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A. 8. TRUDE.
Dean of the Chicago Bar.
By Henry F. Dmovm.
The OMeaaje Eagle nwnbere ameng
Its aMbeorlsoro the mot Influential,
pieopirauo and moot roepieted
Ml ePbwdJJyVe,
It reaehee nearly every a of
Ma to tbo eemmunrty ana aii
m who an meldera of puMte eplnlea
dfceotoie of puMIe affaire.
M to guide, mentor and friend of
leNtJeal leader of ovory ehade
of ea4nto.
N la roa4 toy evernment, state,
amity ana City Officiate.
rt la read by a big percentage af the
fraternity, Including bench ana
County Civil Service Employes' De
fense League. Frank S. Ryan, deputy
comptroller of Cook County, is presi
dent of tho now organization and Ed
ward J. McCarthy, chief clerk in the
comptroller's office, is its secretary
and treasurer. Louis J. Dehan and
Herbert 8. Duncombo have been re
tained ns general counsel for the
league.
Tho league is to be manugod by a
board of four trustees, who will act
with tho president and secretary. Tho
trustees are Meyer Cossman, Milton
Getzert, H. H. Smith and Mathew
Conrad.
It is expected that tho organiza
tion will have a membership equal to
the total number of county civil sorv
ico employes within a short time,
Thoro nro 3,274 civil servlco employes
in the various offices and institutions
of Cook county, according to tho list
certified 'yesterday by tho civil sorv
ico commission. Of theso 427 nro em
ployed in tho county hospital, twenty
seven In tho Juvenile detention homo,
120 In the Oak Forest Institution and
201 at Dunning. Of tho total 2,564 are
men and 710 aro women. Thero are
but sixteen vacancies.
perior Court. It was charged by
Treasurer Hall that this fact had been
taken advantage of by the men Inter
CHled In tho project for having tho
election board buy 1,000 mnchlncB and
that u representative of a morning
newspaper had called upon Mr. Co
bum and told him he would be op
posed by that newspaper if he did not
withdraw as attorney for tho voting
machine company. Treasurer Hall
also quoted Mr, Coburn as declaring
that Election Commissioner Taylor
nnd County Judge Owcna bad made
certain promises which were broken.
CHARLES M. WALKER.
Highly Rtipected Circuit Court Judga.
dead Issue, in Chicago. The fact that
It exists In Missouri Is duo very large
ly to the selfishness of the St. Louis
crowd, who are always willing to sacri
fice their saloon trado for one day In
tho Interest of tho big "lid club" bottle
trade that they havo built up through
Sunday closing.
It la the faverito af Chleaao'o leaf
bit bwalftees mo.
It raaabaa all alaaooa In their hemee.
It to roa4 by tho Fire Deaartment.
It to roao" by tho Pelleo Oea artmant.
M to hi ovary publle efflee ana wr
avbtte library.
H la not aontrallea' by any aheaa,
abeohy t ereekatf advertising ageney.
In Mm twentyono years af Ita axlrt
It haa managed to bulla up a
atreulatlen an-great butlneaa
wNbaat the aid af prefeeelenal advar
ttobig abarbja
That la why It la aa Independent, eo
papular and oe otrong.
TIm Mileage Bagla la one paper that
baa never depended upon advertising
agente far a alreulatlen. It haa ene af
Ha own.
Judge John R. Caverly lias gained
by his long and clean record as a pub
lic officer and a citizen a well earned
popularity throughout Chicago.
No man on the bench stands higher
In the estimation of the people than
Judge Edward Osgood Brown.
Col. James Hamilton Lewis is the
first choico of tho Democratic rank
and file for United States Senator
next year.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
An Outer Harbor and permanent
bridges over the river is what Chicago
needs.
There aro over four million unli
censed dogs in Chicago. This meana
a loss of (8,000,000 to tho city In rev
enue. The number of new fire en
gines or of firemen and policemen who
could bo hired for this sum Is easily
computed.
Edward TUden, tho well known
banker and public spirited citizen, Is
one of tho men who havo helped make
Chicago tho great city she Is today.
