Sweitzer campaign denounces public employee assessments for mayor race
Chicago politics heat up as Sweitzer and allies pledge no salary or office staff assessments for political purposes. Party leaders in multiple wards back his stance, while reform groups announce watchful campaigns over alderman and sanitary district races.
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Sweitzer
Grand Pacific
Henry Stuckart
Chicago
Stuckart
Francis I. Connery
Civil Service Commission
Frank J. Walsh
Criminal Court
Denis J. Egan
Election Commission
Thomas A. Smyth
Sanitary District
John W. Rainey
Move for nonpartisan candidates in 7th ward
The progressive organization in the 7th ward launches a drive for nonpartisan candidates for city and aldermanic posts. Ward committeeman W. D. Cousin says a resolution was adopted at a meeting with representation from nearly all eighty precincts. A committee was named to carry out the plan.
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7Th Ward
W. D. Cousin
Judge Dever touted as Dunne wing mayoral candidate
Reports in political circles indicate Superior Court Judge William E. Dever may be presented by the Dunne wing of the Democratic party for the mayoralty. The anticipated contest pits Mayor Harrison against County Clerk Sweitzer as the race develops.
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Superior Court
William E. Dever
Dunne
Democratic Party
Harrison
Sweitzer
Democrats clash over walking duel for mayoral nod
Democratic hopefuls focus on a walking match as fundraiser and jab at Mayor Harrison. Geraghty announces training and extends the challenge to other candidates while Thompson campaign backers plan independent bid and new headquarters. A proposal to finance a 31 641 seat civic building with 190000 sq ft moves forward with a 1 250 000 bond plan and projected 70 000 annual profit.
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Chicago
Smulski
Fusion drive for Chicago mayoral race per civic group
A committee of Republicans and Progressives forms to unite on a fusion mayoral candidate. Alexander H. Revell chairs the effort, aiming to back a widely respected leader with no personal agenda. Debates over dry Chicago, saloon revenues, and sidewalk issues frame the political discourse.
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Alexander H. Revell
Madden supporters push GOP action over delays in talks
Supporters of Congressman Martin B Madden grow impatient with slow negotiations with progressives and demand Republican organization action. Madden says he will not run unless all Republican elements unite in support of him.
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Martin B. Madden
Republican Organization
Madden
Thompson campaign gains momentum with ward headquarters
The Thompson Republican campaign expands with ward based offices in Chicago and statewide endorsements. Mrs Thompson aids the effort by attending women’s meetings and hosting Tuesday teas at 3200 Sheridan Road. Mayor Harrison plans a February campaign tour while John F Smulski endorses a grand Town Hall of the Nation on the North Side pier.
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Robert M. Sweitzer
Illinois Women's Democratic League
North
Lincoln Street
Sweltzer
Joanna Downes
Chicago
Thompson Republicans
East 43Rd Street
Mr. Thompson
Page Waller Eaton
James M. Pugh
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
East Forty-third Street
Sixth Ward
Twelfth Ward
Republican Club
Campagiiers
Sheridan Road
Carter H. Harrison
John F. Smulski
Chicago Association of Commerce
Town Hall of the Nation
New City Pier
City Council Action On Appointments and Ordinances
City council last met Monday night approving Mayor Harrison's pick Joseph Novak to the board of local improvements, replacing Clayton Smith. Law department says frontage consents unnecessary for dispensary builds at the tuberculosis sanitarium. Discussed zoning moves and license reforms for coffee houses with proposed $500 annual fee and 2 a m closing. Also set dates for Polish war victims tag day and ordered sidewalk Obstructions cleared by June 1 1917.
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Harrison
Joseph J. Novak
Board of Local Improvements
Clayton F. Smith
Law Department
Chicago
Germania
Evanston
Frank W. Solon
Michaelson
Merriam
Lake Michigan
Halsted Street
Twenty-second Street
North Avenue
Gleason
Citizess
Progressive candidates lead local ward clubs in city race
W. C. Lamb, formerly Progressive Clerk of the Municipal Court candidate, is elected president of the Twenty-first Ward Thompson Club. The Second ward Thompson Club selects Fred Ed wards as president, with member F. E. J. Lloyd, a Progressive in the last general assembly.
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Alexander H. Revell
W. C. Lamb
Thompson Club
Progressive Thompson Club
Fred Edwards
F. E. J. Lloyd
Electrification Battle Shapes Chicago Rail Future
In a clash over rail power, opponents warn the smoke nuisance of railroads could have kept Chicago a prairie dot, while supporters push ahead with electrification to transform the city’s transit.
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Chicago
Graft Scheme Returns as Men Target Gas Shutoff
The men behind an automatic gas shut off graft resume activity aiming to boost their scheme. Dogs want a fight in Chicago in 1915. They can have it.
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Chicago
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Illinois Women’s Democratic League
Sweitzer Club
Rocco de Stefano
Raymond M. Ashcraft
Seventh Ward
Nonpartisan Committee
Political Equality League
Political Equality League of Woman Voters
A. H. Sweitzer
Bureau of Civic Eficiency
Page Waller Maton
Joseph Forbrich
W. H. Vesey
Sophia E. Delavan
W. E. McDermot
J. DeWitt Garrison
James F. Gould
Laura E. Fischer
J. J. Vanleuven
Trust Press
Aassistant Corporation
Leon Hornstein
Permanent Charter Commission
Detroit
Deneen
Judge Harry Olson
Judge Olson
Olson
James
Theodore Brentano
Charles E. Merriam
Edward J. Brundage
National Guard
Lake Front
Grant Park
Cavalry
Lincoln Park
John T. Connery
Geraghty
John J. Geraghty
Mr. Geraghty
Union Hotel
Republican County Central Committee
Mr. Sweitzer
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