$6000 Bribe Ties Leader of Illino is House to Monopolies
A Sangamon County Grand Jury may indict the head of the House clique for a $6,000 bribe that bought influence with Chicago gas and railroad interests. The report names a veteran lobbyist and two go-betweens who delivered funds and steered key bills to favor monopolies. The exposé traces connections to the Gas Trust, rail interests, and a broad syndicate, with pending questions for voters and officials.
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Hyde Park Republicans name A W Clancy for Auditor
Hyde Park Republicans say Cook County on next State ticket would include Major A W Clancy as Auditor candidate. Clancy long linked with Hyde Park GOP and popular statewide. Tenth Ward to nominate A W Nolte for Legislature and Twelfth to back George W Kroll, aiming to return two veteran leaders to Springfield House.
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Hyde Park
Cook County
Major A. W. Clancy
Major Clancy
A. W. Nolte
George W. Kroll
Springfield
Kennedy linked to Legislature and City Board jobs in Chicago
Hon Edward F Kennedy of Kennedy Furniture on Wabash is discussed for the Legislature in the Second Senatorial District and possibly as a Board of Education appointee by Mayor Harrison. The Republican Marching Club lists officers. Speakers from Hinrichsen, Harris, and Curley address the Old Hickory Club smoker. Labor groups attack Superintendent Andrews over a Malthusian theory issue.
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Edward F. Kennedy
Great
Kennedy Furniture Company
Wabash Avenue
Kennedy
Harrison
Board of Education
W. H. Hinrichsen
Jacksonville
Mark Harris
Joliet
Curley
Old Hickory Club
Thirteth Ward
Chicago
Board of Educcation
Andrews
Colorado
Organized Labor
Beard loss stirs talk of duty in Illinois dairy committee
William Thiemann, longtime Cook County legislator and chair of the committee on live stock and dairying, appeared without his flowing black beard. He stated there is no link between the beard’s absence and his committee chairmanship during the last legislative session.
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William Thiemann
Cook County
Bumps Billings Breaks Over Gas Tax Power Play
Chicago story outlines dispute with gas companies and city council led by Alderman Cullerton. It notes Bumps Billings of the People's Gas Light and Coke Company pressing for power to regulate rates, threats to shut off gas, and calls to study water power leases and Drainage Board actions affecting public welfare.
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Billings
Bumps Billings
Chicago
Cullerton
Elty
People's Gas Light and Coke Company
Finance Committee
Ilinois Supreme Court
Rogers Park Water Works
Wieter
Rogers Park
Gas Trust Counsel Bond Sparks City Gas Price Debate
The article notes one counsel for the Gas Trust is on the bond of the Corporation and argues this may influence the Corporation Counsel against city gas price controls. It cites Mr Walker as honest and unpersuaded by such ties, while Bernard Eckhart warns a fifty year contract for water power between Lockport and Hickory Creek at 82,500 horsepower could cost the public 17.5 million. Businessmen and engineers recently join voices in support of a position on the matter.
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Clarence Buckingham
Drainage Board
Gas Trust
The
Eagle
Walker
Billings
Bernard A. Eckhart
Lockport
Hickory Creek
Political fights worsen in Chicago as pumps bill meets inheritance tax
In Chicago, Pumps Billings battles the state over inheritance tax and city regulation while Chief Ripley resists political interference in police affairs. A Calumet Western Railway deal involves only a few aldermen, as politicians prove hard to sway and Ripley vows to stand firm.
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South Side
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North Side
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West Side
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