Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-28


Is or 20 years.
The published Law Reports shoy
that he has successfully conducte,
more cases for working people agains
the railroads, and other corpora tions
and has induced the state and fedora
courts to establish more new rules O
law, favorable to the working people
than any other lawyer in the entir,
history Of the state.
At one time or another every stree
railway In Chicago, and many of tn,
steam railroads, insurance companies
and other large corporations, hav,
sought to employ him regularly to de
fend them In the courts, but he ha,
uniformly refused such employment.
he Ia close student OF public af
fairs. and he has travelled in practi
caiiy every country in Europe. study
Ing social conditions.
He Is a man Of striking appearance
being 9 feet and 3 inches In height: he
has strong personality. and Is an un
usually forceful and eloquent speaker
In 1904 he was married to Miss Hen
rietta A. Lonstorf. q member of q
prominent German family OF Milwau
kee.
He Is a member Of the Chicago Bar
Association and was one of its Board
OF Managers; he Is also member OF
the lroquois Club. the Press Club and
the Knights Of Columbus.
Carl 8. Vrooman, one of the three
anti.Sullivan candidates banded to.
gether as the "Wilson.Bryan League, /"
has announced his intention of with.
drawing from association with Frank
ID. Comerford and John z. White, the
other two. Dispatches from Spring.
field. where Mr.. vrooman was told
OF his having informed friends that
he intended to make an independent
campaign after the spring elections.
william f. Mason, former United
States Senator, expects to be a candi.
date for the Republican senatorial
nomination In September against Sen.
ator Lawrence Y. Sherman.
At Galesburg Mr. Mason said that
ne Is prepared to make announcement
or his candidacy without any strings
attached and that he will start cam.
paigning at once.
MIR. Mason announced he will make
his campaign on the Panama tolls
question. He is for free tolls" as
opposed to Senator Sherman's advo.
cacy Of repeal Of the free tolls provi.
sion for American ships.
The Progressive Party Is going to
make great fight this year. It will
put a state ticket In the field and will
'lso nominate complete congressional,
county and even township tickets.
The announcement was made BY
raymond Robins. chairman of the
Progressive state committee, who has
'een touring Illinois for nearly three
months. 1t completely destroyed the
lope Of Republican leaders that an
Of the Republican and
progressive parties might take place
'efore the November election.
Mr.. Robins returned to Chicago in
most optimistic frame OF mind. He
believes:
That the Republican organization in
illinois Ia dead.
That the Progressive organization
Viii be stronger In the fall of 1914
han 1t was In the fall of 1912 and that
he Progressive vote will be larger.
That the Pr0gressives have an ex.
client chance to name the next Unit.
d States senator from Illinois.
That the tariff bill and the increase
n the state tax rate are driving thou
ands Of Democrats into the Progress.
i've ranks.
That the Democrats face defeat In
heir state campaign this fall.
Since the first of the year Mr.. Rob- |
rs has been In forty-one of the lO2
ounties In Illinois. He declares that |
all except five of these the Progress.
Ives have an effective working or.
anization.
I'VE have won several victories in
,wnship elections, which show the |
over of our new organization" he
aid. In the next campaign we in.
md to have Progressive tickets in
ie field In every township In every
ounty and In every congressional dis.
'ict In the state.
"The chances for the election of a
rOgressive United States senator are
xtremely bright. On the Republican
de 1t appears certain that Senator
herman will be renOminated. His
ote for the Allen bill and his wabbly
Dlitical course, which makes him an
1vocate of Progressive measures one
~ and of the most reactionary ones
ext day, will prevent his election"
Vote for William j. Healy in the