Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-12
CARTER HARRISON.
HE SHOULD BE GIVEN PROPER
RECOGNITION.
The Ex-Mayor of Chicago Has Done Sew
eral Kind Acts for Los Angeles-A Let
ter From Ex-Mayor Spence on the
Matter.

Hon. E. F. Spence yesterday ad.
dressed the following communication to
the chamber OF commerce.:
APRIL IL, 1892.
C. NJ. Wells, Esq, President Chamber of Com
merce, City;
DEAR SIR: A gentleman was in our
midst last week who came unannounced
and remained almost incog, to whom
this city and Southern California are
greatly indebted for past favors. The
first letter of his name is Carter Har-
rison, who was mayor OF Chicago some
six years ago, and at the same time the
writer was mayor OF this city, and can
speak from personal experience that
Mayor Harrison of Chicago did more
during the incumbency of his Office to
direct attention of the people of the
great west to Southern California than
any other man in the city of Chicago,
and if you will pardon me for copying
for your perusal certain letter which
wrote during my term of Office will do
so. I copy from the Chicago Inter
Ocean of March 16, 1856:
GAN ASYLUM FOR HARRISON"
The following letter has been received
by Mayor Harrison from Mayor Spence
of Los Angeles, Gal. The document ex-
plains itself:
Los ANGELES, Cal. March 8, 1886.
The Hon. Carter Harrison, Mayor, Chicago, ILL.,:
SIR: The Immigration Association OF
Southern California will open citrus
fair in the exposition building of your
city beginning about the Goth inst. 1
am specially requested by many mem
bers OF our board OF trade and produce
exchange, as we'll as other prominent
citizens, to ask you to honor Los Angeles
and Southern California with your
presence at the opening Of the fair and
make a short address for us. We know
and feel that great, big, grand and gen.
erous Chicago, one of the municipal
wonders of the world, will give the
managers of our fair cordial and hearty
welcome. Our committee will do them
selves the honor of calling upon you
when they arrive in your city.
And now, dear Mr.. Mayor, we have
nothing to offer in the way of reciprocity
but to promise that, should you ever
come to Los Angeles, you will have the
freedom of our orange groves and be
presented with the biggest orange on
the biggest tree. And we will further
promise that should Chicago ever elect
to open fair in Los Angeles for a dis.
play of any of her specialties we will not
forget or be unmindful of the golden
rule.
have the honor to subscribe myself,
respectfully yours, E. F. SPENCE,
Mayor.
Now, Mr.. Wells, in addition to the
above desire to state that Mr.. Harri-
son complied with my request, and from
the advice received he made one of his
best speeches, and our Southern Califor-
MIA friends who were present were un-
stinted in their praises OF his address.
would now suggest that the chamber
of commerce and our municipal authori-
ties tender to Mr.. Harrison, Il under
stand he will be here during the week,
upon his return from San Diego, some
slight recognition of his good will to-
wards US.
The fact that the writer who makes
this suggestion is Republican and Mr..
Harrison is Democrat should never be
considered for moment. We all should
meet upon common ground and be i'm
bued with the thought of how the inter-
ests of the people, the interests of the
nation and the interests of mankind at
large are to be best served, and be-
lieve if you, with your usual good nature
and proverbial suavity, calling together
such assistance as you may deem neces-
sary, would wait upon Mr.. Harrison
upon his arrival here this week, and
officially express the thanks of the
people for his good work in our behalf.
you would be doing public good.
remain, yours respectfully.
n CpD~c,