Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-26

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James s. Hopkins, the well known |
lawyer, talked OF for the Circuit
bate Judge to succeed Judge Cutting.
After licking their chops at the
Phone banquet, Chicago aldermen
hate to lose good picking.
John c. Paul the well known North
Side Democrat will probably be nomi
mated by his party for member Of
the Board of Review next year, &C.
cording to current gossip.
II is reported that Congressman Nc.
Andrews will not be a candidate for
reelection.
Andrew J. Ryan, the well.known
lawyer and former city attorney.
stands high in the estimation Of I'll
Chicagoans both % lawyer and 20 Q
| citizen.
william A. Doyle Is being favor.
ably discussed by lawyers and Demo.
cratic leaders for position on the
Federal bench. He was a warm sup.
porter Of President wilson's candi.
dacy long before the National Con.
vention met.
Peter Reinberg has sold to H. p.
Kransz, builder, a tract of about three
and one quarter acres at the south.
east corner of st. Louis and Balmoral
avenues, a consideration Of SO being
given. Mr.. Kransz states that with
the completion Of the Kedzie avenue
street car extension he probably will
resubdivide the property and place
It upon the market.
. Both a. q lawyer and q citizen
James 8. Hopkins IL liked and re
: spected by all who know him.
Whether It 10 utility home rule
or not, Chicago people are bound t
. have phone rule.
Cook county never had q bettel
. County Judge than John e. Owens
|. He IL honest. conscientious and fear
less.
The city should build bridges owe
a the river at La Sale and FRANKLIN
e streets. They are badly needed.
~
g Aldermanic terms are to be length
}. ened to four years to oblige tn
Phone Trust.
n Judge Edward Osgood Brown has b.
q his grand record on the Appellat
4 bench won the confidence and highes
, esteem Of the people Of Chicago.
Chicago pays five times as niue
for telephone service 40 do the pc,
ID pie Of 100 other cities.
Q. John J. Coburn would make an abb
and fearless District Attorney fc
IL Northern Illinois.
m Three out or every four autos vi
&c late the tail light and number law.
Judge John r. Caverly has the pu
n. lie with him in the common.seni
Va views he expresses from the benc
II does not hurt Judge to show h
mainly to the downtrodden.
Chicago Is tired OF the "home rul,
ne which fosters graft and neglects pu
ed lie interests.
IN The feeling is growing In Chicai
IL that local government should be Iii
10. tied to the
Police Department.
nd Fire Department,
1t. Health Department,
nd Building Department,
m Public Works Department.
Special Assessment Department al
department OF assessing and collet
ing taxes.
Mayor Harrison Is personally no
ne est, but no one man can change loo
Is. conditions.
he The local administration and reg
lation Of public utilities has prov,
en- to be a gigantic failure.
ry 1t has resulted In the growth
as some curious systems Of graft appa
ne emily devoted to forcing aldermen al
es others to favor all schemes foster'
by or upheld by so.called "reformer
ty devoted to
m Municipal Voters League graft,
In Legislature Voters League gra
'e. Daily Newspaper graft and the =
culiar forms of real or imagina
graft, that have attended the caree
of most of our out.on-bail or fugitiv,
from.justice reform organizations.
Of Most of the people Of Chicago m,
er be the fools that the professional I
IA. formers take them to be.
in But no community Of two and OF
y. half millions of people can long
ID played for chumps as Chicagoa
re have been without a revolution
some sort setting In.
Chicago gets very little out of
public utilities.
ei When the reformers and daily new
~ papers get through regulating thel
there is very little left for the pc