, 1881-04-02
MAYOR HARRISON As A PARTISAN.

MAYOR HARRISON As A PARTISAN.
Mayer Harrison Is j1,st now denying very
Justify that lie, las ever lccn u partisan
Mayor, or tint lie ever sought TIC otllcc for
partisan purposes, or TINT lie ever had
thought Of party ntlynntnge in seeking or
administering thu office. In 1870 on tho 1T,
Of April, few hours after tho election, he
,nate tile following stutcmeilt, which was
published at tho tino III all tho city papers
and nuycr denied by tiin:
Propose to consult tho Interest Of tho party
nru tho public III everything. ssn1 not rcInuyc
sna bci3sys IN a'S t;' sooa dis c"sra,s. @ Ill., ,Ssl
70 kt lhe Republican lmr!p. nt,tl Ut tho end 9f my
nle restored 70 rGe @ eane;;ee @ % aid ths sits ltu.
,eIa.era!s espocisiiy e ata me 'n a.lyane'ns tae
that n tho nlcat VIC nre after.
That was undoubtedly tho truth ~ TO Ills
hopes md purposes I'll seeking tho office two
years ago. Inflated BY tic fact of his e!rc-
tEon. nnd In the full boon, Of Ills expectations,
ho announced his purpose rs set forth
above.
What were his personal expectations in
this ,nattcre They were to Ills mind no moro
ttlnn Logical conclusions. following his cleo
ton By 5,otN majority In Republican city.
They rim thus: ~ flaye beaten the Kcpub-
lean party III Chicago {tl,ruuel, tile detection
Of tho Germans who supported DR.. Scllmiut),
anu ,.aye attracted tho attention Of tho neI-
ocrats IN tho country; therefore. sllRll by
tho seizure Of the whole municipal machinery
Of the city, altl by giving cnltru immunity 10
the criminal classes, obtain absolute p0wer
nrd control III nil future elections ir this city;
shall allow none hut Democrats OF
my own choice to be elected In my office;
the City Council shall he HERE registers
of MY degrees; slnl bo ab1u to SO manage
tho bal1ut-boxcs (rrovi.ling extra o,ics and
keeping the polls open all night It necessarily,
| TINT can assure the party ut n,iy time from
10000 to l1.000 Democratic majority Il, this
city; netting through the salno machinery, 1
can send my delegates to MI State conyen-
tions, ami be able, through the force ut my
back, to dlctate to the Democratic party Of tho
State. will from being l}oss In Chicago,
become recognized NJ the Boss Of Illinois,
alnl MY voice aIui my delegation will berecog-
| nlzed rs speaking hy authority III Demo:
| cratic National Conventions; Having killed
| the Republican pnrty III Chicago, 1t will be
killed in Illinois, and the man who shall thus
have transferred Illinois from, the Republic
| all to the Democratic list OF Suites. will
nust of necessfty-be treated rs t!s foremost
man III tho party, and tho man es-
| pecia1y cutItle.t to atl tic 'Mcat
| Within tho gift Ut the organization. 1
| shall have the opportunity before National
audiences OF displaying tny matchlcss sue
cess rs III. orator, and tho conRloulcrate
| Indian, Scandinavian, German. Saxon, and
| 1luguenot blood within my veins will arouse
| all the nationailt!cs of the country. Ny
election Is but the first round III the ladder
| which invites and leads Tic to power aud
llonoss not cquaietl since tho government OF
Washington" This WIS the tiay-dream Of
| Harrison Oh the It'll Of April, lssO. When Ills
election US Mayor WIS ascerta!ned.
How did he carry out his plan OF opera
tlons? lie began by lie summary dismissal
| Of Republicans. Controller FarweIl and
Clty-Engneer Chcsbrough, than whom no
more faithful officers ever served the
city. were promptly bounced. lii due time
tho Chief OF the Fire Department WAS de-
capitatetl. Tho Police and the Fire Depart
nents were made rs soli.lly Democratic rs
was practicable. The notorious LIeb was
made Chief of tho Water Department, nnd
every street~forelnau and laborcr, every
br!dge-tender, every sewer-cteaneE mud
puMpinaM Was sworn LII to obey Carter
Harrison and the Democratic party. ;.
During the two years that have followed,
State street, Clark street, ard the irtermedi-
| ate and lateral streets have been repeoplcd.
Every decent family almost has been COM
1alletl to move away to escape mural coil.
taglon and horrible indeceAcy, ai1 their
places filled with licensed bagnlos md pro-
tecsed gamblers, lnhabltins tho vl1e5t
loggeties, filled with male thieves,
burglars, gatroters, cut-throats, robbers,
and blackleEs, women degraded by the
most besotted vices, and population
Of girl children from II 10 IL years Of uee.
enticed or forced away from their homes
rAauccd to prostitution, and numbering al-
most Us many Of the same ayes rs attend tlsa
Snnday-schoolso Of the South division. Each
ole OF esehablta.ons OF tho most degraded
SCUM Ut the crinlna! class Is adorneU by an
illustrated diploma, bearing the city seal and
signed officially by the Mayor, certifying that
the Chief Magistrate Of Chicago, being salts
fed as to the "good moral character" OF the
premises and Of Its inmates, authorizes them
TO sell rotgut whisky to these young girls
and to all boys and uen the protected pltnps
can inyelglo into the dens for cheap and in-
famous prostitution.
These were the methods taken by tho
Mayor ~ whereby he would kill the Nepub-
llcans, "a restore the Democratic party to
public confidence, and t3l secure the "1neat,"
which was Ills own glory and power rs Boss
In the Democratic State ot Illinois, lis now
seeks reelection as Mayor that, with the City
u Chicago handed over to tho control Of the