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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
WHiI1EMORE,S WCTORK

The last meeting Of the Republican
state Committee Of Illinois. held al
headquarters In Chicago Tuesday, wa.
properly Jubilee. Never has the Re.
publican party In this State had bet
ter occasion for rejoicing, AMI ne> or
mas the state Central Committee lie.
served more communication for lis good
work than AT the close of the recent
campaign.
In 1884 and again IN 1896 the Repub
lirhn majority WAS larger than Il was
this year, hut all the conditions were
then NOR" favorable to 1t. The Demo-
cratic tariff had IMralyzcd business. the
wheels of Industry had been stopped,
ana It's fires cNtinguished. The pcO.
pie were irrcprcssibly eager in both
years 10 undo what they had done In
lS!'2. But this year the Republican
party was in much the same position as
IN ,S'i2. when Mr.. LincOln's own went
Democratic. Notwithstanding all this,
Illinois went Republican by nearly
10000.
IL Is evident from the vote Of this
year that the Republican party Is
steadily gaining ground In Illinois. 1t
carried Chicago by u majority which
warrants the conclusion that the party
mas only to work as u unit next spring
to take the city hall out of the hands
OF the Democracy. County after c0un-
ty In the central ana southern parts of
the State showed Republican gains over
even 1896, ana several cOunties which
had never gone Republican before were
lost to the Democracy.
There was q falling off of the Repub-
llcan votes in several Congressional
districts, but In no case through any
fault of the candidate. The Eighth
District. represented by Mr.. Hopkins,
Is one in point. 1t consists of six coun.
ties, every one of which Ia Overwhelnl-
ingly Republican. There was not the
slightest danger of the defeat of any
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
AID. MALIBY ON CITY GOVERN.
NEWT.

The answers of AID. Maltby to ques
'lons put to him by some of the stu
dents of the University of Wisconsin
published Ia the Record of Tuesday
show the Twenty-secOnd Ward Alder,
man to be possessed Of very intelligent
views on problems of city government
Most significant of his answers. pcr.
haps, was that to the question, What
ITO you consider the greatest problem
In Chicago city government today
lie replied: The question of main
tanning the commercial supremacy of
Chicago by sweeping improvements ia
iiarbor and shipping facilities shares
first place with that of municipal own.
ership.' Mr.. Maltby fayors the extern
sion of the functions of the munlcipal-
ity in the direction of municipal owner
ship, and 1t Is interesting to note that u
man thoroughly familiar with the ad-
ministration Of government In Chicago
believes that the spoils systematic
great obstacle In the way of municipal
operation-''ls now In Il mOribund con
di'l0n and will soon receive its coup dc
grace" He Is quite right in pointing
out the need Of improved harbor faclli-
ties.
1t will impress the observer as signifi-
cant that the most intelligent opinions
"n municipal conditions In Chicago are
now to be sought and obtained from
members of the City Council. There
was time not very long ago, when
opinions Of value ON municipal prob
lens would not have been expected
from Aldermen. Now there are In the
council a considerable number of men
As We'll qualified as any in the com.
muniiy to speak intelligently on munic.
ipai needs and conditions. Chicago Is
beginning to lntrust the solution of Its
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
CHEAPER CHICA0O PAVEMENT

