10th Annual Convention of the League of American Municipalities held at Chicago September 26, 27 and 28, 1906 . ss, achievements and this wonderful citv, in its restless and never emling energv, destinedto become the foremost cit\- on earth, has its enemies and detractors, isbut the natural outgrowth of human weakness. On the other hand, legionsof friends and true students of ci\ic life jjroclaim loudlv their unljoundciladmiration for all Americas future metropolis. Others than Chicagoansalso do readily see the true greatness of the city, and no more befittingclosing words for t
10th Annual Convention of the League of American Municipalities held at Chicago September 26, 27 and 28, 1906 . ss, achievements and this wonderful citv, in its restless and never emling energv, destinedto become the foremost cit\- on earth, has its enemies and detractors, isbut the natural outgrowth of human weakness. On the other hand, legionsof friends and true students of ci\ic life jjroclaim loudlv their unljoundciladmiration for all Americas future metropolis. Others than Chicagoansalso do readily see the true greatness of the city, and no more befittingclosing words for this re\iew can be chosen than the foUowiiig from theAmerican Review of Reviews: There have been many creditable things in the history of the munici])algovernment of Chicago. In view of the brevity of the citys existence,the heterogeneous character of its working jjopulalion. and the utherdifficulties belonging to the circumstances of the case. Chicagos achieve-ments are among the greatest in the history of mankinil. v,>^U>,,irL*>i**»)4Ji.,^.Ai;--i--:*-^«-Jt-«i,**W»*»*^»-r--. h <. Cbe e»olufion of Chicagos Seal T Acicsi. By Dr. B. J. Cigrand. FIE histon, of Chicagos seal has l^een one of mysten- and earliest record has been traced back to 1833, when the presentcitv was still a town. The design of the towns seal was a ]>rimi-tive yet faithful copy of the obverse side of the half-eagle gold coin of theUnited States money. Col. T. J. V. Owen, United States commissionerto negotiate with the neighboring Indian tribes, and president of thetown board, has been credited with being the author of this, the firstauthentic signature of the towns existence. Upon the incorporation of Chicago as a city in 1837, among the firstquestions to come before the common council was that of a municipalseal, some of the city fathers seemingly favoring the retention of the oldtown seal, while others, among whom were Mayor Ogden and AldermanGoodhue, argued in
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