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

we'll for its own uses. The surplus
from the pond has been sold to whole
sale ice dealers for as little as Is
cents ton. The small dealers about
the city pay 90 to IS a ton.
Alderman Cermak proposes that the
city prepare to aid the poor by provid.
ing at once that the Ice on the bride.
we'll pond which is not needed by the
institution be stored and sold during
the hot months to charitable insti.
tutions, which must haul It away
themselves and distribute It to the
sufferers.
Judge Charles NJ. Walker has gained
by his brilliant record on the bench
the confidence and admiration Of all
Chicagoans.
President Of the Sanitary District
Thomas A. Smyth is ipaking the clean,
able and fearless record that everyone
Of his friends knew he would make.
Both as q lawyer and as citizen
James 8. Hopkins IL liked and re-
spected by all who come In contact
with him.
Edward Butler and Frank Self have
announced themselves as candidates
for the Democratic nomination for
the Legislature in the Thirty.first dis.
trict.
Under the impression that Morgan
Park had been "disannexed" from Chi.
cago the city council committee on
elections voted to restore to the
Thirty.second ward that section Of It
which was transferred to the Seventh
ward by the recent redistricting ordi.
nance.
Englewood residents urging the
change based most Of their arguments
on statements that Judge Walker had
invalidated the annexation OF Morgan
Park, which In the redistricting ordi.
nance was made part of the Thirty
second.
Does the telephone company or the
aldermen run Chicago?
~
Zina r. Carter Is talked of by many
Republicans for state treasurer this
year.
Joseph A. Weber. the popular at.
torney and Twenty.fourth ward Dem.
ocrat, has announced his candidacy
for Legislature in the Sixth sena.
torial district. Mr.. Weber Is we'll
known and well liked throughout the
district and would make splendid
legislator.
Daniel A. Campbell's nomination for
another term as postmaster at Chi.
cago, was confirmed by the United
States Senate, Monday.
Senator Cullom, upon whose recon-
mendation Mr.. Campbell was reap
pointed, grew tired Of the delay Of the
committee on post Offices in reporting
the nomination back to the Senate,
and had frank talk with Senator
Bourne of Oregon, chairman Of the
committee.
He insisted that Mr.. Campbell is the
best postmaster In the country; that
he had established a record for efii'
cheney which had brought him the
hearty commentator of the postmas'
ter-general and that in the absence OF
any material objection the nomina
ton should be disposed Of.
~oe>
All except two of the thirty-fve
wards responded to the call for the
Republican county convention to be
held Feb. 3, in the I'd regiment ar
mory. Monday night was the time
limit for ward committeeman to send
in notice of the place they will meet
to select delegates to the convention
The sessions are set for Jan. 81.
/RHSA
Secretary Of State James A. Rose
by virtue of his Office, has the right
to prescribe and adopt reasonable
rules to govern the filing OF nominal
ing petitions of candidates for United
: States senator. This Is the opinion OF
Acknowledgement Stead, given the sec
rotary of state on Monday.
Mayor Harrison says he will not
consider approving the order by
which the city cOnfesses Judgment in
favor of the Empire Voting Machine
Company for $1SS,500 until the law
department decides upon the issue
as to whether it was legally passed
There is fine point at issue as to
whether the council actually sane
toned the judgment, which is to pay
for 200 OF the 1000 voting machines
contracted for, 1t is asserted.
! Under the constitution OF the mum