Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-25

ABOUT wen Alk00 HUOUS
In tho Walks Of
Politics.
Men Who Are Candidates and
Men Who Are Not and What
People Say.
Alderman George F. Harding, Jr.,
will have little opposition for renomi.
nation in the Second ward.
John NJ. Duffy, the well.known attor.
ney, Is being talked Of by leading
Democrats for Judge Of the Superior
Court.
Alderman William F. Ryan should
experience little difficulty in being re.
nominated by the Democrats in the
Thirty fourth ward.
James v, O'Donnell, the popular at
torney and master.in.chancery, would
prove q worthy successor to Superior
Court Judge Ben M. Smith.
Albert ]. Hopkins election to the
short term in the United States SEN
ate would be an act Of Justice that
would reflect credit upon the Legis-
lature Of Illinois.
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The fact IL dawning upon the pub.
lie that the Phone Trust hangs on to
its antique and out.of.date equipment
Just to keep prices up. The older the
kind Of instrument In use the easier
It IL to pile up q lot Of figures, prov.
ing the great cost Of maintenance,
and this great cost has to be added
to the telephone bill Of the subscriber.
The only reason why the telephone
Trust will not use the automatic sys-
tenn 10 because It can make more
money out Of the public with ito anti.
quated service. England. has adopted
the automatic service, and 30 has far.
away Australia and New Zealand.
The Trust 10 80 busy garnering
q great fortune from the people Of
Chicago that all that It wants 10 .
number Of friendly aldermen, and the
people be ID"
Every effort IL being made BY the
Trust to cloud the real situation and
get away with another schedule OF
high prices. Every subject except the
real one-overcharge Of telephone
rates-is brought up BY the company's
agents at Council Committee meet
ings. The rates should be cut In half
to begin with, and the company
should be obliged to install automatic
secret service.
Col. James Hamilton Lewis IL the
| choice Of Illinois Democrats first, last
and oil the time for United States
senator.
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Give 10 the Initiative and Referen'
dunn and lower telephone rates.
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James 8. Hopkins has won the
highest respect Of the bench and bar
In Cook county BY his clean and up
right record.
The number Of aspirants for City
Treasurer promises to be unusually
large.
VIII any alderman have the hardi
hood to pledge the city to pay eight
per cent dividends on watered tele
phone stock?
What are the aldermen going to d.
in the matter Of telephone tariff re-
ductionf
In Judge Joseph 2. Uhlir the people
have on the Municipal Court bench q
able. honest and conscientious man.
| M. ]. Faherty would make an excel
lent City Treasurer.
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(ADVERTI0E4DNT.)
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE.
| For . good many years the Chicag
public had ample opportunity to OF
serve what telephone monopoly mean
In the way OF service.
The rates had been raised ssvers
times-and threats Of another rails
were being made. There was talk q
abolishing certain forms Of residenc
service. The public was treated Wit
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 I
improve the manual service wer
made.
But 1t is a cold, hard fact that thes
efforts have been to q large degre
unsuccessful. It 10 simply q physics
imDOasibility to make manual aerviC