Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-11-25

Popular Former Speaker Talked of For
Mayor BY Many Republicans, Joseph
f. Haas Will Be Strongly
Backed

recorder as their best vote getter.
They believe he is the one Republican
who can draw support from every ele-
ment in the Republican party needed
to defeat Thompson tor the nomina-
ton.
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Haas is veryt popular. He was
elected recorder of deeds in 1916, at
that time having the largest plurality
of any Chicago Republican candidate
on the ticket. He repeated this per-
formance in 1920, when he received
5O3,979 votes of men and women in
Chicago His plurality was 2S2.261.
Joseph F. Haas was born in Chicago
sixty-ive years ago. He has been
clerk in the sanitary district, alder
man of the old Fifteenth ward, mem
Der of the board of education, a state
senator, park commissioner. county
clerk, member of the Illinois water
way commission. He is member of
the Masonic order, of the Royal
Arcanum, Royal League. Schweitzer
Benevolent society, Schwaben society,
the German Press club and the Illinois
Athletic club.
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Thomas A. Smyth, vice president of
the great John A. Smyth Company,
can be mayor if he says the word.
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Democrats of all classes and fac
tions are constantly mentioning his
name for the place.
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Mr. Smyth made the best president
the Sanitary District of Chicago ever
had. His six years in that position
brought order out of chaos and were
devoid of scandal.
But Mr. Smyth is a modest man.
He never seeks office for himself He
is more interested just now in get
ting Democrats to favor the nomina-
tion of his friend, James McAndrews,
the former congressman, for mayor.
Judge Joseph SABBATH is being
doomed for mayor by thousands of
friends. He would make a good one,
as he is just and able.
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Chief Justice Harry Olson of the
Municipal court would make an ideal
| mayor in the opinion of thousands
of his admirers who praise his ability
and strength of character.
George Hull Porter, general sales
agent of the Western Electric Com
pany, is the latest Democratic entrant
in the mayoralty race The former
president of the Illinois Athletic Club
| headed the Sweitzer Business Mems
| Club in 1919, and the p. ]. Carr Busi-
ness Mems Organization this Fall. He
resides at SAC Surf st.
Our wonderful crime commission has
something to work on at last. The
Daily News published a big story on
| Tuesday to the effect that Mayor Hy-
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whole thing for Hearst to nominate
! Mayor Thompson for president on a
third party ticket.
President-elect Cermak of the Coun
ty Board should have the appointment
of every employe in the County Build
| ing-Elevator men, janitors and all
But Pete Hoffman, the sheriff-elect
is looking for trouble-and he viii
have plenty of it. He wants to usurI
the prerogatives of the county presi
dent. This time he is up against
man he can't fool.
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That the campaign now being wage,
by Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, Chica
go's commissioner of health, agains
ed by citizens, is patent by the dali,
flood of mail lying upon his desk.
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Appointment of receiver for tn
Douglas National Bank of Chicago
the only national bank exclusivel
owned and operated by negroes
was asked in a petition file
Tuesday in the United States Distrie
court.
The plea charges that the bank
insolvent and that officers, headed b
Anthony Overton, president, planne
!, to divert S175,O00 of its funds to th
I promotion of proposed Overto
Y building at State street and Thirt.