County graft exposed in Cook County offices and payrolls
The Eagle accuses County Clerk Phil Knopf and Lorimer ally Jim Monaghan of bloated salaries and patronage in Cook County. It details payrolls across the Clerk, Comptroller, Court, Sheriff, and Custodian offices, arguing reform and retrenchment are needed and promising a grand jury probe.
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Republican Party
Knopf-Lorimer
Cook County
Phil Knopf
Knopf
United States
Wits
Lorimer
James Monaghan
Jim Monaghan
Monaghan
State of
Ilinois
Superior
Circuit
Republican Graft Sparks City Water Theft Exposure
The piece accuses Chicago packers of stealing water for years, notes indictments, and hails Mayor Harrison’s push to uncover fraud. It cites a resident report listing illegitimate water taps on Cook, Forty First, Forty Second, Forty Third, Loomis, and Fortieth streets, totaling fifty two illegal taps. It mentions a pending ordinance for the Aurora Wheaton and Chicago Railroad and hints at political battles with the Eagle newspaper monitoring bills. It ends with a note on “Little Jake” Weber conducting business at the sign of the three halls.
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Campilan
Republican Press
Republican Plaanee Committee
Republican Party
Harrison
Deneen
Council
Ericson
Cook Street
Forty-third Street
Forty Third Street
Loomis Street Main
Libby, McNeil & Libby Company
Looms Street
Fortleth Street
Packingtown
Aurora, Wheaton and Chicago Railroad
Heth Street
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad
West Pitty Second Street
Tramilton and Dayton
Chicago Republican mayoral race rumors shape convention talks
Gossip swirls among Republican leaders and rank and file as four months remain before the city convention. Names like Graeme Stewart and Wred W. Upham surface as viable candidates capable of uniting the party at the polls and in the convention amid lingering factional tensions from last spring's gubernatorial fight.
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Chicago
North Side
Graeme Stewart
Wred W. Upham
Board of Review
Upham
Republican
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Illinois
State Board of Equalization
Bailiwick
Comptroller's Office
Sheriff's Office
Criminal Court
Farley & Green
McKinley
Grocery Jiu
Wasser
Muckers
Ernst Hummel
Ie ‘Tlked
Wey Sharks
Weber and
Kanter
Work Bros
Chicago Credit Company
Judge Kavanagh
John A. Barnes
W.O. Cat Monte
Joseph E Planagan
Areh” Poliucar ‘Stiff
Republcans
New County Board
Democratic Party
Robert B. Burke
Win
Riley
Yates
State Senate
Jolson
Ee Om Fon
J. M. W. Jones Stationery Company
The
Eagle
Dave Weber
Republican Finance Committee
Republican State Board of Equalization
Jake” Weber
John V. Clarke
Hibernian Banking Association
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