Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1903 — DEMOCRACY OF CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRACY OF CHICAGO

Renominate* Carter H. Harrison, This Being the Fourth Time Hs Has Made the Race. Chicago, March 17.—The Democratic city convention yesterday nominated the following’ticket: For mayor, Carter H. Harrison; city treasurer, Ernest Hummel; city clerk. John J. Boehm; city attorney, John E. Owens. The platform favors municipal ownership of all "public utilities.” and proposes a Leg!lining of the system by the “speedy" construction by the city of a system of subways in tlie heart of town. Civil service reform is favored and the platform demands "home rule for Chicago and the largest measure of personal liberty for all citizens which may be compatible with peace nml order.”