Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-06-05
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1.-THE attitude of the school board
was tinged with hostility toward the
council" said Chairman Buck. This
attitude Is entirely unjustified. l can.
not understand the stand taken by the
board, especially Mr.. Otis and MIR.
Peterson, who have said that this sub.
committee Is dominated by the Teach.
ers' Federation and that the council
does not intend to give the board a
fair investigation.
I'VE were promised the cooperation
Of the trustees, and now, by a strange
reversal, we are denied any informa.
ton"
Owing to the peculiar situation in
which the Corporation Counsel, Rich.
ard 8. Folsom. stands toward the
school board, which abolished his Of.
fee as general counsel for the board
and cut or his salary Of $500. Alder.
man Buck was authorized to get legal
advice elsewhere, II he deemed It I'D.
visable.
"City Comptroller Pike and Captain
Coffin Of the Civil Service Commission
have stated that we cannot pay J. l..
Jacobs, our expert. out Of the funds
appropriated by the city for this In.
vestigation." Alderman De Priest said.
"Mr. Jacobs is under suspension from
the city's service by the civil service
board, and we may need legal advice
to handle this natter"
This situation shows that the books
Of any municipality should be open ia
the inspection Of any reputable citizen
or body" said Alderman Mccormick
whether 1t Is the City Council, the
Board OF Education. the County Board
or the Sanitary District"
Mayor Thompson took slap at the
engineers who recently reported to the
Chicago Real Estate Board that Chi
Cages sewage disposal system was In
adequate and must be supplemented
by artificial disposal plants.
They say the water IL murky anG
that It must be filtered" said he, "ant
that we wasted more water than an,
other city. We are glad to have lott
OF water and waste It. for It makes
Chicago a cleaner and healthier city
! doubt II Chicago's water supply coult
be improved by cutting down on tn,
quantity and altering the rest"
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An interesting newspaper poll o
the 1000 Chicago lawyers shows how
the wind blows.
/ Fifty.three candidates In all wer,
voted for.
Thomas g. Windes of the Circui
Court, got q great tribute from thu
members of the bar In the vote takel
among lawyers by the Chicago Herald
His high character as Judge Is ap
preciated. The Heralds' poll showet
Judge Pinckney as favOrite, leadini
the list.
Judge Hickman Seaman, Judg'
Lockwood Honore. Judge Edward o.
good Brown, Judge George Kersten
Judge John Gibbons and Judge Johl
p. McGoorty, all sitting judges, wer'
all top notchers in the big vote polled
So were Charles NJ. Walker, Richar'
S. Tuthill and Frank Baker.
John f.. Owens, Joseph SABBATH,
C. Martin, Donald II. Richberg ant
Mckenzie Cleland were big favorite
among the judicial candidates not nov
on the circuit bench.
Judge Theodore BrentanO Of course
had a walkaway as the choice for tn
Superior bench to succeed himself
He had no opposition to speak Of.
The Bar Association vote wa
practically the same as the Herald
poll.
The Civil Service law provides TO
an expenditure of $4,000 by the cit
Civil Service Commission for specia
help over 100000 has been e'
pended annually In violation of tn
law.
Firemen and Policemen are entitle
to pensions. They risk their lives fo
the public. Political buns. who ris
nothing and do nothing for the public
should not be pensioned.