Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

! are made n H., ItII II VIII he report
| &c to the house by Chairman Ford
nev and will be brought out for pas
| sage next Monday.
Before the vote the committee had
questioned Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon and Comptroller of the Cur
| rency Crissinger. Upon gaining adj
missions that estimates of the cost
of the bonus were speculative the
committee approved the bill.
The money necessary to finance
the bonus would be provided by legal
tender treasury notes, without inter
est or tax, under terms of a bill in
troduced in the house by Representa-
tive Ryan of New York.
Veterans who served overseas would
each receive $1,000 and ex-service
ment who did duty on American soil
would receive $500 under provisions
of the bill.
Will veto Bill
Palm Beach, Fla, March 16.-Presi-
! dent Harding has informed members of
| his vacation party that if congress
passes the soldier bonus measure as
at present constituted he will veto it,
This message came ashore from the
| presidential houSeboat 1t was re-
| ported but not confirmed, that the
! President sent Il telegram to Chairman
| Fordney Of the house ways and means
| committee ut Washington, apprising
him of his decision.
| SO far as the President is con-
! cerned. il was stated by his conf
4 - los f,x-
James NJ. Whalen, one of the most
popular young Democrats in Chicago.
should be nominated for Sanitary
! Trustee at the April II primary.
AseA
James S. Hopkins is making a win
ming campaign for the Republican
| nomination for State Senator in the
Fifth Senatorial District All indica-
tiOns point to his election by big
majority. He is qualified in every
way for the position he aspires to and
| will prove to be one of the best state
senators Illinois has ever had
County Judge Frank Righeimer
completed his courses of instruction
for judges and clerks of election with
! class at the WadswOrth school Mon
day night. 1t is estimated that ap-
| prOXimately $4,000 citizens have at
tended the classes in addition to the
1000 Judges and clerks of election.
James NJ. Daley, candidate for the
! Democratic nomination for sheriff.
speaking before a delegation of wO-
men in his headquarters in the Hotel
Sherman, announced himself in favor
OF building a new Jail Immediately.
The present jail" Mr. Daley said.
is disgrace to a civilized cOmmun-
lty, and every day we maintain it we
must assume full responsibility for it.
II | am your next sheriff | will ask the
churches, the wOmen's organizations
of Cook County to aid me in arousing
public sentiment to compel the build
ing of a new Jail"
The Democratic executive manag-
ers, including George E. Brennan
Martin J. O'Brien, Dennis J. Egan
William L. O'COnneIl and Congress-
man A J. SABBATH, went over the first
of the reports from the city wards
and a number of the country towns,
These reports" said Chairman
O'Brien, were unusually satisfac-
tory. They indicate there is no or
ganized opposition to the regular tic
ket in any ward. | believe that be
fore the campaign is ten days older
all opposition will have ceased"
Brundage and Deneen wings of the
city Republicans completed then
states of candidates for the municipa
bench. The Brundage group indorseC
all the retiring Republicans, but the
Deneen group eliminated the names
! of Judge John Richardson and Judge
/ John F. Haas.
The Deneen candidates, for the