Daley Family Legacy Runs Deep
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Western Illinois Augie track has high Q-C grads hopes B1 celebrate A3 King’s Harvest has a pet for you A6 140TH YEAR · MOLINE, ILLINOIS Monday, May 14, 2018 | QCOnline.com | $1.50 167TH YEAR ILLINOIS BICENTENNIAL Daley family legacy runs deep JOHN CARPENTER Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Mayor Richard bout 20 years before a certain J. Daley territory along the eastern celebrates banks of the upper Mississippi his 70th became a state, a man named A birthday on Maurice Daly tied his ass and cart to a fence in the little Irish town of May 15, 1972, Dungarvan and set off for America. He at city hall added an “e” to his last name along the with his sons. way — and the die was cast for the most From left powerful political brand in Illinois’ 200- are Michael, year history. Richard M., The Daleys of Chicago ran the state’s Mayor Daley, largest city for more than 40 years, William and watching from the fifth floor of City Hall John Daley. as the city The cake was The Daleys grew from a a replica of thriving but Editor’s note: the Hancock unpolished in Illinois Center. Midwest The weekly Illinois 1902: Richard J. Daley is born. railroad hub Bicentennial series is SUN-TIMES to a sprawl- brought to you by the MEDIA 1942: Richard M. Daley is ing global Illinois Associated Press born. metropolis. Media Editors and Illi- 1946: John Daley is born. Whether nois Press Association. it’s the sky- More than 20 newspa- 1948: William Daley is born. Mayor Richard scrapers pers are creating stories 1955: Richard J. Daley is that Rich- J. Daley, about the state’s history, elected to his first term as ard J. Daley center, joins places and key moments mayor. so dearly in advance of the Bicen- his family loved, or the tennial on Dec. 3, 2018. for a stroll 1960: The Daley Machine wrought- through the is credited with delivering iron fences neighborhood key votes to secure the and European-style greenery pushed by near his home election of John F. Kennedy his son, the legacy of the city’s two lon- on Easter as president. gest-serving mayors is impossible to avoid. Sunday, April There are also things not seen, of 1968: Chicago erupts in what 1, 1956. With course. Like Meigs Field, the quirky would later be described lakefront airport that the younger Daley him are, from as a “police riot” during brazenly — and illegally — bulldozed in left, Richard the Democratic National the middle of the night in 2003. And then Jr., Mary Convention. Carol, Mrs. there’s a trail of Daley pals either shamed 1976: Richard J. Daley dies in Daley, John, or jailed for various corruption schemes, office after serving for more part of a long-tolerated, wink-and-nod Billy, Eleanor than 21 years. “Chicago way” of doing city business. and Michael. The elder Mayor Daley struggled to rec- SUN-TIMES 1989: Richard M. Daley is oncile his neighborhood tribalism with MEDIA elected to his first term as the growing civil rights movement and mayor. anti-war protests. And his son watched grand plans for his city spiral into sweet- 1992: John Daley is elected heart deals and crippling budget deficits. to the Cook County board of But the Daley Machine also saw Chica- commissioners, after serving go’s fortunes grow while other Rust Belt in the Illinois state legislature. Mourners cities declined. And they helped elect two 1997: William Daley is Democratic presidents while wielding the stood in the cold for named U.S. Secretary of kind of statewide clout in Springfield that Commerce under President hours outside a small army of Machine-bred represen- Bill Clinton. tatives and senators can make possible. Chicago Richard J. Daley, great-grandson of Mayor Richard 2010: Richard M. Daley Maurice, was born in the city’s Bridge- Daley’s church serves his 7,917th day as port neighborhood in 1902, not far from on Dec. 21, mayor, passing his father as where he lived when he died 74 years later. 1976, to view the longest to serve in the He rose through the ranks of Democratic his body. job. politics by building a reputation as both an old-school ward heeler and nimble SUBMITTED 2011: William Daley is numbers cruncher. Lacking the oratorical named White House chief of flourish of so many politicians of the day, staff under President Barack he prided himself on getting things done. Obama. “Good government is good politics,” he 2011: Richard M. Daley’s liked to say. And he correctly surmised wife, Maggie, dies after a that few would mind if city payrolls were long battle with cancer. stocked with Daley Machine foot soldiers, so long as the trash got collected and the 2011: Rahm Emanuel is streets got plowed. sworn is as mayor, ending Richard M. Daley’s 22-year, See DALEY, Page A4 six-term run in office. New volcano lava fissure spurs evacuations in Hawaii CALEB JONES The new opening was still show- The fissure measures about 1,000 Associated Press ing signs of activity Sunday after- feet long. Brantley said it was emit- noon. ting intermittent lava spatter but PAHOA, Hawaii — A new fissure Popping, exploding and sloshing there was no substantial lava flow. emitting steam and lava spatter sounds could be heard from the fis- The fissures, ground deforma- spurred Hawaii officials to call sure as far as 1,500 yards away. But tion and abundant volcanic gases for more evacuations on Sunday the behavior from the fissure was indicate eruptions on the eastern as residents braced for an expected not terribly vigorous, the U.S. Geo- flank of Kilauea are likely to con- eruption from the Kilauea volcano. logical Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano tinue. The Hawaii County Civil De- Observatory said. Most of the lava outbreaks have fense issued an alert after the fis- “The appearance of the fissures occurred in and around the Lei- sure was discovered along a road in the past couple of days does lani Estates neighborhood, where west of a major highway on the Big not change the overall picture or molten rock has burst through U.S. Geological Survey Island. Residents on that road were concern,” observatory scientist the ground, destroying more than A new fissure emitting steam and lava spatter spurred Hawaii officials to call told to evacuate, and two nearby Steve Brantley said. “The amount two dozen homes and resulting in for more evacuations on Sunday as residents braced for an expected eruption community centers were serving of lava that has erupted from the from the Kilauea volcano. Geologists warn that Kilauea’s summit could have as shelters for people and pets. fissure so far is very, very small.” See HAWAII, Page A2 an explosive steam eruption that would hurl rocks and ash miles into the sky. Keep up with the news INDEX WEATHER ClassifiedB7 Life A6 Television A9 High: 82 Low: 62 Comics A8 Nation & World B6 Viewpoints A10 T-storms. / Daily Record A5 Obituaries B4 00 24 7 Full report A9 1 QCOnline.com Dear Abby A7 Sports B1 D.