Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11

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James V. O'Donnell the popular at.
torney and master.in.chancery, would
prove a worthy successor to Superior
Court Judge Ben NJ. Smith.
Dispositions of county officials were
taken in the election contest by which
w. J. Stapleton seeks to win the state
senatorial seat to which George w.
Harris was elected by a narrow ma
jority. Stapleton alleges that Harris
lacked the five-year residence in Chi.
cago which the law requires.
II am acquainted" said Stapleton
last night, with the statute which
says that the man with the next high.
est number of votes Is not elected.
But 1t has been the practice of the
senate in such cases to recognize the
candidate with the second highest
number of votes"
Twenty.ffth warders are going to
re.nominate and re-elect their able
and faithful alderman, Henry d. Cap.
itain.
Alderman Lewis d. Sits will have
no trouble In being renominated in
the Seventeenth ward.
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne on
Tuesday asked the finance committee
OF the county board for total ap.
preparation Of $217,7OO with which to
operate his Office during 1913. Upon
the advice of his predecessor, Mr..
Wayman, the states attorney sought
five more assistants than the thirty.
one that the Office carried last year.
"Mr. Wayman told me before he
left Office he explained, ito make
every effort I could to get at least
this number OF thirty.six assistants.
He said his administration was labor.
ing under the disadvantage of insult.
cient help, and that unless this was
remedied the additional work that
would devolve upon my administra.
ton would cause us to fall hopelessly
behind in the matter Of keeping our
docket up to date"
| Mr.. Hoyne proposes to add two as.
sistants at $500 month, two ut $3.50
month and two at 5000, but he plans
to drop one of the assistants now In
the Office. ...
James G. Dooley Is talked Of by
many Democrats for that vacancy on
the Municipal Court bench.
William Hale Thompson Is being
mentioned by many Republicans Of
the right man for City Treasurer mex,
spring.
. Henry Sherman Boutell, ministe
. to Switzerland and former Congress
man, was nominated by Presiden
l Taft for Judge of the Court of Claims
, and Fenton w. Booth Of Illinois wa
named for chief justice Of tina
r tribunal. Judge Booth has been
I member Of the Court of Claims sine
e 1905. Mr.. Boutell's appointment give
widespread satisfaction.
~
. Edward J. Kaindl, president of tn
Northwest Liquor Dealers Associi
;, ton, was Endorsed for the Democrat
= nomination for alderman OF the FIJI
teenth ward at meeting at Giese'
- Hall, 2745 West Division street.
II Peter Reinberg was on Wednesda
night elected President of the Schoo
IS Board. ~
n Mayor Harrison appointed Josepl
j. Murray as city fire attorney, to sue
a coed Michael F. Sullivan, recentl
% made assistant states attorney. MI
a. Murray has eight children. He live
le at 1866 West Monroe street and i
s. forty years old.
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Charles ii. Wacker, of the Chicago
Plan Commission, and Jarvis Hunt
architect, will be asked to meet the
council committee on local industries
70 January 16 to confer on the policy o.
20 the city as compared with the policy
- VI bH' NHi'dSO pan, NuHlcIOuS stTee
= vacations are sought by various rail
y road companies and others, and the
;" members wish to learn whether OF
. not these are hindrance to the Chi
!, cago plan idea.
e ~
q Alderman 81 Mayer announced {
m meeting for IL o'clock Saturday noon
70 at which the discussion of fire com
is missioner to have charge of the bust
is ness end of the fire department viii
IF be taken up. Aldermen Toman ant
I. Burns, the other members of the sub
Is committee which has the matter IL
n charge, the fire chief, assistant fire
N chief and representatives of the board
II of underwriters will be present.
e. ~
Chicagoans interested in the i'm
provement of Illinois roads are plan
d ming to attend the highway improve
n. ment convention which is to be helt
Is in Springfield, ILL.,, on January 81.
n Among the speakers will be w. C
" Brown president of the New Yorh
a Central lines: CONGRESSMAN Martin