Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
EDITORIAL and PERSONAL NOTES
Pun6ent Paragraphs Live Topics, with Some
Comment on the Leadin6 Men of the Day.

1108 Men OF
Of the estimated expense of the sher.
IFS office for 1913 to the county bud.
get committee. It was asserted that
a tenth, and In some cases q fourth,
Of the bailiffs' salaries went for car
fares and incidental expenses. The
sheriff will ask for an appropriation
close to 100000. Momentary clashes
between the efficiency experts and Mr..
Peters enlivened the hearing. The
experts failed to see in what way the
bailiffs' duties were so arduous that
they should be paid more. II was
said that the Municipal Court bailiffs
did twice the work at about the same
salary.
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Judge Edward Osgood Brown would
do honor to seat on the Federal
bench.
The $40,sO0, 900 river and harbor ap.
preparation bill as reported to the
House contained, among others, the
following items: For the Chicago
River, 10000; Calumet River, 800.
900; Illinois River, 100000; wauke.
gan Harbor, 31s,500; Indiana Harbor,
S225.000.
The bill does not carry an appro.
priation for the Chicago harbor The
engineers have 100000 available for
the improvement of the harbor, but
the federal government will not ex.
pend any money on It until Chicago
makes certain improvements.
The people Of Chicago have nothing
but the highest respect and confidence
for Albert @. Wheeler, the well.known
financier and citizen.
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According to Peter Reinberg. presi.
dent Of the School Board, whether the
Health Department can compel the
public school pupils to submit to vac.
cination is matter for the Health De.
partment to decide, and not the Board
Of Education.
/ II think Health Commissioner
Young and Mrs. Young. superintend'
ent Of Schools, will cooperate help.
fully with each other" said Mr.. Rein.
berg. But whether the department
can compel pupil to be vaccinated
think the Health Commissioner must
decide for himself"
Parents of some children who re-
fused to be vaccinated maintain q de-
cision Of the Illinois Supreme Court
has held that compulsory vaccination
under these circumstances 10 illegal.
James 8. Hopkins, the popular and
able attorney and Master In Chancery
has gained the respect and confidence
Of both bench and bar by his clear
and honest record.
Judge Jesse A. Baldwin made plei
before the finance committee Of thu
County Board for the retention o
judges personal bailiffs. One Of tn,
suggestions that had been made :,
the finance committee as means o
cutting expenses in the 1913 bulge
was to eliminate the personal bailiffs
"Our bailiffs are Woodworking lot,
, said Judge Baldwin. 1.-THE work tina
: is required Of them demands highe
} degree Of mental work than that which
Is required Of any of the othe
bailiffs"
y Judge John e. Owens continues I,
!. serve the people In an able, homes
( and fearless manner as County Judge
J. Chicago's bread ordinance, regulat
: ing the weight of loaves. was uphel,
by the Supreme Court of the Unite,
Q States. The decision delivered by Jus
{ tice Day held that laws and ordinance
q intended to prevent frauds and re
9 curing honest weights and measure
j. are lawful exercises Of the police pow
J, ers Of state and municipalities.
i At the time the ordinance wa
passed many Of the bakeries in tn
city sold loaves Weighing nine and tel
:. ounces. Under the ordinance the
q cent loaf Of bread must weigh at leas
= twelve ounces.
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The Nineteenth Senatorial distriC
has In Joseph C.. Blaha an able, hor
y est and popular representative in tn
Legislature.
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y Five thousand volumes will be ado
4 ed to the Chicago public library's eli
d culation department this year. accort
). ing to action of the library director
at their regular meeting Monday nigh
a at which $4,000 was authorized to b
= spent for books. OF the number to
purchased about 30 per cent will
y books on the useful arts, science an
sociology, and 10 per cent fiction.
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r Louis Levy, the popular attorney,
n being doomed by Sixth ward Demo
Q Gratis for the vacancy in the Municips
r. Court bench.
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y Several of the Aldermen have e1
y pressed wonderment that the big Telt
. phone Trust, which Ia fighting o
hard to maintain high rates, does no