, 1880-11-14

AIayor Harrison has sent tothis office, with
a request for its publication in TIE TRIBUNE,
all appeal to the public" We publish this
extraordinary paper, and propose to call ut
tention to its misstatenlents Of facts and to its
glaring supp ression Of truth:
To the Public: Now that the excitement Prov
fnx out Of the late election has passed. feel that
owe to the high uilice TIL, aud To tho citizens
of Chicago, who have SO greatly hnnored ME, a
newspapers and Others, that ut Maskell Hall On
Friday before tho election uttered incendlars
language. "
mir. Harrison maize speech OF character
SO Violently lnccndtury that any member Ut bis
pt,licc forre would have been warranted 1T taxi
1ng him To the lookup for attempting to ptU-
vuke or cAIse Il Drench of the peace. He delie-
crute1y couuselcl the nlub assembled IN tho holt
to 20 . the polls enriy On TqeSday and there to
yisors and Murshais, Deputy Shcrtls. anu Judges
Of election, and. III tho event or his wholly un-
warranted assumption that such officers of the
law would deny them their rights, to break
dnwn the doors. tear down the buildings. take
tho ballot boxes, put in their ballots, and run
Nuw this is ,ll wholly aud utterly untrue. I
did not allude TO these officers. / spoke extern
porlneously, but, with here and there cue or
rcpeut almost word for word whut ! have said.
aly attention wns called 10 what l hnd been
charged with saying on tho following Sunday
next day. as The quickest mode of giving co!l-
tr,dicnon to the chnrgc. I instituted q suit
against the papcr edirrl'!1iy puGsnIls IT, ea
any such speech: The people, however. were
too much engaged OIL tho day Ut election to read
the interview.
There wus no reporter present at the meeting
! until just before closed my rc1nsrks. | hive
since learned that during the evening, utter tile
| together, and umung them the reporter. One Of
the gentlemen. US Il joke upon Republican
| present, told thnt hnd nude u flaming speech,
! and rrtui!cd, as part Of it. tho words whiei,
| havc been put into my mouth. He says he did
nut think OF its gSttng into the papers:
| lam proud Ut Chfcayn, and proud Ut the honor
to think me forKctfui Of my position US to USE
such language. expect 70 live and die hcre: l
do NIT cure for Office, but l an ambitious Of be-
| ing thought by my fellow-ctizens worthy to
The audience at 31askeIl Hall was most re-
| specinble Que, and many Ut them huve volnuta-
rIly come to int with assurances TINT did not
| use q word which would be objected to by the
| most conservative citizen, except US herein
utter stated; u"r did onee n'irato to the Az
/ them their rights said nothing about breaking
| duwn deors, touring duwn BUILDINGS, taking the
I ''i Used % NJ Language which &c could posi-.
bly, BE- tortured into any such: mean ing
or into u suggestion resembling It:
the Democrats iatr share ot the Deputy Clerks
| Deputy SheriHs, and Mnrshals ! spoke Of the
i injustice Of the County Board iu giving tu
| some wards so few polling plnces that in como
! precincts 1t would be utterly impossible fur all
to get In their ballots, and then said: - Your
ballot Is your dearust b!rtnr3Rht: On next Tues.
| dny take holiday: your employers dare not
discharge you for doing so: lnborers are to-day
in grclter demand than lab<'r. Ray to you
! laborers regardless Of pnrty,-whether you be
| democrats, Republicans, or Socialfsts,-give one
dny to your COUNTRY: ~ early to me polls; Eel
into line and hold your places; go to the window
and see that your ballots 60 into the boxes; NJ
cue has q right to Interfere With you" These
were almost The words used. certainly the sense
will mime AID. Pcerev. Charles McDona!u Z
F. Gur1ey, Thomas Brenan, John Cooke, JONI
| Mccarthy, and Walter acDonald:
| CARTER II. HARRISON
On Saturday morning, Oct. 80, there aD
peared in the Mayors Democratic organ. tht
Chicago Times, report Of what was statet
to be large Democratic meeting at Maskel
Hall, at which Mr.. Carter Il. Harrison, Mayo
OF Chicago, made a rousfng speech. In In