Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-20


icipality the council Is not authorized
to assume liability unless major.
ity or thirty.six Of all the aldermen
elected vote In the affirmative. The
order confessing judgment received
only 81 Affirmative votes in the coun.
Gil Monday night. Corporation Coun.
sci Sexton and his aids have to de.
termine whether the liability was as
sumed when the contract was made
by the election commissioners for the
purchase Of the voting machines, or
when judgment IL confessed.
The legal department must also de.
eide whether the city council must
approve acts Of the election board
IKE the letting OF contract similar
to the voting machine proposition, 1t
10 asserted.
Col. James Hamilton Lewis has the
support Of every good Democrat In
his campaign for United States Sena.
tor.
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w. 8. Johnson, the well known and
highly esteemed attorney, would
serve with credit in any Office within
the gift Of the people.
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As one OF Chicago's leading law.
yers and public spirited citizens.
Adolf Kraus Is respected and admired
by all classes Of citizens.
B. F. Weber, the original single
fare alderman and father OF the troll.
ley system, has announced his candi.
dacy for the Democratic nomination
for alderman In the Twenty.sixth
ward. He enjoys q widespread popu-
larity all over the ward and his
friends are going to leave no stone
unturned to land him q winner.
Let the government get after the
butter and egg board.
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Andrew J. Ryan stands high In the
estimation OF all Chicagoans, both as a
lawyer and as citizen.
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Judge John II. Caverly Is making a
fine record on the municipal court
bench. More men like him are needed
| there.
Judge Edward Osgood Browns rec.
| ord on the bench shows him to be al
| all times fair minded, hard working
and upright Judge.
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Albert G. Wheeler Justly deserves
the reputation he enjoys OF being one
OF Chicago's leading and most highly
respected financiers.
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We regret to notice that the other
wise efficient city map department Il
again pushing the ridiculous PROPOSE
ton to change the names Of all east
and west North Side streets to mum
bered avenues. This will serve nc
good. purpose whatever. It will on
the contrary add to the general con
fusion now existing about street
names. The new house numbering
system does away with the necessity
for numbered avenues or numbered
streets either. The present North
Side street names are landmarks. Tt
change them would be unwise. There
are numerous numbered avenues or
the West Side running north an(
south. What Is to be done with them
The city map department would enc
the numbering Of North eide avenues
at Thirty-ninth avenue SO es to give
the West Side numbere, avenues from
Fortieth up chance to exist. This
would leave the bulk of North Side
territory without numbered avenues
The whole scheme Is tommy rot with
not a vestige of public benefit to 1t
II the city would abolish all duplica
tions of street names it might hell
matters. For instance. We have Lin
coin avenue, Lincoln street (north ant
SOUTH, Lincoln place, etc, and scores
of similar Implications. Now 1t is pro
posed to duplicate the numbered
streets by creating numbered avenues
AS strangers are the persons supposed
to be benefited by this dope it will BIZ
necessary to explain the difference be
tween "street" and an avenue" be
fore heading them for the numbered
thoroughfare they are in search OF.
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Judge Dunno will make an idea
Democratic candidate for governor.
Tho only thing the telephone com