Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-08-24


court us soon rs the Board of Educn.
ton passes upon the recommendation
of Superintendent Cooley. Theodore Il.
Thiele, Chairman Of the Committee.
called u meeting this week, when II
was unanimously decided that legal
steps should mt once be taken. Attorney
NJ. Il. Glrten has the bill for injunction
prepared, and action of the Board Of
Education In passing upon the free
textbook recommendation Is all that
hats the court contest.
Mr.. Thiele announced that the vigil
ance committee Of the German Fed
Grafton of Catholic Societies was not
alone In the fight. Vigilance committees
Of the local Jesuit parish and of organ
lzations and parishes of all nationnlities
have united with the German Cath.
Ollcs. The Rev. A. Evcrs. of ST. BOni-
face German Catholic Church. Noble
and Cornell streets, announced that n
mass meeting campaign will he carried
on within u few months In every Cath.
Ollie parish against free textbooks ana
their champions, ana that the appoint
ments of members to the Board of Edu.
cation against whom Catholics made n
protest will he made one Of the prInci-
pal issues.
"'rhe fight against free textbooks
and infuslng Of sOciallstic tendencies
into our institutions IL now on ana will
he stronger ana more extensive than
the politicians imagine" said Mr..
Thiele. 1T will not be question Of
public men or party lines. II will be a
contest against state paternalism. so.
cinlism ana discriminating against
parOchIal ana private schools"
The German turner's. singers. work
ingmen's associations and other sOcie.
ties which have been urging the adop.
ton of free textbooks held Il confer.
ence In anticipation of the move Of the
antl-frec textbook people. 1t was de-
cided that u fund would be subscribed
to help maintain their position.
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One OF the best men talked of for
Judge next year Is the Hon. T.. Nc
Hugh.
Mr.. Frank Il. Stanley, the popular
proprietor of The PheniX, Is much
talked Of for the Republican nOmlna.
ton for Clerk of the Probate Court
Mr.. Stanley would certainly be elected
ana he would make u model official.
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The Times. Herald advises the people
to eat rice ana corn In place of pOta
toes ana other vegetables. II the pOpli,
lntlOn keeps on increasing ut its pres
cHt ratio. the people of the United
States will be eating rice exclusively In
nifty years.
There Is n lively scramble for the ap'
pointment Of consul to succeed the late
Edmund Il. BrodOwski, OF Chicago. who
held the position as consul to SOllngen
Germany. Mr.. BrOdOwsii's death had
not been officially reported to the State
Department before there We're numer,
Gus applicants for the place. There are
candidates from Illinois. Kansas. and
Nebraska, with other States to he
heard from. The Illinois Senators tele
graphed to Comptroller Dawes ana the
Comptroller united with them In in
dorsing DIR. Il. j. Bluthardt, of Chicago
for the appointment.
The Illinois Senators say thai since
Consul BrOdowski was from Illinois his
successor should be appointed from the
same State. The appointment of Bro
dOwski was. however, made on the rec
concentration of the national commit
tee, ana not that of the Illinois Sena
tors. AMI 1t IL u question as to whether
they can lay claim to the place as Their
patronage. Comptroller Dawes filed
DR.. Bluthardt's application, ana the in
dOrsement of the Senators with the
State Department, and put In u good
word for the Doctor, who Is one of the
old Republican wheel horses among the
Germans In Chicago. He was years
ago county physician.
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Hon. Edward II. Cullerton has once
again demonstrated his ability and ge
MUS as a public legislator and finan
cier. He has done more as member
of the special Council committee on
traction to solve that problem and t.
show where the public finances can he
augmented than all the refOrmers and
reform organizations of Chicago put to-
gether. Acting on his suggestions. the
County Attorney has rendered an Opin
ion showing where $500 900, 900 can be
added to the assessed valuation of this
county by simply assessing the realty OF
the railroads which hitherto escaped