Chicago politics and reforms roil in 1900s style clash
A sprawling report chronicles the Chicago political scene with attacks on Harrison era misdeeds, calls for reform, and debates over boulevard taxation. It highlights Dunne's mayoral bid, a First Ward Ball scandal, and the rise of reformers including Francis D. Connery and Henry Stuckart amid ward by ward rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunne
Harrison
Judge Dunne
California
John Minnegen
Board of Local Improvements
Harrison Leutenants
St. Luke's Sanitarium
Lincoln Hotel
Goody-Goody Trust Press
Busse
First Ward Dive Keepers Union
Call for Strong State Regulation of Banks in Chicago
Treasurer argues for strict law to curb wild cat banks and protect Chicago's business from numerous small, unstable lenders. He warns many traders have been ruined and urges charter provisions enabling city police power to regulate these estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Wacker
Chicago Plan Commission
Commission
City of Chicago
Walter G. Moody
West Park Board
Northwestern Trust and Savings Bank
Hibernian Banking Association
Graham & Sons
Union Trust Company
South Chicago Savings Bank
The
Commercial National
Continental National
Drovers Deposit National
Illinois Trust and Savings
Fort Dearborn National
South Side Gtate Bank
Merchants’ Bank
National Bank of the Republic
State Bank of Chicago
Chicago
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Tebes
FALR
É. Lehman
Park Board
South Park System
William H. Sexton
James P. Burdett
Smulski
Red Light
First Ward
Edward F. Dunne
George T. Trumbull
John V. Fox
J. W. Merrion
Clifford M. Leonard
Clarence N. Goodwin
A. L. Gant
John F. Smulaki
George F. Harding, Jr
Milton J. Foreman
James M. Dailey
John J. Sheahas
Theodore K. Long
Charles B. Merriam
Blican
John R. Emerson
Dennis J. Egan
Thomas F. Scully
Howard F. Cullerton
Michael Zimmer
Arthur W. Fulton
James H. Lachey
Lewis D. Bitts
John J. Brennan
John Powers
John P. Stewart
Francis W. Taybouican
Bayler
Jacob A. Hey
August Krumhols
Winfield P. Dunn
William F. Lipps
Joseph F. Capp
Harry B. Littler
Matthias A. Mueller
Michael McInerney
James A. Kearns
Albert J. Fisher
Charles HB
Reading
Willem F. Ryan
John 8. Clark
Harrison Barnacles
Denis J. Swente
William Musham
Swente
Grand Jury
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Chronicle
Briggs House
Harrison Board of Election Commissioners
Harrison Election Board
Chicago Eagle
Narod Bok Cath-Denni Hiasatel Svornosteen
Anton J. Cer
Francis D. Connery
Progressive Democrats of
Henry Stuckart
Merriam
Gant
Connery
Teuchers Brigade
Knockers Union
Charter Harrison
Barnacles’ Union
John F. Smalsei
John E. Traeger
John J. Bradley
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