Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-08
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jority over his opponent. Mr.. Russell
will. IL Is believed, prove one IF the
ablcst members of the new City Coun-
ell.
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d. Hon. Anton Zeman defeated Mr.. Rel.
clardt In the Thirticth Ward by an
avalanche of votes. 1t Is said that the
Turner's Topped TO Mr. Iemnn M the
eleventh hour.
Hon. Charles Picrson pOllcd q mag
nifccnt vote for City Clerk. proving
his strength with the voters Of Chi.
cagO. but the Harrison landslide proved
too much of an avalanche for the Re-
publican city ticket TO overcome.
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For Assessor and Supervisor of the
West Town. Ryan and KiOlbassa easily
lead their colleagues on the Democratic
ticket by most magnificent vote.
These men are loved by the people.
having been tried and not found want.
ing.
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Hon. Henry Stuckart easily lc,l
every Democratic candidate I'm the
South Town. proving that he IL the
strongest Democrat on the South Side.
His splendid record as Assessor before
made him thousands of new friends.
and he was triumphantly reelected by
u greatly Increased majority.
The abuse heaped on the head of
Hen Barnett by certain people seems
to have made votes for him. as he had
wnlk.nway In defeating sam Tru,le
Perry Hulrs sOn.in.law-for South
Town Collector.
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Some people say that the ivan
Schaack.Sam II. Trudc patent mcdi.
cine advertisement" was what elected
Ben Barnett South Town Collector.
| Hon. james j. Gray again proved
last Tuesday that he Is the most popu
lar Democrat In the North Town.
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Hon. q. +. Berry Is one of the ables
State Senators ever elected In Illinois
lie II one of the most influential lead
ers In the Republican party of thi,
State, ana one Of the nblest lawyers II
the West. In fact, he was good law
yer before the Gas Trust Attornc,
General stopped wearing short pants
Senator Berry not long ago introduced
u bill In the Senate removing the prose
cutiOn Of cases under the INSURANCE,
laws from the hands Of the AttOrnc!
General, ana placing all matters Of thu
kind In the hands Of the Superlntcnd
ent Of Insurance. This was eminent,
fitting and proper, for the able and oil
cient Insurance superintendent, AFR
Van Cleave. can certainly care for til,
matters pertaining to this department
better than they have been. or evel
will be cared for by the inefficient Gas
Trust Attorney General Akin. Senator
Berry's bill has passed the Senate, and
will pass the House without OppOsi
ton. The measure Ia good one, and
In justice to senator Berry ana Insur
ance Superintendent Van Cleave
should become law. Mr.. Van Cleav,
has filed the position he now gracc'
with marked ability. In fact. he !,
considered the best Insurance Super
intendent ever hOnOred In Illinois.
The receipts Of the Gas Trust should
be taxed.
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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 hid
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
typewriter pages, and took nearly an
hour to read, teens with hard words
about the legislators Mt Springfield.
80 disguised were the representa-.
tives of the Board Of Trade that they
return, they say, thoroughly convinced
that we are not as a 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 ut Spring
field IL disgrace to the State. The
report praises the few honest Repre-
sentatives, but says the great major
ity Is 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 20 result.
ed In q miserable failure. However,
May 3, l.. .. Goddard, known to repre-
sent the Armour interests, appeared on
the ground. Sentiment changed rapid
~ as the result of short Interviews be-
tween this person AMI various Sena.
tors"
1t denOunces strongly those members