Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-01

CIfisEs trON THE EMPRESS STIPULATION
THAT THEY WOULD NOT COMBINE. nut
WOULD COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
THEY PROCEEDED, HOWEVER, TO FORM
TRUST IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW,
AND THEN, TO AVOID EMBARRASSMENT,
HAD THE LEGISLATURE Pass AN ACT
LEGALIziNa THEIR STATUS. MORE THAN
THAT, THEY HAD THE LEGIsLATuRE
PASS ANOTHER ACT MAKING ANY FUR
THEIR COMPETITION wiTH THEM PRAC-
TiCALLY IMPOSSIBLE. JUST BEFORE
THESE LAWS WENT INTO EFFECT AN
OFFER WAS MADE ny RESPONSIBLE FER
SONS TO FURNISH LIGHT UPON TERMS
MUCH MORE FAVORABLE TO CONSUMERS
AND the CITY THAN THE TRUST MAIN-
TAIN. THE AGENTS OF the TRUST PRE-
VENTED THE PASSAGE OF THE OI,DI-
NANCE.
Evidently the only relief from the
situation Is in extending the functions
Of the municipality. The city has a
municipal electric lighting plant, which
the Mayor and Council, very wisely.
have taken steps to enlarge. Upon e..
curing the proper authority from the
Legislature the city plant could be still
further enlarged AMI used In furnish.
Ing light to private consumers, Just as
the city furnishes water to citizens. In
the course Of time the city might very
well go further and take over the OK.
listing lighting plants and thus control
the entire lighting service Of the city,
~ move to secure from the Legisla.
ture authority for municipalities to
furnish light to private consumers
would meet with hearty co-opcra ton
from the smaller cities Of the State,
Many OF them have electric lighting
plants for furnishing public light. They
could Just as well rs not furnish light
to their citizens. and frequently have
sought from the Legislature the priv.
lege of 50 doing. but without success
In several nelghboring States cities
having municipal plants ore allowed to
sell light. The cities Of Illinois, espe.
cially the smaller ones. should bc given
this same privilege. II Mayor Harrison
should name this committee and Il
should be successful In securing lcgis.
lation of this sort It would earn the
gratitude not only of the people of
Chicago who protest at being held In
the grasp of the gas trust. but of the
citizens of the smaller Municipalities
of the state rs well"
~eA
The Gas Trust Is making slathers OF
money out Of Its damnnble monopoly,
1t guarantees the Ogden Company
S2oO.OOO per year for not extending its
plant under Its franchise. The money,
OF course. comes on. OF the pockets OF
the people.
~SA
In nominating Thomas n. Cannon
for City Attorney. the Republicans of
Chicago made nm exceedingly wise No..
lcctief. Mr.. Cannon Is "a product of
chicago. ana for the past ten years has
been u successful lawyer and u promi.
ncnt member of the Chicago bar. lie
II now. ana has been for the past five
years. High Chief Ranger of the Cath.
ollie Order Of FOresters. He IL also an
active member of several Irish Amcrl.
can organizations. ana one of the hest
known members Of the Knights of Co.
lnmb'is In the city of Chicago. lie bc.
longs to the Columbian Knights and
Sons OF Chicago. as well as To other
frnternnl organizations.
Taken all In all. the candidate for the
city AttOrncyship IL regarded ~ an cx.
trenely happy choice, for. In view of
the great popularity he enjoys. outside
Of circles not determined by political
circumstances. IL In believed that III
VIII receive not only the entire Rcpub
llcan vote. but the SURFACES Of several
thousand Democrats as we'll.
Thomas II. Cannon was born on the
North Side In 1864. He II u son Of the
late Thomas Cannon. who was well
known In the councils Of the Republic
can party In the old days. Mr.. Cannon
ST.. was u member of the City Council
from the old Seventeenth Wnrti. serv
Ing two terms, beginning in 1877. II,
was ulsO Justice Of the Peace.
Those who know Thomas II. Cannon
are lavish In their praise Of him. unit
the universal feeling II that he will be
the next city Attorney Of Chlcaga-
From the Chicago Chronicle. Record
and Tribune Of March 3. 1900.
49,
The enmlty OF John r. Altgeki to thu
Harrison family Is no now thing. II
was conceived In jealousy and born IL
envy. The father OF tho Mayor, TIN
late Carter II. Harrison. did every
thing In his power toward making Alt
geld Governor. He stuinled the Stat,
for him and supported him with hl'
newspaper In 1892. Altgeld was elect
cd. In the spring OF 1909 Carter II
Harrison was the candidate Of hi,
party for Mayor. Sam AllertOn wa,
running against him. Wash Hesinl
and some other boiling friends OF Alt
geld were supporting Allerton. I'll,
Democratic Executive C0mmitte,
made formal request OF Altgcld I,
made II speech for Harrison In Chi
cagO. Altgeld refused to do so. A
committee OF two was appointed Il
wait upon Gov. Altgeld ut Springfield
ana ask him to come to Chicago t,
help the party out. Altgeld refuset
point blank to come. He never made
n speech for. the party In the sprinl
campaign of 1893. He never, publicl!
nor privately, expressed n hope tina
Harrison would win. He privatel,