Debate on primary law and national delegates unfolds
Articles discuss whether national delegates should be chosen via primary law or by conventions, noting omissions in the law and potential constitutional questions. Attacked are gas companies, the Gas Trust, and calls for QUO WARRANTO actions to curb consolidation and abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eay
Election Board
Wheelock
Ogden Gas Company
City Gas Inspector
Commissioner of Public Works
Ies
City of
Chicago
GAS Trust
Bumps” Billings
Springfield
Trust
Stilwell Considered for State's Attorney and Judge Nomination
Charles C. Stilwell, a prominent lawyer and current attorney for the Town of North Chicago, is discussed as a candidate for State's Attorney with many Democratic supporters seeking his nomination for judge as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County
John C. Everett
David 8. Geer
Sydney Stein
James C. Martin
Charlea T. Farson
W. W. Wheelock
John P. McGoorty
Leonard Goodwin
Fred Whitfield
William F. . Welmers
Granville W. Browning
John
Charles C. Stilwell
Stilwell
North
Chicago
Tunnel under the North Channel proposal discussed by Bal four
A Scottish Irish deputation urged a North Channel tunnel with government guarantees. The company would start work if a dividend of a percentage on cost, including construction interest, is paid only after traffic begins. Balfour cited a possible grant of 50 to 100 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ireland
Irish Sea
Scotland
Balfour
Gas Trust Gripes Prompt Chicago Action Against Bribery
A fiery protest argues the Gas Trust exploits Chicago by charging the city for gas while paying little for street use. It claims 700 jobs under the old method, now 40 under oil gas, and asserts bribery in politics and monopolies harming hospitals, orphans, the aged, and schools. It calls for drastic remedies to curb graft and restore public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gas Trust
Springfield
Ogden Gas Company
Ogden Company
Gaa Trust
Consumers’ Gas Company
People's Gas Light and Coke Company
Equitable Gas Company
People's Gas Company
People’s Gas Company
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Willie Wallie Astor
Mamma Leiter
Akin
Billings
Bumps
Illinois
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Live Stock Committee
Monroe Street
E. Holland
Arnold Heap
George W. Dixon
H. J. Furber
John OC. Richberg
Austin O. Sexton
Nathan M. Plotke
Barbee
Hope Reed Cody
Chas. B. Paviicek
Kickham Scanlan
Eli B. Felsenthal
Thomas H. Cannon
John C. King
John BE
Kehoe
George
Foster
Newton H. Fairbanks
Robert Redfield
James Maher
Wm. P. Black
Miles J. Devine
Max Eberhardt
Randall H. White
George Kersten
China
Ibe
Theodore Brentano
Superior Court of
Voters OF Chicago
Remember Gas Trust
Europe
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