Matt Aller, the popular president
of the Homo Brewery, Is to be con
gratulated upon tho great success the
business is meeting with.
Richard J. Finn, tho popular attor
ney, would prove a strong Democratic
nominee for Municipal Judge next
year.
Judge Charles M. Walker stands
high in the estimation of everybody
in Chicago, both as a Judgo and as a
citizen.
Stillman 13. Jamleson, the popular
and well known attorney, Is strongly
talked of for Superior Court Judgo
next fall. ,
Resolutions protesting against th
arbitrary reduction In the talarlM of
postofllco clerks, In accordance with
Postmaster General Hitchcock's policy
of economy, wcro adopted by the Chi
cago Federation of Labor at 1U meet
ing Sunday.
Oscar F. Nelson, president of the
National Federation of Postofflce
Clerks, who introduced the resolution,
declared that tho policy of retrench
ment was making conditions almost
unbearable for the government em
ployes.
The salary reductions, which
amount to $100 a year in somo In
stances and $200 In others, were in
augurated Saturday, the beginning of
tho new fiscal year, without any prev
ious notice having been given employes.
W. J. Welbaaky Is to bo congratu
lated upon the splendid success Altcs
Lager, the beer in the green bottle, Is
meeting in Chicago. Mr. Welbasky
Is Chicago manager for the big Tlvoll
Brewery, of Detroit, and ho has a big
host of frlonds and admirers who wish
him well at all times.
The famous Cream of Malt beer Is
brewed solely by the well known J.
L. Hoerber Brewing Company.
either been destroyed or are In pro
cess of destruction.
Tho board of local Improvements
apparently exists and has existed for
years but for one thing the drawing
of salaries and the enrichment of con
tractors. "
If there was as much public spirit
In Chicago as there is in Constanti
nople, some of these fellows would
either test the stretching power of
rope or, in default of ball, be trying
tho table de hote at the county Jail.
JOHN BARTON PAYNE.
Highly Esteemed Attorney and Public Spirited Citizen. ;
than ever and the cleaning of water
filters develops the fact that lake
water still carries much filth. Yet the
sanitary district proposes to tax still
farther the people of the North and
Northwest sides for tho Calumet-Blue
Island Canal.
Tho Democrats couldn't name a
stronger man for one of those Superior
Court nominations than William
Ritchie.
John K. Prlndevllle, tho well known
and well liked lawyer and Democrat,
Is in line for a Judicial nomination
either next fall or next year.
Robert S. lies, the well known and
highly respected lawyer, Is being
urged by many for a Republican nomi
nation for Superior Court next fall.
Granville W. Browning, tho popular
and highly respected lawyer and mas-ter-in-chancery,
Is In line for nomina
tion by the Democrats for one of
those Superior Court Judgeships next
fall.
former United States Senator At
bcrt J. Hopkins holds a place In the
estimation of tho people of Illinois
that he can at all times fcoint to with
pride. His brilliant, honest and fear
less record In tho United States Sen
ate, and during his many terms in Con
gress, is well known to everybody,
and tho treachery ho received when
he was wrongfully deprived of re-election
to his seat In tho Senate, will
not be forgotten when the proper time
comes.
Thomas A. Smyth is making the
splendid record as President of the
Sanitary Board that everyone of his
big army of friends knew he would
make.
The Health Department has tor
years been one branch of the mu
nicipal government that has proven It
self thoroughly Impotent and Incom
petent. For years thoref has been no city
Inspection of meat.
Tho sewers aro nover flushed, and
during a season when the precipita
tion of rain is very slight, like the
present one, aro a constant and dan
gerous menaco to the public health.
Judging from the volumes of coal
and oil smoke vomited forth from
chimneys within a block of the City
Hal, tho smoke ordinance Is a dead
one.
Dry sweeping is the rale on all of
the city streets.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
Is an ordinance requiring all streets
sons owning automobiles ai4 an
kept up by the taxes of people wie
do not live upon thesa.
When people of moderate boam
Aero enabled to own and enjoy tke
driving of horses, the boulevards were
thp dollabt of the common people.
It Is different now.
