Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-05-14

Side. Marvin A. Fnrr. Roy o. West or
Charles Il. Randall from the South
side. and Col. Fccker. +. =. Baird or
J. +. Stepina from the West Side.
Honest Sid McCloud has his oppOn.
ents on the tOlbOggnn slide. sid will
In sent bnck to the Senate. ~ he de-
| serves to bc.
Republicans In the country towns Of
Cook County nrc having n fractional
battle that would do credit to Chicago
Itself In the best days Of the city and
county factions. senator John Hum.
phrey II the center Of II. Senator Hum.
phrey. with County Commissioners
Struckman and Beer, have been the
BOSSES Of Republican politics In the
country towns for years. Naturally.
they want to hold on. The opposition
has the chance Of its life to rally
against Humphrey on account Of his
connection with the original Hum.
phrey bills and their child, the Allen
law, and with the effort mt the special
session to turn over all the mnnufnc-
turing corporations Of the State to the
tender taxing mercies Of the state
Board Of Equalization. Beer ana
Struckman have Joined their hope Of
denomination to the County Board with
Humphreys demand for denomination
to the State Senate. County Commits
siOner Mum Of Evanston has Joined
their combination. Charles Il. Piper,
Of Berwyn. and Marry X. Allen, of
Riverside, both want the Senatorial
nomination. but they are sinking per.
sOnal ambitions for the present to beat
Humphrey at NIL hazards. Other par.
ties to the antI-Humpllrey- Beer Struck.
man.Munn combination are Mayor
Dyche. Of Evanston; Peter Hoffman. of
Maine, who wants to be County Com
missioner; Joseph CarOlan. Of Oak
Park, now chief bailiff under Sheriff
Pease, who also wants to be a County
Commissioners; Commissioner George
UnOld, of LaGrange. who seeks renOm-
inatiOn, and william Weber. of Blue
Island, who II simply anti-Iumphrey.
County Commissioner Allen II said to
be flirting with both sides. The COM
binatiOn Of the populOus suburbs--Ev-
anstOn. Oak Park. Berwyn, Riverside
and LaGrange--is said to be the strong
est Humphreys faction ever faced.
Deputy Sheriff W. II. Pease. who r..
sides at Thornton, will be one of the
Republican nominees for County Com
missioner.
A committee from the Memorial Hall
Association, consisting OF Judges Tut
hill, Baker ana Waterman, called on
Mayor Harrison Wednesday to urge the
reappOintment of =. T.. GundersOn on
the Public Library Board. 1t was
urged that when the famous fight In
connection with the leasing of the hall
was In full swing, Mr.. GundersOn gave
his support to the Grand Army men.
The Mayor promised to consider what
had been said.
Since the South Side Alley l. road
adopted the "Sprague Motor System" 1t
Is claimed the nerves Of their patrons
have been at high tension. Only recent
~ under the "Sprague System" one of
the cars nearly burned up, and now
that the road announces It will increase
Its speed, or running time, the timid
ones, who dreaded rounding the curves
on the Old-time schedule, have been
driven into Mysteries. The Illinois |
Central and the surface street car lines
will undoubtedly profit by this arrange
ment.
The Chicago City Railway Company
nre evidently In high feather since the
South Side Alley l. road adopted the
'Sprague Motor System"
Mr.. James c. Irwin, one of the most
popular business men IN Cook County,
will be the Republican nominee for
President Of the County Board. Whetli-
'r the date Of the convention Is post