Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-10-19

In Chicago Of the Ice trust, the beef
trust, the coal trust, the Pullman pal
ace car trust and other mOnOpOlies, and
those only.
Is this merely coincidence?
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MIR. Sherman says he has persistently
blocked and beaten all measures intro
duced In the house with a view to
matchmaking trusts and monopolies.
These bills are what are known In the
euphoniOus parlance Of the Legislature
as Regulators" Some Of them may
have been and doubtless were sand.
bags. but perhaps not all were.
Hut how did Mr.. Sherman arrive ut
his conclusions regarding these meas
ures. Did he take the word of the
trusts attorneys for Il? At any rate,
he says he always protected the COR
porations from the regulators" Won
der IL they appreciated his endeavors?
incidentally the Speaker took a fling
at Lieutenant Governor NorthcOtt,
whose utterances ut a recent public
function he somewhat sharply criti-
clscd. Mr.. Sherman said he did not
know how they managed things In the
Senate, Of which Mr.. Northcott Is the
presiding officer.
This II curious, In view Of the excel
lent understanding which prevailed be.
tween the two houses In the Forty first
and FOrty-secOnd Assemblies, under
which the lower house acted M
pitcher and the dignified upper cham.
Der rs catcher"
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Talking, by the way, Of the "long dis.
lance telephone vote" Wonder II the
Honorable the Speaker ever heard OF
the "telegraphic vote" To refresh his
memory The Eagle would recall the
final vote on adjournment sine die of
the Forty.first General Assembly. The
adjournment was carried by just one
majority and came by wire from Chi
cagO. 1t IL claimed In this connection
that good many thriving corporations
were deeply Interested In an early nd.
jOurnment Of the Legislature that year,
ana incidentally In the telegraphic vote.
which Speaker Sherman Is said to have
received AMI counted In the Yea" COL
umn.
Lawrence Y. Sherman, the gander
who was ut one time Speaker OF the
Illinois Legislature, entertained thirty
Cook County Republican politicians ut
a beer lunch In the Chicago Opera
House restaurant Oh Tuesday.
\ conspiracy case was brought before
Justice Martin the other day, and 1t Is
said that the eminent Police Magistrate
has been suffering from slight dislOca-
ton Of the jaw ever since The prose-
cutting attorney, 1t IL said. has also suf.
fered from u somewhat similar COM
plant, though In the case of the latter
the trouble has been pronounced lock.
jaw. No wonder!
The prosecuting witness IL Bishop
Anthony KOzlOwski. while the names
Of the accused men are Dr. Ladislaus
SlOminski, Ferdinand POdgOrski. BrOn-
isloz Wodzinski and JOzef Olszewski.
Hon. Miles KehOe will strengthen the
next Republican County ticket.
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u. McIIugh. VIM, II. Black. Donald l..
Morrill,, ID. J. McMahOn, John Il. Ke-
hoe. Miles j. Devine. Hon. G. Il. Crafts
and VIM. Prentlss. are all In the men,
toned list for judicial nominations
next year.
Tho cheek OF l.. Y. sherman coming
to Chicago to talk about purifying the
Legislature exceeds all belief. 1t Is
awful.
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George Mills Rogers would strength
on the Democratic judicial ticket.
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Spencer Ward would ornament the
bench.
T. McIIugh would make great
Judge.
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John X. Prlndiville was born TO the
ermne and will be nominated for
Judge.
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Col. Frank Riddles chances for the
nomination for Clerk of the Supreme
Court are excellent.
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Senator Mason's friends are pleased
over the action of the Republican cOun-
ty convention of Union County. which
was held at Anna last Saturday. and
which adopted resolutions favorable to
Mason. =.