The Evening critic., 1882-02-14
HIS HONOR THE MAYOR.
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Chicago Times.
Chicago is, as she may we'll be, Justly
proud Of her Mayor She is proud for sew
eral reasons, and very good ones, too of
the Hon. Carter II. Harrison. There are
but few men in American politics to-day
who can show as clear a record or as deserv-
ing and honorablea career as Mr.. Harrison.
l ON the day on which he left his home
in "the dark and bloody ground" to settle
in the Eldorado of the Western prairies,
then in its infancy. the career of that
gentleman has been upward and onward.
Twice have the people chosen him as their
Representative in Congress from the Sec
ond District of Illinois, and twice did he
acquit himself of that trust in manner
that won for him a warm spot in thel hearts
of his constituency.
Twice has Mr. Harrison been called upon
to fill the Office of Mayor of Chicago with
the highest Mayoralty vote ever given
Democrat In this great city, and twice has
he filled that Office with honor. winning
the respect and esteem of her people re-
gardless of party.
Carter H. Harrison is to-day the most
popular man in the State of Illinois,
fact due to the zeal, the untiring energy,
and the steadfastness of purpose displayed
| by that gentleman thr0 ughout his whole
| public life. The esteem and confidence of
the people are his in the full lest sense-won
| by his unfiinching adherence to the
| right-his unquestonable honesty of pur-
| pose-his high moral character-and his
unObtrusive though steadfast mein. Mr..
Harrisons unobtrusivoness, it may be said,
is not the least among his many commend
| able qualities; the fact that he is not q
seeker after office but rather the office
seeks him, is, in the opinion of the writer,
a high commentator. That Mr.. Harrison
has at heart the interests of the community
he represents will be readily seen by the
following answer to a question asked by
the writer, in a conversation lately held
with Mr.. H.; Il came to Chicago" said
Mr.. Harrison, at time when we were
limited, comparatively speaking, in all but
natural resources, but of them we had an
unlimited supply. l saw that the city,
and the State likewise, ought to increase
to become great in population, and in
wealth, and told my confreres, and the
people that it lay in our power to make
the State rich, populous, powerful, and
great-a field for the emigrant who came
to till our prairies, and for the capitalist
who came to advance our mercantile, COM
mercial, and railroad interests. hsve ad-
vocated all measures of this kind that have
risen in my time,s and intend to do it in
the future 1t is clearly my duty to range
myself on the side of the people, their in
terests being what have ON my mind and
in my heart
Mr.. Harrison is as yet in the prime OF
life--his physical qualities being fully
equal to his mental capacities, and that is
saying great deal, the only medicine that
gentleman ever used being the Great Ger
man Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil. Speaking OF
that great panacea used by all great men
of the day, Mr.. Harrison said "Rheuma-
tism is about the only ailment that has
ever given me any bother, and that is now
gone where il will bother me no more. In
the neighborhood where live the people
will have no other medicine for rheuma-
tism or diseases Of a similar nature than
st. Jacobs Oil.
"When | first found myself suffering
from the rhe9fQStism my leading thought
naturally w call a physician, but my
neighbors all4Adylsed me to try st. Jacobs
oil, the Great Serman ! Remedy. z. .,. ,
lever in propgietary medicines, and SC
stated to my. friends, but the gentleman
who recomme0dei that wonderful medicine
being amongteago's first citizens, and
men on whose Md | would place implicit
confidence onss{hy question, led me to be
lieve that st. U {ob's Oil must be good.
~ took the. kdvice of my friends who
were beuefitedSby the use Of st. Jacobs
Oil. | procured some of it Immediately
and-well, the result was that have been
recommending ii since found it excellent
for the rheumatism. | have almost a
bottleful Of xnow at home, and / an
morally certaiH That have no more rheu-
matism. has been used in my
family and ned B6thood with remarkabl,
success, and f{fnk st. Jacobs Oil is al
excellent RENE
The writer o1slis return to the Office
took occasion to sec how many great meI
of the day have, been benefited by the us,
of st. Jacobs 0i|z ust out of curiosity. Hi
!, research was WI Bderfully productive. IL,
appends few y ne names, thinking them
appropriately laced beside that of Mr.
Carter II Whifison The Right-Rey
Bishop Gilmd }Cl1yeland, o. Chas. S
Strickland es4A Bbylston Place, Boston
Mass; Capt ~ Boyton, the world re
nowned swim tt; Prof. G. o. Duplessis
manager of "a Chicago Gymnasium
Chicago III Milan II. Warning, esq
! New York Po &o1ice; the Hon. Thomas l.
, James, ex-Posnh5 ter of New York City
Stacy Hill, ~ Mt. Auburn Inclined
Plane Railwax cipcinnati, o. Mr.. Bartle.
Campbell. auehor} and others too numer
Gus to mention, hdorse st. Jacobs Oil, tn
Great cer@a'i kYedy.
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