Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-06-05

a business man with whom they have
been accustomed to deal In large af-
fairs. and whose word they had found
"as good as his bond" man whom
they knew rs a successful manager of
great enterprises which. while they
had made money for him and his fell.
low stockholders. had also beneficial.
~ rpvolutionized the systems of in
tramural travel. giving comfort and
rapidity Of transit to the passengers.
and ut the same time giving an impetus
to the development of the city as moth
ing else had done. If such action calls
for hanging In Chicago II Is hardly
probable that these capitalists will
want to invest in any Of our local en-
terprises. In plain truth these Central
Music Hall meetings have done far
more injury to the city Of Chicago than
to the man they were intended to de.
strOy.
If. when Mr.. Bryan reads what he
has said. he Is not ashamed of himself.
lie Is u changed man from the Mr.. Bry-
an whose shrewdness and courtesy
the Worlds Fair. Hut there are good
men whom applause first has intoxi.
Gated and aftcrwnrd maddened.
Or what will he thought of this
where John NJ. Harlan is not known to
be the sounding brass AMI ,nkling
cymlal that he Isl
'rhe leading citizen. IL he is allowed
to lead this city. will lead 1t straight to
pcrdition. The typical leading citizen
Is n deluslon and n snare. an anarchist
M heart. because he would debase the
law by doing under fern Of law what
" orld strike a blow at society"
II should he said that Mr.. Harlan had
previously taken pains to specify Frs
kline NJ. Phelps. Samuel W. Allerton.
Dr. ID. X. Pearsons. Gen. +. II. Win.
| stoti. William Il. Walker. George Henry
Wheeler AMI others ~ leading citi.
zens." Some Of them we know for their
philanthropy: all for their business i'll
tegrity. No one Of them lets u day pass
| In which lIc does not do more toward
| the promotion of the material welfare
Of tllc city than ten legiOns Of mOufhy
| agitatOrs could accomplish In ten cons.
These men are described by John NJ.
Harlan us ''delusiOns. xu,rrcs AMI an.
arcl,ists." sand Lot Eenrney never
made himself more ridiculous ami nev.
er rantcd more dangerously.
What will outsiders think Of u city In
which "the typical leading citizen IL a
deluslOn ami q snare AMI an anarcllist.' =
Here the people know John NJ. Harlan
| M they know Mr.. Frank Collier: hut
| there are places In which Mr.. Harlan
II not known. There are places In
which his mouthy har,ngucs may hr
accepted as Indicative of the opinion Of
u majority of citizens: ami In such
places Chicago will not he accepted as
u safe plaey' for capital. Especially will
this bc the effect when II II known that
these rTntlngs were nppla,i,led by IN
Intelligent audience Of nearly 2.ooo pre-.
sided over by gentleman who has
been hOnored by public confidence
many times.
IL II not time that the clamOr of ngi.
tators We're husied AMI the voice of
reason awakened! As for the Hum.
phrey bills. they are dead. II Il hard
~ possible that they can be revived
long enough to bc voted on. They are
as dead as Mr.. Harlan viii bc u month
hence. unless he shall he able to lind Il
new stimulant In some new source o,
agitation.
In the meantime. II II not about tim,
for the conservative business element
Of this city to speak out and assert Il
self! Shall Chicago be given over Il
denagOg,ies ana ngitatOrx who hnv,
little ut stake ana no desire except FOL
self-glOrltlcatiOn! This In an epoch II
the existence Of this city. and frOn
present appearances a very unfavora
ble One.-Inter Ocean.