New Deal in Sight as Democrats Flirt with Mason
The piece reports Democrats courting Senator Mason and his independent followers in hopes of unseating Kane County Statesman backers. It notes Mason’s broad appeal and independence, the potential fusion with independents and Democrats, and the likelihood of Mason winning if elected by popular vote. It mentions Chicago independents, legislative dynamics, and possible races involving Hopkins and Lowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
House
Chicago
Legislative Voters’ League
Friends of Mason
A. J. Hopkins
Kane County
Minnois
Ald
Mike Kenna
Mr. Walker
Hinky Dink
Democratic Gossip Over Railroad Contracts In 1877 Session
In the Democratic camp gossip centers on railroad contracts renewing next winter. Senator Mason chairs the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Postroads and influences railroad dealings. Burlington Rock Island Northwestern Alton are named as influential lines. A Democrat says Mason deserves support for returning to the Senate. The 1877 session saw David Davin Wee elected as an Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Senate Committee On
Burlington
Rock Island
Northwestern
Alton
Senate
Ike Hopkins
David Davin Wee
Franchises of Chicago street railways face 1903 expirations
A citywide tally lists fifty three Chicago street railway franchises under Union Traction Company control with many marked as subject to the 1865 act. The document names North Chicago and West Chicago lines and details expiring segments on State and Clark streets, Wells, Division, Sedgwick, Ashland, Halsted, and others plus the Wabash Cottage Grove lines and multiple canal and cross town routes with dates capsuled as terminable 1903 or 1908 and later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction Company
Ust
George C. Sikes
The
Street Railway Commission
North Chicago Street Railway Company
West Chicago Street Railway Company
State Street
Lake
Clark Streets
Division Street
Clark Street
Washington Street
Fullerton Avenue
Diversey Boulevard
Wells Street
Fifth Avenue
Randolph
Center Street
Lincoln Avenue
Belmont Avenue
Ashland Avenue
Belmont
Graceland Avenue
Racine Avenue
Larrabee Street
Chicago
Lincoln Avenues
Webster Avenue
Racine
Sheffield Avenue
Iincoln Avenue
Chicago Avenue
State
Clybourn Avenue
Evanston Avenue
Diversey Street
Wrightwood Avenue
Lill
Wrightwood J
Sheffield
Seminary Avenues
Madison Street
Western Avenue
Western
Hamlin
Crawford Avenues
Milwaukee Avenue
Lake and
Halsted Streets
Halsted Street
North Avenue
Armitage Avenue
van Buren
Clintor Street
van Buren Street
Clinton
Blue Island Avenue
Milwaukee Ave
Washtenaw Avenue
California Avenue
Leavitt Street
Kedzie Avenue
40Th Avenue
Grand Avenue
Milwaukee
Western Avenues
Lake Street
Wabash Avenue
Union Park Court
Rockwell Street
Homan Avenue
Randolph Street
Union Park
Bryan Place
Ogden Avenue
Polk Street
Canal Street
Twelfth Street
Fifteenth Place
Jefferson
Canal Streets
Polk Streets
12Th Street
Clinton Street
Harrison Street
Canalport Avenue
Jefferson Street
Chicago City Railway Company
Qgottage Grove Avenue
22D Street
Twenty Second Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
30Th Street
224 Street
31St Street
Indiana Avenue
Eighteenth Street
1Sth Street
Twenty-second Street
Downtown Loop
Washington
Polk
22D
Archer Avenue
Halsted
38Th Street
Thirty-ninth Street
Vincennes Avenue
20Th Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Canal
Butler Street
Wallace Street
20Th
O'Neill
89Th Street
60Th Street
80Th Street
69Th Street
Twenty-first Street
Dearborn
Dearborn Street
21St Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Thirty-first Street
Lake Park Avenue
Pitney Avenue
81St Street
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Ullman Street
Root Street
Forty-third Street
Illinois Central Tracks
Forty-seventh Street
Ilinois Central
Ashland
Fifty-first Street
Grand Boulevard
Imola Central
Wentworth Avenue
Wentworth
Central Park Avenue
South Chicago Avenue
71St Street
Sth Street
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Wisconsin
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Congressman Foster
Charles C. Breyer
Great West Side Plumbing
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Thirty-ninth
67Th Streets
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Lake Avenue
Jefferson and
Lake Avenues
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Center Avenue
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Board of Election Commissioners
Voice OF the People
Chicago Eagle
Council Transportation Committee
Veritas
Eagle
Democrata
John Powers
Cook County’ Democracy
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Powers
Cook
Walker
John K. Prindtville
Spencer Ward
North Side
Daniel J. McMahon
Board of Education
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Edelweiss
Cutting
Judge Cutting
Huron Mountain
Louis F. Altpeter
Hanreddy
George P. Foster
Congress
Mr. Foster
Miles J. Devine
West Side
Francis M. Woods
State Senate
Frank O. Lowden
Fred H. Rowe
Republican State Central Committee