The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-06
CARTER HARRISON.
Rev. Daniel Ilal1eron Draws
d Lesson From His
Tragic Death.
A GENTLEMAN OF CULTURE.
Yet Pandered 10 the Whims of
the Lowest Glasses in
chicago.

"One Lesson from the Chicago rrag-
edy." was the title OF q prelude to his
regular sermon. delivered by ths Rev.
Daniel Halleron At ths Simpson NJ. (.
Church last evening. He said ia part
"On Saturday. the 2Sth of October,
a tragedy was enacted in the city of
Chicago. When last Sabbath 1901 word
was passed 'ronnd that Mr.. Harrison,
the Mayor. was murdered, all were
stunned, and after the outburst of sur
prise had So sided, we learned the facts.
A man by the mann OF Prendersest. VINO.
II seems. had had sever l conversations
with Mr.. Harrison relative to a city ap-
ppintnent, boldly entered his residence,
and without warning, shot him dead.
lhstaptly like scenes arose ia my MUD.
The fearful staying of President Lincoln
while r.joiciug in the mrs flush of the
victory or our armies over the South.
President Carried rs walking to the Train
to visit Ms invalid wife, aud shot near TO
diving in thu 'lepot AT Washington, and
now Mayor HARRISON ut Chicago.
This Assn ely snforcss lessons manv
and oniinous. But we have time TO
Lote onlS one.
A GENTLEMAN OF CULTURE.
MI I1atEsSOD WAS luE many years a
resident Of the city of which he was the
official bead when ne died. He had at
tanned wealth and great prominence; bad
been Mayor of Chicago before, and was
again entrusted with tue same high
honor.
He was a gentleman of varied culture,
and a. all The attending the
opening of the greatest Exposition of the
the pelceful Industries OF the world ever
seen comrorted himself with the hig
hunors To himself and the city which he
governed. Not in a single instance that
l am aware of was there the
Ieasi ~discourtesy or the slightest lack of
that hne sense of honor. or the appreciax
ton of tue Importance of the occasion
wherever his duties called him oui. He
shovel the representatives OF I'm
ISM abroad that though ours is a Demos
cratic R~oyernmsnt we huve as true gen.
tlemen TO tbs manor bora" as thsy.
PANDERED TO DUG ELEMENT.
but WITH all THIS Refinement MI. Har-
rison p tndereI to the whiIBs Of the To-
est classes OF society In Chicago. An,
archists claimed PIN as specially friendly
t. them. The lawie $ elements boasted
of his friendship aus in every dispute be-
tween law and order and the sluins he
was more certain to, be found on the
side of the latter than on that OF the
former. Indeed it Is cl4imed that he was
the Mayor of the slums aud the hood
luHs, at least was elected by them over
honorable COMPETITORS who would not
dicker with such elements.
The lesson. the one supreme lesson. is
that pandeFiDR 10 such elements does not
insure any more security for life or Ii 10
than nauiully and strenuously opposing
them. A miserable, good for nothing
loafer took Mr.. aarrison's life. Indeed
today life is cheap. The first words you
besr are those OF caution, wheu you dare
to hold up to public infamy the %scoundrels
that prey on socIsty. II d cath is The
pc atty of duty performed, let 1t come!
Death Will appear some time in spite of
all precautions Better to expire In the
ditch in defense of the right than to
have our poised on some monu-
mental shaft when our graves biilow
the slopes of beautiful cemeteries be-
cause We are SILENT This age, all ages.
call for heroes, and never mora than
nowi
81 cannot and will not impunge the
motives OF Mr.. Harrison by impuIiug to
him cowardice in his friendship for the
vicious elements Of his city. Certain it
IL. no viewer. that such existed and that
his life WAS held at as cheap a price by
that very element as by It's most detern-
fned foes. Verifying the words of our
Savior: he that saFes his life shall lose
II. aud he that loses his life for my sake
shall iud it, Brothers, let us this Sab
bath evening ponder this lesson and dare
TO be true. Ameup'