Chicago ward fight over Municipal Voters League clout
A Chicago ward battle centers on the Municipal Voters League and its push for a ward alderman candidate as Roger C Sullivan and other figures clash with the league. Retaliatory calls frame the voters as skeptical of league influence amid traction debates and city finances.
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Kroger C. Sullivan
Wm. C. Brown
Join & Clark
George C. Sikes
Walter W. Guy
John HH
Sillander
Roger C. Sullivan
Municipal Voters’ League
Chicago
Teague
Wolf
Grey Wolves
Sikes
Sullivan
Hopkins Backed by Umnola Voters Amid Dock Lease Controversy
The piece defends Senator Albert J. Hopkins as honest and capable and condemns a city lease of the Goodrich dock east of Rush street bridge for 5000 dollars a year without bids. Lawyers say lack of advertising invalidates the lease, which could be worth 50000 to 100000 annually, prompting public anger.
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SN. Dowell
Election Commissioner's Office
Powell
The
Election Commission
Swifts
Chicago
Buenos Ayres
Swift Company of
la Blanca
la Plata
Chile
Swift Company
Great Goodrich Dock
Rush Street Bridge
Chain of Lakes
Chicago factions rally for Harrison and others in a tax dodge tale
A Chicago press dump details endorsements for Carter Harrison and other elites in a 1911 nominating push. Dog Catchers Union and Undertakers Verein back Harrison, while critics complain of lax taxation against Goodrich steamboats. Governors confer on uniform lake vessel taxation amid revenue concerns.
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Carter J. Tirrison
Chieago
Fourtermg
Siice
California
Magchip Newspapers
Yellow Kid
Dog Catchers’ Union
Carter HL. Harrison
Chicago
Golden Sands
Dunne
Mr. Harrison
Dog Catchers’ Union of Chicago
Carter TH
Harrison
Democrats
Carter IL Harrison
Edward M. Lahift
Ireland
Verein
Masonic Temple
Carter HH
Iroquois
Undertakers
Red-Hot-Lancers’ Association
Paving Grafters’ Society
Duluth
Minnesota
Auditorium Annex
E. E. Woodbury
Hughes
New York
Fred Warner
Michigan
Great Lakes
Woodbury
New York State Tax Commission
Goodrich
Carolina
Georgia
Ludington
Charles H. Hackley
Sea Bird
Alpena
Atlanta
Sheboygan
Goodrich Transportation Company
Minn
Lake Superior
Aterus
Vomselaia
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Jake Dickinson
Iroquois Club
Roosevelt
Illinois Central Railroad
Lake Front
Jake
Nates
Zephyr
Henry T. Rainey
Usnels
Congress
Isaac N. Powell
Hildreth
Jaane N. Powell
Chicago Eagle
Bryan
Oklahoma
J. W. Kern
Kern
Indianapolis
Ind
Twediana
John W. Kern
United States
Howard County
C. A. Robinson
Brewers
Greenfield
Strickland
House
Senate
Imac N. Powell
Ey ‘Arthur ~ Meeker
University of Illinois
Arthur
Francis D. Connery
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice White
Hammond Packing Company
Chicago Wcking Company
Supreme Court
Railroad Commission of Louisiana Va
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Owar F. Mayer
Harrison Tan't
U. S
Federal Grand Jury
Ogden Armour
Europe
Shippy
Schuettler
Horan
Seyferlich
Busse
Wilson
Bennett
Finance Committee
Board of Education
William A. Lydon
Great Lakes Dredging Company
Lakes
Wilmington
Del
Lydonia
Rochester
N. Y
Morris & Co
United States Grand Jury
Albert J. Hopkins
Umnola
Undertaker's
Red Hot Lancers Cadet Corps
Goodrich Ste
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