People who live upon streets tkat
are not boulevards can only have
them Improved by putting their haade
In their pockets and paying for the
Improvements themselves.
All property upon streets not bcmle
varded Is subject to the levy of spe
cial assessments for the tnprovasaaat
and maintenance of such thoroigk
fares. Property fronting on boulevards is
not subject to special asseesmemt.
The Improvement of boulevards sat
the maintenance of these costly lux
uries Is paid for out of the park taxes
levied upon the general tax payer,
who reaps no benefit from his outlay.
Trees upon boulevards are atala
talned out of the general park taxes,
levied upon all taxpayers.
While the general taxpayer pays for
We would like to see this Man Hole
Graft probed to the bottom.
Chicago should get both the Dem
ocratic and the Republican national
conventions next year.
Fresh blood is needed on the mu
nicipal bench.
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"Weighing" machines that are in
variably out of order and gum ma
chines that don't give out gum, aro
tho regular thing on the elevated plat
forms. How long are they going to
stay there?
At a mooting of tho Clybourne Ave
nue Business Men's Improvement Ab
sndatlon tho followlnK officers woro
elected for tho ensuing year: Presl
dent, W. A. Burmelstor, vlco presi
dent, Otto Hains, Secretary, C. B. Gar
wick, Treasurer, Edward Muelhoefer.
Albort G. Wheeler stands foremost
among Chicago's ablest financiers and
business men.
Judge Joseph H. Fitch has proveu
by his record to be the right man in
tho right place. His re-election is
assured.
George J. Cooko, head of tho well
known brewery bearing his name,
would mako a nplcndid State Treas
urer of Illinois. '
James S. Hopkins has earned by his
splendid record as a lawyer nnd a
citizen, a widespread popularity.
William Best Is a man whom Chi
cago Is proud at all times to clnlm as
one of her most successful business
men and public spirited citizens.
Georgo Mcllale, tho popular Twenty
fourth ward Democrat who worked so
hard for tho ticket last spring, and
also last fall, is being mentioned for
a good nomination next year.
Judge Marcus Kavanagh's record on
the bonch is so well known that his
re-election next fall Is assured.
Albert J. Hopkins, the popular
former United States Senator, will bo
the first choice of Illinois for vice
president In tho Republican National
Convention next year.
Georgo K. Schmidt, the popular
former alderman and county commis
sioner, would prove a winning Re
publican candidate for State Treas
urer next year.
John J. Coburn Is tho right man tb
placo on the Superior Court bench
and his candidacy deserves support.
The many friends of Daniel u
Cruico will leave no stono unturned to
place that able and deservedly popu
lar lawyer on the Superior Court
bench.
One thousand county employes,
who on July 1 were placed undor civil
service when tho state civil service
law went into effect, havo organized
to defend themselves In the event of
the filing of charges against thorn by
the heads of tho different depart
ments. This fact came to light when a sta to
mcat was Issued by tho officers of tho
organization, which was incorporated
March 17 and Is known as the Cook
Tho Thirty-fifth ward has In Aldor
man Invln R. Hazon one of tho ablest
and most aggressive members of the
city council,
James M. Slattery Is making tho
best Superintendent of Public Servlco
that Cook County has over had. Ho
Is an able, hard-working and cour
teous public official.
Ono hundred nnd twenty-flvo poor
boys nnd girls went to Oak Forest this
week as tho guests of Cook County.
They will spend tho week on tho In
firmary grounds, where they will be
afforded opportunity for various forms
of recreation of un outing nature.
Most of tho children were accom
panied by their mothers, who will it
mnln with thorn until their return
Saturday.
Tho children woro taken to tho In
stitution grounds on a Rock Island
train, transportation being furnished
free by tho railroad company. Presi
dent Bartzcn of the county board ac
companied tbo party.
It 1b planned to tako n similar or
larger party of children to tho Insti
tution each week during tho hot
weather.
Charles E. Crulkshank, the popular
atornoy and formor State Senator, Is
strongly talked' of for the Republican
nomination for Clerk of tho Municipal
Court next year.