Robert 4. Givins. Chairman of the
Public Service Committee of the Real
Estate Board. who has just returned
from visits to ST. Louis. Louisville. DE.
trolt and Cincinnati. where hc went to
investigate the methods Of lpvying spc.
cinl assessments ana making street i'm.
prOvcnicnts. says he believes that witt,
the great amount Of paving done In
Chicago. u condition can bc brought
about which will permit of the laying
OF asphalt at 70 cost to property owners
40 to 90 per cent. less Than the rate now
charged.
| 1T Is estimated that th0rc are 1924
miles Of streets IN Chicago" said Mr..
Givins. "aiid 1.4tA miles are uninprOv-
ed. ] I Is probably safe to say that 1000
miles Of the unimprOvcd streets should
bc nlacadamlzed. while the other 4Ol
niles should be paved with asphalt,
There are also many miles of improved
streets paved with cedar block whicl,
Will require paving now. or will IN u
few years. AS I figure II, Il will take
at least x:I2.OOOOOO to pave the streets
OF this city As they should bc paved.
I'm Cincinnati they give property
owners ten years to pay street. paving
assessments. dividing the actual cost
Into ton equal assessments. ana the city
guarantees the bonds. which sell NJ 3
ami per cent. In most of tho cities
the inain sewers are built by tho city
ana only the latcrals are charged to the
property owners. The amount Of the
special assessment II exactly what the
Improvement costs AMI not n dollar Is
added.
IL found that In nearly all the cities
visited the chief engineers favor ns.
phait for heavy traffic, excepting In
streets like South Water. where. be.
cause Of the Wholesale business, they
recommend granite blocks"
AS u result Of Mr.. Givins' researches
II Is expected the Real Estate Board
VIII start u crusade which will l,c far.
reaching. aud will work good for Chi.
cagO.
1--WE will probably ask for public
hearing before the Board Of Local I'm.
pr0vements sOOn," said Mr.. Givins.
"and we are assured that Commission.
or McGann Is In sympathy with ms In
this movement. We win endcavOr to
ascertain what legislation II needed ut
Springfield. and then go down there to
SEQ IL We cannot get II.
by tho property owners standing to.
gcilirr In this matter We can bring
about n much-noc,led reform AMI can
also improve Chl,9,gOs streets"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

cOnspiracles. The tin plate industry IL
Mckinley's darling. lie claims TO have
brought 1t into being by more than
doubling the duty In 1890 When the
tariff of 1894 reduced the duty to about
the old figure he ana his party raised
dol0r0us cutlery and as soon as they got
chance they put the duty up again,
although the tin plate manufacturers
were getting ricl, during all the years
of panic depression under the Demo.
cratic tariff. when unprotected indus.
tries were Frustrated.
The only object of the combine now
forming is to get the fun benefit of the
Republican duty. Why should Nc.
Kii'lcy's administration object 10 tllatY
Why should II institute proceedings
against the tin plate manufacturers
whose only otfensc is that they organ.
izc to take just what tho Republicans
Intended they should have and no
more?
There Is no reason why they should
and the manufacturers know II. That
Is why they make no secret of their
combine and proceed boldly as though,
they were quite sure of immunity.
They know that only the unprotected
monopOlists will he attacked while the
Republicans are In power ana TINT they
WEI he encouraged rather than hin
dcred In the practice Of pxtOrtiOn in
open defiance Of the law.---Chroniclr.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
Will FI0HT THE BRICK TRUST.

The district council of the Brickmnk.
crs' Alliance of Cook County hns de-.
clnred war on the proposed brick trust.
Resolutions have been adopted de-
clarlng that all brick manufacturers II,
the trust shall pay 10 per cent. more
than the union scale of wages. this OK
ira money to In paid Into the Brick.
makers Union for the support of men
made Idle by tho combine.
W. II. +. Weber, u brick manufnc.
ttrcr of Evanston. was denounced for
viOln ting an agreement made with the
brlckmnkcrs.
The Federation of Labor has appoint
cd n committee to request the Com
missioner Of Public Works to use only
uniOn-inadc brick In the city tunnels.
sewers and buildings. 4.
Secretary CarmO,ly of the Fc,lcratiO
Of Labor has been instructed to write
the Anl,euscr- Busch Brewing Company
OF ~. Louis u request that 1t purchase
boxes hearing label of the BOX makers
Union.
The Federation, ut Its meeting Sun
day. adopted IN amendment To the con.
stitutiOn. providing that all intlOrsc.
mcnts Of candidates for political Office
shall In referred To affiliated unions for
approval.
l.. i. Doyle was elected u delegate To
the American Federation of Labor con.
ycntiOn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
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lies FILES ANNUAL REPORT

