Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-11
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EAOLETS.
Iina Il. Carter Is making an excel
lent record us u Civil Service Commits.
siOncr for the city. Mr.. Carter has al.
ways made u credtuble record In every
office he has held. Either as Trcsi.
dent of the Board of Trade. President
of the Sanitary District or Alderman.
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Alderman W. T.. Dcvcr has made u
grand record In the City Council and
should he reelected.
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choice of Democrats all over for Gov.
crnor. lie II the right man to head the
State ticket next fall.
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Joseph +. BidwilI. Jr.. IL making an
excellent record ns Clerk of the Cir.
cult Court.
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General Manager \. =. I1lbbard. of
the Chicago Telephone company. II one
of the nblcst officials connected with
public utility corporations In the
United States. lie has the tact ia
please the public and safeguard the
interests Of his company ut the same
time.
In the year 1907 the Chicago Tclc.
phone company increased the number
of Its telephones In service by 3.Si0.
raising the total ut the end Of the year
to 2O2.GS3. or this total 15i.O14 tcle-
phones were In the city and l6,GO0 In
the county and country towns. Tho
cOn,pany's statement for December
shows net Increase of 1.0:!S subscrlb.
crs for the month. LOSS being In the
city and $50 IN the country.
The statement of earnings ut the
annual meeting ought to show fair
gain over those Of 1900. The re,luc.
ton In the cOmpany's instrument rev.
enucs under the new ordinance did not
tRHllt tilI lJccelnUer.
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senator Albert J. Hopkins grand
record In the United States Senate Ii
u credit to himself and to the people
Of Illinois.
oh, yes; the Trust Press IL very busy
these days talking about tile sneak.
thieves ana hold-up men. but never n
word about the rich millionaire thieves
who are stealing thousands ana thou
sands Of dollars from the people Of
Chicago by not paving their Just taxes.
oh. no; that would never do.
james j. Gray deserves the popular
Ity he enjoys all over Chicago. for his
long record rs Il lawyer, a public off,
clnl ana u citizen, IL an honest. clean
AMI upright one.
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The Republicans can name no ADLER
or more popular man for Attorney Gen.
eral this year than BENJAMIN +. RichOl
son. the well.known lawyer. who has
made such grand record as attorney
for the West Park Board.
The annual report of the Municipal
Voters League IL ont AMI rs usual
the people will pay no attention to It,
Judge Charles =. Cutting has served
the people well ms Judge Of the Probate
Court. lie Is an able judge and his
record is clean and brilliant one.
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Billy Lorimer. the champion of the
prohibition taX-ralsing charter, will
have plenty of time to study the water
ways problem after next November.
The boom for Col james Hamilton
Lewis for Governor Is spreading like
wild fire all over Chicago and through.
ont the state. lie is the strongest man
the Democrats can name.
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The Do0ley articles In the American
Magazine are II great feature.
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James e. Martin, the popular former
Justice of the Peace, is II lawyer OF
ability and force AMI Is qualified in
every way for seat ON the Municipal
Court bench.
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The letter carriers showed their ap'
probation of the splendid work done
for them by Senator Albert J. Hopkins
in the United States Senate by tender
ing him grand banquet last Satur-
day night.
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When the recount of the votes east
year ago last November for Judge
Thomas Lantry ana Ferdinand l.. Bar
nett, Assistant States Attorney, candl-
dates for the Municipal Court bench,
was concluded late Tuesday, a gain of
80 votes for Lantry was shown. max
ing his plurality over Barnett In 21S
precincts In thrty-five wards Sl2 votes.
Isaac y. Powell, clerk Of the election