Sweitzer Gains Momentum in Chicago Mayoral Battle
Democratic voters rally behind Robert M. Sweitzer as his mayoral bid tightens. The campaign targets Mayor Harrison with attacks on finances and railroads, highlights debt figures, and notes Sweitzer organized support from college clubs and various ward groups.
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Robert M. Sweitzer
Harrison
Teutonia Hall
Twenty-ninth Ward
Schools of
Chicago
Frank 8. Ryan
Sweitzer Organization Committee
Rairoads
Mr. Ryan
William H. Quirk
Illinois Central Railroad
Traction Fund
Sweitzer
John J. Sloan
Sherman
Francis Borrelli
City Hall payrolls raise ire amid spring election talk
A front of worker pay and job security dominates Chicago politics as critics blast high city salaries and tax exemptions while civil service reform moves target merit based appointments. The piece surveys salaries, proposed reforms, and candidates across mayoral and city offices.
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Corporation Counsel
Harbor and Subway
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Burleson
Congress
Madden
Senator Lewis
Illinois
Post Office Department
Senate
Cook County
Municipal Court of
Civil- Service Reform Association of Chicago
House
Aldermen Positions and Candidate Addresses Listed
The record lists First Ward nominees Republican William Walter Scott, 305 East Twenty-fourth Street Winfield. Troupe, 1809 South Michigan Avenue. Democrat Michael Kenna, 204 South Michigan Avenue. Progressive Carl H. Wehle, 2139 S Wabash Avenue. Second Ward shows Republican Oscar De Priest, 3815 Vernon Avenue. Louis B. Anderson, 2821 South Wabash Avenue. F B J Lloyd, 8557 Grand Boulevard. H B.
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William Walter Scott
East Twenty-fourth Street
Winfield
Troupe
South Michigan Avenue
Michael Kenna
Carl H. Wehle
S. Wabash Avenue
Second Ward
Oscar de Priest
Vernon Avenue
Louis B. Anderson
Wabash Avenue
F. B. J. Lloyd
Grand Boulevard
H. B
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Law Schools
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Alexander W. Jamieson
William J. Sheridan
Leo
David J. Harnly
James Sullivan
John P. Smith
Peter Bartzen
William Hale Thompson
The
Illinois Jewish Republican Club
William Hale Thompson Club
Louisa Rowe Osborne
Board of Trade
James P. Molloy
Edward G. Heeman
John J. Leonard
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Thomas T. Hoyne
Maclay Hoyne
O'Rielly
G. I. Rossiter
George W. Ziska
Board of Election Commissioners
Robert M. Buck
Samuel Beckwith
Beckwith
Robert J. Roulston
Board of Education
Houston
Texas
Europe
Berlin
City Hall
Ernst Hummel
Statehouse
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Labor Service
Harrigan Leutenants
Board of Governors
Chicago Bar Association
Harry Olson
Code of Ethics
American Bar Association
Frank J. Wilson
Carter H. Herrison
Thomas O'Dwyer
John J. Geraghty
Russell P. Butler
Peter J. O'Reilly
James Traynor
Jacob Hey
Charles M. Thomson
James J. Sullivan
William H. Stuart
Arthur M. Chamberlin
John H. Goldbahn
Flournoy Street
John —Iman
George FE. Gorman
James Bowler
John J. Harrington
Charles HH
Sergei
Louis BP
Wilk
North
Troy Street
Cyril R. Jandus
John ©. Murphy
John A. Ulrich
Charles J. Michael
A. A. Worsley
Thomas A. Smyth
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