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Chicago Eagle in Chicago, Illinois

21 Apr 1900

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Chicago Eagle

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Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1900

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Our Rotten Legislature and Cook County Politics

Chicago district voters face a corrupt legislature with a powerful Speaker and clerk steering bills and payroll padding. The piece details how control in Springfield concentrates power, deriding Reform efforts while naming figures like Reeve and Leighton, and notes local political maneuvers affecting Cook County including probate judges and mayoral potential hires.

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Chicago Cook County General Assembly United States Ilinois Sherman Springfield As 8 House Jackson Park Calumet River John A. Reeve Senate Reeve John H. Leighton House of Lords Decatur Leighton John 4 K. R. Sonanstein Springtigd Sonanstein Berry P Nt Batten DuPage County Judge Batten King John A. Barnes Chilcago Barnes Mw Anon
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City Hall graft rumors and Weber pawnshop probe

The Eagle denounces Jake Weber pawnshop lending at 8 to 10 percent to police and firemen, calls for Mayor action, and promises to publish full officer patron lists. It laments billboards, sewer issues, and city politics, urging reform and denouncing the First Ward as a target.

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Jake Weber Weber Clark Street Weber Gang
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John McLauchlan LaSalle John H. Batten Mr. Batten Fox Lake Tion William Fr. Weimers Len. Joseph Theurer Schoenhofen Meurer Joseph Theurer Braden Henry Stuckart George P. Foster William E. Mason Illinois Jake First Ward Johnny Hopkins Dake Weber The Union Traction Company North Side o_o Simon Bill Board Reynolds Case Pete Rowe Tanner Rowe J. Dwyer Twelfth Ward James JH. Grahan Graham County Central Committee Neee Democracy Joseph P. Junk Great Junk Brewery South Halsted Street Smyth Wenter Drainage Board
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