Albert J. Hopkins will play a fore
most part In tho big campaign next
year. Tho ablo former United Stato
Senator enjoys a popularity In Illinois
that extends from ono end of the state
to tho other,
Ross C. Hall, tho popular attorney
and Democratic leader, would provo
a strong candidate on the Judicial
ticket.
Jacob M, Horn, tho popular West
Side furniture manufacturer, and for
mer West Town Assessor, Is being
talked of for Sanitary Trusteo next
year.
Charges mado by tho International
Voting Machine Company concerning
tho manner in which Its rival, tho Em
pire, won favor with tho board of elec
tion commissioners in connection with
tho contract for the purchase of 1,000
machines at $942,000 were repudiated
by John J. Coburn, attornoy for tho
company. Attornoy Coburn, whoso
namo figured prominently In connec
tion with tho charges, made by A. L.
Hall, treasurer of the company, not
only denied flatly tho assertions mado
by Treasurer Hall, but even Intlmntod
that ho would be unablo to represent
the company further. Ho declared ho
know nothing of the efforts of his
clients to force tho voting machine
question into the courts.
Attornoy Coburn Is ono of the Demo
cratic nominees for Judgo of tho Su-
Bernard J. Mabony, tho wea known
and woll llkod lawyer and assistant
corporation counsel, Is being talked of
for a seat on the bonch, a placo where
every ono or his big army or menus
would lllto to sco him.
Clydo A. Morrison, tho popular law
yer and publisher, would mako a
strong Republican candidato for Su
perior Court Judge next fall.
Benjamin F. Rlcholson, tho ablo and
highly respected lawyer, is the right
man for tho Republicans to name for
oho of those Superior Court Judge
ship nominations.
Francis S. Wilson has earned by his
splendid record as a lawyer a nomina
tion for judge of tbo Superior Court
by tho Democrats this year.
This "deadly drinking cup" fad is a
bonanza for somebody. Tho parafllno
drinking cups cost 3 cents per hun
dred to make and sell for ono cent
each. Slot machines havo also appear
ed where it costs ono cent to got a
drink of water.
Clean out tbo municipal bench next
year in the Interest of law and order.
John J. Coburn Is the right kind ot
a man to placo on the bench and his
candidacy for Superior Court Judgo la
worth the support of everybody.
Judgo Joseph H. Fitch has proven
by his record that he Is an able and
painstaking judge. His re-olectlon Is
recommended.
The Homo Brewery, under tho ablo
presidency of Matt Alter, Is doing a
splendid Inislnena,
M, II. Guerlu, the well known at
torney nnd Master In Chancery, is be
ing talked of by his many friends for
Superior Court Judge.
James S. Hopkins, tho ablo and
popular attornoy and Master-in-Chan-eery
of tho Fed oral Court, would grace
a scat on tho bench.
Daniel L. Cruico is dally gaining
votes for his candidacy for Superior
court Judgo on the Democratlo ticket
and ho should win. Mr. Cruico has a
host of frlonds and admirers In every
ward in tho city and no man Is better
qualified to sit on the bench.
Col. James Hamilton Lewis has the
Insldo track at present for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
Senator next year.
Lot tho contest for those six Demo?
crane nominations for Superior Court
Judgo be a free-for-all. In that way
everybody has a chance and the best
ticket Is named.
Georgo K. Schmidt's splendid record
as n public official, a business man
and a citizen has galnod for him a
well earned popularity all over Chi
cago. Ho would make a fine state
treasurer.
Col. James Hamilton Lewis enjoys
tho confidence and admiration of
every Democrat in Chicago and
throughout Illinois. Ho will be the
choice of tho party for Unltod States
senator next year. t
Matt Allor, president of the suc
cessful and well known Home Brew
ery, enjoys a well earned popularity
among Chicago's leading business
men and political leaders.
The big army of friends of Former
United States Senator Albort J. Hop
kins are already booming him for
Vice President In 1912. That he will
be Illinois' favorlto son for tho nomi
nation is certain.
Girard A. Elllngson has earned by
his good record as a lawyer a nom
ination for the bench by the Demo
crats next year.
Judgo Marcus Kavanagh is an hon
est, able and fearless Judgo and his
re-election this year is certain.
