09 Nov 1907
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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1907
Page
1
A dense critique of the Chicago press and political influence quotes the term direct primaries as a graft risk. It accuses the Trust press of bias, highlights Tax and charity charter battles, praises the Independence League against Tammany, and notes bank receiverships and a planned new Democratic daily paper amid ongoing political maneuvering.
Under a direct primary law the only people benefited would be the Trust newspaper editors, who would dictate every nomination and boss every primary.
A twenty year old city ordinance prompts the return of Doc Kerra’s pneumatic tube system from private control to municipal oversight. The Doc and the Chicago Association of Commerce seek removal of the reversion clause to keep ownership with the city’s best interests.
Cudahy In Omaha boasts a 10 percent meat price reduction while Armour In Chicago denies any knowledge of such a cut. The remark invites skepticism about the claim and its origin in the press.
At City Hall Joseph Medill Patterson said the Marshall Field estate has located a canopy on Holden Court between State Street and Wabash avenues stores that violates street regulations and public property codes.
A scan of city notices reveals debates over public property rents, injunctions against rent collection, and graft concerns. It notes indictments of leading figures in Illinois trolley matters, calls out candidates for assessor, and discusses asset banking and Roosevelts’ political fate amid New York banking certs. It also covers councils on short weight coal tickets and hospital safeguards, plus road and transit plans.
The daily papers devote space to the new primary law while a Chicago critic urges equal focus on tax dodgers. The Clearing House of New York is accused of a strategic move, with a prominent citizen remarking that while there may be no Ronson, there was no real necessity for the practice.
A Chicago newspaper column attacks J Ogden Armour personal property assessment at 200000 as unfair to homeowners and suggests the city funds shortfalls force wage cuts for teachers, firemen, and police. The piece links Armour tunnels and a future heat and power venture to political maneuvering and franchise grants. It also notes Armour ties to the Beef Trust and changes to automobile licensing law reducing local taxes.
The Jefferson Club will elect a slate on November 18 with President Edgar TL Masters and a full board including Vice Presidents David Rosenheim and Charles Vopicka and Secretary M B Sterrett. Directors include William L. OConnell and Daniel LE Cruice among others, with PAC members Louis F Post and George A Schilling. The Packers complain of the Chicago Health and Illinois Pure Food departments overreach.
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