Berry
TemplctOn and Dwyer. and Rclrescn
| tatives Ward. Buckncr. Shannlii,l
| Merriam. MnrIulss. Miller. Schubert
| Glade. Sclby, Needles ana Bryan. Col
| Onel Merriam conferred with Repre-
sentativcs Miller. Mcnny. ana others
| Foremost among Republican candi
dates for the congressional nomination
In the Sixth district II Henry =. BOu
tell. u prominent lawyer. and resi-
dent Of the Twcnty.fOurth ward. m,
indications now point to him rs hi
party's choice.
| Lines for the campaign for the sou
made vacant by the death of Congress
man Cooke ARE already closely drawn
and North Side politicians OF all par
ties ARE awake to the Importance Of til,
issues ut stake.
Friends Of other Republicans Of prom
inence are urging their claims. and I
IL expected several names will h,
brought before the convention. whicl
will be held ut nm early date. hut sup
pOrters Of Mr.. BOutell declare the OppO
sltion will In of little Importance.
Democrats intend making unusual If
forts to capture the prize. hoping :,
show the sentiment of lust year II n,
longer potent ana realizing the valu,
Of victory, which would PRACTICAL!
mean an Endorsement Of the Bryan
Altgeld cause.
Mr.. samuel Il. Darby. u prominen
and well-knOwn patent lawyer. II til,
most likely Democratic candidate. Mr.
Darby II a resident OF the Twenty
fourth ward. where he has resided 70
the vast four years. He IL IN intimate
friend OF United States senator JOne
OF Arkansas, and II IL claimed IN hi
behalf that should he he the Democra,
ic nominee WIN. j. Bryan will stumI
the district for him. At the last Gle,
ton Cooke was victorious over JOsep
W. Martin, the free silver nominee, b.
n plurality Of $50 votes, ana Rcpubll
cans claim they will have n walkaw wa
In electing their man to his place.
Mayor Harrison las issued an Ordc
taf