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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1899
Page
1
In Chicago a wide field of candidates girds for key offices as Mayor Harrison seeks Governor, with Hinrichsen steering support and Burke expected to chair the Railroad and Warehouse Commission. Labor and city appointments shift as Harrison vetoes banners and canopy rules while reshaping aldermanic and police court staff.
Members circulate petitions to Gov Tanner requesting Frank A. Alden, the club treasurer, be named to the West Park Board. Alden backs the Yerkes ordinance and favored by the group for its outcomes in the West Park fight.
Elmore W. Hurst of Rock Island emerges as a prominent候 candidate for Attorney General in the Illinois Legislature. Other notable figures named include Samuel Alschuler of Aurora Judge Hope of Alton Reed Green of Cairo Free Morris of Watseka Hardy Masters of Fulton County Clayton E. Crafts Simeon P. Shope Donald L. Morrill and John Mayo Pahoer.
Word from the state says the Governor may be petitioned to call an extra Legislature session to amend the new revenue law. Taxpayers claim the law exposes private affairs, spurring central and eastern residents to seek amendments before next year’s assessment. Rumors tie the move to concerns over Cook County’s growing representation after the federal census and a proposed constitutional amendment.
Daniel D. Clemence resigns as manager of the Wyoming Hotel. John Baugh, a veteran hotel man, succeeds him bringing extensive Northwest and Minnesota hotel experience to the Wyoming property. The Windsor Hotel in St. Paul is cited as part of Baugh’s esteemed background.
A southern Republican told a Eagle reporter that if Gov John R Tanner seeks renomination he will get it He said Cook County critics will not prevail at the State convention and rural voters admire his backbone and fighting qualities Outside Cook County Tanner is stronger and could succeed himself if he runs again for governor.
Last Monday night Alderman George Duddleston introduced an order directing the public works commissioner to clear an obstruction on Market street east side between Lake street and the alley south. He stated a wholesale firm built a 200 by 6 by 3 feet sidewalk platform without city permission, hindering business. the order passed.
Lawyer John E. Kehoe of the Twelfth ward is discussed as a candidate for appointment to the local School Board.
The notice names John T. Connery and Charles G. Stilwell as favored choices for the School Board next June. It notes Assessor Henry Stock pare will test the new revenue law's constitutionality and endorses Charles H. McGrath as a capable candidate.
Reform City Council eyes cheaper gas by mirroring New York City where 75 cent per thousand feet is fixed. Dispatch notes New Amsterdam cuts to 50 cents, while Chicago players brace for a heated council vote and possible consolidation challenge.
A Monday afternoon committee report to the Council urges the corporation counsel to file a chancery bill to set aside all judgments against the city in favor of the People's Gas Light and Coke Company and to arrange an accounting between the city and the company. The comptroller would withhold payment of such judgments for one month after passage.
In New York residents pay 50 cents per 1,000 feet for gas while gas companies must keep streets repaired. New York bans consolidation, yet Chicago gas interests charge 1.10 per 1,000 feet, tearing up streets and dodging taxes. The piece questions how long people will tolerate such practices.
A call urges residents to form ward clubs to rally public sentiment against the Gas Trust. The piece accuses bribe paying legislators and bailiffs funded by corporate money and questions constitutional guarantees of freedom. It advocates organizing for civic rights and ending corporate influence in Chicago.
Citizens voice concern as city continues collecting special assessments for the Gas Trust. Many pay while others question how the funds are used and the impact on interior quality of the article.
A controversial claim accuses an entity described as an Octopus of extorting Chicago residents, arguing the group lacks legal standing and that residents deserve no sympathy for allowing such actions.
The Universal Gas Company secured a city franchise under a stipulation that gas fees be limited to 90 cents per thousand cubic feet. The company is described as city owned and controlled by a trust.
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