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

Keepers make vast sums of money and
SO powerful have they become that
when one Of them was indicted In Iowa
the Governor Of this State put his pro.
tecting arm around the culprIt and I'm.
pudently refused to honor the requlsi-
tion Of the Iowa Governor!
The only way these Offenders can be
is through the states Attor.
ney's office. The public will expect Mr..
Deneen. as soon rs the Luetgert trial Is
ended. to bring the indicted men to trial
md to prosecute the cases until the last
bucket shop IL driven from Chicago.
Scion II. Case still lives. so does his
Infamous gnrnishee law. which cr,,slies
the life cut of the poor hboring man.
Thomas Gallagher frightened the
friends of the $SS.O0O filter contract In
the board Of education Wednesday
night. He introduced a resolution.
which was passed, directing the chief
engineer to furnish every principal
and engineer of a school with q card
on which the present exact condition of
the filters Il to be Immediately re-.
ported.
Negotiations are pending for n sn.a
of the Universal and Mutual Fuel Gas
The names Of the intend.
Ing purchasers are not made known.
hut 1t IL understood that they represent
a syndicate that controls gus proper.
ties In New York. Brooklyn. ST. Louis,
ana several other cities In the co,,n-
try.
The only Information ON this point
that II Obtnfnable ut the present time
is that the people who are seeking 10
get control Of the Universal am, Mn.
tlluf Fuel companies nre I'm n, way
connected with the Chicago GaS or
any other local gas company.
II IN announced. apparently on good
authority. that Gov. Tanner has de.
clded to call an extra session Of the
Legislature. Among the matters to be
considered at that session, Il II said,
are revenue reform. reapportiOnment.
primary elections and fish and game
laws.
II IN rcgrettab.e that political consid.
erntlons should enter into the extra ses.
sion at all. hut the necessity for rev.
en,le reform is 80 apparent and ~ urg.
cnt that the people will welcome the
cn.l ns the only escape from an into.
ernble situation.
If renppOrtlOnnient Il to iW under
taken at this time those who have the
matter In charge should keep constant.
~ before them the fact that the people
VIII sit in judgment upon their work as
a court OF last resort.
Revenue reform IL u pressing neces.
shy which can only he met by an extra
session. nnd that consideration over.
balances every objection which may be
urged against the call.
AnAOrler to pave eighty.iivc miles Of
streets at mn expense Of $1,000 was
passed by the lOcnl board Of Improve.
ments at its meeting on Wednesday.
Commissioners Of Public Works Nc.
Gam presided ut the meeting. and af.
ter considering every Improvement or.
der submitted. advised the passage Of
IN order for the improvements men.
toned. Many Of the streets ordered r..
paved will be supplied with new water
service pipes and drains. The streets
to In improved are In the northwest
nnd southwest sections OF the city, and
are now greatly In need Of repair.
Congressman william I.orimcr. Il Is
said. Inns extended his control to the
Twenty.seventh Ward, and he hns
marked out AID. Butler for slaughter.
Mr.. Butler belongs TO the Wulff faction
In the ward. Aid. MavOr. OF the Thirty.
second Ward. II to In opposed 10y Dr. 4.
n. Jameson. John II. Math II also
scheduled for defeat by the Republl.
cans Of the Thirty.fOurth Ward headed
by Kilt Gould.
To Aid. Thomas J.. Little. Thirteenth
Ward.
To .\;d. william G. l.. ZIehn. Four.
teenth Ward.
To A!d. Frederick W. Alwart. TWEEN.
tleth Ward.
To AID. Spencer 3. Klmbell. Twenty.
seventh Ward.
Last spring when soliciting the sup.
port Of the Municipal Voters League
You expressed yourselves as In thor.
Ongll sympathy with the struggle Of
this community to maintain Its rights.
and freely signed declaration Of prin-
clples. Of which the following Is part: {:
III elected to the office Of Alderman.
for which | nm now u candidate. !
hereby pledge myself to the people OF
Chicago to do all In my power to secure
adequate compensation to the city for
all franchises and special privileges" !"
We are unable to reconcile the above
pledge with your vote last Monday
night to postpone action on the resOlu-
tlOn for u committee to secure infOrma-
tiOn touching the street railways. ana
believe that large majority of the
voters In your ward are likewise per-
picked.
AS the league happens to he the custO-
dian of the pledge made by you to all
the people of Chicago, Wa call on you
to put yourselves right before the COM
munlty by voting for the resolution
when It comes up for final passage
Monday, Oct. II. Yours respectfully.
GEORGE T.. COLE,
President NIuuicinnl VOters' Vearur