Hearst Wave Rolls Across Delegations for President
The article reports heavy momentum for William Randolph Hearst in the Democratic primaries and state delegations. Cook County Illinois yields a solid Hearst victory with most delegates instructed for him, boosting his path to the national convention in St Louis. Iowa and other states show growing support as delegates align to the Hearst campaign.
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Iowa
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United States
Governor Yates Plans Campaign Talks For Cook County
After the Deneen Lowden battle and the election of delegates, Governor Yates will address the Republican ranks of Cook County. He visited his headquarters Tuesday with a stenographer and spent hours drafting letters to friends statewide instructing them on the next steps. He intends to stay on in the city to organize further efforts.
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Lowden
Yates
Cook County
John
Hopkins
Governor to Address Chicago on Controversy at Auditorium
After primaries the Governor plans to present his side to Chicago residents at the Auditorium on Monday night. Wisconsin sentiment for William Randolph Hearst grows as caucuses and conventions report early votes. Hearst leads with eighty of the first eighty three pledged unreservedly, while Wall-Parker forces receive three. Fire Department shifts increase leisure to 424 hours per day across twelve days, with careful scheduling ensuring few absences.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
William Randolph Hearst
Sn County
Hearst
Wall-Parker
Masham
Smoke nuisance prompts citizen group critique of department
A citizens committee led by Edward J. McArdle accuses the smoke department of failures in inspectors, administration, and policy amid ongoing complaints around Sd Street and Wabash Avenues. The piece also covers Democratic conventions praising William Randolph Hearst, critiques of Mayor Carter Harrison, and election disputes in Chicago’s Sixth Ward.
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Michigan Avenue
Sd Street
Wabash Avenues
McArdle
Schubert
Street Railway Officials Accept Committee Invitation
Street railway officials sent to Chairman Foreman of the local transportation committee acceptances of the invitation to take up the traction question. The committee is not yet prepared to deal with the traction men, having determined to clear away first all questions of the Northwestern Elevated and the Union loop railway ordinances.
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Alderman Butler
Corporation Counsel
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Norwood Park
Grand Avenue
Mayfair
Averman
Committee On
Alderman Proposes City Collector for Special Assessments
Alderman Eldmann has sent to the Special Assessment Committee a plan to have the City Collector collect all special assessments instead of dividing the work with the County Treasurer as at present.
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Eldmann
Council
Alderman Scully OF Kilgallen delay street work approved
Alderman Scully and the Thirteenth Ward benefited from the first Board of Local Improvements hearings on Kilgallen delay cases. The board ordered eight miles of paving resumed at an estimated $380,500, with work held pending a Supreme Court ruling that favored the city. Sessions will continue until all cases are decided.
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Scully
Thirteenth Ward
Board of Local Improvements
City police recalls 11000 special officers licenses
Si Mayer secretary of the police department began mailing notices revoking licenses of 11 000 special police officers. The list covers licenses granted from 1804 to January 1, 1903. Many men are not currently serving and the effort aims to secure a live list of officers.
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Si Mayer
Police Department
Bitter skirmishes in Cook County GOP delegation fight
Bitter skirmishes marked the Deneen-London contest for control of the Cook County delegation to the Republican State Convention. Both factions leveled fraud charges and alleged exposures of dirty politics from opposing headquar ters, with frequent startling accusations.
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Cook County
Mayor Harrison Thrown From Power In Chicago Primary
Chicago voters delivered a crushing defeat to Carter H Harrison and his Cook County machine in Monday's primary. The mayor, once a political czar, is described as likely headed for the junk pile as anti Harrison forces unite to control the county convention and central committee.
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Hearst
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Carter HL. Harrison
Chicago
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Imnals
Cook
Harrison
John P. Hopkins
Democratic State Committee
Robert J. Burke
Anti Harrison
Hopkins-Burke Party
Candidates for Congress in the Eighth District
A long list of hopefuls emerges from the field for the Eighth District. Clarence Darrow, Joseph Grein and others are named among the candidates, illustrating a broad slate for the race.
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Clarence Darrow
Joseph Grein
Political contest notices across districts in Harrison faction
Robert EB Burke fled contests across districts, the Twenty first and Twenty second Wards carried by the Harrison faction. John McGillen fled notice of a contest in the Twenty third Ward, and Tom Flynn in the Seventh.
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Robert Eb, Burke
State Committee
Harrison
John McGillen
Tom Flynn
Smoke inspectors gaze through glass darkly in election clash
Three Republican newspapers, owning Harrison, face a quandary after the primary election. They question what actions will save their positions and influence as the political landscape shifts.
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Harrison
Chicago Delegation Likely to be Renominated
The Chicago delegation members James Mann William Wilson Philip Knopf Henry Sherman Boutell and George E Poss are expected to be renominated without opposition. The piece notes Chicago faces a bread famine while coal shortages appear briefly. The city council orders a public hearing by the health committee on whether hospital ordinances should be amended to exclude a proposed contagious disease hospital in the Seventh Ward.
Mayor unveils memberships in special committees
The Mayor announced appointments to multiple committees. Elevation members include Nicholas R. Finn, William T. Maypole, Albert W. Beilfuss, Thomas Carey, Joseph Badenoch, Stanley Kunz, Thomas J. Dixon, John I. Jones, Edward Potter. Compensation members include Bernard W. Snow, William Be, Dever, TL Ehemann, Milton J. Foreman, Walter J. Raymer, Peter Reinberg. Charter Amendment members list M J. Foreman, Charles Verne, Linn TH. Young, Vincent Jozwickowski, Rudolph Hurt, Adolph Larson, Thomas Carey. Special Park Commission members include J. Bradley, John Burns, A. W. Bellfuss, John.
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William T. Maypole
Albert W. Beilfuss
Thomas Carey
Joseph Badenoch
Stanley Kunz
Thomas J. Dixon
John I. Jones
Edward ©. Potter
Bernard W. Snow
William Be, Dever
TL Ehemann
Milton J. Foreman
Walter J. Raymer
Peter Reinberg
M J. Foreman
Charles Verne
Linn TH. Young
Vincent J. Jozwickowski
Rudolph Hurt
Adolph Larson
Special Park Commission
J. Bradley
John Burns
A. W. Bellfuss
John
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