Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-18

farm, and on stone close by the wall
was written in homely made letters,
"Cincinnatus, farmer" They went in,
and CincinnatuS was at his pillow.
They told him that his country need
ed him: he unyoked his oxen and
went to Rome, became its dictator,
saved Rome, and went back to the
plow again. This is what we have in
America. In the land whence you
came there is a young man brave and
brainy. When he gives out law he
says do, and it is done. Here 65, 900, =
600 people say do, and it is done, 1t
is not Grover Cleveland; it is you,
my friends, that are your own gov
ernors 1t stands you in hand, my
friends, to look well on whose shoul-
ders you throw the mantle OF gov
ernment
Chicago is not government in one
sense OF the word; it is not a poiti-
cal Institution. Chicago is a mighty
corporation, banded together for bust
ness purposes 1t is your duty, your
right, and it is your exclusive privi-
lege that the man that you wish for
your mayor will be simply business
man, taking the taxes out of your
pockets and spending those taxes for
the purposes for which they are lev
led; seeing that your streets are
cleaned; that pestlence is kept away
from you; that your houses are pro-
tected at night; that when fire oc-
ours along come the fire laddies" and
save your property and, perhaps, your
wives and little ones He is a bust
ness man; that is his duty,
Assumes Grave Responsibility.
Now, my friends, | stand before
you he and ask you for your suf-
frages. ! sa d awhile ago had con.
fid nee in myself. To ,ome extent ]
have, yet if you elect me | shall take
the position 18th great anxiet We
have TO govern he c ty and have but
| title means to do it with | sayeC
your taxes before and wiped out YOU
debt. | did not govern Chicago OF
administer its affairs absolutely my
self. ] administered its affairs
through others whom | selected as
fitted to do it | wiped out the script
aud floating certificates and returned
the city to basis of gold When the
city's debt matured and we had the
right to refund that dc ! refund d
the debt the first time at ~ per cent.
interest and sold it at premium.
then tried il at 3.65 per cent. and sold
that at premium. Every indebted
ness / reduced step b. step, reduced
hhe interest and always made pre-
MUM.
Now, Mr.. Walsh's paper says that
| was eXtrayagant How is it with
the present administration? | dc
not expect to be elected by some
body elses demerits; | wish to wiz
upon my own merits, and If you fee
that you cannot trust me do not pu'
me into the Office, but last year wher
the bonds issued for the Worlds Fail
were put upon the market at 4 pc
cent. the city of Chicago had to pa.
$3.50, 600 commission for disposing o
them. Never one cent Of commits
sion was paid when | disposed OF tn,
cty's bonds. | reduced the indebt
edness by good many thousand dol
lars, wiped them out entirely. Tn
city, when / was Mayor, had abou
100000 population; to-day it ha'
100000 and its property valuation
is to-day twenty times as great as /
was when | was Mayor, yet Mr.. Wash
burne and Mr.. May had to pay $3.50,
900 commission. The city owes less ii
proportion even with that 50, 600, 00'
Of additional debt. When / wa
Mayor it was over S13, 900, 900; il nov
owes S1S, 900, 900. 1t then had a pop
ulation OF from 400, 900 to 700, 900
according to the year, but Sl8, ,0G0, 00
Indebtedness now Is no more thar
S13, 600, 600 was then. When | wen
in, as stated, this city was indebted
$2, 500, 900, a floating Indebtedness il
script; / paid it all in the time | wa
Mayor and left 50, 800, 600 in the cit.
treasury. Ny friends, ! tell you 0
these things so you can Judge Of tn,
past and thus help you to judge wha
/ will do in the future. This is II.
record. | stand before you a candi
date, and, If elected, / promise yol
my earnest epdeayor to do as well il
the future as | did In the past.
The city Must BE Kept Clean.
We may have cholera here II
germs lie over in Hamburg wrapped
in ice and snow. Early ships ma
bring IL here and we Will have q
meet IT, The city must be kept clean
Applause Last spring Just owe
here north Of North avenue the ty
phoid fever and diphtheria were rife
Your sewers were never flushed. VI
reporters came to me and told me O
the terrible condition the street. ant
sewers were In, but said "Sa
nothing about H., wc cannot help IL
. 10 viii only alarm the people No'
next year we may have cholera.
They sag | am to0old. Ny friends
am as years of age. have had
happy liio' few men have been haI
pier lam ready togo / am read,
when my tum comes. tO wrap m
mantle nhuul me and l.o down o
nloHuut irelus bad while AL