Chicago eagle., 1913-01-11
ITEMS Of INTEREST
Gathered from All Quarters
About Men Talked About
In the Walks OF
Politics.
Men Who Are Candidates and
Men Who Are Not and What
People Say.

Men Who Are Not and Wnat
People Say.
Anson II. Brown would prove
worthy representative of the Thirty.
first ward in the City Council. Il
John NJ. O'Connor, the popular State
Senator from the Twenty.ninth Dis
trict, has announced his candidacy for
Superior Court Judge.
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Edward A. Dicker, former Munici.
pal Judge, is the choice Of thousands
Of Republicans to succeed Superior
Court Judge Ben M. Smith.
Albert ]. Hopkins won the everlast.
ing friendship of the people Of I'LL.
nois by his honest, clean and fearless
record in the United States Senate.
william D. Munhall would prove o
winner as the Democratic nominee for
Judge Of the Superior Court next
spring.
Clayton Z. Crafts would grace q
seat on the Federal bench.
Talk Of Judge Edward Osgood
Brown for Attorney General In Presi.
dent Wilson's cabinet continues to
grow.
Andrew J. Ryan would grace a seat
on the United States bench.
The telephone trust could make
money IL its service was limited to
three classes Of the measured va.
riety at 80, $12 and $50 per year.
But It wouldn't pay eight per cent
dividends.
The taxpayers Of Chicago are
beaten out Of thousands Of dollars
annually by the telephone tru.'.
Everybody knows that In all outly.
ing districts and even in some locali.
ties In the loop district, the telephone
trust IL not required to bury its
wires. Costly brick, asphalt and co.
ment alleys are laid al over the city
In which telephone poles are erected
and are permitted to stand. Who ID
In on this graft?
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The appointment Of Bernard J. Ma
hony a. Assistant States Attorney
was popular one. States Attorney
Hoyne will not have an ADLER or more
earnest helper than Mr.. Mahony.
The telephone trust contsmplatsl
another big public improvement. II
10 going to raise ito dividend.
What are the aldermen going to d.
In the matter Of telephone tariff re
duction?
The number Of aspirants for City
Treasurer promises to be unusually
large.
III ~SA
III The people are watching their al
dermen in this telephone matter. They
know that they can lower the rates Il
they want to.
The honest and clean administra
! tion Of the election board in Cool
county has reflected credit upon tho
popular County Judge, John Il
Owens.
Give the people referendum vot'
on the telephone rates.
Chicago needs high water pressur,
system.
ADVERTISEMENT
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
For q good many years the Chicag
public had ample opportunity to OF
serve what telephone monopoly mean
In the way of service.
Au0 t0SOo ubu O00u X0lb0u b0V0Td
times-and threats of another rails
were being made. There was talk o
abolishing certain forms of residenc
service. The public was treated witt
scant courtesy. There were intermir
able delays in changing old phone
and installing new ones.
Then came the automatic telephone
bringing with 1t the much needle,
spur Of competition.
What happened?
Immediately the utmost efforts L
improve the manual service wer
made.
But 1t is cold, hard fact that thes
efforts have been to a large degre
unsuccessful. It Is simply a physics
impossibility to make manual servic
come anywhere near the remarkabl
efficiency of the automatic.
The reason Ia obvious. The auto
matte is O higher DEVELOPMENT of tn