Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-11-29
Citizens from Many Parts Of Town Write
Of Men and Events Of the
Day.
Pointed Questions Asked Regarding the Trans
actions Of Public Bodies and Of
Political Leaders.
Gossip Of the oity and Of the Country
Forms the Subject Of Dom.
munications.

asked whether they prefer to wait for
better service until the General Assem-.
bly-in which the influence Of corpora.
tions which do not believe In munici.
pal ownership is great-has enacted a
municipal ownership law-lt n certain
they would answer promptly that
they were not willing to wait. This an.
swer would be made by most Of the
men who have voted for municipal own.
ership. They are not 80 welded to their
theories a. to be ready to sacrifice
their comfort to them indefinitely"
The other daily papers, with one ex.
ception, follow In much the same strain.
am glad. ns a reader Of the Eagle.
to bear testimony to the fact that that
journal took this view of the situ.
alton long ago and sought to impress
It upon its contemporaries. I am glad
to find that they have finally come
around to your opinions by the irresist.
ible logic Of events.
Meantime It is now plain to all that
the people are determined to have tan.
gIble improvements instead Of intan.
gible fads, and never.ending campaign
slogans for Mayor Harrison.
ApOl0gixing for 40 fur intrudIng upon
your space, nm yours respectfully.
SOUTH CHICAGOAN.
Discerning citizens. and particularly
Democrats posted In party affairs. will
be able to Judge pretty closely Of these
matters for themselves. by a perusal
Of the following, which IL a full list
Of the membership of the new commit.
tee ana which The Eagle prints for
the Information Of Its readers:
Ward Committeeman John J.
COughlin. Michael Kenna, Frank w.
Scion. NJ. ]. Fitzgerald. Fat White,
Harry Kerwin. james Daley, Henry
Stuckart, Charles Martin. T. ]. Quig.
ley, Thos. Gahan. William O'Connell,
Thos. p. Flynn. Ed +. Brennan. james
Mathews. Peter PernOd, william LOeff!
Ter. John ]. O'Brien. Edw. NOvak,
John J. Sullivan. A. ]. SABBATH. J. +.
Joyce, John A. Mullen. +. w. Bic
wersdOrf, John II. Owens. NJ. II. ROg-
ers, Roger G. sullivan. Thos. +. Little.
Jos. +. Grein. ]. p. Tansey, Stanley
H. Kunz. w. A. Dever. Peter Klein.
John ]. Brennan, NJ. G. Conlon, John
Powers, 4. II. Ryan, John j.
Hayes, George Mcconnell, Robert
II. Burke, John Haderlein. John +.
OMalley. william II. Lyman, James
]. Gray. Frank X. Brandecker. Frank
J. Paus, J. Il. COnnOr. william Quin-
Ian. Albert SchOnbeck. Matthew Ev-
erts, Ernst Schurman, Silas Leachman.
Percy Fitzhugh, John w. Gillea, w. G.
KOrth, ThOs. Carey. NJ. r. Byrne, Al
derman NJ. McInerney. ID. J. RiOrdan,
John Fitzgerald, Peter Taylor, Geo. Il.
Brennan. Charles SandersOn. VIM. Il.
Quinn, Eugene II. Block. Frank =.
Ryan, James Il. Daley, John 8. Clark,
J. J. O'COnnOr.
Congressional COmmitteeman-JOhn
II. Caverly. Samuel Palmer, James X.
Finn, Harry Hildreth. John II. Trae-
ger, p. Donohue. Edw. Kelly. william
Lump, Thos. +. scully, D. ]. Egan.
Frank Kilcrane, Michael Mcguire.
John II. Ray, Henry Arp, James
O'Brien. John Czekalla, Michael
Hughes, James +. Bowers, T.. NJ. La
hiff, Michael Fitzgerald.
Senatorial COmmitteemen-ThOs J.
McNally, Thos. Fitzgerald, Martin Ho.
nan, NJ. ]. Doherty, David Il. Levy,
VIM. II. Ehmann. John KeOgh, Patrick
Carroll. james Long, DIR. Hall, Edw.
Prindiville, James Il. Mckinley. Will
lam II. skidmOre, william Kells, Peter
Waterloo, Fred Il. Eldred, NJ. ].
ODOnough, John Broderick. John II.
Sullivan.
Country COmmitteemen-ROss G.
Hall, Francis StOelke, Peter Ripley,
James A. Pugh, Charles Stoeffel, The
OdOre b. Thiele.
John Henry Miller. of McLeansboro.
is said to be the Republican "organiza.
tiOn," or administration" candidate
for Speaker Of the F0rty-third General
Assembly for the present. The other
six who went into blind pool by
agreement ut the Great Northern last
Friday are out of the feld-Ed G. Cur
tis, Cicero J. Lindley, Carl 8. Burgett.
DIR. j. A. Wheeler, ID. r. Shanahan and
Charles w. KOpf, and Il. ID. shurtleff.
They have formally resigned all of
their Speakership pretensions.
~
1t Ia announced that Stephen Griffin
has been slated for the Clerkship of the
Drainage Board. No better man could
be appointed to the position.