The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-30
COMMENT OF THE PRESS.
What Leading Newspapers Say About
the Assassin and His Victim.

| L. II.
| Louis Globe-Democrat.
| His death at this time, just before the
| close of the worlds fair, and in such
tragic circumstances. is national calam:
| ity, catastrophe to be deplored by all
sections OF the country.-St. Louis Post
| Dispatch.
Political crankism exhibited itself in Chi
cago again last night in the assassination
| of its Mayor. Carter II. Harrison 1t is a
| calamity so startling and so mournful that
we seek no words to portray 1t. The simple
announcement Is uff1cient-Cincinnau En-
quirer.
Mayor Harrison will not have died in
| vain if the horror over his assassination
| shall result in the swift and severe en-
forcement of our criminal laws 1t Is high
time that the cranks We're taught they
must respect the sanctity of human life, as
we'll as the laws against which they rail.
San Francisco Chronicle.
So far as can be judged by the Informal
ton received at the present writing, the
crime is curiousy like that of Guiteau. 1t
Is curiously tragical that Mr. Harrison,
who, despite his many talents and accom-
| plishments, had the reputation of acquiring
his great political strength from the lawless
| classes should have fallen victim to law
| less violence.-New York Times.
The pity of 1t all is that such a man as
Carter II. Harrison should have been sacri-
feed to a distorted idea of wrong called up
| from the troubled. distorted brain Of a dis
appointed, despairing office seeker. That 1t
was, however, which caused the untimely,
mournfu end of Garfield, and now It brings
the news of the shocking end of Chicago's
Mayor.-Cincinnau Commercial Gazette.
| The assassination of Mayor Harrison was
| q most deplorabe event, and will cause
intense Indignation and deep sorrow at the
cowardly crlme sorrow that a man Of
Harrison's ability and popularity and with
so much of bright. promise ahead, should
have been taken off by the hands OF an as
sassin on the very eve of his marriage to
an estimable and lovely woman.-New Or
leans Times-Democrat
The public always, and properly, looks
m "a
conspicuous public officer crime involv-
ing the atrocity Of direct assault upon the
State and society in addition to the iniquity
of murder. The prompt arrest I'm this case
| Is an occasion for public congratulation 1t
Is always peculiarly to be deplored when
the assassination of a public officer remains
| an unsolved mystery and an unpublished
crime.-New York World.
That the annals of the great American
fair should be hideously blotted with the
blood of Chicago's Mayor adds to the hor-
ror and pain which this fearful crime ex-
cites. The bullets of the fiendish fool have
| transformed the closing of the exposition
mourning and wrath. In It's personal. as
well as it's public aspects the death Of
Carter Harrison is immeasurably deplora-
ble.-San Francisco Chronicle.
| 1t is commentary on the fundamental
defects of political system quite as
pointed in it's way and as significant in its
| lessons as the crime of Guteau. Because
| somebody did get an office or did not get an
| office-it is quite immaterial which-could
| create no reason I'm a mind not already I'M
| balanced for the removal of a man who
| had been often honored by his fellow-citi-
Zens with unusual expressions Of confidence
| and esteem.-Chicago Tribune
The death of Carter Harrison at any
| time ard in the natural course would have
occasoned sincere and general regret, for
with all his faults he was great-hearted
and well-liked citizen; That he should have
sassin in the flush of his official distinction,
amidst the closing ceremonies of the grand,
s Sorn ei c ON part. and taken pa
| triotic pride, upon the eve OF his marriage
| to an amiabe and accomplished lady. is
| Observation-Disclosures Post.
All Chicago now mourns the terrible TAX
| ing off of it's Mayor as all the United States
then mourned the assassination or Its
| President. At such a time as this. and in
the presence of a crime so appalling, polit-
| ical differences are forgotten and universal
| impulse is to see only the common loss
| and grief. Mr. Harrisons death under or
| binary circumstances, even, would occa-
| sion profound and widespread sorrow. but
| sassin, the tragedy has stirred the heart
| of our whole people with deep and poign-
| ant sorrow.-Chicago Inter Ocean,
Mayor Harrison has long been promi-
| ties made him more than local celebrity.
| He was very popular with the rougher ele-
ments of the, city, and was personally liked
| rect intercourse, even though they diSap-
| proved of much he did and regarded him
l. as too much of demagogue to be entitled
| to their future respect No man will be
| more missed in Chicago than Carter Har-
rison, who, If he had active and earnest
| political opponents, had few personal enc
| mics and host of personal friends.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel
| It is clear that the assassin was I'M
| known to the man ruthlessly made his vic
| Whatever save as it existed in his disor-
| dered fancy. But the deed he wrought
was of fearful moment, and 1t must be the
| care of the law that he never again shall
| be placed where his deranged intellect
shall prompt him to further awful crimes
| possible of commission. The appreciation
| he loved the good will and the good voice
| of all his fellowmen, is his beyond any
| dream that he might have cherished of
| what name 1t would be possible for him
| to leave behind.-Chicago Times.
| Carter Harrison was imbued with the as
| sertive, determined, conquering spirit of
| Chicago in every emotion in every impulse.
| He cannot be considered prematurely a
| victim of misfortune, since he has been the
| most conspicuous figure OF Chicago through
all the period of her superb and MEM
| orable festival. 1t is evident enough that
| in no other of the mighty capitals of the
world could such man as Carter HarIi-
| son have been Mayor for several terms.
| But he was content with Chicago and the
| majority of the registered voters of Chi
| cago must have been content with him or
| ne would not have occupied the Mayors
| chair for so many years. He was u friend
/
| classes. But these classes make Mayors
| in too many American cities. The death of
| Carter Harrison was not an untimely taxi
| ing off, He died full Of years.-New York
| Tribune.
Mayor of Chicago for four consecutive
| terms, and elected for fifth time TO that
| office at the close of four years of private
/ life Carter Harrison, when he died was
the most widely-known Chicagoan. Ste
| phen A Douglas and John A. Logan had
| a far higher fame, but not as Chcagoans.
| John Wentworth was personally known TO
a larger proportion of the citizens of Chi
| cago thirty years ago, but his fame was
linked TO that of the sprawling West
| crn town OF that day. Carter Har-
| rison stood as the representative
| citizen of the second city of the
| continent the builder of the greatest
of worlds expositlons He made a bus
| mess of politics. and knew his business.
| The moral side OF his administration was
always disappointing to the best public
| sentiment Yet in times of disorder, as
| during the recent riotous lake-front dem
constructions. he was fearlessly on the side
| of order. Carter Harrison. Mayor OF
the city during eight momentous years
and during the exposition period has no
! small part in the history Of Chicago, which
now sincerely mourns for him.-Chicago
Record.