Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-09
DETRoiT'S QUEER OLD MAYOR
KILLS MS HORSES no SAVE rlrEn,
rErD.
He believe. In Using a club to Sc
cure Reforms-Reduccd street Chr
Fares and the Price OF Gas--A Pc
euiiar Individual.

horses to be chloroformed the other
day and who followed thnt mn t, nm NJ.
tack an ~. h,la,l. u ~.
49,, '''ii's VI vac el's' mas
wv" mentioned us u possible Republl-
can candidate for president.
Mr.. Pingree wa nrst hoard or la,
tho c,,,,,r,, :.
- "'sS IA 1879 Us the re-
lo'ih eanaidate for mayor Of Detroit.
That city was then IN tJio hands 81 a
corrupt Democratic rims ,sbt,.h d,a an
,., .hf.
''.isS Nla' nave grown tainiliar
70 'he Iammany-ridden people of New
York. Mir. piperee unset "A normal
Democratic ,,,i,ri,,. - -, snnn -
-, " fAN.''
wv anu was eiecVeu py majority OF
l9VO.
The new mayor was so impressed
Win, 81, -. -. -, 49,
u 80
began TO purify the cty-not py lesis-
latlUn or through any OF the slow
processes az law INT with a club.
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NsS's"'E "uu Hnensai'9 N"SS'
gree was fully capable oil TINS work.
1e ~ nearly SIX ieet tall, his frame IS
large and ne weighs 20 pounds. He
has shapeiy head and strongly mark
ed features. HIS heavy mua,ache and
Imperial give him martha appear
ance, which is borne out by his erect
carriage. His eyes are blue, and w,en
he is talking with friend they twin
kle but the twinkle changes to a
stony stare when his talk is directed
at q political oppouent.
Mr. Pingrce comes Of New England
stock Perhaps II was the Puritan in
him that predommated when he caused
both of his carriage horscs to the
Killed ON the ground Inat this plan was
cheaper than keeping them all winter
and more humane than to sell them
to person who might treat them
cruelty.
Early in his career as politician
Mayor Pingree announced that IL he
ever secured a place OF power he
would smash tho trusts. He had some
expericpce with thetn In his avn lusl-
moss. which IS that OF d snoe manu-
fnptllrer. and which Yields him u yearly
income Tint IN estimatsd al 500 0G,
The shoe leather trust had a capital OF
$40. 900 600 and its ,bieot was to limit
the nr5duetion Of shoe lelt1er 10 its
or,, rsefs In tbis A. rsiiod nnd MIR
giue,se nr,f6sses Ia hn MIA th1t' II 90
ia,,t1,s,. 4. LA, % cb.sN ~, ma
,,ricn. IL sboes .hnwld h., to,,,nr thnn
thsv o,'H
I,,fe,., t,,o ,i,sa 90 NJ pirgrc,'e met
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80 Pouhr WIZ, ~ '.,'assss "nt 49, .,'r
uI.r Win iili,'yiitl'e, u t.Ns - ~
hsht WIS ptoi'l'Vu w., ~ "san
SaI'p y S'nJ,N a. ~" - a., ~.
t s tilie NY rs. We - hn"u -
llhslse suiiseueeS " ne.S5' ~ "a !,
na',ph "snin, ~ nv 90 ~
ols majority. i iiis W.T. ~ NY
cause OF reform uullss h,s s'.vll l.l
term was so satsiaet2lY thn. tpeS
moue MN cenuiulte lur wy npiilii ~,
uon Tor governor Dut ne was uei'l'eo
IN me convention
Mr' iihsfee Is Original w ms plt w
obs OF reforming. lie docs nor wait
10 protest. nsalust any loht.W9l'teu
wrong uolhs, put nc Sets out an m
Junction on the spot ana II inc shuBe
lie applies TO SHOWS any s.gn Of laNor-
Ing the men he Is after lie writes a
letter to the papers In Which he boldly
expresses MS opinion OF MN. n trw
months sngo he wrote p letter 10 the
common council assailing federal
| Judge
MIR. Pingree's methods incurred the
enmity Of lot OF influential persons
who were too afraid Of his popularity
with the common people to attack lin
openly. and 50 they made undcrlarded
attacks on him. They succeeded m
taking away from him his pew in the
| Baptist church. Then the Information
was conveyed to him HAT uni 81 he