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entered Second Clatt Matter October 11, 1IN, at the Pott
Offlea at Chicago, Illinois, undar Act of March a, 1879.
INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS, NEUTRAL IN NONE
Kntered aa Second Claas Mattar Octobtr 11, ISM, at the Feet
Offlea at Chicago, Illinois, undar Act of March a, 1171.
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAK, NO. II.
CHICAGO, S A TUltD AY, DECEMBER 1JI. 101.
8INQLB COPY
FIVE CENTS
WHOLE NUMBER 1,2(50
ROAST ROUTERS
County Board Boasts the Alleged Bureau
of Public Efficiency and Its (rang
in Their Own Grease.
The Fight for
County
Gossip from Individuals and Parties
Race and What They Are
Their Country.
Items of Interest About People in Public Life and the Ambitions
of Both Them and the Men Behind Them.
liie Heard of County Commission
ers stood up for Its own dignity and
reputation on .Mondny Decemhor 8,
Hi 13, when tho following? preamble und
rt'HolutloiiH Introduced by Commission
erDanlel.l. Harris wero adopted by
It by n vote of 8 to (i:
Whereas, A cortuln body parading
under tin- name of the Chicago Uu
reuu of Public Klllcloncy bus inudu
and Is making persistent and per
nicious attempts to Interfere und med
dlo In the uriulrs or Cook County as
planned and put Into operation by tho
olllelnls duly elected by tho peopio to
conduct such affairs, and
WhoreuB, Such body under the guise
of non-pnrtlsanshlp has Bought to In
.loci Into tho ordinary business nlfulrs
ot tho County Hoard factional political
fights with n vlow to drawing tho pub
lic mind away troin thu elllclenry and
economy that tho present Uoard of
County Commissioners has Inaugu
rated und Is Becking to maintain, and
Whereas, It has been repeatedly
shown that tho so-called 'experts" em
ployed by tho l'.ureau are wholly In
competent to administer even the
siuullest and most inconsequential of
public affairs, ami
Whereas, Agents of this body were
given c-art blanche In one of the ofllceB
now under Democratic control for u
period of four months during which
they raked over every book and paper
in that olllcu and then silently with
drew and refused to publish the re
sults of such Investigation becuuso It
rellected gient credit upon a Demo
cratlc administration, and
Whereas, In this same office an
other Investigator carrying the cre
dentials of this Hureuu refused to In
vestlgate any of the affairs of that of
lice bhowlng unfavorable conditions
previous to the time that It came un
der Democratic control saying "thut U
not what I was sent ufter," and also
so) lug, "Show mo the snmo kind of
thing since the Democrats came In
and ue will go to It," and
Wheri-tiH, Another Investigator em
ployed by this Hureau was shown to
have been paid fit) u day while muklne
his "fair and Impartial Investigation"
arid at the same time was being car
ried upon the payrolls of an ofllce un
der llepubllcan control lor 250 every
calendar month, und
U'heivnH. Iii number Instance tho
Investigators of this bureau sent to I
a Democratic olllce were so youthful,
.-allow and Inefficient us to become a
hindrance to the work of the olllce to
which they were nsslguod, while their
Illppautly told obscene stories and ri
buld Jokes wero so nauseating to men
of clean mind as to make their pies
euce In the olllce objectionable, und
Whereas, An Investigation recently
made by n joint committee duly ap
pointed by the legislature of the state
of Illinois dUclnsed to the people of
this country that this same self-styled
hureau of eillcleucy was founded and
Is being maintained by person's whose
wealth -)b wrung from the labor of
.voting women, and
WheieiiK, This sumo legislative com
mittee brought to light the fact that
these young women aro compelled to
labor long hours for a wage that does
not even permit at the purchase ol the
bure necessities of life a wago tho
insulllciency of which causes the bea
con lights on the path of vice to glow
with added temptation, und
Whereas, Agonts of this body di
rected by their political musters und
United States Senator, State and
Treasurer .and for Mayor
Fully Under Way.
