Frosty Wilson meeting leaves Democrats cold at auditorium
Illinois political factions clash over delegates and committees as a Wilson address at the Auditorium fails to warm a largely Republican crowd. The Industrial Club hosts the event without a charter, finesze, and snubbed party officials, delivering only frigid reception and scant applause.
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Wilson
National Democratic
Democratic State Central
Chicago
Society
Business Verein
Dress suits and furs on the way home
A concise note describes people needing dress suits and furs while returning home. It implies preparation for travel or arrival. No dates or names are given. The brief focuses on clothing items sought for the journey back.
Poor Old Carter in Sullivan Split Faces Uncertain Delegates
Harrison stands solo on the Exclusive Anti-Sullivan Delegate-at-Large ticket while Dunne and Lewis back the Sullivan slate. Traeger backs Sullivan in the district lineup, and Secretary of State Stevenson shuns the anti-Sullivan camp. Ninth district Sullivan Democrats name McGillen and Fyffe for district delegates, Jung and Fry for alternates, and Mulcahy for state committeeman.
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Harrison
Dunne
Lewis
Sullivan
Traeger
Mike Zimmer
Joliet
Stevenson
Carter
Wilson
Roger C. Sullivan
Carter H. Harrison
Ninth
John McGillen
Colin C. H. Fyffe
Sullivan Democrats
Bernard Jung
N. G. Fry
Edward Mulcahy
Women vote rights list from Election Board official
Chief Clerk Dennis J. Egan of the Election Board announces the dates women may vote on. February 29 municipal primaries for aldermen and a municipal court judge. April 4 election for those offices. April 11 primaries for state ward and precinct committeemen. September 13 primaries for state board of equalization three university trustees assessor board of review twelve municipal court judges three sanitary district trustees and senatorial committeemen. November 7 election of the above and presidential electors. April 11 primaries for delegates to national conventions and June 6 election of six Circuit and Superior court judges. September 13 primaries for Congress.
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Dennis J. Egan
Election Board
Joseph BR. Ryan
State Board of Equalization
Board of Review
Sanitary District
Circuit
Superior Court
Congress
Political Officials Named in Statewide List
A roster includes men holding state senate and representative roles along with the governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general county recorder state's attorney surveyor coroner and clerks of Circuit and Superior courts.
Sullivan Democrats Name Slated District Delegates
Sullivan Democrats released slates for district delegates across multiple districts. Sixth district lists Thomas M. Sullivan and William F. Ryan. Seventh district includes Thomas Murray and Felix Wilkowski with alternates Hans Blase and Edward Kamd. Tenth district favors B F Weber and Nicholas Wagner. Thirteenth district names Douglas Pattison Freeport and Martin Dillon Galena. Twenty second district lists William M Baltz Marissa and Joseph Fahlstick Alton. Twenty third district includes George W Fithian Newton and F W Easterday Vandalia. Twenty fifth district lists Walter Williams Benton and J M Etherton Carbondale.
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Sullivan Democrats
Thomas M. Sullivan
William F. Ryan
Thomas Murray
Felix Wilkowski
Hans Blase
Edward Kamd
B. F. Weber
Nicholas Wagner
Douglas Pattison
Freeport
Martin Dillon
Galena
William M. Baltz
Marissa
Joseph Fahlstick
Alton
George W. Fithian
Newton
F. W. Easterday
Vandalia
Walter Williams
Benton
J. M. Etherton
Carbondale
Arbitration Board Meeting Sought to Resolve Street Car Wage Dispute
Street car union officials call for a meeting of the arbitration board that ruled on the wage case to clear up a disagreement over the award. The dispute centers on Chicago Surface lines not granting wage increases to about 200 switchmen grade men watchmen and other workers outside the barns.
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Arbitration Board
Street Car Men's Union
Chicago
Local party slate named for district delegates state committeeman
Oscar Mayer and Patrick Haynes were chosen as district delegate candidates and John A. McGarry as state committeeman in the tenth district. Sullivan faction also fields Thomas Murray Felix Wilkowski in the seventh and Weber Wagner in the tenth. In the seventh district Henry G. Zander Isaac Doff were named for district delegates with Michael Grace endorsed for the state central committee.
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Oscar F. Mayer
Patrick F. Haynes
John A. McGarry
Sullivan
Thomas Murray
Felix Wilkowski
B. F. Weber
Nicholas Wagner
Henry G. Zander
Isaac Doff
Michael Grace
State Central Committee
Thompson-Lundin gird ward folk in alderman race
Thompson and Lundin force in the 31st ward push to beat Deneen by focusing on ward committee fights. Leneen says city hall backers favor committees over alderman elections and would back the Deneen candidate if neutral in committeeship. Deneen seeks reelection as ward committeeman, while Thompson-Lundin aim to unseat him.
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Thompson-Lundin
Charles 8
Leneen
City Hall
Deneen
Harrison's Treat and the Canalside Terminal
A humorous exchange praises Harrison as a cheerful, generous mayor. Separately, the new Milwaukee terminal at Canal and Adams will open by summer 1919, costing about 60 million dollars with twenty six passenger tracks and train sheds below street level.
