Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-03

JulncS teuUck, cunu,uuVc Tor west
Town Assessor on the Republican tick.
ct. was born In the town Of West Chi.
cagO thirty.fve years ago. For seven.
teen years he has resided, ana still rc.
sides. In the northwest part Of the city,
In u house which he purchased before
he was yet 10 years Of age. lie II one
Of those conservative and Industrious
citizens who must bc known to bc mp
pryciatcd. and who seldom come 10
light In the world Of politics. hut when
made public servants prove to be the
most active aud conscientious In the
labors they perform.
At m early nge he entered the man.
ufacturing establishment Of Murray Il
Co.. where. by faithful industry aud
strict attention to business, hc al.
vanccd tn II position us manager. and
finally secured IN interest In the con.
ccri. which he still retains.
lie has ut all times proved himself to
be u public.spirltcd citizen In local af-
fairs. and never failed to take an active
pnrt In any enterprise that promised to
promote the welfare Of the community y
In which he lives.
In the spring Of 1902 he was pcrsua.
dcd by his neighbors TO stand M a cnn.
ditiate for election TO the City Council.
and although the Fifteenth Ward was
ut that time known as Democratic
stronghold, the people rallied to his
support regardless Of past party afiilin.
tiOns, and he was elected.
His term In the Council extended
over the Worlds Fair period. during
which time he served with distinction
on many important committees. among
others the Committee on Ways and
Means for the relief Of the unemployed.
10 which he was appointed by the late
Carter II. Harrison. Afterwards. dur.
Ing the period Of business depression
which followed the Worlds Fair. he
served on II committee appointed to
confer with the Civic Federation and
kindred organizations to devise some
method Of relieving the distress then
prevailing among the unemployed OF
this great city.
Always strong advocate Of any
project having for Its object the I'm.
prOvement OF conditions In tho world
Of labor. he prepared and introduced In
the Council IN ordinance which pro.
vided for u radical change In the un.
sanitary and otherwise distressing con.
ditiOns surrounding child labor.
In commenting upon the resolution
submitted as a preliminary In this mat.
ter, the Eiglrt.IIOur Herald. under the
caption, For I.abOr's Advancement" !"
gave a detailed report Of the same. AMI
then addel: aid. Reddick II one Of the
young members Of the Council. His
hobby IL measures Of u philnnthrOpic
nature. on which lie eXpends consilera.
BILE attention. lie made u speech In
favor Of his resolution. after which Il
was adopted without debate. This mat
ter should be agitatcd until the reform
outlined above has been effected. The
present condition II u disgrace to civil.
zatiOn."
After the passage of the ordinance. at
the conclusion of long editorial on the
subject, the Chicago Tribune said;
"Thus the action of the Council prom
iscs TO be the first official step In an
important elevation of the men, wO-
men ana children, who have for so long
been victims of rapacity which will
force fellow creatures down into the
mud for the sake of dollars, paltry
enough when compared with the mis-
cry and degradation through which
those dollars are gained. II the promise
be verified the action will prove to he
one OF the most Important and valua ble
measures ever taken by the city au-
thOrities. II will be n lever for raising
ont of u slough of mental, moral ana
physical Nth many thousands. who hut
for 1t would have had no hope for the
improvement of their miserable condi.
ton"
In October. 1892. after n careful In.
investigation In relation 10 the care OF
boys at our city House of Correction,
during which he discovered that under
conditions they We're daily
brought In contact with older and more
hardened criminals, he decided that
such state Of affairs had particular
~ demOraliZing effect upsn boys i'm
prlsOned for first or trivial Offenses,
and believing 1t to be the duty of an en-
llghtened community to suppress
rather than encourage crime. to reform
rather than uselessly punish juvenile
offenders, he introduced In the Council
n resolution providing for an apprO-
priatiOn of eighty thousand dollars to
be expended In the erection of a Boys
Ref0rmatory and Manual Training
school on the Brldewell grounds, and
his building stands there to-day as a
to his untiring efforts to
the unfOrtunates of this great
,ity.
He was always Interested In any