The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-02
MAYOR GARTER HARRISON,


OF Chicago, was nominated the other
day for the fourth time, There ought
TO be no question Of hia reelection, for
he certainly has proved an able magis-
trate. The Chicago Times, independents
In municipal as well as national poll
tics, declares no Intelligent man In CHI
cagO questions that the administration
Of the M yOr "has been clean aud
economical In financial affairs, or that
through this economy and cleanli-
ness the city's credit has been Iaistd
from the dlpgTaceful depths In which 10
had teen sunk by Republican manipu-
lators to 40 high plane as Ia occupied
by the credit Of any other municipality"
The abuse of Republican papers oil over
the country may have had ita effect In
creating some prejudice against the
Mayor where he Ia not known, but the
people Of Chicago will again vlndICats
his character at the coming election.
In his speech before the nominating
convention, Mr.. Harrison said:
Six years ago found Chicago wallOw.
ing la thu very qnagmlre OF financial
destruction, and when DtmOcratic ad-
minis ration has lifted II up TIL IL now
Ia second 10 mona on earth, what d hey
| aayY Yes, that IL true, but Joe Mackin
stuffed the ballott0x." LAu ghterJ
When we tell them that Fix years ago
/ a nl A
condition that a light.buiL u buggy cmld
not drive faster tnan q Ave Iuiir gait,
and that to day 1870 miles OF streets are
almost az smooth az parl0r
door, what do they aayp "Yrs that Ia
true, but Joe Mackin stuffed tho ballot
box" II we tell them that In ak years
nearly $l8 100000 have been expended
In public mprOyements--and no Repub-
lican detective can find 81 that haa been
misapprOpriated-wh do they sayp
20 yel, that Ia true, but J0' Mackin
stuffed the ballOtbox," II We tell them
ttat six years ago our brldpea were rot
ten, and our viiducts dangerous 10 cross;
II we tell them that four thous ind feet
OF yiaducts aud iiye hundred feet or
bridges have been replaced, they say:
20 yes, that In true, but Joe Mackin
stuffed the ballot box" This In the Re-
publican refrain. When We tall them
that we built our city hall for 100000
less than II cost 10 build the court house,
they say: "Yea, but somebody stuffed
the ballot-box."
And this same Joe Mackin" has al
ways been one OF tho Mayors bitIerest
enemies, and Harrison has never been
backward In denouucing him and his
methods. On the point Of frauds al
elections, Mr.. Harrison said In the
speech from which we have quoted:
To-day, though. a Democrat, my bitter
enemy, Joe Mackin, Gallagher, who was
In thu employ OF the secret service OF
!, the United s ates, and Gleason, a life
=. long Republican, stand cOnyicted by q
jury OF conspiracy, aud yet the Republl-
cans lay the responsibility on the DEM
ocratic party. Who taught tho crime
: OF cheating ut the ballot bnxp Was II
z the DemOcrdtp [Cres Of "NJ" "NoFl
4 60 down 10 Louisiana, where Wells aud
> Kenner and Eliza Pinkston cheated the
o Democratic people out OF the Presidency,
y Wells and Kenner we're given fat posi-
l. tions, Eliza PlnkstOn was canonized a
Republican saint, and now she 10 known
as "St Eliza" IL Joe Mackln had not
i had such an example, he would not, |
n believe, II he Ia guilty, have been tempt
A ed TO commit the crime with which ht
y stands charged. All, my friends, DO you
" know what the gentlemen who worked
% up the case against Mackin thought
< they would do. They never expected u
Ia catch the fellows they did. They
thought they would bring II close Y
Carter Harrison. Did they succeed
[Cries OF "Nol' "Nor1 Yet we are al
1t held responsible.
70 Carter Harrison has so made his marl
'f in politics that he almost amounts to .
10 national Issue.