Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-25
you will go 'unwept. unhonored and
Goodwin for Attorney General.

withdrawn as a candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for attorney gen.
eral of Illinois, subject to the decision
OF the primary election of Aug. 8, in
favor of Clarence N. Goodwin of Chi
cago. In connection with his with
drawal Mr.. Breese says:
I'm view of the fact that my friends
have put themselves to considerable
trouble in circulating petitions in my
behalf, it seems proper that | should
make public the reasons for my with
drawal. | find that Elmer A. Perry
and John l.. Pickering. both of Spring
field, are candidates for the nomination
to the Office of lieutenant governor and
clerk of the supreme court, respective
ly; therefore my candidacy might in
some degree embarrass them. Again,
find that Mr.. Goodwin and myself
are of the same type of enthusiastic
Bryan democrats, and we would nat
urally look to the same elements in
the party for support, and consequent
ly that vote would be divided; there
fore, | have decided to withdraw in
favor of Clarence n. Goodwin. Mr..
counsel under Mayor Harrison from
1899 to 1903. During that time he was
in charge of all traction matters; he
tried the celebrated universal trans
fer" cases, the street railway street
cleaning cases, resulting in much good
to the people of Chicago; caused the
removal of unused tracks, and COM
PEELED the Chicago street railways to
pay $4,000 back license fees. Since
1903 he has been in the general prac-
tice, and is now counsel for the Loop
Protective association of Chicago, an
organization formed to prevent en-
croachments by the elevated railroad
in 1907, together with Judge Magruder,
lie was appointed special counsel t.
Mayor Dunno on the street railway Or
dinances. In the same year he was
also appointed special counsel to the
Chicago board of education in its lease
controversies, which position he still
holds. Mr.. Goodwin holds membership
in the University, the City, Harvard,
and Midlothian Country clubs; is sec
rotary of the Iroquois club. and be-
longs 10 Kenwood lodge No 500. A. F.
and A. M. He is a member of the Chi
cago and the Illinois State Bar asso-
Citations, and ranks as one of the ablest
members of the profession in Chicago"
Mr.. Goodwin, it may be said further,
horn Cont ct
| n. Y, and graduated from Syracuse
university in 1894, with the degree of
! A. B. He spent the summer of 1894
in the Office of Martin A. Knapp, pres.
ident of the interstate commerce com
mission, and entered Harvard law
school Oct. 1, 1894, graduating June
1897, with the degree of l.. L. B. He
Ireturned to Chicago, which had been
his home since 1895, and entered the
law office of Hoyne, Follansbee &
IO'Connor. Shortly afterwards he be
Icame associated with Green, Robbins
& Honore, and June 1, 1899, Mayor
Harrison appointed him assistant cor
lporation counsel, where he served un
der Charles NJ. Walker for the mex
-four years. During this time practic
ally all traction matters We're referred
to him. One of the first things which
Mr.. Goodwin took up was the matte
of car license fees. He concluded tina
the companies were paying on bash
unfair to the city, and after some lit
lgation and vigorous controversies will
the several companies, he collected be
tween $4,000 and $4,000 as the differ
fence between what the companie
should have paid and what actually ha,
been paid, and established the paymen
of car license fees on a proper basis.
He found a mandatory ordinance il
the code compelling street railways t
|, clean the portion of the streets occr
!, pied by their tracks. This ordinanc
: had been passed some 10 years before
but had not been considered bindin
on the companies, whose lawyers cor
tended that it was unconstitutional /
his attempt to enforce this ordinance
, Mr. Goodwin was unsuccessful in tn
criminal court, but carried the matte
, to the supreme court, where he secul
, ed reversal of the judgment beIo,
J and a sweeping decision in favor @
| his contention. AS a result of this do
cision one company alone contribute
$4,000 year as its share of the stree
lcleaning.
There had also been an ordinance i
: the code for over 10 years which re
quired transfers between all line
owned or operated by the same con
pany. No transfers were given b,
tween the north and west sides. nc
were any given between the lines c
the Chicago Union Traction compan
and the Chicago Consolidated Tractio
company. In 1901 Mr.. Goodwin starte
prosecutions under this ordinance j
, IL test cases which were carried t
the criminal court. The contention ,
, the Union Traction company was thu
the city council had been given n
power to regulate the matter of tran
fers; that the transfer ordinance COZ
fiicted with the rights given in the 9
, year act; that it confiscated the
property; that the Consolidated cor
D ..pany was a separate company. with i
e own officers and stockholders, operate
e separately with an entireIv dictynot n ,