Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-07-31
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Chicago Must Have Both the Democratic
National Convention and the Repub.
ican National Convention Next Year.

Chicago must have two national con.
ventions next year.
It Is the only big city with sum.
mer convention climate.
Don't forget that.
And II has the accommodate for
convention that no other city can
boast Of.
Don't forget that, either.
IN the meantime Chicago people are
going to work hard to bring both Ma.
tional Conventions here. A guarantee
fund has to be raised first, and Fred
w. Upham, who IL chairman Of the
committee on finances, started out to
get subscriptions. There IL q commit.
tee Of twenty.one in charge Of the
work Of raising the necessary money.
There are seven republicans, seven
democrats and seven members of the
Chicago Association of Commerce on
the committee to make It wholly
non.partisan project. It is agreed that
only one.half Of the money subscribed
will be collected in the event that
Chicago gets only one Of the big
conventions.
I'VE want both Of them, and It will
be the best business proposition Chi.
cago has undertaken in years." said
Mr.. Upham. 1--WE might entertain one
convention for 100000. whereas the
cost Of taking care Of both conven.
lions probably would not exceed
100000. With two conventions there
could be saving Of $4,000 In ar.
ranging the convention hall, etc. The
finance committee that has been ap.
pointed will In no way conflict with
the strong committees that have been
appolnted-one by the Hamilton club
and the other by Charles Boeschen.
stein, democratic national committee.
man-to bring the conventions to
Chicago after the money is raised"
The members Of the nonpartisan
finance committee which has been ap.
pointed by Charles L. Dering, presi.
dent Of the Association Of Commerce,
are: Fred w. Upham, Charles H.
Hermann. Charles L. Dering, John w.
Eckhart, d. r. Forgan, Angus 8. Hib.
bard. Samuel insult, J. L. Kesner,
James A. Patten, John Barton Payne,
Francis 8. Peabody, Fred L. Rossbach,
John c. Roth. Frank L. Shepard.
James Simpson, John F. Smulski,
Henry stuckart. Roger G. Sullivan,
william Hale Thompson, Thomas J.
Webb. Roy o, West,
Upham Is chairman and Charles H.
Hermann, vice-chairman.
Civil Service Reform. hailed with
10y by the public. has established IN
ONCE holding aristocracy In the
United States. In Chicago alone.
Civil Service employees have forty %.
sociations Of their own to pry addt
tional coin from the taxpayers. The
man who works out his life for his
family In any private vocation can
starve to death in his old age. But .
fellow who enjoys q fat salary on =
public payroll all Of his life. rests %.
sured Of q pension paid by his fellow
citizens when he gets through.
The Democrats will renominate Gov.
ernor Edward F. Dunno next year.
The primaries are not many months
away and his name is the only one
mentioned.
With President Wilson heading the
ticket, the Democrats believe that
they have q good chance to carry the
state again.
Gas shut.of graft looks good to
some aldermen.
The City should be redistricted at
once. according to law. The wards
should be equalised according to popu.
lation. The First ward only has co..
$50 inhabitants. while the Twenty.
seventh has 94.S60. Six Of the wards
contain $4,000 people. The Fifteenth
has S0.6S2; the Twenty.hfth has &c..