Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-12-21

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Cooper Lyon presided at the very in.
teresting entertainment given by the
Manufacturers and Dealers Associa.
ton in the gold room of the Congress,
Tuesday night. The feature was a
minstrel show, with Mr.. Lyon as In.
terlocutor.
The budget for 1913, presented to
the Council by Comptroller John e.
Traeger, provides for an expenditure
Of 323, 1854, 1880. which is S4,446, 966 10
more than the city expects to receive
during the year as corporate revenue.
The Finance Committee Of the Coun.
Gil will be called upon to prune down
the expenditures almost S5,0OO.OOO.
The amount asked for 1918 by de.
partments was $25,5S6,S49.S5. This
was reduced to $23.964, $3.50 A 20
per cent. reduction brings this to 49,.
517 ,s69.56.
The heaviest reductions proposed in
the budget Of 1913 were in the fire de-
partment. where 100000 was Topped
on the estimated amount needed. The
police department lost just half this
amount, the reduction being $3.50, 900.
The health department did not lose,
as was expected; instead, they were
given O slight increase over last year.
A. A. Worsley. the popular lawyer
and loyal Democrat, Is being talked Of
by many for that vacancy on the Mu.
nicipal Court bench.
A subcommittee was appointed to
look into the proposition Of the Lin.
coin Park commissioners turning over
Lincoln parkway from Chicago avenue
to Ohio street to the city when the
question was taken up by the Council
committee on streets and alleys. The
committee appointed by Chairman
William J. Healy Is composed of Al.
dermen Pretzel, Haderlein and Hey.
The transfer Is one desired by the city
In connection with the proposed Mich.
igan avenue connecting link.
The rank and file of the Republican
party In Illinois believe that 1t would
be only common justice for Governor
Deneen to appoint Albert ]. Hopkins
to the vacancy In the United States
Senate from Illinois.
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The board OF directors was en-.
larged, plans for furthering the pur.
pose Of the organization were dis.
cussed and a monthly program was
outlined at q meeting OF the recently
organized Clark Street Improvement
Association, which was h&d at the
Hotel Sherman, Tuesday Afternoon.
The object Of the organization Is to
make Clark street one of the most at.
tractive thoroughfares In the city. Mel.
son N. Lampert, vice.president OF the
Fort Dearborn National Bank, is
president Of the organization.
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Frank L. Fowler. the well.known
attorney, who made such grand race
for Congress In the Tenth District, Is
being talked of by many Democrats
for Judge OF the Superior Court bench.
Judge John r. Caverly is making a
fine record on the Municipal Court
bench. He Is an able and conscien.
tious Judge.
Charles T.. Merriam, chief speaker at
the banquet of the new Chicago Pro.
gressive Club Tuesday evening, an.
nounced that Progressives would in.
troduce bill at Springfield giving
women the right of suffrage in mu.
nicipal elections. This can be done
without a constitutional amendment.
Mr.. Merriam explained that the mi.
tiatiye and referendum constitutional
amendment has the right of way this
winter.
Other speakers were DIR. w. A.
Evans, Clarence b, Straus, Lawrence
p, Boyle, Charles Ringer. Mrs, John
F, Bass and Mrs. Antoinette Funk.
The bylaws adopted by the club
contain a provision for the recall of
its officers. An opportunity is given
for the use of the initiative and ref-i
erendum.
Thomas d. knight, president; DR..
W. A. Evans, first vice-president; VIII.
liam r, Medaris, secretary, and Henry
Z. Coonley, treasurer, were elected as
permanent officers.
James S. Hopkins, the able and
highly respected attorney, would make
a splendid judge.
The Fidelia Singing Society cele-
brated its fortieth anniversary Sunday
night at banquet and song recital in
the Lincoln Turner hall, Diyersey boul-