The annual report Of the County At.
tOrnry was submitted to President
Henly Of the County Board by County
Attorney Robert y. Hes Monday. Mr.
Hes has been assisted In the prepare.
ton and trials Of tho country eases by
4. l.. Shepard In the main law depart
Ment, Charles l.. Jones In the insane
court. and Louis Il. Anderson In the tle-
pendent children department.
The report shows that since Jan. 1.
1S0S. S:lO cases against the county have
been disposed of. leaving seventy to be-
tried. -Four hundred and one petitions
In inheritance tax eases have been filed.
With this year County Attorney Hes
completes his fourth year az counsel to
the county. During this time suits
against the county have been reduced
$2:sS. 74S.35; judgments have been rem
dered against the county for only
81, 7O3.45.
During tho same period 3O5 chancery
suits have been determined, 1900 con.
tended tux cases adjudit a,ed, and $3ll,-
!sc.57 In general taxes collected.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
THE MAYOR AND FREE SHvsR.

There Is 10 doubt hut that the pres
ent Mayor of Chicago Is one of TIA,
strongest advocates of the free coiilag,
of silver. into dollars. az the ratio ol
III To I. In America.
The Mayor has proclaimed this fac
from the house tops AMI In Interview.
printed during the week he declared
Il am u better free silver man and
Bryan man than Altgcld ever was"
This ought to bc enough TO satisfy the
mast fast!dious.
Hut " 10 Is not. IL must be rcincln.
bcred that the last Cook County Demo.
cratic convention was dominated by
Mayor Harrison and his official subor.
dinates at the City Hall.
That convention. controlled absolute
1. by the Mayor. declared uiirunivocal.
'y and very strongly In favor of the
free coinage of silver.
More than this. the Mayor, IN order
10 graft his free coinage crhnkism In
the minds of young ChicagOans.
brought from the East AMI made super.
intcndent Of our public schools l.. Ben
'"'''s ss"Vi'"S' ouV W TIC SIeIleSl uu-
vocates Of free silver In the world.
Everyone knows that the Democratic
Mayor Of Chicago. through his police
and his office holders. will name the
delegates from Cook County to the next
Democratic national convention.
There Will b. sixteen delegates from
this county, two at large ami fourteen
from the seven Congressional districts.
DO Democratic business men want to
he misrepresented In the national con.
vcNtiOn!
ifthey do, they will vote for Mr.. IIar.
rlsOn's reelection. for he announces
that he stands for free silver and for
Bryan.
The Eagle cannot understand how.
under the circumstances. 50 many 80.
called sound money men are for Ilar-
rls0n.
His victory In the spring puts free
silver on top In Illinois.
His defeat will make possible the
sending OF Il sound money delegation
10 represent the sentiments of u ma jOr-
ity OF the people IN the next national
convention.
For after he Is defeated the party will
bc rcOrganized.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
Two KINDS Of COMBINES.

The New York Herald prints u list al
trusts or combines doing business u,
chartered companies lin the United
States. with the capitalization of cacl,
Tho LIST comprises nifty one great trusts
including some minor ones In the sam,
line Of business as the greater ones
nnd sixty-fOur miscellaneous trusts
some OF which are really greater III
capitalization than most OF those In the
other category. The aggregate cupi
tnIlzhtiOn Of tho one hundred anu fifteen
trusts enumerated Ii placed ut $2,7i7..
7tiSOOO.
The Herald does not mention the tin.
plate trust, now forming with u capital
W xo1 ,'NO,OOO. This In Il curious over.
sight. since this important addition Ia
tho list Of trusts IL Mr.. Mckinley
special protege. Adding the capital Of
this trust, we have q grand total OK
cee'llng two ami three. quarters billions
of dollars.
The Herald calls attention to the fact
that some Of these trusts are still doing
business as usual, though under
changed forms of organization. In spite
of the fact that they have been declared
by the courts to be unlawful cOmbina-
lions, existing In violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law. Among these are
the standard oil, the Havemeyer sugar
trust and the whisky trust.
The Herald also directs attention, as
the Chronicle has done, TO the fact that
the organization of combines In def
anc" OF law goes on openly ana unin-
terruptedly since the Supreme Court
has distinctly pronounced the sherman
law constitutional and declared that
under Its provisions railroad pooling Is
unlawful. This is IN interesting fact.
but II is by no means inexplicable.
II Is to he observed that while at
least nine-tenths of all the many com
binrs are highly protected by Rcpubli.
can tariffs nearly all OF those thar have
been brought to hook by Republican
officials are of the unprotected kind,
such as the Standard OIL and the rail
road combines. We cannot suppose
that this Is accidental. We are forced
to believe that the protected trusts are
given to understand that they will not
he seriously disturbed and that, while
officials may be constrained In some in-
stances to institute proceedings against
them, care will he exercised not to do
them any great harm. 1t Is hardly DOS
sible to account In any other way for
the boldness with which new combines
are formed In face of court decisions or
FOR the entire immunity enjoyed by
nearly all the protected combines.
And why should not these combines
expect immunity? Take, for instance,
the tin plate combine now forming
without any pretense Of secrecy aud as
though there was no law against such
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

