Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
Personal Items About Active
Chicago Men Who Help
Mold Public Opinion.
Something About Hustlers In the
Business and Political World
Of the City.

JOhn +. Devine, FORMER chairman OF
the Republican County Central Com.
mittee, made a hot reply to Mayor
Thompson's Springfield speech at
tacking the Deneen leaders of the
party. In his speech Mayor Thomp.
son accused Mr.. Devine of having told
members Of the county committee in
1912 to pay no attention to the candi.
date for President, but to devote their
efforts to the election of the state and
county tickets.
Mayor Thompson's charge is an un.
qualified falsehood," said Mr.. Devine,
in formal statement.
1T would be remarkable, indeed, II
among forty.one men there would be
no one who would object then or later
to such an unheard.of position toward
the candidate for President Of the
United States. It seems to be up to
the mayor, who was not present at
the meeting, to manufacture this
charge at this time.
THE people Of Chicago are now
paying him $4,000 year for services
as mayor. It was not contemplated
that among such services would be
the act Of compelling 700 city EN-.
ployes under civil service to buy Big
Bill hats and badges and go to Spring.
field to boost Big Bill.
1T was not contemplated that his
time should be spent In forcing city
civil service employees to circulate
Frank o. Lowden petitions for COVER
nor. Colonel Lowden has announced
| that he refuses to be the candidate Of
any faction. or in other words, that
| he would not be loaded down with the
blight of Thompson and Lundin."
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william NJ. Morrison, the we'll
known photographer, whose studio
Is located in the Schiller building, Is
one of the substantial and highly re.
spected residents of the North Side.
He is much talked of for Alderman Of
the Twenty.first ward.
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The extremely drys are making a
fight against the reelection of Con.
gresham james II. Mann, began in
earnest last night with an antl.Mann
meeting at the Woodlawn Baptist
Church. Webster Davis, Of Kansas
City. who has been assisting In the
organization of the anti.Mann forces
in every precinct In the district, was
the principal speaker. He urged the
voters to retire Mr.. Mann because Of
his leadership Of the opposition to the
HObson proposal to obtain prohibition
by amending the constitution.
Mr.. Davis will remain In Congress
man Mann's district about two weeks
longer. As yet the ants have been
unable to find any candidate to oppose
the congressman. Charles H. Sergel
city treasurer. has been asked to
make the race and he may be induced
to enter the lists later. Aid. A. A
Mccormick and Aid. Charles E. Mer
Ram also have been mentioned as pos
sible congressional timber.
| Business Men, Corporations, Rail
road officials. Utility people or pri
vate individuals who are approached
on behalf of some alleged official or
gan," the patronizing Of which Is al
legged to please" or benefit or indi
rectly bride any
State Senator.
Legislator,
| Criminal Court Bailif,
Civil Service Expert.
Park Official.
Chief Bailiff.
Political Boss, or
Other official,
Will confer a favor by ut once ad
vising THE EAGLE OF the fact. Cal
up Main 1913 or write the facts brief
ly and send them to this Office. Thii
working Of the public to make Off
cial graft must cease. THE EAGLE
has and the general public have beer
annoyed by the antics Of this class
long enough. Keep tab on them and
let us do the rest.
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