Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14

knOWleuge OF eleCtlOn laws In the pref
ace written by Colonel Lewis.
Let 1t be frankly admitted writes
the author, 1.-The judges of the courts
have known little of the election laws,
and only when question was brought
before them was investigation made
or information obtained. Then the
field was new, and the Judge would be
an experimenter. While he would have
resented the intimation that he did
not know the fundamental constitu.
ton, the decisions constituting the law,
as based upon 1t, and the decis.
ions demonstrating their meaning--he
would have been perfectly willing to
admit that the exception to this gen.
eral information related to the organi-
cation which was necessary as thing
of life before any of the others of
which he did not know could exist in
security or In respect"
Joseph c. Blaha will be triumph.
antly reelected to the legislature in
the Nineteenth district He has the
hearty support of every good citizen.
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For member of the County Board of
Assessors the voter will make no mis-.
take in casting his vote for Charles
Krutckof, regular Republican nom.
inee. He is the man for the position.
Fred w. Blocki Is the right man to
place on the Board Of Review.
Frank H. Novak, the well.known
and highly respected attorney, Is one
of the ablest and most loyal leaders
in the Democratic party in Chicago.
John A. Polka, the well.known West
Side Republican and real estate man,
is being talked Of by many for City
Clerk next spring.
Spencer Wards candidacy for chief
justice OF the Municipal Court IL daily
growing stronger. His splendid record
and we'll known fitness for che posi-.
ton makes him the logical man to
eiect HeAt november.
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Members Of the council committee
on local transportation have decided
that two weeks Is necessary for a
thorough digest Of the report of the
subcommittee on subways. As soon
as the proposed routes were made pub.
lie comment started at the city hall.
Aid. Jens N. Hyldahl was the first to
enter an objection. He wanted the
northwest branch extended beyond
California avenue and suggested that
q referendum vote Of the people should
be had on the plans.
This is too big proposition for us
to discuss until we are more familiar
with its Details" declared Aid. vii.
liam F. Lips. Let us wait until It 10
published and the people have a
chance to say what they think about
1t before We start picking It to pieces"
The Cook County Civil Service Asso.
citation held its annual election OF of.
hcers In the recorders Office on Tues.
day. The following were chosen
President, John v. Clinnin: first vice.
president, Charles W. Seinwerth; sec.
ond vice.president, Thomas Boyle;
third vice.president, Otto Rexses;
treasurer, Charles a. Nichols; secre.
tary, James +. Hartwick; sergeant.at.
arms, Samuel Arrand.
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James s. Hopkins stands foremost
among Chicago's leading attorneys. His
record Is clean and able one In every
respect.
4 The people of Cook county have
I nothing but the highest admiration for
County Judge John L. Owens. He has
earned this by his fine record.
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No man In Illinois stands higher in
| the estimation of the people than for.
mer United States Senator Albert j.
Hopkins. His honest, fearless and
clean record is known to all. His name
| Is first in the list for election to the
| United States senate.
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Judge John II. Caverly continues to
serve the people in an able, honest and
painstaking manner on the Municipal
Court bench.
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Albert G. Wheeler, the well-known
| financier, Is one of the men whom Chi
cago Is proud to claim as one of her
leading citizens.
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| The voters of the Nineteenth dis.
trict are going to show their apprecia,
ton Of John j, McLaughlins fine rec.
ord in the legislature by re.electing
him by handsome plurality.
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AS Clerk of the Circuit Court, Joseph
| d. Bidwill, Jr., has shown himself to
| be an honest, able and Trustworthy
public official. That he deserves a re-
\ election goes without saying.
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Benjamin NJ. Mitchell will receive
his usual big plurality for election to
the Legislature in the Twenty.frst dis
trict Only this year it will be bigger.
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For County Recorder the Democrats
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