The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-03
The MURDERED MAYOR OF ChIOA @ O
How He IL Said to Have Transacted Busi-
ness.


From, Torn Topic.
A few hours before the assassination OF
Mayor Harrison last Saturday / was sitting
with party Of Eastern men In q Chicago cafe.
The talk fell on the marked difference in the
manners OF the East and OF the West OF the
nspicuous show OF informalty and the pre-
tentious disdain OF conventional ceremony
that Ie IN the pefla rominenee
told of his first Interview with the chief execu-
tive of the city anI Yo9E
antechamber Of Mayor ,Harrisons office to
tendant eiared at the card In wonder fos q
moment and then asked TIE lSnir , al ard
tell GD' the M Mayor what his name and business
were. Instead Of sending in the card; - But l
don't know that he viii TsGe ps1s mShe We
it ain: going to hurt you to go and ask him. +
III" the attendant reloined; H., III The he I ioesEt
20 GUSHING ' open the door the Eastern jour
nalist walk into The presence Of MI aarri
Ting sun Win u diverss group o., citizens
HaEs sOO Ut. has hs Of eouny
sroeery. All sorts and conditions Of men were
there. many of them evidently resarding the
In the course of the interview-which; by the
way, was the one In which Carter Harrison IN
t dS"tea Of the the
Haymnrket murderers to death-there were
SHOW e OF eonsaeron
for the privacy Of the Mayors quarters. nna
there was an evident twinkle in MI; hhrriso ~
eye as no noted the surprise with whlch the
Eastern journalist observed all this ostenta-
tious informally. w !. ,
to me wildly whom reading the details OF the
The es,s but i has Its So%
monplaces OF iorinality would have prevented
Carter Harrison from walking from MS l dih,inf
refused to state his name or business to the
servant who opened the door for him. here
is such thing as too much democracy even
This is not the season. perhaps. to remind
Chicago and her citizens OF the part that thhey
Just eliminated in such surprising tragedy.
All the world is ready to credit the busting.
marvellous achievements in the matter Of the
Fair. 1t has been written and said times with.
n nss .aS 6e f"@s ns
and rampant sin i was all conducted; And t.
what ignobs exhibitions Of civic indie bty
the Mayors assassination. he. the most con
spicuous figure in the municipal lie. was we
scenes that ever took place in metropoltan
community meeting OF the City Council q
this boasting boisterous town. that ho a ifs",.
don and Paris. the Mayor was charged BY ms
legislative colleagues with completely in the
lar resorts Of disreputablo rendezvous. AS II
this were not enough. one Alderman rose IN
his pla 80 and exclaimed quote from the ON
cia records Of the meeting
would not accuse the Mayor of anything except
that his every word and promise were false Sonsa.
tion. followed by applause from the gallery ana great
confusion in the CounciLl
When the Mayor. in protest to this utterancs.
declared that such statements We're the out
come of spite and disappointment. the Alder
man repeated:
nppre ciate the right of tho Chair 10 make state
meni TO this Council. When he says, however that
only sucn mem brra who have been denied patronage
object to his method OF appoint ment 81 office EN-.
pha,icaily and fearlessiy declare that he tells that
which true. IOverw Ginning sensation with Ap
plae and Kisses from the gallery and great confusion
In thu Council
At one point In the proceedings Mayor Har-
rison. in putting q motion made by one OF his
adherents, said:
.'The Chair Is compelled to yield to the law"
It's the nrst time yoh ever dil yelled MT. ONelll,
and the galleries broke INTO rapturous applause.
Come down in my ward and III prove 1t to you"
again howled MIR. O'Nel.
'it must be prohibition ward" satirically rs-
marked the Mayor. and the Aldermen roared with
IL was beforsyou go, in" replied Mr. o'Neill and
again the galleries rORred
fourth demonstrates that the district IL not
hibion now sneered his Honor ana amid the r0ars
OF laughter and applause MI. OHeill cund ne heard
Wildly shouting; "Andtall.the thieyinR shei worKera
de aies and sk in games tie society
Of lhIevet arc protected by the man who sits as Char
The Mayor turned pale with anger. but made no |
reply.
Isubmit that a community whose chief |
legislative body falls to the level OF such frank
need not be surprised Mt a general !
that finds Its natural climax |
In murder pure and simple.