Upham Heads Chicago Bid to Land 1920 Republican Conventions
Fred W. Upham chairs Chicago’s committee to secure both national GOP conventions for 1920. The group, with Col. W. N. Pelouze as vice chair and A. Sheldon Clark as secretary, cites rising costs and plans to expand the Coliseum seating to 13 400. A special train carries committee members to Washington on December 8 ahead of key meetings.
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Chicago
Fred W. Upham
Republican Party
Col. W. N. Pelouze
Charles V. Barrett
Clifford Arrick
J. G. Oglesby
Major EB. H. Williams
D. EB. Shanahan
John M. Glenn
Robert H. McCormick
Arthur Meeker
H. H. Merrick
James A. Patten
W. N. Pelouze
George F. Porter
George M. Reynolds
Julius Rosenwald
J. Harry Selz
Edwin W. Sims
George M. Spangler
Robert W. Stewart
B. E. Sunny
Louis F. Swift
Thomas B. Wilson
Stewart Spaulding
Seymour Morris
W. E. Hull
Peoria
L. L. Emmerson
Springfield
Charles E. Dewey
Mr. Upham
Natonal Committee
Upham
National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
London
St. Louis
Ilinois
Illinois
Lincoln
Hayes
Ohio
Cincinnati
National
Pennsylvania Railroad
Women to take part in big conventions
Attorney General Brundage rules women may be chosen as delegates under the 1919 primary law but cannot vote for district delegates. Illinois bars women from voting for national convention delegates on April 13, while they may be elected. They can vote for presidential electors next November. Ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment could change this before April 13.
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Brundage
Illinois
Samuel Insull Honored by Associates at Dinner
Samuel Insull received a gold and platinum watch at a dinner hosted by Illinois State Council of Defense members at the Congress Hotel. Governor Lowden presented the gift on behalf of the council as the final meeting concluded. The council, chaired by Insull, had expended about $190,000 with $5,000 to be returned to the treasury, and handled $447,646.51 in total, including $306,146.51 profit from the Lake Front War exposition and $141,500 from the seed corn campaign turned over to the national committee on public information and the agriculture department respectively. The council’s members included Armour, Harris, Billings, Mrs. Bowen, Harrison, Mayer, Oglesby, Olander, Shanahan, Spoor, Upham, Wacker, and Walker, with Hopkins serving as secretary until his 1918 death, followed by Sullivan.
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Samuel Insull
State Council of Defense of Illinois
Congress Hotel
Frank O. Lowden
State Council of Defense
Insull
Lake Front War
Department of Agriculture
J. Ogden Armour
B. F. Harris
Frank Billings
Mrs. Bowen
John H. Harrison
Levy Mayer
John G. Oglesby
Victor A. Olander
David E. Shanahan
John A. Spoor
Fred W. Upham
Charles H. Wacker
John H. Walker
John P. Hopkins
Roger C. Sullivan
City Hall Soft Snaps Snuffed Out
A city council efficiency subcommittee recommended an ordinance to remove twenty eight city hall jobs including the post of Louise Osborne Rowe public welfare commissioner, saying many were soft snaps and should be legislated out of existence.
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Louise Osborne Rowe
Council Efficiency Committee
City Vacancies Grow After Council Fails to Appropriate
The city council's failure to appropriate funds leaves twenty eight positions vacant, including secretary of the fire department and commissioner of information and public relations. Mrs. Rowe continues to draw salary by procuring a court judgment for payment.
Elect County Judge Next Spring
In April 1920 the next County Judge will be elected. Democratic leaders set this date at an informal conference to counter a possible Republican landslide in November. The list of potential Democratic and allied candidates includes Coburn Kersten Horner McKinley Sexton Igoe Gridley Worsley McDonald and others as the party weighs strength to win state attorney and county judge races.
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John J. Coburn
George Kersten
Henry Horner
M. L. McKinley
William H. Sexton
Michael L. Igoe
Martin M. Gridley
Ambrose A. Worsley
Charles A. McDonald
Sullivan Democrats
Harrison
Dry politics and Illinois race chatter in partisan contests
Illinois politics focus on who will seek the governorship and Senate seats as term deadlines loom. Larry Dry, a centrist senator, is eyed for governor by Republicans while congressional districts in Champaign, Bloomington, Aurora, and the Ninth and Tenth face a scramble of aspirants. Democratic rivals Rainey Sabath McAndrews Gallagher lead their primaries, with local machine backing for W H Wesbey and John C Cannon in the city scene.
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McKinley
Champaign
Col
Frank L. Smith
Bloomington
Congress
Copley
Senate
Aurora
Dictate
Ald. Michaelson
Britten
Chindblom
Rainey
Sabath
McAndrews
Gallagher
John C. Cannon
W. H. Wesbey
Fragmentary civic roles listed in city departments
A partial OCR fragment enumerates multiple city positions including fire prevention engineer building department engineer in charge fire escape inspector two architectural engineers deputy commissioner of public service city est er city coal inspector inspector of electric meters chief gas tester and secretary to the board of examiners of plumbers.
