Sullivan for U S Senator and Chicago races in flux
Gossip from the Chicago political scene centers on Roger C. Sullivan's bid for U S Senator from Illinois with strong Democratic support. A New Year mass meeting is planned. other items discuss immigration notes and lax tax debates highlighted by a 1912 Tribune tax case.
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Roger C. Sullivan
United States
Illinois
John T. Keating
Board of Education
Keating
Cook County Democracy
James M. Slattery
Committee of the Democracy
Second Infantry Armory
Washington Boulevard
Curtis Street
Robert M. Sweitzer
Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Hen Roost Talk Water Meter Graft and Trusts Graft
A local column reports graft allegations involving water meters and telephone services, detailing efforts by trusts to influence rates and contracts. The piece names civic figures implicated and outlines recent investigations and community responses.
Chicago Tax Dodgers and Woman Suffrage Rivalry Mix of Politics
A critical, opinionated column attacks election judges as unqualified, blasts tax dodgers and the royalty of wealth, and warns of a phone trust threat in Chicago. It condemns Bureau of Efficiency silence on taxes, mocks woman suffrage as a political boomerang, and warns of federal action amid anti trust scrutiny.
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Chicago
Board OF Review
Cook
Illinois
Julius Rosenwald
Bureau of Efficiency
Sears-Roebuck Company
Bureau of Public Efficiency
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Sullivan
Supreme Court
Illinois Reform Association
Tax Reform Association
Tax Association
Reform Association
Board
Richard W. Sears
B. B. Bunny
F. M. Peters
Henry P. Crowell
James P. Soper
Samuel A. Bingham
Albert H. Loeb
Arthur J. Eddy
W. L. Brown
John Stuart
J. B. Forgan
Everett B. Bragg
O. W. Elphicke
C. G. Comstock
Joseph E. Otis
E. 8. Conway
Alfred Babcock
BE. F. Carry
F. I. Roenitz
Franklin Rudolph
W. O. Duntley
F. E. White
Adam Kreuter
Robert Stuart
Lucius G. Fisher
William A. Ryden
A. I. Valentine
Charles C. Adsit
T. Welle
Richard C. Lake
Austin B. Carpenter
C. B. Goodspeed
Edward Rector
Clarence M. Wooley
W. B. Pearson
F. Underhill
the Tribune
Supreme Ie
Revenue Law
the People Vs. Shirk
Revenue Act
People Vs. Commissioners of
Cook County
Macaroni
Sissy
Sissy Election
Sissy Election Board
Hea
State Board of Equalization
People
Stevens
Henry County
Warner Ve. Campbell
Chicago Avenue
40Th Street
Addison Street
Broadway
Clark Streets
Democratic Party
U. S
Bureau of Deficiency
Federal Grand Jury
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