Among the Republicans Of strong
personal following in Cook County
Charles W. Peters easily occupies u po.
sltion In the first rank lie IL chief
deputy sheriff Of the county. n position,
which he has held under three shricvnl-
~ administrations. including the pres
eht one Of james Pcasc. by reason of
merit ana popularity. The Shcriff's Of.
flee without Mr.. Peters would not, II,
the public's eye. look natural: and the
lawyers AMI best business men of Cook
County sincerely hope that sheriff elect
Magcrstadt will keep Mr.. Peters right
where he II. His retention as chief dep.
uty will certainly meet with the plaud.
Its VI the masses. with whom popular
"Chnrlic" Peters IL n great favOrltc.
His courteous treatment of all cOmers
In his official everyday life ut the Sllcr.
ITS office has made him u legion of
friends regardless of politics. Mr.. Pc
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

Republican nominee IN the entire dis.
trlct--CongressiOnal. Legislative or
county. The same was true I'm several
other districts In Northern Illinois,
where evidences of apathy were appar-
ent AT the polls. But in the central ana
southern parts of the state there was
hardly an inch of uncOntpsted territory.
There was at least Il fighting chance
for the Democrats. somewhere along
the line. ana in Southern AMI Central
lllihois the returns are peculiarly salts.
factory.
| Cook County stands out by itself.
Livery daily newspaper in Chicago.
with the single exception of the Inter
Ocean. fought the state ticket. They
aimed to cut the vote of r. X. White.
more. for State Treasurer. to the low.
est possible point as Il rehukc to ,;oy.
| ernor Tanner. whose policy AMI nd.
ministration he represented. In his
speech on Tuesday the Governor 10.
fcrrcd To this feature of the clmuujun.
lie said that while Whittemore ran
ahead of his ticket In many counties,
nc fell behind In Cook County from,
fiftccn to eighteen thousand votes.
Even this estimate. II accepted. would
br highly gratifying demonstration
OF the impotence Of the mugwunp
press and The popularity of Mr. White.
more. but the fact Is that Mr.. White.
more did much better than the Gov.
crlior stated. Evidently tho Governor
forgot that the women Of 1iliuo,s ,ou,,t
vote for all State candidates this year,
with the sole exception of State Treas.
urcr. The woman vote was light. II IL
true. but 1t was nearly all Republican.
In the returns as officially ascprtaincd
up to Thursday night Whittcmorc's
vote In this county stood 41,iGt, BAY
liss' 5O.3l3. showing u difference of
2,SS?. These figures include the first
eleven wards of the city. AMI all the
county outside Of Chicago. When the
count Is over II will he IN order To dc.
duct from the vote of Bayliss the mum.
Der of wOnens votes pOlled for him
In Cook County. AMI then compare the
result with the votes that Mr.. White.
more received. In view of what Is nj.
ready known. 1t Is certain tn i,c found
that the mIgwull,p newspapers of the
trust succeeded only In demonstrating
their own weakness by their campaign
against the State administration. The
percentage Of voters who are infiu.
enced by their lies Is too small tn br an
appreciablc factor In the Republican
politics Of 1lllnols.--lntcr Ocean.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

