Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18
CHICAGO. SATURDAY. MARCH Is lssa-TwELvE PAGES

mary voting place was boarded up and
man had to put his hand in small
hole to put in his ballot. Another
was in the Twelfth Ward-it was also
boarded up. The third was in the
primary in the barn of that celebated
Michael Cassius Mcdonald, of Chi
cago, who voted against me. There
the hole was so high up that man
could not see inside, but he put in his
ballot up there and somebody got il
from the inside.
1t has been stated by the papers
that my principal opponent only
lacked forty votes of having a major
ity. Now, had 4S0-odd delegates
elected on tickets headed Garter Ii.
Harrison Delegation" That only
left 200-odd; now, how could forty
have given my opponent the majority?
Laughter. But he says that he was
offered the forty delegates provided
he would pay $40, 900 for them. Well,
| know this; | had not one cent in
that convention; not one silver, and
no man had one dollar in for me, but
there was on the floor Of the conven-
tion S25, 900 in hand and the promise
1 of S25, 900 more to buy my delegates
from me. Why, they say that it was
scaawag set; that it was an un-
ruly and corrupt convention. If it
was, why didn't they sell out? Ap-
plause and laughter. I'll tell you
why they didn't sell out. 1t is need
less to state lit was because they
were incorruptible. Applause. One
of the chairmen said: "Why, if
were to vote for anybody else but
Carter Harrison | wouldn't dare to
go back to my ward, "
Fitted for the oHice.
Mr.. Harrison then said that if he
did not believe that he was fitted for
the arduous labor of running the city
of Chicago during the next two years
he would be scoundrel He had
confidence in himself or he would
not ask for votes. When he first
came before the people of Chicago in
1879 as a candidate for the Mayor
atty he entered the race with anxiety,
almost with fear and trembling. The
Mayoralty had in the past been the
Graveyard of ambition. A man could
be elected, but was rarely ever able
to be elected the second time and
generally ended so unpopular that he
was never able to be elected the third
He did not want to go into an occlk
patton that would kill his ambition
Ho had found the city overwhelmed
in debt, not a dollar in the treas
ury, and $500, 600 of floatinl
certificates outstanding. BY stric
economy, by seeing that the contract
ors did their work as con
tacted for, that taxeaters did no
eat up the peoples taxes, but by ar
plying them for the purposes TO
which they were levied, he was en-
abled to reduce the debt during hi
Mayoralty Sl,000,000 for the frs
year and during the second year t
$500, 600. Applause. What wa
the result? He accepted the nomina
tion for another term. The paper
abused him; they sent his nam
abroad coupled With almost every
thing that was bad. He had, how
! ever, submitted his position to tn
! people, trusting the people. Th
people stood by him, and he wa
elected for a second term by nearl
5000 majority. Applause.
The next year scrip was wiped ou
entirely. The city paid gold to pc
, licemen, paid gold to contractors
!. paid gold TO tiremen. lie sent it ou
on the first day Of the month and cir
culated the money among the people
instead of keeping it ten or flfteel
days for the Treasurer to draw hi
interest upon. Applause. Tha
made times good; $3.50, 600 circulating
, on given day, not among the peopl
that had bank accounts and could g
to the bank and borrow money, bu
circulating among the poor people a
little grocery stores, at little vegeta
bic stands, among the hucksteTs. /
circulated among them and mad
, ! lllltS DtlbCls anu lilC tlby utBdu u
grow and had never stopped CROWN
since. Applause. At the end Q
his second term he conclude
to risk it again and the pee
Dle showed their trust in hin
by electing him by over 1000
/, majority. Applause. lie ha
/, brought the Germans and the Iris
and every nationality together an
made them all feel that they were
not Germans, not lrishmen, not Bohc
mians, not Frenchmen, but were al
Americans. Applause. The Ger
mans then began to think that d
had been Mayor long enough, and D.
was elected the fourth time, but by
. small majority
HAD ueen a Plain citizen.
/ They were right and he hl
, been out Of office now for sever.
, years. Laughter lie had hcs
plain Carter Harrison the citizen
, Tie had been among the people au
| one of the people Cheers SprN
) Ing 0f those whom the people elect q
onice Nh llarfisoa said.
: ITO Is your servant. nat sour ul.
, tcr compelled o. ebef tho AW d