Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-06

the city at a disadvantage because OF
the difficulty Of procuring witnesses.
Jan. there were pending against the
city S16 suits, and the damages claim.
ed are large. Mr.. West has prepared
a bill for presentation to the General
Assembly amending the law In rcgar,,
to limitations.
Some Of the Republican members Of
the Illinois Legislature nre saying
real mean things about Johnnie Run.
nells, the General Counsel Of the Pull
man Palace Car Co. 1t seems that
every time they want berth to Spring
field. Johnnie Runnells makes them
trudge way over to the Pullman Build.
Ing to secure the same. The RepublI.
can members say this II not doing the
handsome thing mt all. Especially
since they gave him the lucrative job
Of counsel to the Drainage Board.
which nets Johnnie Runnells seven
thousand dollars per annum, In add.
tiOn to the salary he draws from Mar
Quis de Pullman. The members. hav.
Ing never reduced the price of berths
In Illinois, think that In cOnsllern ton
Of this fact and other favOrs shown
the Pullman Company the hand.
some thing to do would he to bestow
upon each and every one OF them an.
nual Pullman pasteboartis.
How about this, Johnnie Runnells
Mr.. II. Il. Perley, the ThIrty-secOnd
Ward lawyer. who has been mention
ed as a possible candidate for alder.
man., will, instead Of seeking to he the
nominee himself, do everything he can
to assist his friend Mr.. Thomas B.
BIatchfOrd, the well-knOwn coal mer-
chant, secure the nomination.
Hon. Merritt Starr can have the nOn-
inatiOn for Judge Of the Circuit Court,
should he decide to become u candi-
date.
Thomas Il. BlatchfOrd Is being urged
to become a candidate for the Repub-
lIcan aldermanic nomination In the
Thirty-secOnd Ward. Mr.. BlatchfOrd
In young: he Is the general manager OF
the Hooking Coal Company, ana Is
highly spoken of by business men.
Citizens Of the Thirty-fOurth ward
met at TOwlcs' Hall, G3d street and
Kimbark avenue, Tuesday night, AMI
organized the John O'Neill Club. Res
OlutiOns indorslng John ONelll for re-
election to the Council from the Thirty
fourth ward We're adopted. The follow
ing officers were elected: President. Col.
w. Is. Keller; secretary, Edwin w.
Simms; treasurer Fred Hamlin.
Hon. Frank J. BrlgnadellO, of the
Seventeenth Senatorial District, Is
making a great record for himself in
the Legislature. Frank Is one Of the
most careful, painstaking ana consci-
entiOus members Of the FOrtieth Gen
eral Assembly, and Is such a modest,
unassuming young man that he Is be-
loved by all who know him.
The young men Of the Republican
party on the West Side intend to de-
mand recognition of the West Town
convention, and will press the claims
Of Mr.. VIM. Downey for West Town
Clerk. Mr.. Downey Is one OF the most
popular young business men In the
Twelfth ward, and his nomination
means added strength to the West
Town ticket.
Mr.. Jacob NJ. Horn Is in the lead for
the Republican nomination for West
Town Assessor. From present indica'
tiOns II looks as IL he would be the nnan'
imOus choice OF the convention for the
nomination. lie made good record as
Assessor before, which probably ac-
<.nunts for the fact that at this time