The morning call., 1893-10-29
ANARCHISTS AND SPORTS.
Two Great Battles i'm Which Harri-
son Engaged.

son Engaged.
Carter II. Harrison occupied a unique
position in the political life Of Chicago.
-Four times he was elected to the Mayors
chair, upon the TWO last occasions being
opposed by aim ost every paper of prom
inence in that city. both Dem ocratic and
Republican. In fact at the election last
spring his cwn paper, tie Times, was the
only daily in Chicago which espoused his
cause. Notwithstanding this opposition
from the press and the tremendous press
ure brought to bear against him thereby
he was elected by majority of many thou
sands.
In his official capacity Mr.. Harrison
made many enemies. Ae was serving his
third term at the time the anarchist
troubles occurred, and his attitude in the
premises at the time naturally made him
many deadly enemies among the turbulent
element to which that terrible calamity
was directly attributable.
However, Mr. Harrison's subsequent
acts shave gone far toward eliminating
from the minds of that class any i'll
feeling toward him that they may have
attained. In the present hot political cam
paigu in Chicago the anarchist question
has been brought prominently to the front
by the nomination of man for Judge of
the Criminal Court who is reputably
strongly in sympathy with the principles
of that faction in the community. Op-
posed to him is Judge Lacy, the man who
presided at the trial of Parsons, Spies,
Neebe, ct al, in the now historic case.
Mr.. Harrison's paper in this campaign
has espoused the cause of Judge Lacy's
opponent, and has been waging a bitter
and relentless war upon the men whom he
in former years has warmly supported.
In connection with Mr.. Harrlson's death
the part he took in the fight Tor life made
by the Garfield Racetrack Association Is
noteworthy George Hankins, who, since
the retirement of Mike Mcdonald, is the
king bee among Chicago gam blers. was at
the head of this association, which the
citizens of Chicago for long time un-
availingly sought TO suppress. Out of the
trouble which ensued came tho murder OF
two policemen by Texas horseman oil the
track of the company last summer, and
which the public will readily recall. The
Washington Park Association was the
rival club to the Garfield, and after the
latter was finally closed up it enjoyed a
practical monopoly Of the racing business.
Last year, when Mr.. Harrison was
elected TO the mayoralty. both clubs came
before him with applications for license,
but only the Washing ton Park concern
was successful. Hankins and his friends
were fearfully enraged at the Mayor for
his action in the premises. and covertly, if
not openly, threatened to even up scores
when the opportunity presented itself, but
whether this had anything to do with bis
untimely death is matter of pure con-
lecture. Probably it had not
In business matters Mr.. Harrison was a
man of great capacity, un bounded energy
and answering determination of purpose
His embarkation into the newspaper field
a year or more ago was ridicued by the
press of Chicago. and an early failure pre-
dicted. The Times bad been struggling
along in the meshes of expensive litigation
for years, and had almost entirely lost the
fame and prestige gained for it under the
management of Wilbur F. Story. But con-
trary to the wishes, expectation and
general belief of its contemporaries the
paper has been success almost from the
start. Mr.. Harrison's strong individuality
marked its every page, and his adaptabi
to his newly chosen vocation has been
amply proven and admitted by even his
most tuncomprOmiSing foes.