Sullivan on Top Popular Democratic Leader Sees New Year Dawn
Roger C. Sullivan leads a Democratic surge in Illinois as party men dominate county and city offices. Col James Hamilton Lewis urges Wilson to appoint an Illinois cabinet member and advocate a Democrat on Chicago's federal bench. Mayor Harrison projects civic projects, utility reform, and nonpartisan local elections amid calls to curb primaries and spending.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Wilson
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Board of County Commissioners
Trustees Sanitary District
Board of Review
Board of Assessors
Lewis
Ilinois
Middle West
Union
United States
Chicago
Feago
Harrison
Bureau of Public Efficiency
Stomach Bitters
McAnsh
Erie
Union Streets
Property Owners and Taxpayers’ Association
Twentyfifth
Charles M. Thomson
End Phone Rule As We Have Had It In Chicago
City editorial argues for a state appointed Public Utilities Commission to cut Chicago telephone rates and expose the Chicago Telephone Company as a Trust. It cites higher charges outside Chicago, asserts automatic service and city control, notes franchise clauses allowing rate regulation, and urges voters to demand lower rates and accountability from officials.
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Public Utilities Commission
Phone Trust
Chicago
Trust
Dunne
People of
Telephone Trust
England
Australia
New Zealand
Chicago Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
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Cook County
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Mississippi River
Elect Clark
Iowa
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