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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
2
Chicago editorials attack the beer tax as unfair to brewers and urge removal. Edward B. Warwick seeks Democratic nomination for Supervisor amid ward division talks and a looming Drainage Board probe into contractor dealings and public works. Boldenweck emerges as a leading Republican mayoral candidate with a lengthy Chicago career.
In Republican county politics heavy fighting centers on naming the warden of the County Hospital. William Lorimer and County Comptroller Monaghan defend James Graham, whose long tenure supports Lorimer’s political standing. President Hanberg hopes to appoint a high class replacement, possibly William McLaren, but Lorimer’s machine fights to keep Graham in place, upsetting Hanberg’s plans.
Ex-Senator Billy O'Brien of the Sixth Ward plans a primaries bid to re enter city politics by challenging Alderman McCormick in the spring election.
Alderman Brennan argues against a single supplier monopoly for uniforms and equipment for police and fire departments. He urges competition to ensure fair pricing and adequate availability for both agencies.
Alderman Verne condemns the new ordinance as skewing ward populations. Downtown wards grow slowly while outer wards like Twenty Fifth and Thirtieth receive far larger populations and Democratic majorities. The smallest ward holds 25,000 residents and one ward reaches 11,000. The Twenty-Eighth Ward, among the fastest growing, remains nearly unchanged.
Officials describe population shifts under the old ordinance of 04 588 and a new plan reducing downtown wards while growing other areas. Alderman Werne cites six North Side wards averaging 48 800 residents and similar trends on the South Side. Politicians say the changes will influence spring Republican primaries and council seats, with potential competitive splits in several wards and Mayor backing to keep the ordinance.
Promoters push a 9 million dollar yearly ship subsidy for thirty years to boost American merchant Marine. The piece surveys Illinois politics with Mark Yates and Shanahan speakership bets, Sheriff Sherman, and shifting caucus loyalties as lawmakers weigh the future House leadership and related appointments.
The December issue of The Smart Set features prominent fiction and poetry including Her Guard of Honor by Miriam Michelson The Passing of Tragedy by Bliss Carman With Black Coffee by Douglas Dunne An Unfinished Elopement by Caroline K Duer Ballade of the Football Man by Clinton Scollard Her Chromatic Father by Joe Lincoln Surprise at Sixty by Jean Dare Breaking the News by Frank Troe Batchelder The Episode of the Bari by Lows Evan Shipman The Protest by Roy Farrell Greene Jewels of the Maharanee by Gilson Willets The Colonial Dame by Adeline Mayo Hobart.
A scathing expose targets County Clerk Phil Knopf and Lorimer era appointees for soaring salaries in Cook County Illinois. Deputy Comptroller Jim Monaghan earns four thousand dollars annually while other clerks and assistants push payrolls past value, with total county payrolls over two hundred thousand dollars yearly. The piece calls for reform retrenchment and tighter oversight by the new County Board. It also critiques Sheriff and Custodian payrolls and notes tax increases by the State Board of Equalization. Strong object lesson in waste and political patronage.
A Washington special reports Senator Mason is in fine fettle and healthier than in his House days. He follows a physician ordered diet and orderly routine, grooming for a possible Illinois senatorial campaign and believes he can be re elected.
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