Roger Sullivan Seeks Senate Seat Aided by Great Lakes Firm
Gossip column notes Sullivan, dubbed Great Lakes favorite, wins Democratic nomination for senator as Sherman leads Republicans and Robins progressives. It highlights the Great Lakes Dredging & Dock Company’s public contracts and ties to Sullivan, with cautions on graft, rising taxes, and contractor influence across Chicago and lake region venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Sullivan
Great Lakes
Sullivan
Sherman
Robins
Great Lakes Dredging & Dock Company
Roger
Roger C. Sullivan
Uncle Sam
Chicago
U. S
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Boston
Albany
Duluth
Buffalo
Cleveland
Sault Ste Marie
Toledo
Milwaukee
Water Tax Waste plays on Chicago fund misuses and graft
An editorial denounces the Chicago water fund as a source for salaries and expenses across city offices, accusing officials of draining the fund to prop up payrolls and other costs. It cites specific allocations, critiques misuse, blasts city hall, and urges reform with trusted officials and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Water Service
Corporation Counsel's Office
City Attorney's Office
Department of Finance
Water Fund
City Treasurer's
Bureau of City Hall
Bureau of Engineering
Civil Service Commission
Department of Supplies
Board of Local Improvements
Department of Public Works
Commissioners’ Office
Bureau of Maps and Plats
Ter
Special Parks Commission
Washington Heights
Chicago
Noble City Hall Junketers
Europe
Corruption Charges Silence and Sanitary District Scrutiny
A skeptical summary notes allegations of graft in Pullman land deals and cement graft at City Hall. It contrasts Republican and Democratic boards, praises a Democratic finance committee for acting, and laments political manipulation by newspaper interests and party factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary District
Pullman
Newspaper Trust
Sanitary District Finance Committee
A Link of Graft Targets North Side Taxpayers in Boulevard Plan
A letter condemns a proposed boulevard link funded by North Side taxpayers from the river to the city, arguing most residents gain nothing while creditors and auto owners benefit. It urges voters in wards 21, 22, 23, and 25 to oppose officials backing the measure, calling the project a burden and a theft from the many for the few. It also critiques a dock project deadline and a gas shut off scheme as mismanaged public risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side
Howard Avenue
Man Killer Union
Dem Party Vote Reflects Cook County Primary Rollups
In Cook County the Democratic senatorial primary tallies show Sullivan with a 27 000 edge over rivals Strine r O'Hara Woods and others amid 91 666 ballots cast of 189 682 registered voters. The piece debates party conventions ward by ward and criticizes governance taxes and urban policy in Chicago.
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Cook County
Roger C. Sullivan
Sullyan Vee
Sullivan
Stringer
O'Hara
Woods
Harrison and Sullivan
Peoria
Regulation Needed to Curb Wildcat Banks in Chicago
Editorial argues for strong municipal legislation to authorize a city bank examination board. It warns of numerous unsafe small banks operating in outlying Chicago districts, damaging local business and deposits. The piece cites police powers and charter provisions to require assets covering deposits and financial scrutiny of promoters.
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Chicago
Wall
Ita Buaineas
Drys Question Police Tax Shift to Saloon Licenses
In a remark likely from a local debate, advocates called drys into question for pledging to take on $7,000,000 of taxes for police funding, a burden they allegedly propose to cover through saloon licenses.
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Chicago Eagle
White House
Fac
the Eagle
Sullivan Organization
Wallace G. Clark
Walther Raster
Edwin W. Sedgwick
Andrew J. Martin
Fred
Fred 8. Oliver, 25Th Ward, County Treasurer—Charrles
Peterson
William Prentiss
Albert M. Kales
Winnetka
Charles F. Thoms
Edmund Szajkowski
Edison Park
Samuel Heller
Schoole
William H. Hatch
Oak Park
Board of Review
Towner K. Webster
Evanston
Alexander A. McCormick
Andrew M. Anderson
Louise DeKoven Bowen
Mary E. McDowell
Gerson B. Levi
William R. Manierre
Edward F. Kounowsky
George C Hall
Thomas Siemiradski
John Mclachlan
Andrew A Martin
Democratic Board of Trustees of the
Board of Trade
Eratic Organization
Task Dodger
Democratic Party
New York
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