Dunne to End Harrison Hold on Chicago Politics
The Harrison gang faces a coming defeat as Mayor Dunne mobilizes public sentiment against their control of City Hall and the County Central Committee. Rumors swirl of clashes with Hearst forces while Lahiff’s testimony highlights the value and limits of political influence. Democratic primaries set for June 23 with large delegate counts point to a pivotal struggle in Chicago’s party machinery.
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Dunne
Harrison Gang
Harrison
County Central Committee
Harrison UI
Auditorium Hotel
Hearst
Chicago
Mr. Lahiff
President Powell
Busch
Commission
Lahiff
County Central
Sanitary and Judiciary
Board of Election Commissioners
Sanitary
Turner Hall
Democratic County Central Committee
William C. Doyle
Board of Sanitary Trustees
Doyle
Thirteenth Ward
Lafayette
Ind
Political maneuvering and graft rumors in Chicago
The piece outlines impending nominating conventions for Drainage Board Trustees and Judges on June 28 at West Side Auditorium with primaries June 27. It discusses the Harrison machine backing McGann and Tolman, plus judicial hopefuls, and criticizes city officials, police conduct, and graft allegations, naming Dunne, Wheeler, Hunt, and others amid party maneuvering and calls for investigation.
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Drainage Board
Side Auditorium
West Taylor and
Center Streets
Chicago
Harrison Machine
McGann
Tolman
Daniel G. Ramsey
William Dillon
Hunt Hold-Over Threatens Chicago Police Shake Up
The Eagle reports a likely major reshuffle in the Chicago Police Department. Nick Hunt, a long time inspector, is described as a hold-over with no civil service merit and broad opposition from officials. Captains McWeeney, Kelly, Rehm, Mahoney, Kandzea and others are named as potential successors amid calls for new leadership in Hyde Park and Lake district.
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Wheeler
Garfield Park
Miles Devine
Johnnie Powers
O'Neill
Michael Fewer
Halsted Street
Fewer
Healy
A. A. McCormick
Attorney Bush
Civil Service Commission
Hyde Park
Lake
Hunt
White City
Handbook Brigade
Nick Hunt
Harlan
Dunne
Take
O'Leary
Burns
Hunt Gang
Chicago
Free and Easy Boys
Join Mewetney
Woodlawn
Mayor Dunne
Inspector Hunt
McWeeney
Hyde Park and
Lake District
Peter M. Kelly
Kelly
John Rehm
John J. Mahoney
Joseph Kandzea
W. P. Clancy
P. D. O'Brien
Chicago Police Department
Inspector Hunt and Willan C Doyle Drainage Board
Inspector Hunt is described as both Republican and Democratic boss in Hyde Park. The brief calls for electing Willan C Doyle to the Drainage Board, framing the political dynamic and a local civic position.
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Inspector Hunt
Hyde Park
Willan C. Doyle
Drainage Board
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Democratic Central Committee
Solon
Civil Service
Mitteeman
Becona
Seco
Psekad
James H. Eckels
the Currency
The
Commercial National Bank
A. C. Clark
Miles J. Devine
Plense Politiian
Tllinois
George M. Boyd
Lake and Hyde Park
30Th Street
Justice Fitzgerald
Black Yars
Englewood
Fitzgerald
Lahift
Lake View
John Powers
Weat Side
39Th Street
Mr. Mayor
Hand Books
Merritt W. Pinckney
West
Northwest Sides
B. A. Eckhart
West Park Board
Hull House
Chicago Commons
Northwestern University Settlement
Eckhart
William
Bind Pig
Polce Department
Hyde-Parker
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