confreres have In the pusl resorted to
studied methods of embarrassment de
signedly calculated to "try the pati
ence of .lob," methods that could not
fall to arouse the resentment of all
red-blooded m6n; and lmmedlutclyir
few Etrong adjectives were used in
resentment they were seized upon and
given wide publicity us hud been de
signed, showing again that the solo
purpose of this Eo-cnlled bureau, Its
musters and owners Is to vllllfy, ma
lign, und Injuro Democratic olllclals
only, now, therefore, be It
Resolved, by the members of tho
Hoard of County Commissioners of
Cook County, That it resents tho In
truslcn ol tho employes of this bureau
during the consideration of the annual
budget and that it directs that till of
liners, agents and employes of the said
Chlcugo Hureau of I'ubllc Kfllclency
be excluded from all future meetings.
I'ic3ldent Macaroni has an uwful
nerve to expose the hundreds of em
ployes In tho Court House, not to
HpL-uk of Judges, Juries and the lax
paying public to the possibility ot
sinullpox and other epidemic sickness
which might be brought here by disease-laden
tramps from other cities.
This laddlst has over-reached him
self by recommending the Court
House as a hobo's roost.
While .Macaroni can find lunds und
sympnthy for out-of-town tramps, he
is unxloiis to "reduce the forl'o" In
the Court House olllces; throw men
with families out of jobs and reduce
the pay of those who remain except
thut of his own pots. ,
Kemember your elllclent alderman
when your private mull box Is tilled
with circulars of dentists, loan sharks
and old clothes men. The nlderman
alone Is responsible. Ho values the
votes of the dentist, the shark und the
clothes man more than ho docs yours.
If he didn't he would Imituto New York
nnd other civilized communities and
puss an-ordinance forbidding the mis
use of private mall boxes under heavy
penalty. '
Dunk is already being handed out
by aldermen running for re-election.
Down every man who voted for tho
Phone Trust.
This is the time- to look our alder
man in the face und examine the
length of his ears.
Vote against evory nldurniuu who
vlted for the high Phono Trust rates.
Tho County President bus now
tin ueil ihe Court House over to Hoard
and lodging.
The Phono Trust will make a IiIk
fisbt to re-elect Weeping Hlcheit from
the Fourth Ward
We have reeolved considerable liter
ntiiro ubout an alleged Puiiuma Kx
poelllau to be held In Sun Francisco,
with n request to publish It, "'o have
thrown it Into the wusto basket, Wo
aro not working for the PncWc rail
rouds, their high rates of tare unci
their poor service, Wo cortululy nrt
nut luterrslrd In Sun Francisco, which
is tlu biggest tnllure In thu city Hue
About Men in the
Doing for
the world has ever seen. It tried to
get a reputation for being the tough
est city In the world and lost out on
that. It tried, or said It tried, to be
the bjnessjMnportumof Jhe, J&iclAc-.
Coast, and, l.os Angeles, Portland,
Scuttle, Vancouver and Sitka passed
It as If it was tied up. It Is the home
of wind, brnzunncss. distress ami
hemtlossness. It Is thu haven of ev
ery tough mug who goes West. It
can have Its exposition und rob every
one who goes to It for all we care. Its
newspapers aro owned by two men,
and we pity these men. Hut so fur
as 'Frisco and Its Fair are concerned,
Highly Respected Banker
like the rest of Amoiicuu people, we
uru tired of both,
Uncle Sam wants telephone competi
tion. Chicago nldormon do not want
It.
Your ulderiuun will need your vote
three months fioin now. Souk him
good for thut Phono Trust vote,
We have missed our weokly doso'of
Frank Commerford and Kd. Mnhur
and the other great lawyers and doc-
tor this week. Hope nothing lias
happened to the Press Club Scoop or
Smiling Will Katon, Its handsome nnd
accomplished editor. P.8. The Scoop
has arrived nnd Frank Is still tnlklng.
Hlue SunduyB and blue week days
will follow tocul option In Chicago.
If a lot of husky Democratic women
from Democratic wards would go Into
the County Hoard lobby when some of
the strong-minded dolls1- from Hyde
Park are looking for trouble, ther
might be some orphan geese In
Henpeckvllle.
