Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-05-27
On Monday June 9Th You Have Chance
To Ratify Election of Six
Superior Judges
You Will Also Have An Opportunity to Start Some
Law Suit Business On Municipal
judges

The coalition ticket of Regular
Democratic and Regular RepubIi-
cans for Superior Court Judges will
have a walk over. on Monday, June
;. 1t is a good ticket and deserves
to be elected from top to bottom.
There will be two ballots.
One for Superior Court Judges will
Donald
William f Dever.
Joseph SABBATH.
John J. Sullivan
Martin J. Gridley on the Demo
cratic column and Walter P. Steffen
in the Republican column.
The other ballot will contain the
names Of candidates for Judge of the
Municipal Court. On this ballot the
first column viii be for the regular
republican nominees. Emanuel Eller,
Thomas J. Peden and Albert GualanO,
candidates for the three six months
vacancies who were nominated in con
ventiOn. Below will appear the name
of Albert Z. Beath, who won in the
republican primary April II for the
Fisher vacancy.
The next column Will be for the
democrats and the only name appear
ing Will be Peter H. Schwaba who was
nominated in the democratic primary
for the Fisher vacancy. AS part of
the coalition deal the democrats did
not nominate candidates for the other
vacancies.
The third column socialist, will be
vacant: the fourth column will carry
the name Of John r. Philip, who filed
for the Fisher vacancy by petition
the next column will carry only one
name. Newton D. Gilmore. who filed
for the Fisher vacancy by petition
The last column will be blank and
marked independent"
The other ballot will carry in the
democratic column the names Of the
tive democratic judges Of the Superior
court whose terms expire, and the
only name appearing in the republic
an column will be that of Aid Waiter
7. Steften, who also has been indOrsed
by the democrats as a part of the
coalition deal.
If any candidate for the Fisher va
cancy other than myself wins at the
judicial election" said Mr. Philip. 81
shall bring mandamus proceedings to
compel the election commissioners tC
certify me for the post, because
maintain that I am the only cadidate
for this office who has legal right or
the ballot l contend that neither
Beath nor H. Schwaba, the democra
tic candidate. was legally nominated
and the petition filed by Mr.. Gilmore
viii be protested by me because he
filed as a republican" instead of a.
independent republican" as required
by law"
1T is certain that court fight viii
result whatever the outcome at the
polls" said Chief Clerk Lohman o
the election commissioners. For that
reason I urged Judge Righeimer tt
allow the namesr of all four of the
men certified for the place by the
city clerk to go on the ballot. I can
not take the responsibility of OppOs
ing what the people have said they
wanted, either by vote or by petition
and therefore. think it is proper tha
the court decide who is entitled tC
the office"
Il certified all four of the candi
dates" said City Clerk Igoe, "becaus
the people said either by petition o.
by vote that they wanted them a
candidates. I am not the judge al
to whether they are legally entitled
to run for the office. l think l have
been correctly advised as to my &C
ton"