Judgo Adams A. Goodrich is a man
whom Chicago is at all times proud
to claim as ono of her leading law
yers and citizens.
Tho efforts of St. Louts bottlers to
create tho samo sentiment for Sunday
closing In Chicago that exists In St
Louis and Kansas City have failed,
and will fail. Sunday closing is a
Loop figures of vehicle casualties
for three years are Interesting. Hore
they are,, with the various engines
of destruction:
Killed. Inju'd.
Nowspaper delivery wagons 30 484
Automobiles -. 3 181
Street cars 16 320
Teams , 4 17
Motor cycles 1 9
Alderman Irwin R. Hazen Is one of
the ablest and most nctlvo members
of the City Council. The Thirty-fifth
Ward can well be proud of a repre
sentative like him.
Frank J, Hogan, tho popular and
well known, attorney, Is In line for
nomination by tho Democrats for mu
nicipal Judgo next year,
As a Judge, a lawyer nnd a citizen,
Judgo Edward Osgood Brown hns a
record to his credit that he can at all
times point to with pride.
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JOHN C. SPRY.
Woll Known Lumber Man.
on which traction companies operate
their cars to sprinkle them from curb
to curb and keop them sprjnklod
"whenever requested to do so by tho
Commissioner of Public Works," this
ordinance has been a dead letter ever
since Its passage.
Notwithstanding the loud advlco of
the Health Department to "swat the
fly," open manurn boxes nro permit
ted all over the city In violation of Ida
ordinance forbidding them.
Only a few people are obliged to
have garbage cans. The rest enn uao
open baskets, boxes or otber unsani
tary receptacles with Impunity.
The Health Department should got
busy with Itself.
Voting machine grnft ought to
good. Thero is a pile of money
the scheme.
Judge John R. Caverly'B big host
of friends and admirers are pleased
nt the splendid record he Is making
on tho Municipal Court boncb.
John J. Coburn Is a winner for Su
perior court Judge. His candidacy is
gaining In strength every day,
Wooden manhoes ornament Dayton
street and many other asphalt paved
north sldo thoroughfares. The public
paid for Iron manholes but never got
them. Occasionally when one of the
wooden one wears through a flour bar
rel Is stuck In the hole until a new
wooden one can be put In.
Orchard street, but recently paved
with asphalt, is being torn up to lay
big iron mains that should have been
laid beforo the street was paved,
Dozens of other North Side streets
are to be ruined In this way.
Webster avenue, Clybourne ave
nue, Larrabee street and others have
Judge Richard E. Burke Is making
tho able and painstaking record on
the Superior Court bench that every
body knew ho would mako. He Is a
good judge.
Charles B. Pavllcek, tho popular at
torney for the West Park board, is
strongly backed for a nomination by
the Republicans for Superior Court
judge.
John J, Bradley, tho popular Dem
ocratic leader, would prove a winner
for Slate Treasurer next year,
John J. Geragbty, the popular bead
of the well-known button and badge
firm, has earned the splendid success
he has attained by his honorable and
upright business methods.
For 22 years the people of the North
and Northwest sides have been paying
taxes to the sanitary district without
getting a cents worth of benefit. The
North Branch of the river stinks worse
There Is a general demand for the
abolition of boulevards.
They are maintained exclusively for
the rich at the expense of the poor.
They are used exclusively by pep
i the boulevard trees, he has alto to
pay for the trees In front of bis owa
home and is then Informed by the
elty council that he does not owa
them.
Special privileges to none, but equal
rights, for all Is the slogan that la
growing In volume. ,
The peoplo cheerfully contribute
to the maintenance of parks, but tkay
nro unwilling to be bled longer for
boulevards.
Tbo boulevard as a tax-eating loa4
on tbe general publlo, must go.
P. J. Hamler, the well-known boiler
manufacturer, would prove a popular
Democratic candidate for state treas
urer or presidential elector next year.
John J. Coburn's candidacy for Su
perior .Court Judge Is arousing en
thusiasm all over tho city. Tho Demo
cratic rnnk and file aro with blm to
n man.
Thero aro too mnny
boles in Chicago.
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