The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-03

at all times and on any subject has never
shown himself "within The city walls" Of
Chicago, and lie was m entertaining
speaker, too. He always was perfectly
frank. He knew what he wanted and
what he thought he could do and he said
II "right out" There was no deception
about Carter Harrison.
In the year mentioned he was elected .
county commissions on what was called,
In reference to the then but recently past
confiagration, tho "nrepro0f" or citizens
ticket. lie served with honor In that ca.
pacity through those trying days, md In
1872 was prevailed upon to make the race
for congress against john d.. Ward. In
this contest Mr.. HARRISON Was defeated by
. plurality Of TO votes. In 1874 he ran
again, his opponent on this occasion being
George Il. Navis (the present director gen.
.ral Of tie Worlds fair). The contest wa
one Of the closest ever recorded. Both
candidates claimed election. and n recount
Of the ballots was found necessary to de-
eide between them. The second counting
proved Mr.. Harrison the victor by the
slender majority Of eight votes.
II WAS while he was In congress, In Sep.
lember, 1876, In fact, that Mr.. Harrison's
first wife. the mother OF his children, died.
She was in Qern, Germany, at the time,
md the older children were at school in
hat country. She was inferred In Gera
and Mr.. Harrison crossed the ocean to
bring his motherless children home. Later
ho returned again and brought the ro-
mains OF his wife back to Chicago. With
the memory OF his great grief fresh upon
him Mr.. Harrison refused denomination
Tor congress ut the hands OF tho Democ-
racy In 1878 and George X. Davis, whom
he had defeated before, was elected.
His first race for mayor was run in 1870,
| md he was elected, a reelection following
IN the next three terms. During his sec
ond term "A mayor no married Miss Mar
garct Sterne, daughter CT Marcus e.
| Sternc, OF this city. Hc held no Office from
1887 until 1891, during which period he
twice declined the Democratic nomina-
ton, and once-in lSS1-was nominated
aDyhow'and accepted In the convention on
the condition that every man present
pledge himself to work for success. This
| was lone and Harrison accepted. but his
second wife died that year and he 70.
signed the nomination and went on his
trip around the world.
The Campaign Of 1901.
In 1891 he ran rs an independent Dem.
ocratic candidate on the claim Of many OF
his friends that he had been counted
out" In the primaries, and that campaign
was a memorable one. From the begin.
ming to the end Of the campaign he spoke
from one to four times every night. not OF.
ceptinH Sundays. always 70 large aud en-.
thusiasttc audiences, aud no polled when
the votes were dropped In nearly rs large
u vote rs any other candidate. The Repub
lican was elected, both regular party can.
didates being handicapped with an indie
pendent"
lie ran again this year and was elected
by the greatest majority a mayor ever got
here. This was done a. wa his fourth
election against the united efforts Of near
ly the whole city press. There wal but
one influential paper for Harrison las
s~pring-the Times-and he owned that
The power Of the press got two very blacl
syes In tho lifetime Of Mayor Harrison.
Mr.. Harrison wrote but one book an,
that IA an account OF his voyage aroun,
the world, In which he was accOmpaa iet
by two boys-his own son aged ~, and til,
son Of Mr.. AmbcrX, ~atrusted frfond, aget
u. The book was called "A Race with til,
Sum-" and was . graphic and character
istic description Of his Journey, in which
Enthusiastically he kept out Of the usun
routes Travelled aud went over routes rare
ly or never travelled.
Mayor Harrison was a nd.hearted, out
spoken man, who never put on any "frills'
and was always approachablc. II was I,
this fact that he owes his death. II no hat
been ''hedged about" u little the assassiI
could not have been SO sure Of his aim
Carter Harrison wanted his fellowmen Il
think well Of hin and he has his wish.