Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-10-19
Topics, with. Some
Men of the Day.

man OF force and energy, q man big
enough to cope with big AFFAIRS. Such
. man Is Spencer Ward. He has al
ways taken an active interest In pub.
lie affairs. As q Democrat he has
always been loyal to his party and
has been q tireless worker in behalf
Of It's success. Mr.. ward ID Q mem.
Der Of the Chicago Association Of
Commerce and also Of the Press
Club. Mr.. Ward was born February
81 1861, in the District Of Colum.
bia. He attended public schools until
the age Of sixteen, and then toQ1.u0n
business course at the Spencef1&h
Washington Business College, and
graduated. He studied law ut George.
town University and Columbian
University, Washington, from which
latter institution he graduated In
June, 1857. Mr.. Ward came to Chica.
90 in November, 1887. and has since
lived and practiced law here. See
that he gets your vote for Chief Jus.
tice Of the Municipal Court.
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lyndsn Evans, Democratic Candidate
Tor Congress, Ninth District.
Lynden Evans should be reelected
to Congress In the Ninth District. His
record commends his candidacy to
every risht.thinking man in the dis.
trict. The following well.deserved
tribute was paid to Congressman
Evans by Mark Sullivan In his Com.
ment on Congress-" in Golfers Week.
ly, September II, 1912:
"Lynden Evans 10 one Of the very
best types. He has served only one
term, and IL one Of the most respect.
ed Of the new members. He 10 q man
Of high ideals and cultivation, and has
the rare quality Of courage to fight
openly for an unpopular cause. He
ought to stay In Congress"
Lynden Evans 10 the son Of Judge
Daniel Evans and Ryder Evans and
was born at La Sale, ILL.,, in 1858;
graduated at Knox College in 1882;
| taught in the schools Of La Sale and
Evanston, Ill.,. until admitted to the
bar Of Illinois in 1886; admitted to the
United States Supreme Court In 1896 {;
10 q member Of the University Club.
City Club and Iroquois Club, also Of
the American Bar Association and the
Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations;
In 1907 and 1908 was Q lecturer on
corporation law in the John Marshall
Law School; 10 the author Of Illinois
Citations and Overruled Cases, pub.
lished In 1900: in 1895 he married
Bonnie, daughter Of the late Thomas
r. Withrow and Jennie Goodwin
Withrow. Of Chicago: was elected ia
the Sixty.second Congress. receiving
1851 votes to 1891 for Frederick H
Gansbergen. Republican. 1850 fol-
Frank Shifkersmith, Socialist, and 401
for John r. Boynton, Prohibitions.
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Arthur W. Fulton, Republican candl
date for Congress, Sixth District.
Arthur w. Fulton's candidacy fol
Congress In the sixth district 10 daily
gaining strength. His splendid record
In the city council as alderman from
the thirteenth ward, along with bill
successful career a. q lawyer, II
known to the voters in the district
His grand victory at the primaries at
ter his single.handed campaign VOL
for him thousands of new friends ant
his election 10 predicted on all sides
He will prove orthy representative
Of the people down at Washington.
Mr.. Fulton was born In Wyoming
Ill.,. and came to Chicago twenty year
ago and has resided here ever since
living in the 18th ward, nineteel
years.
Robert Z. Wilson, Democratic candI
date for Representative, Sixth
District.
All indications point to the re-elee
ton Of Robert e. Wilson to the legii
lature in the sixth district by an ovel
whelming plurality. He 10 popuia
with all classes throughout the dii
trict and 10 q born campaisner. HI
grand victory at the primaries. wher
he received the highest vote cast TO
the Democratic candidates for the lei
islature. gained for him q new arm
OF friends. He made . straightfol
ward campaign for the re-nominatio
and the Democratic voters shove
their admiration Of him by giving hir
the highest vote. His candidacy 10 81
titled to the vote of every good cit
zen In the sixth district.
Mr.. Wilson was born in Chicag,
December 8. 1868. and was educate
at the Ravenswood public school an
the Chicago Atheneum. He serve
four years. apprenticeship as machil
list at the Crane Elevator compan
and continued with them for tw
years. He engaged In the grocer
business for the next six years. H
was appointed deputy sheriff unde
Sheriff Thomas Il. Barrett, which h
held until elected to the House
1906. He was reelected in 1908 an
1910.
stephen 4. Malato, Democratic cand
date for Municipal Judge.
Stephen A. Malato should be electe
Municipal Judge. He 10 the type {
man needed on the bench. abb
.. STRAIGHTFORWARD and fearless. he wi