Chicago eagle., 1899-03-11

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North Side voters are said to bc
strongly In favor of the nomination Of
John +. Allies for City Treasurer. Mr..
Allies Is said to have a number Of ward
delegations pledged In his favor.
Twentieth Ward Democrats are solid
for Charles f. Brown for City Clerk.
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Thomas ]. Webb Is looming up as q
strong candidate for City Treasurer.
10 are Sebastian q. Miller and Joseph
r. Junk.
william Kreiker can carry the Twen.
tleth Ward II given the Democratic
nomination for Alderman.
Oscar r. Mayer Is the right kind Of n
man to elect to the City Council.
A. G. Powers. the leader In the min.
eral water business In Chicago, Is a
strong candidate for City Clerk.
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Col. Hersey says that Republican
candidates have been defeated In the
past because Boss BlOunt urged the
election Of certain Democrats In the
Twelfth Ward" Consequently there
Is some speculation now as to what
course BOSS" Blount will pursue rela.
tive the candidacy Of ]. G. Patterson,
the Scion H. Case candidate for Alder
man.
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One Of the reasons for Fred Busse's
control Of the North Side wards In ad-
mitted by his associates In the ma.
chine to be his conscientious quality Of
sticking by n friend who becomes a
candidate and refusing to be switched,
even with q good nomination for him.
self as the price.
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Hon. Ernst Hummel would greatly
strengthen the ticket as the candidate
for City Clerk and william Loefiier
would make a grand City Treasurer.
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Az The Eagle predicted several
weeks ago, Emil G. Schaefer and
Charles Plerson were nominated for
Treasurer and Clerk.
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The Twenty-seventh Ward delegn.
ton will come into the Democratic city
convention solid for Hon. George =.
Foster for City Attorney. Fred Eldretl
and Others will probably crawl into
the Foster band wagon In a day or
two.
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T. 3. Albright. with the firm Of Car.
son, Prize, Scott 4 Co., who several
years ago served q term as County
Commissioner, has announced himself
as an Independent candidate for Alder
man In the Twelfth Ward.
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With r. 3. Albright an independent
candidate for Alderman In the Twelfth
Ward. II Is believed that either Frank
II. Hebard or John w. Eckhart can he
elected on the Democratic ticket. Heb.
ard and Eckhart are good business
men, and either one Of them would
command the suffrages Of Twelfth
Ward voters. who wish to be properly
represented In the City Council.
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Hon. John 4. Smulski will be return
ed to the City Council from the Six
teenth Ward.
At the last City Council meeting Al
derman Boyd offered an ordinance pro-
viding that all firemen In the city de.
partment be classified as first class"
ana that all subsequent members be
paid at first-class rates after six
months service, the resolution to in
clude captains and lieutenants. Re
fcrrcd.
The vacancy In the Probate Judge
ship must he filed next fall. and by a
Cook County man. There are too many
outside Judges holding court In Cook
County. Judge KOhlsaat's successor
should have been chosen at this
springs election. There Is "nigger
In the fence" somewhere. The very
men who opposed the proposition to
choose Kohlsaat's successor In April
are buslly engaged at Springfield in try
ing to have this falls judicial election
postponed until 1900.
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One of the strongest Democrats talk
ed of for City Attorney Is Hon. John
Il. KehOe. II the nomination goes to
the West Side 1t is generally believed
Mr.. KehOe will be the nominee. John
II. Kehoe was born at Waverly, ILL.,,
Feb. 20, 1867, and spent his boyhoo'l
on SangamOn County farm. He
graduated from Illinois College at
Jacksonville with high honOrs In 1888.
He learned his first lessons In law and
politics In the Office of Ex-Governor
John NJ. Palmer at Springfield, where
ha accumulated twO thinQa. naval.