Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13

was good campaigning. But the odds against
him were too great and the mayor made
his throat sorr, strained his molestv, and
riskei his reputation as prophet for
naught Uncle Dick Ogieshy was elected
Carter also stood for the senate He went
down to Springfield at the heginning of that
historic fight, which finally resulted in the
reelection of Logan, and here his propensity
for speechmaking found free vent He burst
into flights Of rhetoric at every opportunity
Almost any evening he could be found sit
ting in the hotel offices, surrounded by gap
ing crowds of rural legislators. OF all the
throng only one man talked, ard be the may
or Of Chicago. The personal pronoun l, and
praise of The works hlm-ef had performed
in the metropo,i, Of III, state were thick
upon his lips But Murrlsoa was the choice
of the caucus
The evening in which the nomination WAS
TO be made Carter Harrison Was walking
from one hotei to anoth.r On the way he
met two Legislators Thry were not intend
ing to vote for him, and he stopped To labor
with them He endeavured 10 show them
where their path Of duty lay, and So persua-
1--WE did he iecOme that both at length re
lvnte-d, renowned their former allegi gianc",
promised to vote for the mayor and desired
to hasten on TO the caucus hall But the
loquAc ious candidate was not satisfied. He
so loved the sound of his own voice that be
was ioath to stop The winds " histled, snow
fell, street mmps blink"d with pa sing hours
and carriages and pedestrians FASTENED by
But the mayor taIkel on ard on. At length
a shout rose above the moaning of the wind,
and the mayor paused
What's tn, noi~, about" he inquired o
a man who was hutlllrG along through the
snow.
Morrison nominated on first ballot" wa,
the reply.
The two shivering Legislators looked at
each other in amarmcut Their two votes
which the mayors eioquence had won, the
mayors Earruhty had lost The caucus WAS
over.
1t is tho fashion in Chicago to go and SEE
the mayor about it ' Women who have been
wursted in nrighborhO, Il quarrels, individuals
dissatisfied with their water rates or gas bills
merchants with grievances or corporations
with complaints, employees who want NOR.
wages. employers wh,s, men are on strike
fathers with unruly sons-all call on tn
mayor His doors are always open. He l.
the cadf of Chicago And when he has lis
tenei for time in patience many words OF
wisdom fall from his lips
Every day or 50 the mayors Office is fllei
by fifteen or twenty bright young men with
tabs of paper and inlilIrrcntly Sharpcned lead
pencils A. the mayor talks the young men
write
Now print this just as say 1t to you" the
mayor commands, or yuul Il get no more new,
in the city hall
These young men are reporters, and the
mayor is giving the public, through them
Ia, aut aV,.l .r..l
journals which hey represent his regular
lecture. As lik, not he is lecturing the
newspapers, for he and they do not get
along well together They all are prone to
criticize him, and ho rarely fails to talk back.
Several uf them he sued for LIBEL b cause o.
intimations that he hal had haRd in the
notorious election frauds.
Mayor Harrison is AN aristocrat in whose
veins flows the blood of that Harrison
family which gave president to the UnIted
States and e senator to Indiana. He has a
Kentuckian's love for fine horses Nir-
ginian, alteration for beautiful women, and
u truly ChcagoiSh love for himself. Though
a man OF the people he everywhere main
tains his dignity. He has How are your
for the ward worker, but not a shake OF the
hand Tue gamblers can secure from him
immunity from arrest but they cannot
speak to him or enter his office with his
consent He is a good man and bad one,
an able man and a weak one a statesman
and a demagogue, an arIStocrat and pie
beian He has many contradictions in his
character and there are not a few faults in
his conduct, but in his eight years rule of
Chicago he has done more for the city, in
the way of public improvements. good order,
cleanly administration and economical care
of the finances, than any mayor since Chi
cago became an interior metropolis He
will not be elected mayor another time and
wants TO 60 once more to congress. He and
the mare would make q sensation on Penn
sylvana avenue, AMI the admiration his
splendid hors manship would be sure to
elicit could not fail to stir the amb ton
which lies more or less dormant in every
Chicaguan breast, and which, i'll his case.
has already been tick!ed by The New York
Suns suggestion of Carter Harrison for
president WALTER WELLMAN