10th Annual Convention of the League of American Municipalities held at Chicago September 26, 27 and 28, 1906 (1906) (14596944558)

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Title: 10th Annual Convention of the League of American Municipalities held at Chicago September 26, 27 and 28, 1906
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: League of American Municipalities
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Publisher: (Chicago, Ill. : Printed by Kirchner, Meckel & Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center



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ed term on the circuit bench, and was t\\ice thereafter re-elected.When he first ascended the bench he had the distinction of being the voung-est man filling a judicial position in Cook county. During his tenure ofjudicial office. Judge Dunne has delivered opinions of marked jjublic in-terest, and frequently sat en banc with other judges in important cases.One of these \\as the suit involving the right of the directors of the WorldsColumbian Exposition to keep the fair open on Sunday. In addition tohis judicial duties, Judge Dunne served as trustee and executor for manyiniportant, estates. He has served on the boards of numerous charitablesocieties, and is active in church, social and club life. In 1881 he married Miss Elizabeth J. Kelly, of Chicago. The\ hadthirteen children, ten of whom are living. As judge, Mr. Dunne enjoyed great )H>pularity in Chicago, and hisrecord on the Ijench is most excellent. When the mav.
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Top Row: LAWRENCE E. M.CAV\. Gty Compl,oll,,; WILLIAM L. OCONNELL Comm.^Moner of P„hl,c \V< Cm.;: JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS. Corp..,auon Coun»-l Low^r Row: JAMES HORAN. E« Marshal; JOHN M. COLUNS. General Supf nnlcndent o( Pol - MEMBERS OF MA^OR DUNNES CABINET. CHICAGO TO-DAY 1905 approached and the Democrats were looking for a candidate, the lateJudge Murray F. Tuley, the grand old man of Chicagos judiciary, ina letter to the public declared that Judge Dunne was the best man qualifiedunder the conditions to be mayor of Chicago. The opinions of JudgeTuley always had great weight in the community, and soon delegationafter delegation waited ujwn Judge Dunne to induce him to enter themayoralty race. He finally consented, and on April 3d, 1905, waselected by a majority of nearly twenty-five thousand. When Mayor Dunne started his career as chief executive o the city,the great teamsters strike was on, which made his position a most difiicultone from the beginning. He avoided the pitfalls