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Big Chicago election year hints at citywide power shift
The piece outlines a looming political battle in Chicago with aldermen chosen in spring and major county and state offices in fall. It highlights shifts in city governance, redistricting needs, subway plans, and the influence of reforms and prominent figures like Edward Tilden and John P. Hopkins while noting expected national attention on Congress and statewide posts.
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Chicago
Cook County
Congress
Representa
Municipal Voters’ League
William J. McKenna
Merriam Commission
Thomas J. Dixon
W. H. Blencoe
C. M. Thomson
Charles J. Lucas
Peter Reinberg
William B. Dever
Nicholas R. Finn
Charles M. Foell
B. F. Clettenberg
John Golombiewski
Bernard W. Snow
Albert W. Bellfuss
William J. Roberts
William J. Pringle
W. J. McKenna
John H. Jones
Henry L. Fick
Rudolph Hurt
Otto J. Novak
F. W. Kovaleski
Michael C. Conlon
James B. Bowler
Fred A. Britten
James F. Clancy
Ernest Bihl
Edward Tilden
South Park
Circuit Court
Illinois
Tilden
Chicago’ School Board
Charles M. Foells
Pugh Terminal Company
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
North Water Street
John P. Hopkins
Harry Rubens
John W. Ela
Democratic Party