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WORKS. keep moistsnsd and we'll
spfinkled with water In . manner at.
istaetory 70 the said Commissioner.
the several streets upon and along
which they or either Of them may op.
crate and maintain his or its respec.
tive railway tracks.
Any psrvon or corporation violating
any Of the provisions Of this section
shall Be fined not less than twenty.
I'VE 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 odense."
Andrew J. Graham. the popular
West Side banker. has been endorsed
by the Democratic organization % it,
candidate for mayor.
Mr. Graham formally entered the
field In an address in which he gave
the following % the main planks In
his platform:
Mayor responsible and answerable
for the acts Of his subordinates.
Honest administration Of municipal
Affairs Q foremost issue.
Economy and efficiency in oil dc.
partments.
Business system for city's business.
Consolidation Of local governments.
A readjustment Of transportation
lines.
Installation Of . throush.route SUBJ
way system.
Abandonment OF the loop system.
Universal transfers between all
transportation lines.
Removal Of the police force from
politics.
Increase In street lighting.
More small parks and Fairgrounds.
Improvement In the administration
Of civil service.
| Restoration Of pavements by street
using concerns.
Electrifcation Of steam railroads
and elimination Of grade crossings.
Personal liberty and homo rule.
Revision OF the building laws.
| Construction Of an adequate har'
Dor.
Reasonable rates for public service
| co,u umoditiea
The United Societies made theil
'. debut In public life when they made
their great fight against the Harri
; son charter. foisted on the public b!
q convention OF which Chronic
Candidate Harrison was leadinl
member. Harrison's present lieuten
ants almost to man fought fol
. the adoption OF this Charter a. every
body knows. How the United So
cieties or any portion Of them cal
be fooled into supporting man wh'
helped make the high tax and anti
. personal liberty features Of thi
.. would.be charter and who never oh
; jected to anything bad about It. 4
: past finding out.
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Former Mayor Dunno. who is q can
didate for mayor. Ia out with str0nl
platform and red.hot roast of the
aristocrat Harrison. who Is chronic
candidate for mayor,
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fact that Harrison fed to CalifOrnif
as soon as Dunno beat him at the prl
maries in a fair battle and refused
to support the Democratic candidate
after the Democrats had kept him II
Office for eight years himself.
John Minwegen, who was president
OF the Board of Local improvements
under Mayor Harrison fought Mayor
Dunno tooth and toe nail in the Twen
ty-frst Ward and was rewarded will
an appointment on the Board of LOca
improvements by the Republicans.
At least two of the present Harri
son leaders accepted money and fav
ors for fighting Dunno.
All of the Harrison lleutenants sup
ported the Republican ticket and III
posed Dunno, the regular Democrat,
nominee,
Harrison himself sulked, refused II
support Dunno and went Off to Call
fornia. Now he has the gall to asl
Democrats to support him. gall tina
would be fearful to contemplate evel
II there had been no official blacl
MALL no paving graft; no special as
sessment scandals: no lack of enforce
ment of building ordinances; no 81
Lukes Sanitarium fire. costing 2
lives; no Lincoln Hotel fire, costinl
22 lives; no Iroquois fire, costing 60
lives; no holding of the Mayor by tn
corOners jury; no Official scandal
that stunned the whole community.
Even II his cabinet ofiicers wer