Taxpayers Declare Battle Over City Real Estate Raises
Chicago property owners denounce a proposed horizontal increase in city real estate assessments as a threat to small homeowners. They warn the plan would squeeze the poor, prompt court action, and worsen building rights while downtown interests face little burden. The Eagle endorses opposition and notes potential injunctions to halt the Board of Review pending fuller discussion.
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Board of Assessors
Board of Review
Chicago
Chicago American
Eagle
Council
Teachers Federation
Cook County
Down Town
Record-Herald
Noted Cook County jurists match Tuley and Brentano
The Eagle remarks that many other Cook County jurists rank in the same category as Judges Tuley and Brentano, but space does not permit enumeration. Suffice it to say that the bench includes several prominent figures whose stature is acknowledged in comparison to the two mentioned judges.
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Record-Herald
Cook County
Murray PF
Tuley
Theodore Brentano
Brentano
Chicago
Judge Brentano Center of Republican Mayoral Hope
The text notes Judge Brentano as a leading Republican for Chicago mayor next spring. It then discusses the House reapportionment after the 1900 census, increasing seats from 357 to 386 with 39 new members. Northern and western Republican states gain nineteen seats, southern and Democratic states ten, posing a handicap to Democrats but offering gains in northern immigrant and labor strongholds. A Democratic majority would require a 23-district shift.
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Judge Brentano
Chicago
Cldea
Democrats chase gains in states amid party feuds
The piece surveys Democratic hopes across Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and New York Pennsylvania Maryland and Utah noting gerrymanders, factional fights, and expected boosts in delegations. It mentions Senator Gorman’s return to leadership and questions around John K. Prindiville taking a vacation.
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Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
East St. Louis
Colonel Morrison
North Carolina
Utah
Roberta
New York City
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Meadville
Sibley
Maryland
Gorman
Illinois Republicans Ring the Campaign With Roosevelt Theme
Illinois Republicans settle on Roosevelt as the national canvas for their fall campaign. Leaders cite a Congressional textbook for trusts tariffs prosperity and Philippine policy as core material while steering clear of state administration issues to keep the focus on national arguments and the party’s record. The plan hinges on spellbinders and speeches to mobilize voters, with Cullom and Lorimer among supporters pushing the national narrative.
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Roosevelt
Hion
William Lorimer
Fred H. Rowe
Republican State Central Committee
Hoy
E. 8. Conway
Republican County Campaign Committee
Illinois
Shelby M. Cullom
Rough Rider
Congressional Committee
State Central Committee
Babcock
National Congressional Committee
L.T. Hoy
State Committee
Yates
Ilinois
The
Eagle
National Party
Washington
Philippines
Republican Party
McKinley
Cullom bullish on Roosevelt nomination in Chicago remarks
Senator Cullom, known for caution, voiced strong support for Roosevelt’s nomination while in Chicago last Monday. He dismissed talk of Mark Hanna as a candidate, saying Hanna would not run under any circumstances, signaling a united front between Yates Hopkins and Roosevelt supporters.
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Roosevelt
Cullom
Chicago
Mark Hanna
Ohio Statesman
Toosevelt
Tlaois
Yates-Hopkins
Senate
Bodine commends crusade against machines
W L Bodine, superintendent of compulsory education, writes to the acting Mayor praising the drive against slot machines. He notes hundreds of schoolchildren and others have used the machines to obtain cigarettes, gum, and candy.
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W. L. Bodine
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Zina R. Carter
Drainage Board
John K. Prindiville
Congressional
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