Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-10-29

Busse meetings and Campbell meetings
galore, the Democrats say they have
failed to notice any Raymond meetings.
Mr.. Raymond took the center Of the
stage at the opening Of the campaign
with his lake excursion. but since that
time he has been scarcely heard from.
ana the Jenersonians are insinuating
that the Raymond boom must have is..
come waterloggcd.
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TO the Editor: will make a lust and
equitable assessment Of the reui nud
personal property In Cook County. and
with that end In view will adhere
strictly TO the policy I have pursun,,
Tor the last two years us Assessor OF
the town Of Lake.
! shall endenvOr 10 trent tho ,,r,,
manufacturing concerns and coruor..
ions with due consideration and com.
pei them to pay their just proportions
OF taxes. l will pay special attention
u tue large acreage tracts held by O..
ta'es and nonresident property own.
crs Tor speculative purposes. and IN
case such tracts are situated IN tho
MIDST OF settled portions OF the city
thereby rctariing the progress or thc
ne'shoorhood. will use every means
III my power to compel the owners TO
snot''vide. az instanced by the Hcttv
treen tracts. the White estate und the
Ayers estate In the town Of Lake
shniI continue to give the small Dron.
er'y owner the same attention that his
riRh nelghbOr receives, ana will treat
with Just consideration the COMPLAINS.
.! oil. will Insist that the board ON.
ploy none but competent clerks TO con.
duct Its affairs. ana will make a spe.
clai enort to administer the work of
the ONCE In a thorough, busIness.Iikc
manner.
u VIII be my aim at all times to GO.
operate with other members of tho
Board In carrying out the provisions of
me new revenue law, and will give my
wnoe time to the making. changing
ana improving Of the system OF law.
Jug the assessment. ! have for tho
'ast seven years made Il special study
OF real estate values In the different
townships comprising the city az mi.
cago. ana ] feel. In view of my mast
experience ana knowledge OF the b,si.
ness amply qualified to MI the posi-.
ton OF County Assessor.
JAMES II. MDONALD.
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The man who IL reported to have
been tho father of the Allen bill I'm the
senate, senator Eddie" Dwyer, OF the
seventeenth District. Is having the
battle OF his life to he returned TO the
upper house. Dwyer Is known az the
head OF the "cOlts' who tore the leader.
ship OF the Senate from the hands ar
Hank" Evans ana the country mem.
',ers ut the beginning OF the last SOS.
sion. Dwyer came to the front, TOOK
the leadership, won the fight, organ
ized the senate and In consequence con.
tr0Iled subsequent legislatiO
When the Allen bill was Introduced
" was acknowledged that II would NOT
nave passed had II not been for
Dwyers sanction. The Allen bill be-
came law, and now, In case the Conn
gu should take no action before the
senate and House meets, should the
law be repealed, II win be of no effect.
For this reason. on account OF Dwyer's
influence In the Senate, the hackers OF
the Allen bill are exerting every infu-
ence to secure his election. The result
In the Seventeenth District depends
mainly on the returns Of the Eighteenth
Ward. Here Aid. John Brennan Is
master, and since he has come out
openly In favor Of John BrOderick II IL
claimed that Dryers chances of a ma
jOrity are gone.
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The much-vaunted desertiOn of +. II.
Atwood from the ranks of the Democ-
racy has stirred up considerable amuse-
ment among the JeffersOnian bosses.
Mr.. Atwood, they point out, Ia u dis.
gruntled politician who. for voting for
Mckinley, was expelled from the
Twenty-ifth Ward organization, and
Ills influence IL said to be little wider
than the length OF bis own ballot.
The Sixth Ward has five Democratic
candidates on the ticket--Stuckart for
Assessor. Foster for Congress, Me-
CURE for Senator. Morley for Repre-
sentative, and Heiferman for County,
Commissioner. In return for this the
workers In the Sixth promise not lesS