Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-09-01
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Daniel W. Mills, the Republican can.
didate for Congress In the Fourth Dis.
trlct, has a record.
He made this record while he was
Warden Of the Cook County Hospital,
and his own party was so ashamed Of
10 that 1t elected another Republican In
his place and ordered an investigation
made Of Mills dOings as Warden.
All Of the facts concerning this mat
ter are ut hand, and they prove con-
clusively that u. w. Mills should never
he sent TO represent the people of the
Fourth District In the National Con.
gress.
Usually the charges against u public
official come from his political enemies,
but In the case Of eX.Warden Mills they
were made by his fellow Republicans
and by a County Board that was Re.
publican In Its root ana branch.
The Eagle has not the space In this
issue to 20 into nll the charges made
against ID. W. Mills as Warden of the
County Hospital.
There IL plenty Of time for that and
plenty of time to 90 into the "high old
tines serlatIm before the campaign
" over.
by way of an Introduction to the sub.
ject, The Eagle will state that Mills
was let out Of the County Hospital by
the Republican County Board IN De-
cember, 1881. The reasons for this
action will be given later on.
In January, 1850, over II month after
his official head was cut of. 1t appears
that Mills had not Strengthened out his
accounts.
Jan. 30, 1889, the Republican County
Board adopted unanimously the fol.
lowing resolution, handed In by the
members OF the Hospital Committee:
Resolved, That the Clerk Of the Board
be directed to order eX-Warden Mills
to turn over all books OF accounts and
moneys In his possession to the proper
officers OF the county.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN MATTOCKS,
II. s. ALBRIGIT,
JOHN O'NElLI.,
X. =. MCLAUGHREY,
JOHN G. ENDER,
Committee ON Hospitals
Mark the reference to moneys In his
possession" a month after leaving the
JOB.
This didn't have any effect.
The RefOrmer still held ont.
So the Republican County Board had
to again go after this model cX-oiiiclal
ON May y, 1882, the Republican Coun
~ Board, by unanimous vote, adopt
ed the following resolutions, including
an amendment by Commissioner Sen
ne, that the chairman OF the Com
mittee on Hospitals ana County AttOr
ney and Warden ascertain how mucl
Is due from the late eX-Warden ID. W
Mills"
Whereas, The books Of the Cool
County Hospital show that ID. w. Mills
late Warden OF that institution, Is In
debted to the county In nearly the sun
Of SLIGO, and
Whereas, Four months have elapsed
since he retired from the position Of
Warden, and during all that time h,
has failed TO make good his indebted
ness. although lie has been repeatedly
notified to settle, and has as repea tedl,
promised to do; therefore be it
Resolved, That the County AttOrne,
be and he Is hereby ordered to proceed
and collect the same by due process O.
law.
How Is that for record to begiI
WITH
Nice refOrmer Mills Is, isn't he?
Well, the thing dragged along ant
dragged along.
Mills was n Republican and the Re
publican County Board hated to stir NJ
a stink, as an important election wal
approaching.
But the press and the people were
after ID. w. Mills hotter than ever, ant
so on Sept. %, 1882, nearly a year aftel
ID. w. Mills was deposed from tho