Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-02-03

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Judge Dunno has opened headquap
tiers in the Hotel Sherman. william
l.. OConnell is in charge.
B. f. Weber Is making q whirlwind
campaign for the Democratic nomina.
ton for alderman in the Twenty.six(A
ward. Mr.. Weber has been in the
city council before and Is the original
single fare alderman. He is also the
father Of the present trolley system
in Chicago.
Two wards of Chicago are to have
preferential primaries on Republican
candidates for president, and perhaps
all of them. Only two have requested
them thus far, the Third and Twenty.
fifth, and John T.. Owens of the county
court. Orders to that effect have been
given the board Of election commits
sioners. The primaries are to be pure.
ly voluntary, but they are to be held
within the regular voting booths, and
| while the details have not been work.
ed out 1t Is probable that the regular
judges and clerks will be permitted to
have charge Of them and to count the
votes.
John E. W. wayman is at present
doing his campaigning for the Repub-
llcan gubernatorial nomination down
the state. He has opened headquar.
tiers at the Great Northern hotel.
~
John W. Rainey, assistant to Pro.
bate Judge Cutting, has announced
his candidacy for the Democratic nom.
ination for clerk OF the circuit court.
Thomas J. Webb of the board Of
review advocated a change In present
taxing system In a speech before the
Irish Fellowship club at the Hotel
La Sale last Saturday. The main
evil, he declared, is the existence Of
too many taxing bodies and antiQuat.
ed laws. He said In part:
Personal property taxation In Cook
county today is taxation by comprom.
Use. There Is no way Of arriving at
fair valuation; 1t must remain q
matter Of principle with the Individual
The result Is the personal property
tax rests more heavily upon the con.
scientious and the weak. There is no
way Of correcting It until we have a
revenue measure that will make It
easier for all to schedule their per.
sonal property holdings.
what we should have Is a modern
law, similar to that OF New York and
Ohio. Whereas our measure covers
all property and says 1t shall be as.
sessed alike. what Is wanted Is that
1t shall be assessed fairly. In classes.
"The greatest obstacle the taxpayer
has to contend with is the numerous
taxing bodies. We have eleven taxing
tCd!es in Cook county; each one OF
these taxing bodies Is allowed Ger.
tain amount and they all insist on that
amount.
There should be some system
adopted, either by consolidating the
taxing bodies or having these bodies
submit their estimates for expendi.
lures for their calendar year to a
board Of arbitration so the taxpayers
| would be assured that the demands
Of these bodies were not exacting."
Tomaz F. Deuther, the efficient Sec
rotary OF the Northwest Side CONNER
| cial association and the organization
| Of which he is an officer are doing
good work in the lettering of condi.
tions in that important division Of
the city.
Joseph c. Blaha, member of the
legislature, Nineteenth district, will
have no trouble in being re-nominated
and reelected. His splendid record
is we'll known TO the people and he
will receive large pluralities both at
the primaries and at the polls on
election day.
E. II. Roche, who was city purchas.
ing agent under Mayor DUNES ad.
ministration, is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for member
OF the sanitary board.
At meeting of the United Demo.
crazy Of the Thirty-fifth ward Monday
evening Edward F. Dunno was In.
dorsed for governor and Alderman
James Donahue of the new Thirty.fifth
ward was Endorsed for alderman.
Capital punishment was upheld and
interference OF citizens In the arms
Of Justice was condemned by Judge
Marcus Kavanagh in responding to the
toast "The Citizens Part in the Ad.
! minIstration OF Justice" at the