Foreign Language Press Survey

Mr. Lorenz Brentano can look back with pride on yesterday's meeting at Miller's Hall, which once and for all disproved the assertion that the Germans were against his election. The spacious hall, upstairs as well as downstairs, was completely filled, and the meeting was not only attended by R

The Germans in the upper wards of the North Side, contrary to the claims of the Democrats, are warmly in favor of Republican candidate for Congress, Lorenzo Brentano. Muller's Hall was jammed full last evening, in response to a call issued to members of all parties. There were over 1,000 pers

The Germans cannot complain about the distribution of elective offices in the County, when the majority of offices will be filled by Germans after the first Monday in December. The County has the following elective offices in which will be filled as follows: State's Attorney, L. L.

Allow an old citizen to say a few words in regard to the impending election. The Staats-Zeitung always advocates equal representation of Germans in public offices. Why does it not insist that a German should become mayor? We have a few Germans who could fill the office very well. Why is Mr. L

Gen. Lieb makes an awful noise and attacks A. C. Hesing to the best of his ability because the Staats-Zeitung is turning away from the Irish and our Lieb is getting concerned. He would like to be county clerk once more or preferably county treasurer. Unfortunately his party friends make fun o

One of our unpleasant duties is to inform our readers that for lack of finances the German-American dispensary is forced to discontinue operating on May 1st. That our German citizens could not support this institution although the financial responsibility on their part was very small, is by n

To the Publisher of the "Times". In last Wednesday's issue of the Times appeared an item discussing my appointment as a member of the Board of Education. In this article my character is somewhat attacked, and to correct this error, I feel the necessity of writing to you. You stated

The German-American Republican Club of the Eighteenth Ward held a meeting last night at which Mr. Lorenz Brentano acted as President. He made it known to the meeting that the advertisement in connection with the last meeting was donated by the Illinois-Staats-Zeitung, but that a small charge

First speaker at the Republican mass-meeting last night was Washington Hesing. In his opinion the election battle so close at hand is a fight between honesty and shameless swindle. He spoke of the importance of the election, and the absolute necessity to burst the now existing county-ring. Th

In our opinion, it is not absolutely necessary that Germans sit in the Congress of the United States. Since the Germans cast the largest number of votes next to the natives, it is fitting that in proportion a certain percentage of the elected belongs to them, especially as the number of immig

The miserable court procedure appears again in its crass reality as shown by the Court of Appeals in the City's suit against Gage's bondsmen. Because of a technical error which crept in when the application for bond was made, (that is, bond was not offered exactly within the prescribed period

Alderman Jonas' institution, the free lodging house, which was opened on the first day of the new year, on corner Wells and Indiana Sts., is getting on prosperously. Since it was started there has been a nightly increase of applicants, and on the 11th of this month, they numbered 90. The plac

[Translator's note: For details about this case see the Chicago court records. Several items of more or less significance in the life of A. C. Hesing, prominent Chicago German-American, may be of interest and have been translated. The court records which give an exhaustive account, involve th