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__ -__â€" --u-wv.- _‘Mr. Shields states he has made no pledges, from which it is reasonable to supposehe wishes it inferred that I have. ' Let me say here thst [have made no pledge and have no under- standing with any person or eoterie of persons in regard to whst I willor will not do if elected, on any particâ€" ular maker. This I have pledged to the citizens as a body and I reiterate it here: namely, that when the ques- tion of the city receiving eorfipensa tion for franchises arises, I will, so ' far as lies in my power. see thatsuch compensation insures to'the credit of not, not are my supportqrs respond bio for them; they originated years ago with the men "who now 1179 his closest friends and. warmest sup- porters whomade them so potent at that time as to cause his defeat, now allég'edalnwgbwsntrae 1:3: been made during the campaign as to Mt. Shielda’ utterances in ,the past, Ian) “A‘ hâ€"â€" ' Let me say that in this contest I have no personal feeling. 'I did not seek the nomination; it came unso- licited. Those who urged me .to ac- eeyt it beliered that my . two years’ experience in the city council quali- fied me to become the city’s execu- tive. Months before Mr. Shields en- tered the contest, my name had been freely mentioned; later A. W. Fletch. er eame‘forward as _ my opponent but» ultimately withdrew, as he only licly expressed it, in. favor of > Mr. Shields. _ The content therefore is not of my‘mgklng If» assertions Highland Park, April 13- 99. To tax Eon-on: ’ _ In view of the fact that Mr. Shields has addreeeed an open letter to the citizens of Highland Park on the subject d‘his candidacy for the of- fice of mayor I haVe been preued by many friends to ask you to give ex- pression to my views, as I am a can- didate for the same oflice. Mr. Fred W. Sol-mob". candidate for city (rectum. 1m born In Allegnu. sin-m. n. In At fourteen years or use Mr humu- a van thrown upon bl- own n~ wort-es. but knowing the value of an edu- euuon be wotkcd '17 lb Mm“ the Al- low: Nth lebool. and mu unu- to Chit-an to «mm cy.Ith-?- uutinghom the Chicago leu- ot bar- ”1313133455“. I: been” I: e|~ Era In the am “he.“ "evince u meter 1. a load blun- In. and“ I. n plenum and seal.) mien“. ' In our! to . mecca-ml I... m mull; our '30.”. It. boot It. can the “tome: for Lake Fort-It for t It Ix nun. eon-m anon. for the 5.11.30 at M ”manila-o It: oiun. mum. at has been. sped-I munnol for moral of our data dflu In nutter: per. il‘nmlnc to mhhmzun] 1'19 3" had a o can-lone. nuk- an ( t~ to: I I. well than no": cmni‘x.‘ £11.19, and Winn lawyer. mama yum-mu m1». III. M W; SCH-«her. l mum-u. filth. [05th my“ 7 clamo- THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. _ Mr. Holmes is a native of Con- neticutt, but claims Rhode Island as his former home. state, as he lived there from the age of eight untfi he was twenty-five. During the seventikgs Mr. Holmes win chief clerk in the first division of the mail service, a division that com- prised the New England states, and for some years he was super. intendent of mails in the Boston ~â€"-~â€"~-~» \., V» ~ In. M II, lid-o. ‘ 'Mr. Holm ' candidate on, the “Cobb ticket.’ first. came to High- land Park in 1869, but has not lived here constantlyn since then. He is a vetefia-‘n of the 'civil’ war. He left Brown University whei'e- he had been a student a yehr, to ‘ enter military service in 1861 and that year was in the expedition against Port Royal, under Gen) T. W. Sherman, a; brother of the fa- mous Gen.‘Shéi‘man‘. ‘ ed; before that caucus the name of any candidate would have received the fairest consideration; it was not packed; it was dominated by no fac- tion or clique; it was conducted with the utmost order and all classes of citizens took part in the proceedings and I should deem myself ungrateâ€" ful in the highest degree were I ‘to allovmhe sneers, slurs and misrepreL seutationst-hat‘are being made in re~ garduto it to go by unnoticed. Respectfully. ' DANIEL Cons. . ran: his home since 1893. III. emu. m - ' Mr. Edward A. Warren. candidate for city clerk, has been a resident of the Park for over twenty'yeara as his parents brought him here when he was a boy. from Englaudl; where he was born thirty-six years ago Mr." Warren finished his education'jn the schools of Highland Park and is Widely and well kriowu here. He- serv- ed the city as an alderman for three years; and‘worke‘d faithlully to the best of his ability for the interest: nf body was invited; in that cauc'us every ward ”was very fully represent- be enhanced: I lavor the extending of all reaeonahle privilegea to indue trialenterpriaea no that our young people may find occupation at hand when they leave echool; I favor a conservative financial policy ao that the high credit of our municipality, infully built‘up during the hut ew ye’ara, may bemaintained; final- ly I favor a policy which will- reeult in the greatest goodto the “Retest number. Thua believing I allowed my name to go before a caucus at which perhapea majority of the vot~ era who will cast their ballots at. the polls. were preeent, and" I esteemed it a high honor to receive its unani- moue nomination. Of that caucus public notice was given weeks before it was held; to‘that caucus every- L151..- ____ .a a. I u ,- _ Further, I rill lay tint I favor purifying our water no I]. if it needs“, ”that the halt 0! our people m be panned; I hm: better MEL so that the comfort and convenience of the community may be enhanced: I (not the axtandinn To the citizens of Highland Parkâ€"â€" I wish to state that I but nothing whatei'er tu do with getting out the circular referring tn Mr.‘ David; A. Hulmesamlcliatrihuted about town this morning. It was without my knowledge or approval and hy «hum I do not know. " ' . many noted Americans and‘ he "has been making a very acting cannu‘in the Park, personally, for the honors h) be captured on Tuesday next. a large portio'u of that timef mi he has served as an official 'in difl'ereut' capacitieshere. Mr. Cushman has a gram many letters ofrel’vrencu from best of his ability for the interest: u( the cit)" ' . Mr. Julm‘ C. Cushman, candidafp an by himself on Hm independent ticket. for city clerk, baa been 8 ‘ms- pected citizen of the Park for twenty- four years and his been . identified with the civi-c._hist:ury of the town: for Mr. S. F. Knox, whose "new the “Cobb ticket” «the caucus nom- inee, an opposed to It. Smootonthe “Shields ticket, wee horn in Prineton. Bureau 00, Ille., Aug. 10, 13. Aftel' leaving school he was unoeieted with hie father, 8. I. KuoxJor tour yenn In eastern repreeentntim of the Union Pacific Burlington and Iii-ouri- River Railroads in the lend and paeeenger departments. After that time Mr. Knox came to Chicego and read law with W. C. Goudy of the firm of G mly, Green Goudy and attended the Northwestern Uni- versity Law School. Siuee'being ad- mitted to practice Mr. Knox has been alone in business and has made the Palm/his home since 1893. men has been a resident (iiiâ€"El:- laud Park. . 4 fl. 1. 1. I“. pout-omoo, having over a hundred men in his depu'tment. A few years previous to 1882 Mt. Hol- ‘meu was in lumine- in Chicago with Mr. Badman Outer. and from ’82 till ’90 be main basins. in Colorado. Since 1890 Mr. Hol- NOTICE.