Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-08-02

the attention of the new complaint
bureau when IL is organized within
q few days.
That the company has the right to
give or refuse service to druggists or
those having public telephones was
the contention yesterday of A. r. Bone,
commercial superintendent Of the com.
pany. This was denied by Aid. Sits,
chairman Of the gas. oil and electric
light committee, which drew up the
ordinance under which the company
is operating.
THE druggists and others are merely
agents for the company" Is the ex.
PLANTATION Mr.. Bone gave. "They are
working for us and We can discharge
them IL we wish. They cannot repre-.
sent us II they also represent a com.
peting company. These men are paid
to have the telephones in their places
and we have the right to control
them"
That is rubbish" commented Aid.
Sits. THE telephone company must
give service to any person or firm in
Chicago demanding II II It Is physical.
ly possible. There Is nothing in the
ordinance giving this so.called right.
The complaint bureau will be ready
to start work in few days and these
cases probably will be among THE first
taken up"
Who gets the graft for allowing q
private taxicab company to monop.
Ollie Washington street at the south.
west corner Of the City Hall?
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Judge John r. Caverly has the pub.
lie with him in the common.sense
views he expresses from the bench
1t does not hurt Judge to show hu.
mainly to the downtrodden.
Well, the aldermen who favored the
phone trust will hear from their con.
stituents later on.
Whenever you get wrong mum.
Der remember your phone trust.
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Judge Edward Osgood Brown has by
his grand record on the Appellate
bench won the confidence and highest
esteem OF the people Of Chicago.
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Congressman McAndrews. who will
not run again, is talked OF for Gov.
ernor of Hawaii.
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Chicago pays Ave times az much
for telephone service as do the PEG.
pie Of 100 other cities.
Elections do not occur frequently
enough. The sure thing" reform or.
CARNATIONS would like to abolish cleo.
lions. but II there was one every
month II would be better for the peo
pie. The office holders would have
more respect for them.
The daily papers are against any
trust they are not in on.
The hardest kickers against state
regulation Of utilities outside of pro
fessional reformers, who have los,
their jobs. are aldermen, telephone
and traction companies. The people
are happy however and are anxiou,
for more state control.
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When the people get a crack a,
their home rule" aldermen they will
show them that the spirit Of real home
rule Ia still alive.
Aldermen believe that "homt
rule" and phone rule are synonymous
The people do not.
Chicago Ia tired OF the home rule
which fosters graft and neglects pub
lie interests.
The feeling Is growing in Chicag,
that local government should be lin
tied to the
Police Department.
Fire Department,
Health Department,
Building Department.
Public Works Department.
Special Assessment Department ant
department OF assessing and collect
Ing taxes.
Mayor Harrison IL personally hon
est, but no one man can change loca
conditions.
The local administration and regu
lation Of public utilities has proven
to be a gigantic failure.
II has resulted In the growth o
some curious systems OF graft appar
emily devoted to forcing aldermen an,
others to favor all schemes fosteret
by or upheld by so.called "reformers
devoted to
Municipal Voters League graft,
Legislature Voters League graft
Daily Newspaper graft and the pc
culiar forms OF real or imaginar!
graft. that have attended the careerl
OF most OF our out.on.bail or fugitives
from-justice reform organizations.
Most of the people Of Chicago ma!
be the fools that the professional re
formers take them to be.
But no community Of two and on'
half millions of people can long b.
played for chumps as Chicagoan
have been without revolution q