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Carpet-bag judges stir Chicago political clash
The piece attacks visiting judges and the practice of importing county judges to Cook County courts. It cites legal limits on extra pay, notes judges like Batten of DuPage may seek Chicago residency, and condemns per diem expenses as unconstitutional. It lists several visiting judges and previews political frictions ahead of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Eagle
Chronicle
Cook County
Chicago
Bucolle
John H. Batten
Board of
County Commissioners
C. ©. Kobleaut
DuPage County
Starr & Curtis
Illinois
Supreme Court
Iles
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Hogan
Supreme
Circuit Court
Hall
Board of County Commissioners
Carl EB. Epler
Adams County
William T. Hudson
Jo Daviess County
DeWitt L. Jones
Lake County
Robert H. Lovett
Peoria
R. W
Wheatley
Owen P. Thompson
George W. Thompson
Samuel ©. Brough
Henry B. Willis
Charles A. Bishop
Sixteenth Circuit
George W. Brown
John C. Garver
Seventeenth Circuit
Charles E. Fuller
Charles H. Donnelly
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Judicial Circuits
Judge Stough
Judge Batten
Wheaton
Cook Pot