REFORMERS REJOICE
HFLV CELEBRATE THE PRO
GRESS THUS EAR MADE.
MORETO BEACC OMPLISHED
A State Civil Service Law Demanded
and the Illinois Advocates of Bet
ter Methods of Hoverumem Mill
Work to That Eud—-Joint NY. Ela's
Views.
Chicago, April I’d.—Two hundred
friends of better methods in municipal
government met last night at the
Auditorium lo celebrate the recent
victory for reform in the civil service
in Chicago. The occasion was a ban
quet given by the civil service reform
league of Illinois to the gentlemen
who took tin active part in the cam
paign last fall in behalf of the civil
service law. Among the speakers
were Mayor George 15. Swift, Senator
Crawford, Judge Tuley, Representa
tive Shannahau, Senator Johnson.
Melville E. Stone, E. J. Phelps, Ly
man J. Gage, John NV. Ela, Col. Ilia
in his speech said; “We want to see
a sttite civil service bill passed, which
would bring all state institutions,
such as reformatories, asylums, and
penitentiaries, under the operation of
the civil service rule. AVe want
laws in operation by which the state,
county and city public* service in Illi
nois will be removed from politics
and placed on a business basis. That
is Hie object of tin* civil service re
form league, and we hope to ac
complish it successfully,”
WON BY A SCRATCH.
Dan Crccdon Knocks out Billy Mc-
Carthy in a Minute.
