Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-05

near Ottawa. ILL.,. and began the prac.
tice of law In Chicago In 1878. Mr..
Nicholson was city prosecutor under
Mayor Roche. ana assistant corpora.
ton counsel In charge of the special
assessment bureau under Mayor Wash.
burnc at the time John y. Miller was
corporation counsel. For nearly four
years he was assistant city attorney
under Geo. a. Trude and Roy q. West.
Mr.. Nicholson IL u member of the well.
known law firm of Nicholson n Levy.
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Major Edgar Bronson TOlman. who
has been nominated on the Democratic
ticket for judge of the Superior Court.
Is u man who deserves the support of
all the people of Cook County ire
spective Of party ties or affiliations.
Major TOlman has fine record as cor.
poration counsel. as well as one of
the most brilliant members of the Chi
cagO bar as Il practicing attorney, be.
sides having an excellent record as Il
soldier and as major of the First ILL
nois Infantry. Major Tolman was
born of American parents In British
India fOrty.five years ago. He Is a
graduate Of the University of Chicago
and received diploma from the
Union College Of Law In 1882. He
was a candidate for the Superior Court
bench In 1900. ana ran well ahead of
his ticket. although defeated In the
Republican landslide of that year.
He has always been n loyal Demo.
crat. publlc.splrlted citizen. ana a
man whose name will add strength to
the ticket on which II appears. His
election seems to be assured. and in
his election the Superior Court Of
| Cook County would have valuable
and useful accession.
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4 vote for the reelection OF Judge
Marcus Kavanagh Is vote to reward
merit, ability and faithful public serv.
| ice.
| If Mayor Dunno carries ont his plan
for the political extinction of Alder
man John Powers 1t will be we'll for
the Democratic party.
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Merritt W. Pinckney will make u
first-class judge. He should receive
the support of every good citizen ire.
spective of party.
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Daniel G. Ramsay Is one of the best
men ana will prove one OF the strong.
est candidates ever nominated to the
judicial bench by the Democrats of
Cook County. He Is one Of the ablest
and most distinguished members OF
the bar of Cook County and Illinois
and man who would do honor to the
bench. Mr.. Ramsay made u distln'
gulshed record as former assistant
States attorney, and has shown him
self by his uniform success In the prl
vate practice Of his profession to be
a man gifted with all the necessary
attributes for Il first-class jurist. Mr.
Ramsay was born near Martinsvllle
of ScOtch-Irish parentagc. He com
mcnccd rairoadlng when a boy ant
worked in various branches of the ser
vice, including that of telegraph oper
atOr and clerk, for more than eigh
years. He attended the law school O
McKendree College, where he gradual
ed. In the fall of 1890 he was elected
representative to the Thlrty-sevcntl
General Assembly of the Legislature
and was one Of the famous Palme
1Ol stalwarts.
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: Alderman Charles Werno Is one o
the most upright and useful member
of the City Council. He Is honest an,
! capable, an able lawyer ana MAJ
qualified to fiji thoroughly and accept
ably any position of public trust.
= Vote for Stuart q. Shepard. lie !
one of the brightest lawyers nominal
ed to the bench. He would make al
! excellent Judge and should be elected
Hon. Marcus Kavanagh will M
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doubtedly be reelected judge OF tn
Superior Court, as he deserves to be
Judge Kavanagh has made "A splendi
record on the bench as a lawyer an,
jurlst. His reputation as one of til
most capable and profound lawyers a
the bar Is well known all over tn
: country, his decisions being almos
2 uniformly sustained by the Suprem
? Court whenever appeal Is taken frOr
: them, which Is rarely, however. Judg
+, Kavanagh as colonel OF the gallan
: Seventh Regiment rendered his swOr
: and services to his country when Ell
/ gagged in war with a foreign nation
I and went to the front with his CON
} mand. As citizen, soldier and lawyer
, he well deserves the honor that IN
/ been conferred upon him, and the pee