Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-24

In addition to substituting the
Jackson" for the Finn hill by the
big vote of ~ to II. the City Council
tabled all pertinent amendments by
practically the same vote. and the
substitute was finally ordered sent tn
the General Assembly AT Springfield
by u vote of ~ to 1G
Throughout the debate the opponents
of the Jackson substitute made the
In favor of the passage of franchise
extension ordinances. and when the
roll call was had II was regarded on
all hands as Indicating the temper of
the Council on this matter. What
made the vote more significant was
thirds majority was shown-enougl to
pass any ordinances on which the
Council might agree over the Mayors
veto.
Mr.. Joseph Flanagan Is one Of the
best aud most trustworthy public Otfi-
cials of Cook County. As u member
of the Board of County Commission
ers he has made an irrcprOacliablc rec
ord. dcvoting his valuable time and
business experience faithfully and un.
grudgingly to the public service.
One of tho signs of the times Is the
manner In which the business men of
Chicago have fallen away from IIarri.
| son. All Of the business houses now
signing petitions or otherwise plcdg-
ing their support to t;raeme Stewart
were with Harrison two years ago.
They are all with Stewart now. even
such Democratic houses as W. J. Quan
plcdging their support To the North
side Republican. Harrison used tn
he elected by the business men with.
In the loop. To-day ninc-tcnths Of
them stand by Stewart.
The payroll brigade IL said to have
not yet recovered from the shock Ot
seeing the names OF Aldermen Bren'
nan ana Kunz and Coroner Tracgci
among those present ut the jackson
Day banquet. This II but prrlimi
nary of what the City Hall tax eaters
ana their principal jack-in-ofiicc may
expect In the not too distant future.
| Hon. Andrew j. Iiirschl. of the well
known legal firm of ROsenthnl. Kerr \
IIirsclil. - Dearborn street, Is one OF
the leading and popular lawyers who
Is being just now mentioned for clevn
tlon to the bench. 1t Is question
whether Mr. Hirschl would he Willing
to relinquish his large and lucrative
law business for the honor of Il judge
ship. but II Is certain that II nominated
he would be elected. Mr.. Illrschl Is /
great lawyer. and as II citizen he h
respected and popular.
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| The Eagle learned with great re-
greet of the lire in the premises of The
| Eckar n Swan Milling Company
BIB and 393 Carroll avenue. The prem
iscS and It's contents were, we are glat
|
insurance, and the great buslncs,
which gave So much employment vii
he continued uninterruptedly.
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| Mr.. Kickham Scanlan has recently
been prominently before the public il
the capacity Of leading counsel in 1
cause cclcbrc In one of the local courts
As usual Mr.. Scanlan has been dis
tingushing himself as an advocate anC
Il trial lawyer. lie has all the essen
tial requisites for an ideal judge, an,
should he receive n nomination ~ III,
hands of his party next June h" woul,
he elected.
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Hon. Il. \. Eckari Is u typical Chi
cagoan, and Just the kind of cltizrl
who can face all circumstances IN,
overcome all obstacles, either in pub
liz or business life If he could b,
Induced 10 become candidate fO
/, Mayor on the Republican ticket h,
| would make II great race. As II darl
horse possibility Mr.. Eckarr is one o
III" strongest men mentioned in thu
connection.
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Joseph u. Junk Is strongly backc,
for the Democratic nomination for CITY
Treasurer.
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/! As a candidate for the office Of Al
dcrman or City Clerk Louis l.. Alt
peter the wellknown jeweler, woul,