Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-01
THE MAY0RALTY
The Weeks Developments in the
Red.Hot Battle for the Coming
Chief Magistracy of Chicago. 4

Carter Harrison Is going to have the
fight Of his life in securing the 1nde.
pendence League nomination for
Mayor.
When he retired from the Demo
cratic battle after his friends were
showed under at the September pri.
maries, It was predicted that he would
be given the Independence League
plum II he asked for It.
But It appears that he is not going
to have a walkaway for that honor
either.
n Friends Of many other Independence
0eaguers are urging their candidacy,
and the list Of those now mentioned
includes the names Of:
Charles H. Mitchell.
Roy O. Keehn,
John w. Beckwith,
Carter H. Harrison. and
Charles @. Dixon.
Several Of these men have spent
their lives in Chicago and are not
loaded down with official records, IS
It Is claimed that Mr.. Harrison IL.
MIR. Harrison, It Is said. would poll
the full Independence League strength
and would also draw to some extent
from the other parties.
/ The friends Of the ex.mayor are
sanguine that by hard and enthusi.
astic work they can land for him the
Independence League nomination.
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Evidently some Of the officers Of the
United Societies do not believe that
pe{sonal liberty IL In safe hands un.
leds they hold the offices themselves.
Former President Koelling Of the
United Societies has just finished
running for the Republican nomination
for Sheriff.
His successor, Mr.. Charles H. Kel.
lerman, ID a-sed.hot Democratic candi.
date for Mayor.
This was announced Monday night
by leaders Of the United Societies
after an all.day conference between a
number Of personal liberty adherents.
Whether Mr.. Kellerman, who 10 a
Democrat. will make fight for the
Democratic nomination, or whether he
will keep his thunder until after the
primaries, has not yet been decided.
II have been waited upon by sew.
eral committees" said Mr.. Kellerman.
land they all urge me to make the
race. Pcrsopaily I would prefer some
other man to make the fight. but II ]
enter the race am going to hght to
win"
Friends Of Kellerman recall that at
the East st. Louis convention Roger
Sullivan didn't give him an invited
guest badge and refused to let the
United Societies president and his
companions on the floor Of the conven.
tion as guests Of honor.
1T 10 simply a matter Of what the
people and the United Societies stand
for" said Mr.. Kellerman Monday
night. II believe that majority Of
voters In this town want an admins.
tration that won't double-cross them.
We want q police force that won't
double-cross the chief, and we want a
chief that won't let the police force
double-cross him."
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Friends OF Charles #. Gunther are
making preparations to launch BID
boom for the Democratic mayoralty
nomination.
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George G. SchiIling's friends deny
that he will be the Socialist Candidate
for Mayor in the spring. They say
that Mr.. Schilling Is Democrat.
Andrew ]. Graham's friends are hard
at work perfecting their organization
with George Beidler and Joseph H
Finn at the head. They are confident
that they will land the nomination fol-
their choice.
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The complete list Of Democratic
ward committeeman follows:
Wards.
1-John ]. Coughlin
Michael Kenna
2-Hennry P. Downey
John B. Ryan
3-Clem Kuehne
Daniel Harris
| flames M. Daley
Henry Stuckart