unite the party and thereby secure VIE
tory he acts In tho interest Of the Do.
mOcracy.
"'rhc gentlemen who have received
positions from Mr.. Harrison have done
what they could to advance his inter-
est: but they owe II to their party and
to tlicselves to abandon the attempt tn
force u dead duck for Mayor on the
Democratic ticket. The defeat of the
ticket would mean their own defeat.
IT they help to nominate a Democrat
who can win. they may retain their lo-
sltlOns. II they should force Mr.. Har-
rison's nomination they would chal.
lenge inevitable defeat. would make a
Republican Mayor. AMI would lose
their beloved Jobs.
Nv" hope they will seq their duty to-
ward the public AMI themselves"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

ters was born In Germany thirty.ninc
years ago. He came 10 Chicago at an
early age. and later equipped himself
with u splendid public school educu-
tion. subsequently he graduated from
the Metropolitan Business College will,
high honors. lie Is a self.made man.
and he ought to be proud of that Job
Of destiny. From errand boy to banker
and politician. Such Is the story Of his
life. He Is prominently identified with
fraternal organizations. and has been
repeatedly honOred with positions Of
eminence In this respect. Mr.. Peters il
n member Of the Royal Arcanum. Chi
cagO COmmandery. No. ~. knights
Templur. Medinah Temple. Ancient
Arabic Mobiles Of Mystic Shrine. Royal
Arch MasOns. Royal League. AcOlns
Cycling Club and others. In politics he
II u stnich Republican. and u central
figure In Chicago political events.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
DO YOV WANT FREE SILVER (?

~ am as good free silver man az
Bryan or Altgcld," declared Mayor
Harrison In four daily newspapers the
other day.
Then why should any Democrat Op.
posed to free coinage ut the ratio Of III
to vote for a man for Mayor who will
send sixteen frs>silver delegates from
Chicago to the next national cOnven-
tlOn!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
DONY CARE ron THE FIREMEN.

The Mayor pays no attention to the
urgent need Of raising the pay of our
gallant tiremen to at least the amount
paid by Boston ana New York to their
men.
The Mayor has no time to waste on
firemen. They work for their living.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
THE. MA0AZINE8.
PAIL MALL MAGAZINE.

TALL MALL MAGAZlNE.
The Christmas number of the Pail
Mail Magazine splendidly sustains the
reputation this magazine has won for
Its literary and artistic excellence.
From one end to the other of Its 100
pages dt Ii filled with good things.
Among the remarkable contents are:
A superb phOtOgravure fr0ntlspiece,
"The Virgin and Child" after the IN.
nous picture by Gerard David, and
now published for the flrst time; a fine
poem by II. Nesbit entitled "The New
Christmas a very touching and pow.
erful Ghetto tale, by !. Zangwill, enti.
tied. "rhey that Walk In Darkness"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

Senator 7. II. Milchrist has In prep
aratlon a bill for the Legislature of
much Importance to lawyers ana liti.
giants. 1t will provide that when an
appeal be taken from the lower courts
to the Supreme Court, every citation
OF error on which the case Is appealed
shall be reviewed and passed upon by
the higher court. As the law and prac-
tice stand now, this may happen: In
a cause appealed there may be, say,
three assignments of error. On the
first Of these the lower court may he
reversed and the case sent back for re-
trial, without either of the others being
considered. On the second trial two
OF the original errors may reappear and
the case be appealed again. In other
words, 1t IL possible that case may
have to BIO appealed as many times az
there are assignments of error In the
first appeal-which Is expensive.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
4 GENTLE REMINDER.

The 10000 Democrats who voted the
Republican ticket this fall did SO for
the purpose of reminding the Yellow
Kid Of what they are going to do to
him in the spring. Aud don't you for
get II!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

municipal problems to those Of its citi.
zcns best qualified by ability as well us
by integrity to deal with them Herein
lies the hope of rapid municipal prog
ress in the futurc.--Thc Record
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

Mr. N. II. Fairbanks has a number
OF the South Side wards pledged to his
support for City Attorney next spring.
Mr.. Fairbanks Is one Of the most loyal
Republicans Of the Thlrty-secOnd Ward.
He Is member of the Hamilton Club
and brother of United States Senator
Fairbanks of Indiana.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
BOLDENWECK AND HAYNES.

In reply to a correspondent The Eagle
would say that william BOldenweck
only beat Pat !. Haynes sixteen votes
In their race for Mayor of the strong
Republican city Of Lake View.