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Union
Canal and
Adams Streets
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
The
Milwaukee
After the Brick Trust in Chicago paving contracts challenged
Charles T. Palmer attorney for South Webster Brick Company of Chillicothe O charged the Chicago city civil service commission with a decade old conspiracy reaching the board of local improvements. Palmer spoke during the trial of J J Norton city brick tester accused of unlawfully rejecting 69000 bricks from the South Webster Brick Company.
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Chicago
City Civil Service Commission
Charles T. Palmer
South Webster Brick Company
Chillicothe
Schmidt Wins Ward Committeeman Endorsement in Twenty fifth
George K. Schmidt Republican committeeman of the Twenty fifth ward secured an electoral endorsement as rival Isaac Bryan trailed. A mixed committee of thirteen men and thirteen women voted fifteen to eleven, with the result advisory to the ward club on its official candidate.
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George K. Schmidt
Twenty-fifth Ward
Isaac Bryan
Schmidt
Bryan
Judge Dolan Addresses Real Estate Board on The Boy and the City
Judge Harry P. Dolan spoke to the Cook County Real Estate Board at its Tuesday luncheon in the Morrison Hotel. He reviewed the illustrated work The Boy and the City and its stereopticon views with Samuel E. Erickson as toastmaster.
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Harry P. Dolan
Municipal Court
Cook County Real Estate Board
Morrison Hotel
Samuel E. Erickson
Burke as Delegate at Large Aimed By Chicago Democrats
A Chicago meeting at the Hotel Sherman backed Robert E. Burke for Delegate at Large to the Democratic National Convention. Committees were named to circulate petitions and file by February 11 in Springfield. Burke’s long party service and ties to labor bolster his candidacy and local GOP opposition is not noted.
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Sherman
Robert E. Burke
Springfield
Daniel J. O'Connor
James V. Cunningham
North la Salle Street
Democratic Party
Cook County
State Central Committee
Carter H. Harrison
Democratic Association
Carter H. Harrison, Sr
Chicago
Cleveland
Bryan
Parker
Wilson
Gas Company Sued Over 144 Actions by City Committee
The council gas oil and electric light committee directed the corporation counsel to begin 144 suits against the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Com. The action reflects ongoing efforts by the city to pursue legal recourse over utility operations.
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Council Gas, Oil and Electric Light Committee
Corporation Counsel
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Com
Litzinger Charges Mayor Thompson Broke Pledges
Former Alderman Edward R. Litzinger a Republican Committeeman and Deneen ally in the Fifth ward accuses Mayor Thompson of breaking pledges. Speaking before about 300 Republicans at Kahn’s Hall he says Thompson promised not to appoint in the Fifth ward without consultation and later refused interviews after the election.
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Litzinger
Edward R. Litzinger
Deneen
Fifth Ward
Thompson
Kahn's Hall
Wood Streets
Mr. Litzinger
Fred Lundin
Lundin
Deneen Backs Watson For Ward Alderman
Deneen Republicans of the Twenty seventh ward pledge support for Alderman Oliver I. Watson seeking renomination in the primaries. Watson won two years ago as a nonpartisan candidate with Progressives backing him. Judge Arnold and Charles Rioch chaired and presided at a Myrtle Masonic Hall meeting endorsing Watson.
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Deneen
Oliver I. Watson
Watson
Victor P. Arnold
Myrtle Masonic Hall
Charles Rioch
Traeger Backs Sullivan Endorsement Shifts Delegate Race
Harrison leaders reacted as Sheriff Traeger, once named among the Harrison-Dunne slate for delegate at large, accepted the Sullivan endorsement for district delegate in the third congressional district. The move is seen as part of a broader Sullivan Democratic strategy.
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Harrison
Traeger
Harrison-Dunne
Sullivan
City considers halving saloon licenses after Sunday closings
The city council license committee forms a subcommittee to hold hearings on cutting the saloon license from $1,000 to $500. Retail liquor dealers’ association president Fred Rhode warns such a cut would cost saloon keepers about $11 million yearly due to Sunday closures ordered by Mayor Thompson.
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Thompson
Fred Rhode
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Stevenson Withdraws From Slate As Delegate-at-Large Candidate
Lewis G. Stevenson secretary of state and candidate for renomination said he will not run on any slate for delegate-at-large. He was slated by the Harrison-Sabath men.
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Barney
Harrison
Con
Riverview
County Democracy
Lewis G. Stevenson
Harrison-Sabath
Delegate-at-large rotation splits Sullivan and Harrison-Sabath forces
The delegate-at-large slate in both Sullivan and Harrison-Sabath factions will not remain intact when filed with the secretary of state. Under law the names will rotate and be placed in different positions within each senatorial district, a move supporters say minimizes one state's advantage.
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Sullivan
Harrison-Sabath
Secretary of
O Connell Hoyne Named Democratic Delegates for Second District
State's Attorney Hoyne and William L O'Connell named by Harrison Dunne Democrats as delegates to the Democratic national convention from the second congressional district. John Prystalski and Jacob D Ruf chosen as alternates.
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Hoyne
Willliam L. O'Connell
Dunne
Harrison-Dunne Democrats
John Prystalski
Jacob D. Ruf
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Brick Trust
Civil Service Board
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