The Pennsylvania llullnmd Co.
must have a Hue appreciation of the
Trust Press of Chicago. Thu dallies
usk the road to build a forty million
dollar West Side depot, and then agree
to move to Twelfth street In ten years.
Chicago
l.nws.
will never stand for Uluu
President Alncoronl should post
signs in the Court House telling the
public to scratch everything but
matches.
Scratch, brothers, scratch with care;
Scratch till your hide Is red and rare.
Scratch lor Old Mac and his taxeaters'
hoard
Of free cots for tramps and Finance
far Heard.
Local Option Is a cowardly subter
fuge of the Prohibitionists.
Newspaper Trust heroes are
very popular In Chicago. Sniveling
Suler, Impeached governor, pride of
the Newspaper Trust and foe of Tam
many, had Hia people In his Chicago
lecture audience. .Most of them had
press passes,
Get ready to make the drys dry up
by beating them nt the polls.
President Macaroni thinks much of
Hoard, but ho has offered tho Court
Houee-rocms for'tJhf-trnmps to-slcep
In.
IT you feel Itchy after visiting the
Court House, lumenibcr President
.Macaroni and scratch him when he
runs fur olllco again.
Old Hoy lends Is still working for
the city at f.Vi per day. Wo thought
this honey was cut off when his high-
ANDREW J. GRAHAM,
and Citizen Who Has Dene Wonderful
priced report raised phono rates. Now
ho Is "Sitting thu high cost." A sift
means u lift usually.
Judgu Uhllr bunded a hot one to the
United Charities on Mondny that was
appi eclated by the public.
If Republican roughuguttes continue
to hiss and Insult public olllclals ut
tholr county board neetlugs an erup
tion of Democratic roughuguttes might
tnko a hand and carry the war Into
! Africa.
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Macaroni and Traeger, the Highly Paid
Pay Roll Patriots, Put in Office
Against Their Will.
Water. Meter Graft, Telephone Graft and the
Latest Efforts of the Trusts to Get
the People's Money.
Water Meters in Every House and the Sale of Chicagoans
to the Phone Trust Are Facts Not to
Be Forgotten.
The People Can Remedy These Things by Electing Men Who Work
for Them and Not for Their Common Enemies.
The Chicago public Iuib a great deal
to answer for Here are the names
of two men who have been ruthlessly
torn rrom the pursuit of happiness In
private llfo to slave for the heartless
public ut high salaries:
Ah, Ah .Macaroni nnd
Appetite .lohu Trneger.
Pity these poor men nnd get them
out of their Jobs as soon as you can.
They suffer too much for an un
grateful people.
Filling up the Chicago Court House
every night with bumsi is a good way
to uttrnck tramps from all over the
Work for the West Side.
country and crowd tho city with un
employed men. Macaroni bus u
great head.
President Macaroni is great on
bunk. He Introduced u resolution
which passed the County Hoard do
iioiiucliig tho condition of nffnlrs in
Mexico.
When the Trust Press storts roast
ing an olllclnl watch its course uml see
it laud on the spoils. That Is the way
It broke Into tho Phono Tiust, tho
traction deals, the I. combination and
others. Now It wants to break Into the
collection of taxes and the administra
tion of the government. No wonder
the peopio are tiled of it und that the
most widely circulated dally paper Is
only read by .'Kiu.uim of tile S.SSn.ouu
peopio in Chicago.
Some of the worst aldermaulc
enemies of Hie people pusu as re
formers. And there are otheis who
don't pore, but get there Just thu
same.
Plume Tiust Aldermen are trying
to cut down the valuation of the Auto
matic as low us they can so as to
make (ho pi Ice easy for tho boss when
Phone .Monopoly Is made permanent.
President Mncuronl evidently be
lloes In cutting the salaries of every
body hut his friends. .Macaroni's at
tempt to Increase tho salaries of Hub
ert K. Ken) on, superintendent of pub
lic service, from $.1,(1011 to il,O00; Wil
liam O. Chapman, warden of tho Coun
ty Hospital, IS.fiOO to $.-1,111)0, and
Joseph .Meyer, county agent, from $11,
COD to $.-,il(lil, was defeated by thu
County Hoard.
