Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11

District leading all the other candi.
dates. His reelection is certain.
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Robert Y. Wilson was top man In
the race for nomination to the Legis.
lature in the Sixth District and his
friends predict he will be there when
the votes are counted next November.
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John A. Mahoney's candidacy for
Municipal Judge deserves the sup.
port of all good citizens.
BENJAMIN NJ. Mitchell's able and ag.
gressive record In the Legislature has
made him deservedly popular with the
people Of the Twenty.frst District, ir.
respective Of party politics.
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No man stands better in the estima.
ton OF the people Of Illinois than
former United States Senator Albert
J. Hopkins.
Capt. james II. Farrelrs big host of
friends predict he will be an easy
winner for the Legislature in the
Twenty.ninth District.
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Judge John II. Caverly can be de.
pended upon to serve the people in an
able, painstaking and honest manner
on the bench.
As Judge OF the Appellate Court,
Edward Osgood Brown Is making q
record that he and his big army OF
friends can at all times point to with
pride.
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David Sullivan has a fine record to
his credit as q lawyer and his candi.
dacy for Municipal Judge deserves
success.
Judge Kickham Seaman is a pain.
stalking, honest and fairminded Judge.
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Both as u lawyer and n citizen, Al.
bert ii. Putney Is admired and re.
spected by all who know him.
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When In the United States Senate
William Il. Mason made friends In
every part OF Illinois by his honest
and fearless record and everyone of
these friends are working hard for his
election as Congressman ut Large
next November.
Assistant County Attorney Daniel
q. Ramsey last Monday rendered an
opinion that the country judges of the
Circuit Court have q right to perform
marriages and collect fees. This
opinion was given on request of Dep
uty Comptroller Frank Ryan, who re-
Gently conducted an investigation In
to report that country judges were
devoting much of their country.paid
time to performing marriages and col
lecting fees therefor.
Mr.. Ryan held that they had NO
right to do this; that II they collected
fees they should turn them over to
the county treasurer. He said that
the law provided that the judges
should not collect fees or emolunents
aside from what they received regu
larly from the county. Attorney Ram
sey cited a Supreme Court decision
to the effect that the performing OF
marriages Is not judicial act and
therefore. does not come under the
section of the law referred to by Mr.
Ryan,
Thomas A. Smyth is not losing any
friends among the people by the fear
less performance of his duties az
President of the Sanitary District.
Conflscation of small property hold
ings is what the great increase ir
real estate taxation will amount t
before long. The revenue this year II
over 100 per cent in many instances
and over 40 per cent in the great ma
jority of cases.
Chicago needs better street lamps
especially better electric street lamps
more than 1t does numbered avenues
on the North and Northwest Sides.
The telephone company, according
to experts" is losing money. For {
losing enterprise it pays pretty BIZ
dividends and puts up pretty big build
ings.
Spencer Ward will be elected chic
justice of the Municipal court mex
November. He is qualified In every
way for the position and he will re