Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-11-26

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Steward and demand more police to
watch the speeders. officers elected
are John e. Cavanagh, president; w.
L. Bodine, chairman public order and
safety committee; ex.Mayor Edward
+. Dunno, Alderman w. F. Lips, w.
l.. Bodine, Joseph e. Flanagan, Irving
Webster, Thomas J. Dalton, Parker
jerks, W. L. Abbott and State Senator
william Brown, members Of the execu.
tive committee.
The Union Trust Company has en-
larged It's banking rooms and this big
bank now occupies the entire banking
floor of the Tribune building.
Francis d. Connery has made q
splendid record rs city clerk and his
denomination by the Democrats Is a
foregone conclusion.
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Charles Il. .Cruikshank, the popu.
lar lawyer and state senator. would
make a splendid member Of the city
| council.
The following editorial from the
Chicago Journal of Wednesday, Nov.
1G, explains itself:
Citizens who are seeking an injunc.
ton against the forest preserve
scheme should be congratulated on
their public spirit. They have a right
to object to having debt Of millions
loaded on the taxpayers merely to
provide pleasure drives for the few
who are able to enjoy them.
The forest preserve agitation has
all the earmarks OF q clever scheme to
exploit real estate interests with
which the people have no concern.
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The drys are at 1t again.
|. Every street traversed by street
cars must be kept sprinkled by the car
companies under the provisions OF the
following ordinance passed by the
City Council:
Every person or corporation oper.
ating or maintaining street car tracks
located In and along the different
streets within the city shall. except
as otherwise expressly provided In
the respective ordinances under which
tracks have heretofore been or may
hereafter be authorized to be laid,
WHEN ORDERED so TO DO BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC
WORKS. keep moistened and well
sprinkled with water On a manner sat.
isfactory to the said Commissioners.
the several streets upon and along
which they or either Of them may OPP.
crate and maintain his or its respec.
tive railway tracks.
Any person or corporation violating
any OF the provisions Of this section
five nor more than one hundred dol.
lars for each ofiense. and each and
every day on which any such person
or corporation shall neglect, fail or
refuse to comply with any Of the pro.
visions OF this section shall constitute
separate and distinct offense."
The Sunday closing issue Is up
again, but the fanatics are quarreling
among themselves as to whether they
will petition for Sunday closing alone.
or for county option.
The idle rich and their sons have a
new pastime and Chicago Is the only
city which tolerates 1t. This game
Is the organization of leagues" to
pick to pieces the characters and de-
stroy the futures of young men, who
refuse to be the willing tools of cor
porations In the council and the legis.
lature.
: A good chance is offered between
now and spring to look over the rec.
ord made by your alderman and de-
; eide whether he is worth voting for
again, or not.
You have several months now to
think over that Aldermanship.
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Illinois takes pride in claiming
former United States Senator Albert
]. Hopkins as one of her most hon.
ored men.
Government by so-called millionaire
clubs must cease in Chicago If we are
to have government by the people.
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The biggest graft scheme is the
forest preserve" act which will be
showed through at the polls on the