The Irish standard., 1895-07-20
Although Born III Humble Cir
cumstances He Forces 1im-
: self ia, the Front.
Genial, Humorous, Witty and
Good Natured He Was the
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igencies demanded, sketches have ap-
peared Of Mr.. Harrison's ancestry and
life; hastier and not as elaborate as this,
of course, but such as to make the main
facts known. Mr.. Abbot has had access
to personal documents Of every kind.
ana to the immediate family Ct Mr.. Har:- Hts' ::
rfson, and has been able to give an inti- at
mate account of a life which was all en-
ergy, spirit and ambition. .s
Carter Harrison was born ina rude log
cabin on tie crest of Elk. Hill, near Lex
ington, In 1926. He himself used to say
that he was born in a cane-brake and
Erockedfto sleep In a sugar trough. .5.s.
He was bora in the blue grass region
of Kentucky and his life was that Of a
healthy country boy. His father died ',t'
when he was only five months old and
his mother, a woman Of rare NJ traits, q.
trained him, educated him, and man l
aged her family estate so well that WI when
the boy reached the age Of man he 'l1 found
himself well-to-do in the world. For
the log cabin house and the sugar trough
cradle were only symbols Of country llv-
ing in those days and not necessarily
those Of poverty. At 20 young Harrison Is y
took his degree at Yale, class Of '45, and
began studying law In Kentucky course
he pursued for only one year He then
returned to the old homestead at Cliff
ton, to be near his mother, and q e took up
the vocation Of q country gent tlemlsal.nl.s l1sl q i
In 1851 his mother remarked, and Carter
Harrison at that time made his first
European voyage. He kept journal
Il that trip, which Mr.. Abbot declares
t.nossessed those traits OF observation,
intrenidity and bonhonlmie which would
have made him d great literary traveller
had not destiny willed it otherwise. He
Travelled through Egypt, Syria, and Asia
minor, as we'll as Europe. He was IN
Paris at the time Of the third Napoleon's g
coup d'etat, and saw something Of the
street scenes which attended that stroke
Of nineteenth century Caesarism. a.
copious quotation from the diary OF that
period shows the young mans keenness
If observation and interest In political
crises. gs &s.; AZ. 5t5, sisg IN Y. s6..sF VI
IN 1855 Mr.. Harrison was married to
Miss Sophonsiba Preston whose names
two sof his children bear-and left Ken
tucky for st. Louis on their wedding
trip which was not q mere tour but a
change Of abode. They decided after q
time to settle in Galena, but the mos
quitoes Of that place were so pointed In
their hospitable attentions that the
young couple rapidly journeyed away.
To Chicago then they came, and Car
ter Harrison rooted himself at once by
an investment In eligible real estate. II
AS early as 1856 Carter Harrison began
to show political proclivities and al
though It was painful for him to speak
in public, he managed to overcome his
trepidation sufficiently to make pretty
and effective speech at a meeting. He
was then a whig without a party. III. ~
But real estate occupied him more than
politics and for fifteen years he nevera
made another speech. He had his ups
and downs suffered Il in panics made
money in booms. At the time Of the
great fire Mr.. Harrison 8 house property
proved the turning point Of the great
disaster. 4. # S -55 sasgs II
The political history of Carter Harri-
son is well known from the time he was
before the public as q deliverer of those
denominations OF audacity and humor, not
unn1ingled with personal assurance
which \ disting guished him for twenty
years and over. He was county commits
aioner Ia 1871, two rather Significant de-
tails Of the campaign being Mr. F1arri-
sons warm support OF Joseph MedM a.
candidate for mayor and his diatr1Oes.
against the Chicago Times. In 1872 he
was nominated for congress and defeat
/ ed IA second race he made two years
later and was elected by eight votes and
sa forced recount OF the ballot
III a debate on the question Of the Ma
Erine Bands survival, Mr.. Harrison ac-
uuired 10 reputation as congressional
iester, which, Mr.. Abbot says. he after
ward, and for long, deeply deplored One
Dart sof his speech which got him q nama
Tor dippancy was this: ts'Ss
3,ir when the Great I'm known gets
here shall he have no musfc? Shall no
tunes come from those twenty four sill
dated In stru nnents blown out by
those twenty four gent ntlemean e 80 red red
COATS; elcome him the White l4E
fIoouse 1a Shall we have no music when.
Tut luce him to the sl American Arl g peo-.
lJots by my vote a No 1 ~ hever!s e
THIS, the lat sof many cleric as-
sayaTa Tations. Won. the bend III existence,
but its defender found tlhat, 90 he
aarna r rs take active part Ill debates on
f6Its cufr rency.a On the Hayes den alecAS
scnmtn isaicn on the Eennepf U aNall
sInd aonS tie nay laWs, he had ~
lon III