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Ity
Good Appointments and Political Deaths in 1920s Chicago
A look at potential candidates and party dynamics in Chicago politics, naming Maclay Hoyne, Mayor Thompson, and plan commission appointees A Sheldon Clark W D McJunkin and Charles A McCulloch. It notes Hoyne’s alleged role in Thompson’s re election, Sheridan’s rumored gubernatorial bid, and a harsh view of Republican party prospects in 1920 with talk of an early campaign for the Senate.
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A. Sheldon Clark
W. D. McJunkin
Chas
A. McCulloch
Chicago Plan Commission
Thompson
Wm. D. McJunkin
Charles A. McCulloch
Frederick K. Bartlett
Eee Pala Hlil
Republican Party
Sherman
Senate
Sheraps
Greater Hamilton Club building fund subscriptions rise
More than $700,000 of the $875,000 greater Hamilton Club building fund has been subscribed. Governor Lowden and Congressman William B. McKinley each contributed $5,000 in bonds. Other new subscribers include Secretary of State Emmerson State Treasurer Len Small and State Auditor Fred B. Sterling.
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Greater Hamilton Club Building Fund
Lowden
William B. McKinley
Emmerson
Len Small
Fred B. Sterling
Howard A. Cudahy Leads IIL as AU Standout
Howard A. Cudahy emerges as the foremost AU figure and leads the IIL in a dominant role, shaping key initiatives and influence within the organization.
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Howard A. Cudahy
Iil
Lowden appeals for unemployed soldiers
Gov Lowden calls on manufacturers and employers to show appreciation to returning soldiers by offering jobs. He designates Monday December 1 as Job Census Day and asks employers to list vacancies with local chambers of commerce or municipal executives for service men to fill.
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Lowden
Chambers of Commerce
Law To Curb Ticket Scalp ers Framed
A city council subcommittee approved an ordinance to curb ticket scalping by licensing theater ticket agencies for a $500 annual fee. Alderman Cermak, chair of the Judiciary Committee, stated about twenty agencies would fall under the proposal, aiming to raise $10,000 more in yearly revenue.
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Ald. Cermak
Judiciary Committee
Judge Stelk Assigned to New Court Roles in December
Judge Stelk, long presiding in the auto court after moving from the Court of Domestic Relations, will take over Gemmill in the jury and vagrancy court. Chief Justice Olson announced the changes, with Dennis W. Sullivan staying in the Morals Court until January 1 when Stelk will replace him. Sullivan may move to a criminal branch where he previously served as an assistant state's attorney.
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Stelk
Court of Domestic Relations
Breackneck
Gemmill
Olson
Dennis W. Sullivan
Morals Court
Sullivan
Candidates for Congress In Chicago Districts
In Chicago districts all sitting Republican members seek renomination. In the First district Madden faces no opposition, while Mann in the Second is assured of renomination. Wilson in the Third is reportedly backed for renomination unless country towns stage a challenge to Frederick R. De.
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Chicago
Madden
Mann
Wilson
Frederick R. de
City Hall Bond Plan Moves Forward on West Side
Several aldermen work on a plan to submit a bond proposition to voters for building a great City Hall on the West Side.
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City Hall
Jailer Claims Debtors Prison Plagued by Hungry Lawyers
Davies says nine-tenths of debtors in the prison are there due to lawyers seeking graft from judgments against poor men. Plaintiffs must pay board, a burden on some alleged lawyers who practice this way. An entire County building floor houses a non official reform group churning graft from the unhappy poor, while the county pays rent elsewhere for public offices.
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Davies
The Chicago Fire Department Placed Under Fire
A harsh critique describes the Chicago Fire Department as a disgrace to the city in discipline apparatus and morale, calling it the laughing stock of the country.
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Chicago Fire Department
Pole annexation idea over suffrage vows and temperance uproar
A satirical remark links sending women delegates to national conventions with annexing the North Pole. The piece mocks reformers and notes woman suffrage has stirred opinion, while the dry season may worsen their popularity.
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North Pole
Chicago’s modern city claim tested by steam scow claim
A sharp remark questions Chicago’s modern city status, noting a single steam scow loaded with iron or stone could keep two principal bridges open for 24 hours, implying the city’s infrastructure claim may be overstated.
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Chicago
Defeat of Fifty Ward Plan Seen as Blessing in Disguise
The passage argues that rejecting the fifty ward plan spares the public from four years of aldermanic corruption and enables voters to discard the offending officials in two years, framing the outcome as a temporary safeguard against longer-term disgrace.
Chicago Parking Plan Obsolete Against St Louis Method
The article notes Chicago's parking plan is outdated and tiresome. It contrasts with St Louis practice of parking cars with hoses toward the street and two abreast on wide streets, suggesting a preferred alternative layout.
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Chicago
St. Louis
One year from date people will be thanking God that the presidential election is over
A reflective line stating that after one year, people will express relief that the presidential election has concluded. The comment implies anticipation of relief and closure once the race ends.
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