New County Officers Take Hold as Scully Sets Policy
Judge Thomas F. Scully took the county bench and outlined reforms. He favors sworn women election workers, a nonpartisan fifteen member commission, and major changes to primary petitions, with a focus on honesty in Chicago elections and pay boosts for judges and clerks.
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Thomas F. Scully
Scully
Owens
Chicago
John E. Traeger
Zimmer
Traeger
Harrison
John BE. Owens
Judge Scully
August Lueders
Board of Election Commissioners
Howard
Taylor
Election Board
Ald
Dennis J. Egan
William H. Stuart
Charles H. Kellermann
Anthony Czarnecki
Henry Stuckart
William L. O'Connell
Jacob Lindheimer
Frank Ford
Roger
Chicago Mayoral Prospect and Utility Policy Discourse
Robert M. Sweitzer, popular county clerk, urged to run for mayor amid gossip on spring elections. Chicago leaders debate bonds for Henry Stuckart and county wages, Lindheimer resigns as alderman, and Mayor Harrison backs public ownership and city control of utilities with civil service reform.
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State Utilities Commission
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Montague Ferry
Public Service
Utilities Commission
Walter A. Shaw
Ferry
Utilities Board
Chicago
Shaw
Department of Public Service
Council
City Law Department
The
Civil Service
United States
Robert M. Sweitzer
Henry Stuckart
Cornelius A. Bickett
L. B. Patterson
Bryan G. Tighe
William E. Cummings
William J. O'Brien
Edward Hines
Jacob Lindheimer
Ald
Lindheimer
Harrison
City of
Cook County
Philadelphia
Illinois
Merriam
Public Service Department
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Peter Reinberg
Board of Education
Stuckart
Edward Tilden
Bernard A. Eckhart
R. H. McElwee
Joy Morton
John C. Black
W. J. Chalmers
William H. McDoel
A. F. Banks
J. W. Stevens
Albert H. Mulliken
William H. Rehm
Charles T. Boynton
Frank Hibbard
John Fletcher
William F. Burrows
Andrew J. Graham