Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-10-14

to concentrate three votes on one
candidate, the 153 members of the
lower house at Springfield will be
elected from 153 representative dis
tricts, without cumulative voting. This
change, which was proposed by the
Legislative Voters League, should
help to bring about improvement in
the personnel of the legislature, as
the workings of the cumulative sys-
tenn have so restricted nominations
that the voters have been deprived
of rightful opportunity to choose
members of the House on the basis
of personal fitness.
Other improvements, some of which
will affect Cook county as well as the
rest of the state, may be summar-
lied as follows:
Cook county is given additional rep
resentation on the Supreme court, as
the Seventh Judicial District, COM
prising the counties of Cook, Lake,
Will, Dupage and Kankakee will elect
three judges, no more than two of
whom shall come from the same
county
The judicial system of the state is
reorganized and strengthened.
The legislature is empowered to re-
organize and reform the government
of connties throughout the state. in
cluding Cook county.
Legislative procedure is better safe
guarded, especially by requirements
which will prevent the passage of ap-
preparation bills without due consid-
Grafton.
The legislature may provide that
women may be eligible to serve as
jurors and that juries may number
less than twelve in civil cases.
The legislature may make provision
for the loan of money on farms in
the state.
Legislative apportionment at stated
intervals is assured.
The obligations of public officers
are more definitely set forth
A uniform system of accounts for
all county officers is required to be
installed under the direction Of the
state auditor, who will audit all such
accounts.
The ballot will be somewhat short
ened by making the clerk of the
Supreme court and the clerks of the
Appellate courts appointive; and by
reducing the number of elective court
clerks in Cook county from five to
one.
sRS
John NJ Roach, chairman of the
board of operation of the surface
lines, on Wednesday started on his
fifty-first year of service with the
street car company.
Beginning as a conductor in 1872,
Mr.. Roach advanced until he was
elected president of the Chicago City
Railways in 1912. Later he became
chairman of the board of operation of
the surface lines.
Members of the board of directors
of the Chicago City Railways and
large party of friends at the Midday
Club celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of his connection with the lines
The Chicago Bar Association vote
for municipal judges for the new six
year term, two to be elected, was as
follows
William E. Helander (Rep). ISL
A. M. Eberhardt (Rep.) $780,. 1,034
Al F. German (Dem.) ........ 333
S. E. Pincus (Dem) .......... 181
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One of the reasons of many why
he should be elected is that Alder
man John H. Lyle, Republican candi-
date for municipal court Judge, in
troduced in the Forty-ninth General AS
sembly the bill which became the
law under which he is now running.
The Lyle measure provided for a sep
arate ballot for municipal court can
didates.
Il had no idea," said the alderman,
when introduced that bill that some
day would be a candidate for munich
pal court Judge on one of the separate
ballots"
&S
William J. Lindsay, respected Dem
ocrat. able lawyer and good citizen,
should be elected to the superior court
houob