Grand Rapids herald., 1893-05-21
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Some lntssssting Points About
Chcseo's Chief Executive.
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Arseveldc Of the fair. the western Per
nsndo Wood and the ccutrsAs Co that
otAer scathcrn dssivcd lllinoisan. LIN
eolo Ha1i~na beaonOsd IA . bosssfua
sad landed stock. whxss- cld tide water
tracts of land, since they do not grow
tobacco longer, hardly pay the sherifs's
sacsioaesr ~ put mp bus he who
owned more. than enough OF it wss
called King Carter. 0rtgsbey sAyA
In his skstshss u ~ virgiais eosvra-
ton men Of lSsA. that all The ksn-
dolphs In shaA seses were dsscsodsd
from . PLATA ban -baildsr. and is wss
nAsarAl enough that TOO msch land
should havu cslled for 100 mueh hnrn,
tn b. paid for In land inssssd Of oaAh.
30 that getting . ''plansstion" wherevsr
he built Randolph drove his harm pins
all over Virgins and became ''k ying"
Randolph. to. The foreign element
rather likes lord who can get around
with them, drink beer with them.
sauce 1t them and be Prince Hal
Harrison has sorno genuine public
traits. He pursues and patroniaes
the people instead a buying thsm.
said my table walter to ms, pointing
~ = large ho1ss: He owns Dat big lot
next door to him and viii not sell L.
nor improve il. nor nothing" The 40
called socialistic thinks . rich real
estate owner ought to employ some
body. instead Of waiting for others to
bring up the price Of his land. was
told of one Of these lazy men, whose
politics WAS imported from the state
whence he came. that he offered .
party contribution Of $500, 90 to be put
on the vice-presidential ticket, and the
state bosses looking On him with that
contempt the pretorian guard had for
nidias Juliauus. To whom they sold the
crown. said: From you. with your
pelf. none Of which you got by toll. we
want SSo0. 900 before we will consider
YOU" He turned aside frightened and
forlorn.
Up here they drink bourbon or corn
whisky, and do you notice. - q prob
able consequence. that violence In Chi
cago and Kentucky is alike; wives and
sons shoot at husbands and step
fathers. and fire upon counsel and
would kill the judge. too. II they could
get of. Nobody suffered for tho mur-
der Of the chief judge In Kentucky.
He was killed with . Run "a he turned
his ba0k. Rye. maturing slowly in .
cold. sterile soil. secretcs its alcohol
slowly. while corr. ripening In . few
weeks. - grain ars.
They buy new rye whisky east two
ruonths old. and carry Il TO Kentucky
70 mix with their Aro water. and send
the blended new and fiery to Chicago
and call IL old rye. The rye of the
east. at present. is nearly all stripped
from Wisconsin. and I should think
Wisconsin ought to manufacture the
rye whisky for Chicago.
With carter Harrison mayor of Chi.
ciga. Burton Harrison always some
thing or other In New York. and Ben.
jamin Harrison. late PRECEDENT Of the
United states. II would seem that he
redity, for they are all cousins, gov
erncd mans taste for politics. Yet
Harrison does not rule Chicago: he is
merely used BY the people as the most
effective intermediate with the mul-
tituds. They tried Others, like Gre
gier. Roche and wasAburne, bat they
had not the Faistafiian, the Artsvslds
air and size and love of riding up
blind alleys on hor~eback to delight
the street .weepcrs there. Carter is
above all others the mayor on horse
back. lie looks the beau American.
AS mayors Co. In our different cities.
he Is one of the most snowy on tap.
Yet these hafd-headed merchants are
hts masters. When he Is too liberal
with the red dag element they pull tao
strings which pull him down. !.
takes . degree Of militia guard shal-
lowness To be the good mayor of
mob.
I went 10 the top of the Chicago
city hall the other day and saw. in fine.
large rooms. q large, orderly congre-
ga,ion reading in the city library. In
one great room they were reading the
newspapers In another room the
librarylcss lawyers were reeding trora
. great law library free. In thiri
room they not only were taking books
out. hut having them delivered home
- the United States delivers their let-
tiers In fourth room . hundred per
pie, more than ever saw at once In
the library OF congress, were consult
ing books Of reference. I thought to
myself This city's free library Is the
real mayor % Chicago"
suppose the editors were a. mean -
the preachers. wouldn't they demand
that tho fro