Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-11-09
Gathered from All Quarters
About Men Talked About
In the Walks o.
Politics. Z
Men Who Are Candidates and
Men Who Are Not and What
People Say.

Men Who Are Not and What
People Say.
The County Democracy appears to
be the only Democratic organization
that has not been torn asunder by
dissension.
There Is a growing demand from
all the outlying sections Of the city
for an extension Of the fine service
Of the automatic telephone company.
It SO far outclasses the service of the
Bell monopoly that the latter is grow.
ing more jealous Of It every day and
Is using all Of its power and influence
to have the Automatic Company kept
from doing bsuiness in Chicago.
Against such an outrage the people
are unanimous and the attempt to
stihe competition will only make the
public demand 1t all the more.
There has never been any officisl
prosecution Of any trust in Chicago
for tampering with legislative oflicials,
state or local.
But the records Of monopolies in
other sections Of the country have
not been free from faint and trust
ofIicials have no business to be mixed
up with the administration Of Justice
anywhere.
One Of the very best aldermen and
ofiicials that Chicago ever had was
Alderman william Kent. Mr.. Kent
served with honor in the Chicago city
council and afterwards removed to
California from which state he was
sent to congress.
Mr.. Kent was one Of the citizens Of
San Francisco who unearthed the
huge grating that was going on In
public life out there and the exposure
resulted In sending q number Of on.
cials to the penitentiary.
Mr.. Kent and the other members
Of the Citixens' committee have print.
ID q complete report Of the result Of
their labors which we have before 10.
On page - Of this printed report
We md the following which we repub.
lish for the information Of Chicago
people:
1.-THE Home Telephone bribery was
an attempt on the part Of some own.
ere Of capital In distant cities to oh.
tain . franchise for system to com.
pete with the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company. the local or.
ganisation. A. the Supervisors were
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apparatus Of the Home Company
only, and hence a. no one else could
bid against them, and a. the Home
Telephone Company had no invest.
ment in San Francisco to protect.
here. 40 10 other cases We have con.
sidered, the claim Of extortion was
not present. These promoters were
seeking . greater income on their
moneys and did not hesitate to do.
bauch the city's ofiicials to prevent
competition and make the profit pos.
sible. The franchise was successfully
obtained. the Supervisors receiving
an average Of 5000 each for their
yotes.
1.-THE Pacific Telephone and Tsle.
graph Company bribed the supervis.
ors to prevent the Home Telephone
Company, or any other organization.
from obtaining q telephone franchise
In San Francisco. No attack Of any
kind on the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company was threatened by
the Supervisors. and the sole purpose
Of the crime was to maintain PROFIT
which might be cut by the competition
Of business rivals. The Supervisors
were paid in all over $4,000. The
managing committee OF the board Of
directors swore before the grand Jury
that they did not know how the funds
were procured for the bribery"
What are the aldermen going to Dc
in the matter Of telephone tariff re-
duction?
(ADVERTISEMENT.)
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
For q good many years the Chicago
public had ample opportunity to oh