The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-12-23

niverSary OF this newspaper and witt
the Christmas spirit now prevailing
the writer extends a Merry Christina
and Happy New Year to all the mem
bers of the Chicago City Council. 1
is only fitting on this momentous oc
casion that the people of Chicago b,
made familiar with the good deed.
which have been performed by their
representatives in the city council dur.
ing the past year. We have much to
be thankful for and we are going to
try and point out here and there some
of the good that has been done by the
esteemed members of the council
body.
Too often the hard and conscien-
tious work of a council member is
ignored. Seldom is the alderman
given credit for the constructive
things carried out by him. Rather he
is almost constantly the object of Bit
ter attack and criticism. However,
the writer being on the job in and
about the city hall, is in a position to
point out to the people of Chicago
that their aldermen are not only alert
in the interests of their constituents,
but that during the past year many
important and constructive measures
have been introduced and fought for
by them.
While some aldermen have been
waging a constant and persistent fight
in behalf of the poor and common cit
izen, others have been untiring in their
efforts to provide small parks, bathing
beaches and Fairgrounds. Little chill
dren have their friends constantly on
the alert in their behalf among the
aldermen; the liberal minded as we'll
as the conservatives have their repre-
sentation; city employees have their
champions while the humble consumer
and renter have members in the coun-
Gil body, ready to fight their battles.
The church is not without its friends
while the rights of the unbeliever are
not trampled upon.
Religion and creed are never
dragged into the debates and it is sell
dom that politics are permitted to be
injected in council proceedings.
The colored people have friends not
'nly among the representatives of
heir own race but they have able and
wiling champions among the white
members of the council
Thus it is with a personal realiza-
ion OF the good work and deeds of
he individual members of the council
'ody that we proceed to point out !,
ONE of the things which the different :.
ldermen have stood and fought for
uring the past eleven months. !:
The excellent streets in the down 4
OWN district and the clean pavements 9
nd sidewalks are due especially to the \
forts of the first ward representa- e.
YES, Aid. Kenna and Coughlin. These ;,
To aldermen are at the present time
aiding a fight for three big loading =
atoms in the loop to expedite street :
IT transportation during the rush =
ours. Also they are advocating the :
hiding of foot bridges at street in 8
rsections to relieve pedestrian con-
.stion. g
The untiring efforts of Aid. Louis Il
Anderson of the second ward and :,
Id. Robert R. Jackson in behalf of :,
e colored people of Chicago, are too
I'll known to require any comment
ID. Anderson, who has been a credit e
the colored people by his leader -
ip for Mayor Thompson on the "
uncil floor, has also brought esteem :.
his race by his intelligence and II
owledge of parliamentary practices. 3
Aid. Jackson has always stood by u
; colleagues in the many council -
hts and the present investigations -
70 the activities of the Ku Klux y
an, is due to the efforts of Aid. =
ckson.
Aid Johntry of the fourth ward is 81
hting a winning battle for pure
ter at the municipal bathing co
aches. He was also conspicuous in IN
. campaign against prohteering land w
ds. Aid Johntry has repeatedly IS
ne to the front for colored constitu- Gle
IS in his ward. OF
This same ward has been further Vo
nored by being represented by Aid. pr
s. Schwartz, who took the initia- CO..
E and performed a great public
y in bringing about the settlement wa
the big street car strike last sum- WI
r. Aid. Schwartz also led in ex- the
ing the expert fee grabbers, who ass
k millions of dollars out of the to
:kets of the tax payer. day
{ it were not for the activities of
Charles s. Eaton of the fifth ward, TIM
chairman of the city waste commits frs
1, the health of the entire COM the
nifty would be endangered because big
lack of garbage disposal places. of
: Eaton is now working on a num- A
OF important propositions IN con- sec,
bon with this vexing problem. me,
me of the best friends the f;tfIe