Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-05-02
POLITICAL TALK
Heard from the Various Camps
During the Week About
Men Prominent In
Politics.
What the Leaders Are Doing and
What People Have to Say
About Them.

The new committee chairmen in
the council will be Otto Kerner, head
Of the judiciary committee; John To.
man, chairman Of the license commit.
tee, and Thomas d. Nash, head Of the
building committee.
The chairmen Of the other council
committees az recommended BY the
committee on committees are: Eu.
gene Block, local transportation; Lew.
Is d. Sits, gas, oil and electric light;
Harry e. Littler, harbors; Albert ].
Fisher, local industries; w. J. Healy,
streets and alleys; Joseph F. Ryan.
schools; Willis o. Nance, health; Ell.
lis 0eiger, railway terminals.
The democrats have given up one
committee chairmanship, retaining
seven instead Of eight, and have lost
their majorities on the finance, har-
bors and license committees. On the
finance committee, the democrats
and republicans will each have seven
members, with the deciding vote in
any party lineup In the hands of
Charles E. Merriam, an independent.
The word went around that there
will be little delay in announcement
that former Warden z. J. Murphy Of
Joliet will be Republican gubernatorial
candidate, probably with the support
Of the Republican state organization.
State Representative Homer J. Tice
Of Greenwich, author Of the good
roads" bill. Is almost certain to be put
forward as the entry Of downstate
Republicans who are close to Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman.
Former Speaker Charles Adkins Is
preparing to run as an out.and.out
farmers candidate"
Republicans In touch with Col. Low.
den expressed the judgment that he
will start independently Of all factions.
II some Of the people that the So
called "Bryan.Wilson Democracy"
spoken Of so frequently by Carl vroo.
men) are subjecting to abuse would
look up the records Of the old legis.
lative Democracy and find out how
many Of these "Wilson.B Bryan" legis.
lative knockers and grafters, who vot-
ed for vrooman, against the party
nominee, are rated by legislative crit.
les they would make fine spectacle
out Of Vrooman's "Wilson.Bryan
crowd.
We have been at some pains to
find out who these "Bryan-Wilson
Democrats" who voted for Mr.. vroo.
man were; what they did, and all
about them.
We hnd that Of the Thirty.four
"Bryan.Wilson Democrats" who voted
for Mr.. Vrooman the following finally
voted for and elected Lawrence Y.
Sherman, dyed.in.the.wool corpora
tion.serving Republican. United States
senator: Representatives Bell, Bris.
coe. Burns. Clyne. Coleman, Costello.
Diekman, Finley, H. A. Foster, Hub.
bard, Huston, Igoe, Kassenna. Koch,
Karch. McWilliams, Morrasy, Poor.
man, Rinehart, Scott, William Rowe,
Schuberth, Strubinger, r. r. Thomp-
son, Trimarco, Werts. Weber and vii.
liamson-twenty.eight representatives
in all. And Senators Campbell, Clark,
Forst. Glackin, Kellar and Piercy-six
In all. Total, thirty.four.
Inasmuch as Sherman's record as a
former member Of the legislature was
notorious. and the fact that he voted
for the Allen bill. the warehouse bill
and other obnoxious measures Is we'll
known to all, the "Bryan-Wilson Dem.
ocracy," pointed TO with so much
pride Of Mr.. Vrooman, were certainly
anything but good Democrats. not to
say anything else.
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