Chicago eagle., 1911-02-25

lives; no holding of the Mayor by the
coroner's jury; no Official scandals
that stunned the whole community.
Even II his cabinet officers were
clean there would have been no rea-
son for his claiming Democratic sup
port after bolting a Democratic nom.
inee.
In his supplementary statement Mr..
Dunno discusses his record as Mayor
on the questions Of gas regulation,
water rates, tax dodgers and anti.
graft, going over the ground covered
in his interview of one week ago, and
casually he takes fling at Carter Fl.
Harrison, one of his rivals.
81 never bolted my ticket" he says,
II never left town during campaign
to go to California. never sulked
during a campaign. never was inter.
viewed publicly in the interest of my
political opponents.
'In every election since I left the
bench, whether national, county or
city, have given freely of my time.
energy, voice and pen to the party
cause. even went to the extent of
advocating the election Of men who
knew put the knife into me politically
on election day. l did all this in the
interest Of party harmony"
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Poor but honest men who have add.
ed to their modest incomes in the past
BY acting as judges of election are to
be superseded in every possible In.
stance by millionaires.
This is In accordance with the or.
ders OF the Harrison board of elec.
ton commissioners which is now en-.
gagged in showing of.
| Like the historic monkey climbing
a pole, the higher It climbs the more
1t shows Of Harrison.
The poor but honest voters Of Chi.
cago deeply resent this last Harrison.
ian insult.
Harrison Is an aristocrat by train.
Ing and by instinct.
He inherited his wealth.
He never did a hard days work
outside of Office holding In his life.
| No wonder then that he prefers
aristocrats to poor men for judges Of
election.
Two hundred men Of wealth have al.
ready been summoned by the Harri.
son election board to take the places
Of poor but respectable men recon.
mended by the regular Democratic or.
ganization.
The Harrison election board will
stick to its fad and will supplant
every poor man election Judge with q
rich man whenever It is possible.
The First Ward Ball continues to
be the subject Of much gossip. Fol.
lowing are some OF the latest 70.
ports 10 circulation: The red light
district alone was mulcted annu.
ally to the tune Of 350,O00,
through the medium Of the First
Ward Ball under the previous Harri
son administration. Dives and "ho
tells" were forced to contribute to the
extent Of $4,000 more. making total
revenue Of 100000 q year. The Har
rison boomers have made a treaty
with the First Ward gang whereby
they are to have the whole Ball "a
themselves in return for the support
Of Harrison In the approaching pri
maries. No cabinet officers or Other
attaches Of the administration will be
permitted to butt In. The red lights
and the gang will have to give up
the Ball will not be disturbed IN any
way and the First Ward Ball will be q
recognized feature of the administra
ton as of yOre, with one important
exceptiOn-the First Ward gang will
not have to divide.
John +. Smulski, who announced
that he would go into the Republican
primaries as a candidate with a view
of making it O wide-open fight, has
been prominent In Chicago politics fol
the past decade, with,a clean and bril-
liant record to his credit. He served
several terms as alderman, was elect
ed city attorney, and In 1906 was elect
ed state treasurer. In this office he
was the first treasurer to turn the in
terest into the state treasury, In two
years he turned in $1S0,00O voluntarily
He served for nearly two years al
president OF the West Park Board Al
present he is engaged in the banking
business, being president of the North
western Trust and Savings Bank, and
Is interested in a lumber yard and q
Polish newspaper. He has the record
OF always running ahead of his ticket
in an election. and Is considered popu
lar with all factions.
Every scandal in the city hall thai
grand juries in the federal or state