Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-11-25

men in Chicago. lie has served most
acceptably as President of the Chi
cago Board of Education. His pri.
vate life has been above and beyond
reproach, and his devotion to his
family has always been the subject of
admiring comment. 1t is true that
he defended many criminals during
his brilliant career as lawyer, but
he defended them because it was
his professional duty TO do SO,
And he defended them honorably
and ably and in a manner
which reflected credit upon the JuriS-
prudence of the State. Now at an
age when he is about to retire from
the practice of profession which he
ornamented, his name is suggested
for the high Office Of Mayor Of Chi,
cago. Confessedly, no man is better
equipped or better fitted for the ca
pable and efficient discharge Of the
onerous duties of this high Office
than Mr.. A. $. Trude BY disposi-
tiOn, training, and intellectual ac.
mplishments he is eminently
equipped for the Mayoralty And ii
nominated, he would be elected. But
the slanderers have been abroad in
the land. The fellows who sting
from behind The little adders were
after him. They named one candi-
date after another to knock out
Trudc, using at the same time the
foulest slanders to asperSc his char
acter. Well, they are tatterng
themselves that they have Trude
killed-these Warwicks are. Wait
till Trude's friends get Il crack at one
of their star-chambcr nominees
~.
THE EAGLE has been asked to re-
produce Hon. \. s. Irude'S dCClina-
tion of the Mayoralty printed last
week. Here it Isl
The Hon. A. s. Trudo authorizes
the following pronunciamento in the
matter of his candidacy for Mayor
| see 10y the press that my name
has been suggested to the Noble
Democratic Warrior, rs a suitable one
for election as Mayor to succeed Har-
rison, and, while ] must express my
grateful acknowledgment for the APP
parent faith and childish confidence
reposcd in me by the people Of Chi
cago, | must gently but firmly de-
cline the protfered distinctions In
the first place my other duties will
not admit OF it. My time is very
much occupied at present in my
journalistic work you know am
writing for the magazines, and should
there be Il falling of in my chaste
and picturesque contributions to
the press, the great surging world Of
literature would be surprised and
grieycd.
Again, | could not entirely lay
aside this class Of work any way, even
were | to accept the position, and as
cannot write without being wrapped
in the most opaque gloom and per-
feet calm, | would be annoyed !
know, by the war-whoops Of the
Office seeker when he got to playing
croQuet in the front yard, and when
ever he got to shooting at me through
the window when | was composing a
poem, am perfectly positive that
would get restless and the divine
afllatus would cease to give down.
The true poet loves secusion and
soothing rest That is the secret OF
his even numbers and smooth ca
denccs. Look at Dryden, and Walt
Whitman and Milton and Burns and
Pete Dunno What could any Of
them have done with a house full of
/ Nineteenth Ward Indians who were
hankcrlng for a fresh pail Of gore for
I lunchy
Further than this, have not that
gentle magnetic power over the un.
tutored pIace-hunter chat some have
/ / am agitatcd all the time bY 70 nc .g-
ob dread that II 60 near him I
may lose ms ,eltcommaud aud e.ll
him.
Then. again. tho Nraplnno, would
invite me to attend their osuar ,p.
cmI hops during lbe W.uIef and /
wouldn't know what tn dp 'or It
would be md policy u wuw ana
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