Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-18

Tanners stan and all Interested in the
American Wire and Steel Company,
have been working up Calhoun sentl-
ment 1t is said that Gov. Tanner
would rather have Mr.. Calhoun nom.
mated than any other Republican who
has been mentioned.
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Herman II. Wickcrsham, lntely nm.
pointed by Gov. Tanner to serve on the
Board Of Lincoln Park Commission
subscribed to the oath Of office before
Chef Justice Gibbons Of the Circuit
Court and fled his official bond of $50.
600. The sureties on the bond are John
w. Turner and Patrick H. Joyce.
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At Cleveland, Nov. 10, after a con-
sultation between Senator NJ. A. Hanna
and Charles f. Dick, chairman and sec.
rotary respectively Of the national Re-
publican committee, the latter an.
nounced that II had been decided to call
the committee together on Friday, Dec.
Is next ut Washington, to name the
time and place for holding the next M.
tlOnal Republican convention.
The session of the committee will con-
tinue for two days. The following
named cities are mentioned rs probable
applicants for the national convention
next year; Chicago, st. Louis, San
Francisco, Cleveland, Minneapolis,
Denver. Kansas City, Milwaukee and
Buffalo.
Secretary Dick will at once issue a.
formal call for the members Of the m.
tlonal committee to meet on the date
above mentioned.
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Michael Il. Hunt, son of Inspector
Hunt. is being urged to run for Alder.
man Of the Thirty.fourth Ward.
Ex-Alderman Thomas J. O'Malley,
Of the Twenty-thirvl Ward, Is urged, to
again run for Alderman.
The annexation Of Austin may result
In the city being rcdistricted, a pros
pective event that Is looked upon with
considerable concern by local pOliti.
clans.
The action Is anticipated through the
fact that It Is made practically man.
datOry by the cities, villages and towns
net, which provides that as soon as
seventy Aldermen are elected In the
city and thirty.five wards established.
the city shall be reappOrtioned without
delay.
Equality of population among wards,
with reference to cOmpactness ana
general uniformity Of territory, Is man.
ifestly the purpose Of the law on the
subject.
Three years ago an attempt was made
to redlstrlct the city, and elaborate
plans were drawn up for n new ward
to comprise the Lake Front belt from
Thirty-nlnth street to North avenue.
The scheme, however, was discussed
several weeks, but was finally killed,
each Alderman fearing to shift his con.
stituency.
The Republican State Committee Is
likely to hold the qundrennial party
love feast next month instead of wait. |
Ing until January or February. Cook
County members Of the committee IN.
vOr taking the matter up as soon IA the
ward club elections are held, and they
are set for the last Tuesday In NOvem.
Der. The call for the State Conven.
ton will he issued mt the love feast,
and II Is usual to make a good begin. !
ming on the slate Of candidates, nj.
though the nominations are not made |
for several months. The love feast pre-.
ceding a Presidential year is nm i'm.
pOrtant event among Illinois Republi.
cans, and the coming meeting prom.
lses to be Of unusual interest.
Ostensibly the meeting Is only Of the |
State Committee to fix the date and |
place Of the convention, but according
to custom all the candidates for State
Offices ana their friends make It a
point to attend and pull wires for nom.
lnatiOn. The result IL the love feast |
has come to be considered nearly Us
important as the convention itself.
The Drainage Trustees will do the
right thing II they honor Zlna Il. Carter
by placing him ut the head Of the
Board. AZ President Of the Board Mr..
Carter will not only reflect credit upon
the members Of the Sanitary Commits.
sion. but also upon the whole people.
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The local political situa tlOn, insofar
rs 1t pertains to the election Of Alder
men, assumes daily u phase entirely
different from that Of the day proceed
Ing. as prospective nominees are pop
ping up every twenty.fOur hours.
The task, therefore, of picking out
those most likely to win Is accOmpa-
MED with about as much certainty as u
forecast on the weather. Around and
about the City Hall, however, there il
q settled conviction as to who the sue.
cessful ones will be, and the opinions
Of various officials are therefore given
for what they are worth.
Out Of the sixtyeight members Of the
Aldermanlc board, thirty-twO are
Democrats. OF this number, the terms
of thirteen will not have expired ut
election time, thus necessitating tho
nomination Of but nineteen candidates.
In the First Ward, John J. COughlin
will opposed by Fred b. Hildreth.