Judging from newspaper reports,
there wero a number of unemployed
women In tho lobby nt the County
Hoard meeting .Monday. What kind
of homes do some of these keep, any
how? President Macaroni Is a wise chap.
He knew that with Hoard on his staff
he would not huo much tumble In
turning the Court House Into a lodging
house.
While the order of the Stuto Utili
ties Commission in tho Oregon Homo
Telephone case ordering an Inter
change ot culls is in principle the
mr.ht tar-ruaching decision ever ren
dered In the hlstor) of the telephone
hiiblnoss In tho United Status, the en
ioicemunt of the older will be chal
lenged by i the Hell Phono Trust Just
ns soon us the necessary legal papers
can bo prepared.
Under thu guise of local option the
dr)s want to make a Puritan village
out of Chlcugo.
The gull of Piesldeut Macaroni ap
pealing to thu taxpu)urs to sustain
his actions on thu County Hoard uml
thu turning of the Court House Into
a trump lodging house Is astounding.
An effort has been made to Induce
Appetite John, tho City Comptroller,
to pay Decuiuher salaries beforn
Christmas this year. Ho ought to do
It.
Former United States Senator I.orl
mer Is on his wny to Kurope, coinblu
lug thu tiip with business mid recrea
tion, Friends of Mr. I.oiimer, discuss
ing his trip abroad today, said tills
is tho first vacation ho has taken In
years. During his contest In the Sen
ate, when ho was combating tho efforts
to unseat-him, Mr. I.orlmer worked
day and night, nnd slnco thu suuatu
fight, with thu exception of the tlmu
hu was 111 In tho hospital, ho has been
nt work dally In his hank.
JOBS
Close political friends say ho has
gone for u lest preparatory to begin
ning his light for election by the peo
ple to the senate. Although .Mr. I.orl
mer has not announced formally his
candidacy in the senatorial primary
next year, his friends say he Is plan
ning to open the tight soon ufter the
New Year.
President Macaroni of the County
Ilonrd was censured In a resolution
passed by that body for his attack on
Judges Kerston, Scniiliiu und Gibbons,
What strange Influence does thu
phone trust use with most or the alder
men? Ileie Is thu record of Illinois Con
gressmen in the lute special session
In the matter of attendance:
The Senate was In session 'J.ii days,
during which tlmu there were 110 roll
culls. The House wus In session 1'TI
du)s, the roll being called IL'2 times.
The number of roll calls on which
Illinois members fulled to answer to
their names follows:
Senate.
Sherman i::i
Lewis 'J I
Dlst.
House.
1 Madden , 52
2 Maun .)-, S
:t Gorman , 12
-i AlcDormntt 1."
.' Sabntli k 12
il McAudrews Ill
7 Huchannn IT
S Gallagher II
fi Hiitten :ii!
Hi Thomson ill
1 1 Coplo) , 55
12 lllnobaugh 52
lit MoKeiule 13
M Tran venor , :s
15 Hoxworth ' HI
111 Stone ii
17 Flty-Ileniy 25
IS Oiiulr : in
III Hoichrrs Ill
20 Itnliio) ol
21 Graham f its
22 Halts! 21
211 Foster IS
LM Fowler 15
2.-1 Hill II
Williams (at large) II
Stringer (at largo) 2:1
While they aie llttlug up a floor for
tho unemployed, don't forget Appetite
John. He has a Job now, hut he wants
another olllce In that Com t House, or
his name Isn't Tiueger.
Piesidont Macaroni tied up the
county woik good and last
The high salaried olllclals of the
charities hunk are working this .Mncur
onl unemployed racket for nil II Is
woith. "Send In your checks,"
A. A. Macaroni, A, A. Spraguo II,
A. Hoard III and tho public fourth, Is
u good combination to remember
President Mncnronl has cheered thu
hearts of tramps In Indianapolis and
other cities by offering them u freu
roosting place In Chicago's Court
House
Heal every Phono Trust alderman.

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