Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-24

they are expressing their individual
opinions only and that the organization
Us such has not considered the mayor.
atty nomination in any way. The argu.
meuts advanced In support of the prop.
lican candidate. 10y those who are talk
ing of him as the best man for the
place. are his standing in the business
community. his record In the City Coun.
ril and in the Board of Review. and
the marvellous race he made in the re.
cent election.
Another member of the Board of Re
view. the Hon. Florus d. Meacham. of
the Eleventh Ward. has many ardent
admirers. who desire him to enter the
lists as mayoralty candidate.
AID. Walter j. Raymer. of the Eff.
teenth Ward. is considered certain to
he u candidate for the nomination. and
the announcement of his candidacy will
soon be made. according to some of his
close friends. Mr. Raymer's friends
say that he will have the delegation for
the territory now composing the Fif.
tccnth Ward and good deal of the ter.
ritory contiguous to it. no matter how
the city may he redistricted. They fig.
ure that Mr. Raymer can win the dele.
gates from n considerable portion of
the Northwest side. and that he will
80 into the convention with respecta.
bic number of delegates pledged To his
support. Aid. Frank L. Fowler will no
doubt be made Il candidate for the may
orally nomination hy his friends and
admirers of the Thirteenth Ward and
surrounding territory. but he has
not avowed his candidacy. As in
the ease of the other men men.
toned. he thinks 1t Is too early
To start a campaign. States Attorney
Charles :. Deneen has also been urged
for Mayor by his South side friends.
Judge Theodore Brentano Is another
man the Republicans are talking of in
connection with the mayoralty nomina.
tion. Judge Brentano has made good
record on the bench. and he is loyal
Republican. He Is well liked by the
German Americans and would draw a
large vote from this class of citizens.
"
tional differences which have recently
stirred the party. and for that reason
his friends say he would be able to get
the united support of all elements.
Judge John Gibbons also Is frequently
mentioned "a u possible candidate for
Mayor. Judge Gibbons Il u stalwart
Republican. who has many friends
,I i.t a
who do not try TO control party nomna.
tions further than by voting az the pri.
maries. He too. is held up as Il candi.
date who could unite the party.
Judge Elbrldge Hanecy has been con-
sldered a probable candidate for the
mayoralty ever since the Republican
State convention at which he failed to
win the Republican nomination for
Governor. The factonal fight which
preceded the State convention may III
jure Judge Hanecy's chances for win
ming the nomination for Mayor. He
has not indicated that he wishes the
nomination.
~e
Republican ward club annual clec.
tlons next Tuesday night will probably
produce spirited contests only In the
Fourth. Eighteenth. Twentieth. Twcn.
ty-seventh and Twenty.nlnth wards.
Enough fighting flavor may he distilled
In the next six days to make the meet.
Ings interesting In the Second. sixth.
Eleventh, Twelfth, Twcnty.tirst. Twcn.
ty-elghth and Thlrty.iirst wards. The
usually eruptlyc Twcnty.iifih. Twenty
sixth and Thlrty-second wards appear
to he calm.
The future was discounted. rs indl.
Gated. in the annual meetings of the
precinct clubs held Tuesday night. Pre-
clnct club results are not otherwise con-
elusive, as the precinct club has moth.
Ing TO do with the ward club except tn
choose one member of the ward club
Executive Committee. Control of the
ward club, In fact, Is no longer consld-
cred valuable except as "A tactical point
gained and as patronage distributing
agency. The primary law has made
election of convention delegates all I'M
portant. Would.be leaders, therefore,
instead of striving for ward club con.
troll, prefer to reserve effort for primary
day. The Fourth Ward Club fight Will
he, rs usual. struggle between the
Martin Il. Madden influence and the old
anti-Madden element now led by Alder,
man Foreman. II Is reported that the
Madden line may be strengthened dur
ing the week by frequent mention" of
its leader as II possible candidate for
Mayor
Coroner Berz's scalp will be again
eagerly sought In the Eighteenth
Ward. all the more eagerly since his
weakness before the people has been
shown, and lie j. about 10 leave office,
The last time the antl.Bcrz element
fought hard. TWO years ago, one Ol
them was killed
Alderman Elsfrldt, in the Twentieth
Ward. will take mp the fight which for
mer Park Commissioner Byron led
against T.. j. Rrundagc aud Judson +,
Going. The LOrimor-,Iamicson end OF
the county organization Is backing Els
frldt.
Aid, Henry Wulff, havInGwon the cclcc,
tlon aS an independent against the reg
ular>' IN the Twcuty.>cycnrh Ward,
will now try to capture the organza.
lion. It. il not clear yet just how hard
the regulars" will fight In the Twen-
ty-nlnth Ward the fractional lineup will
ID. Billy" Webb versus Bernard Duny