Republican Principles and Unity in Illinois Primaries
A long set of speaker notes urges voters to back the Republican program, emphasize farmer and worker voices, and insist on party unity. It stresses protection for labor, anti trust enforcement, civil service merit, and businesslike governance while urging participation in primaries and local party organization.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Fatherhood of God
Brotherhood of Man
Illinois
Islinois
Taxation of Chicago corporations leads to injunctive battles
The Illinois case saga recounts actions by the state attorney general and the board of equalization over capital stock taxation for major Chicago utilities. Multiple federal suits demand compliance with Sangamon county Supreme Court mandates, with courts ordering back taxes and temporary payments of 589 284.01 to Cook County treasury before lifting injunctions.
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Hamlin
Circuit Court
Sangamon County
Catherine Goggin
Cook County
R. ©. Steele
State Board of Equalization
Chicago
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of the United States
Northern District of Illinois
Chicago Telephone Co
Chicago City Railway Co
South Chicago City Railway Co
Chicago Edison Co
People's Gas Light and Coke Co
Cook
Hamlin’s Boyhood Details Emerge as Candidacy Looms
Rev. A J Nance Hammond IL evangelist recounts Hamlin’s early life in Windsor New York and Mattoon and cites a cash overcoat aid from Rose family. He notes Hamlin’s rise from humble beginnings to attorney general and governor candidate while outlining mining and coal industry probes.
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A. J. Nance
Hammond, IL
Church of Christ
Illinois
Mattoon
Hamlin
Shelbyville
H. J. Hamlin
Nance
New York
Windsor
Dr. Hilsabeck
Jehrel Rose
Myron Rose
Mr. Rose
Kahn & Co
Rose
Kahns
H. J
Howland J. Hamlin
Mattoon Journal
Coal Ring on Rack Targets Illinois Coal Conspiracy
A special grand jury heard powerful evidence alleging a coal mine owners and Chicago dealers conspiracy. Attorney-General Hamlin presented mass documentary proof, with State's Attorney Deneen and aides present. cipher letters allegedly link Illinois Indiana operators and minors to price fixing across multiple states.
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West Virginia
Maryland
Ilinois
Hamlin
Chicago
Springfield
Deneen
Cook County
Chicago Chronicle
Bernard A. Eckhart
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Orly
Criminal Court Build
Felix J. Streyckmans
Criminal Court
Sprogle
Illinois
Indiana
Muncie
Ind
Kentucky
Taxation of Railroad Property Reaches Supreme Court Appeal
A mandamus suit by the City of Chicago and Carter Harison seeks local assessment of railroad sidetracks depots and associated land in Cook County for 1901 onward. The court upheld the state board of equalization practice of taxing as railroad property on mileage basis, with an appeal perfected to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Circuit Court
Sangamon County
City of
Chicago
Carter H. Harison
James S. McCullough
State Board of Equalization
Cook
Illinois
Hamlin
James A. Creghton
Supreme Court
Hamlin Candidate of Considerable Strength for Governor
The Talbary Blade endorses Attorney-General Hamlin as a strong gubernatorial candidate. It praises his record as attorney general and his pleasant, magnetic presence that would win over voters across the state.
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Hamlin
Talrbury Blade
Hamlin Bars Recovery of Taxes in Supreme Court Ruling
Springfield tribunal reverses lower ruling in Royal Insurance Co v Yates. The Illinois Supreme Court remanded to decide on recovering 1667.95 paid under the 2 percent tax law, nullifying hopes of insurers and boosting Attorney General Hamlin in defending state fiscal integrity.
Inheritance Tax Collected. Illinois Tax Law in Formation
The attorney general outlines Illinois inheritance tax practice as evolving with new rules of procedure and enforcement. From 1901 to 1903 Cook County alone yielded $856,868.87, with state aid extending to foreign inquiries and estate discovery.
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Illinois
Supreme Court
Atorney
Attorney General
Cook
Hamlin Campaign Praised For Steady Performance Across State
The Litchfield Monitor notes Attorney General H. J. Hamlin has collected 1 105 065 54 to the treasury in two years and while seeking the Republican nomination for governor he runs a manly campaign on merit, without opposing other candidates, earning wide respect.
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Side
Cook
Hamlin
H. J. Hamlin
Litchfield Monitor
Voice of Home People Endorses Hamlin for Illinois Governor
A Shelby county mass convention urges Republicans to nominate Howland J Hamlin for governor in 1904. They praise his 30 years in Illinois, record as attorney general, and nonpartisan administration that saved money and protected state interests.
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Shelby County
Howland J. Hamlin
Ilinois
Supreme Court halts 2 percent tax and saves state money
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed Sangamon County findings in the insurance tax case, ruling that paying an unconstitutional tax cannot normally be recovered unless paid under duress. The decision affects more than 160 companies and up to $600,000, with further claims totaling $473,000 in state and lower court suits. The Attorney General’s late intervention shifted the outcome in favor of the state.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Royal Insurance Company
Yates
Insurance Department
Sangamon County
State Treasury
Creighton
Commission of Claims
Hamlin
Illinois
Commonwealth
Royal Insurance Co
London
Henry Yates
State Commission of Claims
Hamlin Announces Candidacy For Governor In Shelbyville
At a mass meeting in Shelbyville last Saturday H. J. Hamlin formally declared his bid for governor. He stated he has many warm friends in this county who will support him for anything he wants.
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Shelbyville
H. J. Hamlin
Hamlin
Toledo
Newara
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Chicago Tribune
Sangamon Circuit
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