City Hall graft probes and battling aldermen roil Chicago politics
The article chronicles suspensions of three Local Improvements Department workers amid graft accusations tying them to a paying ring costing Chicago taxpayers about 250000 yearly. It details civil service actions, reactions from city officials including Captain Coffin and Michael Faherty, and broader tensions between city ordinance and state utility rules.
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City Hall
Board of Local Improvements
Civil Service Commission
John Hittell
Winthrop Avenue
Julius G. Gabelman
Leland Avenue
James J. Norton
South Kostner Avenue
Percy B. Coffin
Thompson
Michael J. Faherty
Chicago
Civil Service Act
Hittell
Gableman
Norton
Mr. Gableman
City Civil Service Commission
Coffin
Commission
Clark Street
Thompson Stands Pat at City Hall Standoff
Mayor Thompson declares he will not be bulldozed by the City Council. He says his appointees have acted practically and honestly and defends street cleaning by Streets Miller. He criticizes council inactivity and says patronage opposition could have been stopped by order, but he will stand pat.
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Thompson
Miller
Seats for all on Chicago traction lines demanded
Chairman William L. O Connell issued a Public Utilities Board order requiring seating for all passengers and trailers as needed. Traction companies resisted, with alleged aid from city officials, prompting public scrutiny of the Commission and City Council attitudes. In a State Public Utilities hearing Commissioner Walter A. Shaw questioned whether trailers could be practically operated given car improvements.
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Leonard A. Busby
Chicago
State Public Utility Commission
L. A. Busby
Council Transportation Committee
W. W. Gurley
Henry Atpatel
Gurley
State Commission
Walter A. Shaw
Busby
Thomas
William L. O'Connell
Public Utilities Commission
Order On Traction Company
Board of Public Utilities
Traction Company
Publc
City Council Committee
State Public Utilities Commission
Chicago Political Shakeup and Post Office Reform
Judge Scully settles April ward committeemen elections and direct primary delegates for national conventions. Chicago primaries realign Deneen Thompson and Sullivan factions. conference seeks primary amendment to cut city costs by over 1 million annually. Charles Sergel withholds Charles Francis pay pending council confirmation. Alderman Nance faces challenge from Clifford Roe. Chicago post office delivery criticized with Edgewater and Garfield Park stations named for inefficiency and potential management changes.
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Thomas F. Scully
Scully
Chicago
Deneen- Thompson
Dunne
Lorimer
Willis O. Nance
Nance
Clifford Roe
Corporation Counsel's Office
Edgewater
Garfield Park
Station M
Ogden Avenue
Wrigley Plans Republican Ninth District Delegate Run
William Wrigley Jr a Chicago financier and former Bull Moose ally deserts the progressives to seek a delegate seat to the 1916 Republican National Convention from Illinois Ninth District He backs Senator Sherman for president and pledges to align with GOP priorities after backing Roosevelt in 1912.
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William Wrigley Jr
William Wrigley, Jr
Wrigley
Chicago
United States
Ralph Otis
Ninth
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
Sullivan announces candidacy for delegate at large
The article reports that Roger C. Sullivan announces his candidacy for delegate at large on the Democratic ticket. It notes ongoing party infighting in Cook County as Sullivan, Sweitzer, and Harrison position for control ahead of next year’s national convention.
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Sullivan
Roger C. Sullivan
Mr. Harrison
Mr. Sullivan
Dunne-Harrison-Lewis
Robert M. Sweitzer
Bryan
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Harrison
Chicago
Champ Clark
Sullivan Forces
Cook County Committee
State Committee
Eighteenth Ward
Democratic Club
West
Madison Street
Henry Stuckart
Sweitzer
John J. Coburn
Mr. Coburn
Benedict Arnold
Washington
United States Senate
Thomas Sullivan
Sherman Stirs Up Races Over Referendum Plan
Republican leaders clash over Senator Lawrence Sherman backing Mayor Thompson's plan for an April primary referendum on national committeeman, with Thompson and Roy West proposing a full delegate slate and cross-endorsement stakes. Deneen and Sherman factions contest the scheme as a risk to Sherman’s presidential bid.
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Deneen-West
Thompson
Sherman
Washington
Illinois
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Roy O. West
Ant Thompson
Mr. West
Deneen
Council approves tax levy for police pension fund
The council passed a resolution by forty five to fourteen to raise 554 257 dollars for the police pension fund. Merriam proposed sending the issue to a committee for investigation but the motion failed.
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Council
Als
Merriam
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Charles H. Sergel
Charles R. Francis
Sergel
Willis E. Thorne
Francia
N.L. Piotrowski
Francis
Roger
Mr. Sweitzer
Higgins
Frank Walsh
John Broderick
Lou Conway
D. H. Kocher
Sperger
Cook County
Sangamor County
Lucey
Supreme Court
Ilinois
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