Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-07-22

spring you had better get busy at
once if you want to get into the front
line when the bell taps for the race
From present indications there will
be four tickets in the field, not count
ing the Socialists or the Ku-KluX-Klan
who are talking of putting up a man
for the job.
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The Regular Democrats and the
Regular Republicans; the Harrison
Democrats and the Thompson Repub-
Iicans are all talked of by slate max
ers as sure entrants.
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Mayor Thompson will not enter the
Republican primary but will run in
dependent; Carter H. Harrison may
run independent also That leaves
the Regular Republican and Regular
Democratic fields open for guesswork.
Two names are paramount for the
Regular Republican nomination.
Judge George Barrett has the power
full backing of the Grove following.
County Recorder Joseph F. Haas, one
of the most popular men in politics,
has the almost unanimous backing of
the big Deneen following.
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The Regular Democrats have some
strong men to figure on. William l..
,f,11 III
is much mentioned. So are Clayton F.
Smith, who is strong with everybody;
Dennis ]. Egan, one of the leaders
who has always kept close to the peo-
pie; Judge Frank Johnston, Jr., whom
many regard as an ideal candidate,
and Judge George Kersten, whose
strength with the people cannot be de-
MED.
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At the June election the people
voted to bond the city of Chicago to
the extent of $3,000,000 in order to
build new bridges which are much
needed
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The hungry workers are so busy
since the vote that it is doubtful if
more than one bridge will be built.
Already arrangements are being made
to tear off $1.5OO.OOO of the amount
voted, for "other purposes"
What these ''other purposes" are
may be known to a select few The
pikers in the city council can't tell.
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At the next council meeting, it is
said, an ordinance whose effect will
be to turn into the corporate fund
S1,500,000 of the bridge bond proceeds
is being pushed for passage at the
next council meeting by city admins
tration leaders. If it passes, city de-
partment heads are ready with re-
quests for supplemental appropria-
tions which will give them the spend
ing of the additional funds.
Some of this bridge money is needed
for street cleaning they say. Deputy
Commissioner Burkhardt of the public
works department, with a request for
a 100000 additional appropriation for
street cleaning has pinned his pro-
posal to the ordinance and hopes to
clean streets with the spending
money.
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Some members of the city council
who stand up for economy and lower
taxes are centering their attack on a
provisO in the bond appropriation or
dinance submitted to the city council
repeating action taken last March
when $1,500,00O of telephone COM
pany franchise payment was ap-
propriated to continue work on the
Roosevelt viaduct.
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These economical aldermen want
the bridges that the people voted for
and they want this Roosevelt appro-
priation repealed and the money ap-
piled on street cleaning.
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If the repeal section of the meas
ure is eliminated, it is declared, the
city can either build an additional
river bridge from the bond issue, or
can refrain from issuing $1,50O,OO0 of
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