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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
2
A Chicago era piece laments civil service reform and imported officials. It cites the psychopathic laboratory and city appointments from Indiana New Jersey and Wisconsin, questioning old police methods and praising local, experience based practice. It notes salaries, exams and a push to require local residents for city jobs.
Chicago Civil Service Commissioners show broad view in exams, waiving local residence for rare vacancies. Librarian post and another high position illustrate search beyond city limits, with Wichita Kansas and Columbus Ohio cited as examples of talent found outside Chicago.
Chicago sees a large parade as Mayor Thompson and his new aldermen take office. The ceremony includes an inaugural address read by Wyatt McGaffey, with appointments across public works, health, police, and civil service. Michael J. Faherty, new President of the Board of Local Improvements, is an Irish born Chicagoan and Yale graduate.
Edward Racey, a Chicago native long prominent in reform movements, secured appointment to the Civil Service Commission, with the nomination meeting general approval and reflecting ongoing efforts to improve candidate quality in the city.
Charles Healey, born in New York on May Si, arrived with his parents at six months old. He led a supply wagon for Relief and Aid Society during the Chicane era and began policing twenty eight years ago in the old Town of Lake department. He rose to lieutenant under Chief Collins and studied street and river route abroad by the Association of Commerce. William Moorhouse, tobacco magnate and Commissioner of Public Works, serves as vice president of Spaulding Merrick. Eugene Pike is the new City Comptroller alongside Mayor Thompson and the cabinet.
Richard Polsom, new Cor portion Counsel, resides within two blocks of his birthplace on Twenty Fourth Street and Prairie Avenue in Chicago. He studied at Columbia University and Williams College then Northwestern for law. A former partner of Senator James Hamilton Lewis, he served as master in chancery for Judge Edward O. Brown and practiced medicine in Chicago for about twenty years. He holds an M D from Bennett Medical College and later became president of his alma mater.
Mayor Thompson urged strong home rule for Chicago before the public utilities committee. He argued local self government is fundamental and that laws should broaden municipal powers to solve local problems. He warned state control could harm city and state utilities and impede local ownership.
The Appellate Court quashed a prior ruling and sent the matter back for action. Centaur Motor Company faced a $140 fine from former County Judge Owens as the state's attorney pursued the case against alleged tax dodgers. The decision leaves penalties to be set by the board of dis farsers and holders, a member of the appeals board noted.
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