WARMING UP Politics in Illinois as primaries loom
The piece surveys looming primary battles across parties in Illinois. It lists Republican aspirants for governor and U S Senate prospects, notes factional splits among progressives and standpatters, and reports on Illinois Republican Editorial Association positions favoring Taft while opposing reform doctrines. It also covers party machinery battles, proposed changes to primary laws, social issues, and local governance notes including Chicago’s telephones and street infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Clyde Jones
Chicago
John M. Glenn
John E. W. Wayman
Charles 8. Deneen
Charles F
Edward F. Dunne
Taft
Illinois Republican Editorial Association
Illinois
United States
Chicago Prays for Deliverance from the Bell Monopoly
Chicago residents protest a Bell monopoly that owns the local telephone company and the Western Electrical Company. The city council hears battles over ward redistricting, harbor plans, and calls for rate reductions amid accusations the telephone trust exploits public finances and enforces costly equipment contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Local Telephone Company
The
Western Electrical Company
Telephone Trust
Chicago
Committee On Elections
Ald
Anton J. Cermak
Bernard F. Clettenberg
Clettenberg
River
Kinzle Street
Ashland Avenue
Madison Street
Ann Street
van Buren
Loomis
12Th
South Halsted
Bunker Streets
Harrison
Grant Park
51St Street
Herman Bayler
William H. Brown
Bell Telephone Company
Local Telephone
Bell Telephone
Bonde
Telephone Company
Council
Electrical Company
Bell Monopoly
Electric Company
Telephone
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Assembly
Election Commissioners’ Office
Frank 8. Ryan
O'Con
Galcago
Norman Mack
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Washington
George B. Young
Morgan Wyman
Dr. Young
Bell Company
Orget
Outer Harbor
John E. Owens
Board of Election Commissioners
Well
Ryan
Wilson
Capitain
Danisch and
Schultz
Jens Jensen
John H. Burdette
Special Park Commission
J. Ogden Armour
Illinois Tunnel Company
Grafters Union
Illinois Tunnel Com
Seyferlich
John F. Smalski