, 1881-04-03
THE DEATH-RATTLE.

! HARRISON NEARLY AT THE LAST GASP.
| The Democrats of the city. under tho leuder-
| ship Of Mayor Harrison, made desperate effort
| last evening to end a lifeless campaign with
seeming glory, and to enthuse the rank and file
OF theparty and prepare thom for work at the
polls Tuesday. Mccormick Hall had been Sc
| cured for the occasion, and band-wa3on had
paraded the streets all day advertising that Mr.
Harrison would speak bis last piece, which
served to draw. forth an audience OF fair sze.
composed largely, however, of city employees,
qa ana sta persons who exPect to bo smp!oyts In
THE The affair Nes purely Harrsonian. for his
Honor WIS not only Cnartnan Of the gathering,
out bad to a himself chaiFs bud bsea
guests" but when Dir. Harrison emerged from
side-door they were empty. He was soon
Joined, however, by Gen. Lieb and few other
city employees, aud. as restraining influence
over the orator of the evening, and TO prevent,
II possible, the repetition OF tho vulgnrism with
ernl ladies had been invited, and were given
seats.
MIR. Harrison commenced his speech by re-
years, and by denying TINT h6 had ever been Il
f6s 9a Of Gnel,ng hoses or houses Of H.
70 close up the gambling houses, but finding
that he could not he had succeeded in forcing
them into the heart OF the city where his police
could watch them,-shlch they do notdo Follow
ing this movement he had driven the prostitutes
oh the streets,-which be has not done, and had
threatened to ':pull" the houses harborIu4
them. but had not done it. His great ambition
had been to suye the pubic money, and whoever
s4ld taut he was t1a c0nsort Of thieves lied.
While Aid. Clark WIS elecAonecriug ho was ut
work for the city, and the people ought to keep
htm in Office. They owed it to him to give him
an opportunity to satisfy his ambition. He did
upon him; but in tho next breath
he said he wns anxious for it, and would never
be content until be had whipped the newspapers;
him tho "Alodel Mayor He was tho best
abused man in the world, he sad and, to show
that be Was. read from O paper n dispatch which
he pretended to have sent to Ireland, expressing
sympathy for Dnvitt and Purnell, which was
greeted with hisses, it being well known that it
was bid for tho votes of tho Irish people.
Further on he referred to his refusal to pre-
side at the Parnei meeting. and endeavored to
explain his position; but it was tho old, old
had refused to preside, he said, because be
gould not as "Mayor.' La voice. Didn't you
just say you telcgraphed us Mayor2 ~ He did
not stop to answer tho question, which,
was too much for him, but took IN
tho Gen. Shields matter, and tried to Explain |
that, but with no better SUCCESS. from tho fact
tnat the records were against him. Hc closed J
with n piteou5 appeal for votes. which he np- |
peared to be sensibly impressed he would need |
Tuesday.
His speech was not up to the standard he hus
recently adopted owing to the presence Of
few ladies. He did not defend prostitution with |
IFS accustomed yigor, and much that he has |
heretofore said about gamblers and the low
dives was also omitted. In fnct, the speech was
scarcely recognizable, except that it was one Of |
lefenSG and self praise throughout