Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-04
TwENTY.sEvENTH WARD.

TwENTY-sEvENTH WARD.
a. +. Keency.
Matt Conway.
Spencer =. Kimbcll.
TwENTY-EIGIlTH WARD.
Peter NJ. Keenan,. -. w. Alderman.
Frederick Lundin.
Thomas Sdylcs.
NINTH WARD.
NJ. Mc1ncrney. VIM. Webb.
J. j. Mccarthy.
THIRTIETH WARD.
Ethan a. Mowrcr. Albert =. Green.
John G. LOTUS. Walter Merchant.
Ernst Rcichartlt. John Hartley.
John Berg.
THIRTY-FIRST WARD.
l.. X. Davis. Elliot W. Sproul.
r.. j. Noble.
THIRTY SECOND WARD.
John III. McGinn. w. Il. Pfistcr.
Frank Rensford.
THIRTY THIRD WARD.
Martin wiora. John Dandclion.
\. X. Bowkcr.
THIRTY.FOURTH WARD.
-. II. Brunics. David W. Grcig.
Napoleon Bnrsaloux. Kit Gould.
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Where was Mr.. l.. q. Goddard. attor
ney for the Armour interests. May 3
isE. .,,.,,
Ing of May 3?
Where was Mr.. Goddard on the noon
Of May ,?
Where was Mr.. Goddard on the af
tcrnoon of May .?
Where was Mr.. Goddard on the nigh
Of May 3?
And. by way of no harm. will Mr.
Goddard kindly tell the Grand Jury
who the distinguished politicians were
that were with him OH the night OF
May 9?
What were they doing with him!
Perhaps Mr.. Goddard will kindly con
sent to tell the Grand Jury what magic
spell. II any. he cast upon the Senators
which II referred to In the report Of TIT
Bonr,l of Trade committec--nOwi In the
possession of many-published in Au
gust, 1897. In the big dailies of Chicago
The above questions are suggested
by n pcrusal of the report Of the Board
of Trade committee which went Il
Springfield In 1897 to fight the passage
of the warehouse bill.
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The following. from the Chicago
Chronicle of "Wednesday. Aug. 1. 1897
explains itself:
AT the weekly meeting of the dircc
tors of the Board of Trade ycster,ln!
afternoon. the report OF the Legislative
committee sent to Springfield to ait
In stopping the passage Of the ware
house bill. which was made u law b,
the recent Legislature, was adopted
The report, which consisted of twcnt!
/ typewriter pages, and took nearly ~
hour to read. teens with hard words
about the legislators at Springfield.
80 Disguised were the representa-
tivcs of the Board of Trade that the,
return, they say, thoroughly convince,
that we are not rs nation permitting
nnd tOlcrating practices In our lcgisla
tive bodies that mean the end of al
things American The Board Of Trad,
men do not hesitate to say In their re-
port that the Legislature ut Spring
field II n disgrace to the State. TIL,
report praises the few honest Repre-
sentntivcs. but says the great major
| ity Is hopclcssly and helplcssly boun,
by Individual interests and part!
abuses
"'Whcn your committee first rcaclie,
Springfield says the report. 1t fOun,
the sentiment of both houses strongl!
opposed to the warehouse bill. An If
fort TO bring up the bill April ~ result
cd In q miserable failure. However
May 3, l.. y. Goddard, known to repre-
sent the Armour interests. appeared Ol
the ground. Sentiment changed rapid
~ rs the result of short interviews he
tween this person AMI various Sem
tors"
1t dcnounces strongly those member
who pose before the public rs opposing
Ycrkes, In the following words:
"AnOther hypOcrltical class whIcl
deserves all the censure that IN out
ragged community can bcstOw upOI
them are the popular set members o
the Legislature. who pose as being on
posed to Yerkes and his street ca
lines" The reason for this attack I
found when the report says these mel
refused to aid In defeating the ware
house bin. 1t then tells the director
that the Board Of Trade AZ IN instit,l
ton IL disllked ut Springfield.
The report closes by saying" And TIL
IL free cOuntry!"
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The party that stands by the elevate
trust this winter will be beaten In ILL
nOis In 1000.