Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-01-19

West Side To- nominate for Mayor
Leaders are urging Mr.. Eckhart to an.
uouncc his candidacy. but he has not
yet consented to run.
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shaggy" SABBATH is ON the toboggan
slide.
John e. Schubert. the present efficient
smoke inspector. is strong Democrat.
ic candidate for city Clerk.
West Side Democrats are said TO be
making strenuous efforts to make Rich.
ard j. Collins the candidate for City
Clerk. MIR. Collins is n strong man.
Hon. Ernst liummel will he the Dem.
ocratic nominee for City Treasurer. and
he will beat any man nominated on the
Republican ticket
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The people are for honest and popular
Ernst Hummel for City Treasurer.
Town of Lake Democrats want 10.
scph l.. Junk. the we'll known brewer,
10 run for Supervisor.
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Henry T.. Weaver, the we'll known
coal merchant. would prove strong
candidate for Mayor.
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The Case garnishment law. now at.
tracing so much attention throughout
the state. Is only one of the outcrop.
pings of the rapidly increasing salary
loan" business which Is honeycombing
Chicago with its operations and attract
ing to itself the enmity of every prom.
inent merchant in the city.
Since the earliest times within the
knowledge of man usury has always
burned its fingers. Whenever the lend.
er of money at exorbitant rates of In.
terest has become. by reason of the
extent of his traffic. u menace to the
community in which he has operated
swift retrlbution has invariably fol-
lowed. The ustrer. left to fattcn on his
ill.gotten gains for any length of time.
has always overreachcd himself. and
the punishment has ranged from death
and banishment in earlier times to
terms of imprisonment in the peniten.
tiary in our own day.
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The outfit of the Green Dredging
Company. consisting of three tugs,
three dredges. ten scows and five pile
drivers. was sold Tuesday to the Lydon
Il Drews Company for $4,000. The
shop of the company on Goose Island
is also included. This makes the Ly.
don Il Drews Company the largest
dredging contractors on the lakes. The
Green company Is the third concern
that has been bought out by them In
three years. TO take care of this In.
crease of property the capital stock OF
the company will be increased from
$4,000 to S5OOOOO. The Green Dredg-
Ing Company has been In business in
Chicago for forty years.
In the closing hours of his admins.
tration Governor John Riley Tanner
has been given a slight. 1t develops
his final message read was not an
oversight nor was IL deferred for lacl;
of time The incident Is looked upon
as mn intentional slight to the passing
Governor. Governor Tanner Is said t.
be much offended, and Speaker Sher'
man Is deeply chagrined.
one member of the Legislature II
smiling softly to himself, and 1t Is
said he Is bldlng his time when he VIII
Indicate In n more effective way that
he can upper.cut when he wants TO-
This member II David T.. Shnnahan
Of Chicago, who was double.crOssed
and got gold-brckcd out of the Speak
crship.
The way II happened was that Mr..
Shanahan had his eye open. The
message from the Governor was
brought down the aisle with dignity
and decorum by Colonel J. Mack Tan
ner. son and private secretary 10 the
Governor. II was passed up 10 the
Clerk. who was getting ready to read
II. At that moment Mr.. Shanahan
created diversion by n simple parlla
mcntary question, As soon as Speaker
Shcrman's attention was abstractcd
from the message. Mr.. Shanahai
moved 10 adjourn. That was done.
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Representative Il. VI. Mitchell has in
trOduccd II bill amending the garnlsh
mont law and raising the exemption Ol
heads OF families To SO. At present
under the Casc-Tanner garnishmcnt
act The creditor may attach all debt
orS wages save - II week, and II l.
said the loan sharks, blackmailcrs and
collection agencies have proSpcrcd
under this provision The act was orig
lnally introduced by Scion II. Case.
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Members Of the Legislature took The
following oath: "YOu solcmnly Swcnl
that you have not received and will mo-
receive any money or other valuable
Thing for any vote or influence You may
give or withhold ou any bill, resolution
appropriation or other legislative acr,'
Nevertheless several Important corpor
,t.fg In Il lI.l f1s