Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-04-19
TIE CttGA0 GO EAGLE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Gathered from All Quarters
About Men Talked About
In tho Walks Of
Politics.


Men Who Are Not and What
People Say.
William Schumacher, Western rep.
resentative for Rudolph Oelsner, the
well known importer Of beers, stands
in the front ranks Of Chicago's leading
business men and citizens.
d. II. O'Brien. the we'll known in.
surance man, is being talked of by
many Democrats for member Of the
Board of Review.
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Judge Edward Osgood Brown is
looked upon by thousands of Demo.
Gratis as the right man to place on the
Federal bench.
John J. Geraghty, the well known
button and badge manufacturer,
would make an ideal member Of the
West Park Board.
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Judge Joseph II. Fitch would make
fine Federal Judge. His record is
clean and honorable one in every re.
spect.
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The next big fight commences right
away. Petitions for all the big coun.
ty Offices to be filled next year must
be filed within nine months. This in.
cludes congressman, legislators, sher-
III, county treasurer, county clerk, Pro.
bate, County and other judges, and
clerks OF their courts.
The city should take possession
Of the Chicago Railways lines and
give the public good service.
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Bets are offered that there will
be more scandal over this last tele.
phone settlement" than over the
midnight sell out six years ago.
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Reduce the high salaries and no
JUL law will be necessary.
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Who Is the chief beneficiary of the
automatic gas shut of" device? This
wholly unnecessary invention has been
foisted upon the property owners Of
Illinois to benefit some one. Now,
who IL the beneficiary? The shut
of scheme costs the taxpayers about
$500 for every building, and that II Is
not needed Is proven by the fact that
people existed without It for all time
before the grafters behind 1t got to
work.
The new government income tax
exempts all Office holders VINO draw
more than $4,000 year. II this isn't
politics with q vengeance we don't
know what Is.
Clayton q. Crafts would grace q
seat on the Federal bench.
In Judge Joseph 2. Uhlir the people
have on the Municipal Court bench an
able. honest and conscientious man.
The phone trust does not own Chi.
cago even though It may think SO.
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A referendum on phone rates ID
demanded by the people.
As q member Of the Federal bench.
Judge Edward Osgood Brown would
serve with credit to himself and to the
people.
Among Chicago's foremost Anan
ciers and business men, no name
stands higher In the community thar
that Of Albert @. Wheeler.
ADVERTISEMENT
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
For . good many years the Chicago
public had ample opportunity to oh
serve what telephone monopoly mean,
In the way of service.
The rates had been raised severa
times-and threats Of another raisl
were being made. There was talk o.
abolishing certain forms Of residenc,
service. The public was treated with
scant courtesy. There were intermin
able delays in changing old phones
and installing new ones.
Then came the automatic telephone
bringing with 1t the much needed
spur Of competition.
What happened?
Immediately the utmost efforts I,
improve the manual service wer,
made.
But 1t ia a cold, hard fact that thss,
efforts have been to q large degre,
unsuccessful. It 10 simply a physica
impossibility to make manual servic,
come anywhere near the remarkable
efficiency Of the automatic.
Tho reason 10 obvious. The auto