Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-15


or some taxpayer can get the matter
to hearing In court. and submit here
with Il draft ui Il resolution TO that eff
feet. and recommend its passage. Re
spcctfully submitted.
WILLIAM c. l.. HlEHN.
JOHN +. NEAGLE.
WM MAYOR.
A. W. BElLFCSS.
WILLIAM +. MAYPOLE,
MILES L. BARRY.
WM. MANGLER.
WILLIAM SCIlLAKE.
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The receipts of the Gas Trust should
be taxed
The following. from the Chicago
Chronicle of Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1897,
explains itself:
AT the weekly meeting Of the direc.
tors Of the Board Of Trade yesterday
afternoon. the report Of the legislative
committee sent to Springfield to aid
In stopping the passage Of the ware.
house bill. which was made law by
the recent Legislature. was adopted.
The report. which consisted of twenty
typewritten pages, and took nearly an
hour TO read. teens with hard words
about the legislators nt Springfield.
80 disgusted We're the representa-
tlves of the Board of Trade that they
return. they say. thoroughly convinced
that we are not rs nation permitting
and tolerating practices in our legisla.
tive bodies that mean the end Of all
things American The Board of Trade
men do not hesitate to say In their re.
port that the Legislature at Spring.
field Is a disgrace to the State. The
report praises the few honest Repre-.
sentatives, but says the great major.
ity IL hopelessly and helplessly bound
by individual interests and party
abuses
"'When your committee first reached
Springfield says the report, 1t found
the sentiment Of both houses strongly
opposed to the warehouse bill. An ef.
fort to bring up the bill April 30 result.
ed In a miserable failure. However,
May 3, L. o. Goddard. known to repre-.
sent the Armour interests. appeared on
the ground. Sentiment changed rapid.
ly as the result Of short interviews be.
tween this person AMI various Sena.
tors"
II denounces strongly those members
who pose before the public as opposing
Yerkes, In the following words:
Another hypocritical class which
deserves all the censure that IN out.
ragged community can bestow upon
them are the popular set members of
the Legislature, who pose as being op.
posed TO Yerkes and his street car
lines" The reason for this attack Is
found when the report says these men
refused 20 aid In defeating the ware.
house bill. 1t then tells the directors
that the Board Of Trade as an institu'
ton Is dlsliked at Springfield.
The report closes by saying,"And this
Is a free country!"
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With the corporations buying the
courts and denying the people justice
with the corporations buying the Leg
islature and deprlvlng the people OF
their rights, Of what use Is Republic
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1t is dollars TO doughnuts that some
Of the persons who are engaged In the
present attempt 10 bribe the Legisla
ture for the Gas Trust will 60 to the
penitent!ary. They are watched closer
than they ever were before. People are
better posted.
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The Sangamon County Grand jury
ought TO summon the attorney for the
Armour interests, referred 10 in the
Board Of Trade report.
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II will not be long before the people
settle the Gas Trust. Mark these
words.
The sorest men in Springfield are the
men who took the coin and fear eX
posure.
Whenever member Of the Leglsla
ture tells you that there Is nothing II
this gas and warehouse bribery talk,
you can bet that that fellow has beeI
brlbed by the interests named.
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Excepting China, 1t would be hard Il
find any country where the eXtortioi
pract!ced 10y the Gas Trust on the peo
pie of Chicago would long be tolerated
The Gas Trust robs the people In ev
cry way.
II rents gas ranges 10 poor people a
outra geous prices. II then puts on eS
ira pressure scientifically applied ant
forces air through the pipes at grea
rate. This pressure Is especially stroni
evenings when supper Is being pre-
pared. The people pay for wind whicl
costs the Trust nothing.
Special assessments for gas lamps -
right along, hut the poor people do no
get the gas on the streets after the!
pay their assessments. The Gas Trus
owns the streets. The city has moth
ing 10 dc With them.
The Gas ygvst is not furnishing one
half the light = ,aould furnish, and FOL
years, according 10 published reports