Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar AssociationThe Association, 1906 - Bar associations |
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Page 69
... politicians or large jobbers to furnishing electric power at cheap rates to large plants and exorbitant rates to small ones , the whole course of private service for public purposes has been one of extortion , monopoly and inequality ...
... politicians or large jobbers to furnishing electric power at cheap rates to large plants and exorbitant rates to small ones , the whole course of private service for public purposes has been one of extortion , monopoly and inequality ...
Page 70
... political pulls , their pleasing manners or the needs of party machines , and with no regard for their fitness for important business affairs . But while public affairs are honeycombed with graft , pri- vate ownership of public service ...
... political pulls , their pleasing manners or the needs of party machines , and with no regard for their fitness for important business affairs . But while public affairs are honeycombed with graft , pri- vate ownership of public service ...
Page 71
... political parties and public officials to use places in the public service for the pay- ment of personal debts and provide pensions for friends . The use of a public office either to pay a political debt or to grant a pension to a ...
... political parties and public officials to use places in the public service for the pay- ment of personal debts and provide pensions for friends . The use of a public office either to pay a political debt or to grant a pension to a ...
Page 79
... politicians for profit . No man of experience will have the temerity to deny that public improvements made by munici- palities consume more time in construction , cost more and are worth less than those constructed by private parties ...
... politicians for profit . No man of experience will have the temerity to deny that public improvements made by munici- palities consume more time in construction , cost more and are worth less than those constructed by private parties ...
Page 81
... political admin- istration of the municipality , strikes , financial depression , the introduction perhaps of new methods that will depreciate the value of the old and various other causes that will affect the profits of the ventures ...
... political admin- istration of the municipality , strikes , financial depression , the introduction perhaps of new methods that will depreciate the value of the old and various other causes that will affect the profits of the ventures ...
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00 June adopted Aledo amendments American Bar Association ANNUAL ADDRESS ANNUAL BANQUET appointed Asso Benson Wood Charles Charles H Chicago Chicago Chicago citizens Committee Congress Constitution Cook county COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION CURRAN Dearborn Street decisions duty elected fact federal government Frank Galesburg Gentlemen George George W graft grafter Henry Illinois Illinois State Bar JAMES HAGERMAN John Judge June 30 jurisdiction jury justice labor LaSalle Street Laughter and applause lawyers legislation legislature Lyman Trumbull MATHENY matter meeting ment motion was seconded municipal ownership National Bank Building operation opinion Orendorff party Pendarvis Peoria political practice present President private corporations PROCEEDINGS public ownership public utilities question railroads regulate Robert seconded and carried Secretary Senate session SPECIAL ADDRESS Springfield statute street cars Supreme Court Taylorville territory thing tion Trust Building United violated vote Washington Street William William L