Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-12-07


Union Hotel in West Randolph street.
"Toasts and Roasts' he read at the
top of the menu. This looks ominous,
hope no one has a roast toasting for
me just now
He was quickly treasured, for the
speaker to every toast managed in
some way to slip in a compliment.
Maclay Hoyne. the new states At.
torney. was one of the speakers. He
highly complimented the work of Mr..
Wilson in the County Attorneys Of.
fee. Other guests at the dinner in.
cluded Thomas J. Johnson, Daniel q.
Ramsay, Charles l.. DAILY. Peter II.
Schmitz. Jerome ]. Crowley. William
F.. Struckman, Joseph A. GRADER,
Harry Rubens and Dennis Koran.
John p. Tansey, cashier Of the
clerk of the County Court. has long
been respected in this community as
an honest and upright man. No one
of his many friends has seen any
reason to change his opinion Of him
because of the ridiculous charges Of
a disappointed place hunter.
What proportion of the electric
current generated by the sanitary dis.
trict Chicago 10 entitled to receive
was declared In an opinion from the
city's legal department.
The opinion says Chicago is not en-.
titled to demand as a legal right any
specific portion Of the power, but It
may demand all the electricity gener.
ated by the sanitary district which is
not used by other municipalities en-.
titled to electricity. except that which
the district is supplying to private
corporations under contract or that
used in operating the machinery Of
the district.
Ray Palmer. city electrician. asked
for the opinion. He said that the mat.
ter should be settled at this time so
as to provide for the city's future
needs.
Judge Edward Osgood Brown would
do honor to the position Of Attorney
General.
Announcements are being sent out
from the Hamilton Club for New
Years eve entertainment. A novelty
dinner will be served after 10 o'clock.
william 8. Barbee il chairman Of the
entertainment committee, with Breck
d. Porter chairman Of the house com.
mittee.
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The appointment Of Bernard ]. Ma
hony as Assistant States Attorney
was a popular one. States Attorney
Hoyne will not have an ADLER or more
earnest helper than Mr.. Mahony.
Following are the standing commit.
tee of the new County Board:
Finance-Board, Burg. Regan,
Mitchell, Moriarty.
Public service--Conley, chairman,
and all other members Of the board.
Roads and bridges-Gard, Coonley,
Anderson, Maloney, Fitzgerald.
observation-disclosures, Kuhewski,
Nowak, Harris, Board.
Building-Burg. Anderson, Fitzger.
aid, Bartzen. Nowak.
Civil service--Moriarty, Mitchell,
Gard, Harris, Bartzen.
Bernard F. Weber would make a
splendid Postmaster for Chicago.
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| Inaugural day last Monday brought
forth a reorganized Municipal Court
Eleven judges, a bailiff and clerk, all
new to their duties, took oaths OF
office.
simultaneously with their coming
seventy.six deputy clerks and bailiffs
were discharged to make room fol
new political appointees.
From early morning till late al
night the upper halls OF the city hal
were packed to overiowing. Flora
offerings for those Just entering upor
their new duties were numerous
Bailiff Cermak was perhaps the mos
fortunate of those who were recip
tents of bouquets. Flowers filled hi
offices almost to the exclusion o.
those who had gathered to congratu
late him.
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Common justice demands that Al
bert ]. Hopkins be appointed to thu
seat in the United States Senate tina
he was so unjustly deprived Of
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Edward +. Dunno, Governor.elec
of Illinois. will be on the side OF Chi
cago in the fight for "home rule" II
the government of public utilities. HI
so declared himself Monday, ant
announced his opposition to a singh
state commission to have charge O
all the public utilities Of the state.
The Governor.elect declared him
self specifically in favor Of the New
York plan for the superintendent
the public service corporations--tha
Is, one commission for down state an
another for Chicago. As Governo
he will probably take that position Il
urging legislation by the Forthcoming
session OF the Legislature.
Andrew J. Ryan would grace a sea
on the United States bench.
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