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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1911

Page

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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.

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.

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

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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
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