Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
HARRisoH's TRACTION HYPOCRISY

Another advertising dodge has been
invented for Harrison.
Another four-fushing trick for the
benefit of the Lizard of the City Hall.
Another grand-stand play for the ex-
ploitatiOn of Harrison and ut the ex-
pense of couple of unfortunate cor
poratiOns has been framed up.
Whoop! Hooray!
Harrison IL going to get after the
street car cables with Il sharp stick and
prod them up.
Harrison has mounted his famous
hobby horse again and IL riding full
tilt ut the traction companies.
OF course.it IL all in the interests of
the abused and down-trodden public,
for isn't "Our Carter" 1.-THE champion
of the streets"
oh, yes. indeed, and the streets bear
all the earmarks of the championship
of Carter.
They are NO we'll paved. 40 well light
ed. so nice and clean. so devoid of mud
and so innocent Of a thug. foOtpad. hold.
up artist or murderer that anybody
could tell who the champion of our
streets" II.
Hut I'm this role of champion the
City Hall Lizard has found another op.
portunity to pose In the lists before the
admiring pOpulacc.
He has discovered that the street rail.
way companies have entered into con.
splracy to break down their cable syst
tens. to wreck their trolley wires, and
to hamstring themselves generally,
thereby imposing untold suffering, In.
convenience and loss upon the travel
ing public. and all for what purpose
think your
| Why. In order. to be sure. TO induce
the public to give them desirable leg.
islntiOn, to cujOle the people into
forcing upon them long franchises and
loading them down with fnvOrs of all
kinds.
| Why. of course. II II nll 40 patent
now. Just as plain as the nose on Car.
ter's face. and nobody but blind man
could help seeing that.
Just think of those crafty devils OF
the street cur companies planning such
n wOndrOusly wise road to the good will
Of the people.
Harass the public, eXasperatc every
man. woman aud child who has bust.
ness In the street cars, cut the cables,
break 'em. tangle up ana smash the
trolley wires, delay the cars. stop run.
ming 'em. keep people out Of their
homes and downtown shivering In the
zero weather. and. incidentally. suffer
a loss Of thousands upon thousands of
dollars by doing all this. That In the
surer way to gain the affections Of the
public. Whit Of the loss? VIII they
not be dOubly repaid by gaining the
good will Of the entire community. and
then by bringing the irresistible force
Of public sentiment upon the Mayor
forcing him to grant valuable fran.
chIse renewals for long termsy
And to think that Carter found out
all this, On fact, through some sort Of
supernatural divination got the very
bottom Of the cunning plot.
1t Is u truly wonderful feat. and en-.
lnently characteristic Of the Lizard of
the City Hall.
But, seriously, 1t seems almost In.
credible that Carter can believe for
nm instant that the public swallows any
such raw dose rs this he has been
serving 1t through the columns OF n
compliant press, evidently bent upon
exploiting him.
There have been many mOuntebank
FRANKS played In the City Hall, but the
Lizard can scarcely have deceived him.
self into believing that even his organs
OF the daily press have succeeded In
humbugging the public about this par.
tlcular mares nest.
II the Mayor has any such idea In
his Uranium. the quicker he gets rid
Of 1t the better.
II he thinks he can dodge the real
traction issue In this way he IL very
much In the position Of the ostrich
which stuck It's head In the sand and
forgot about the rest Of its anatomy
Harrison has been reduced to the
last extreme Of fright by the activity
and the intelligence of the Council
Committee on transportation and he
Is ut his wits end for some rel her
ring to draw across the track.
lie finds the people no longer willing
to suffer hardshlps and Inconvenience
In order that he may have Il perennial
issue upon which to ask reelection
to the Mayoralty.
The Eagle made clear this entire sit
uation In its last edition. The next day
the panlc-strlcken Mayor had un
earthed the great break down on pur
pose conspiracy.
\ new bait for public favors, a new
means 10 bring about delay.
Whoop! Hooray.
"The Mayor" we are told by one OF
his organs, connects the series of ac
cidenls to the cable lines of the Union
Traction Company with the fact that
the Committee on Local TranspOrta.
ton has Just reported Its ordinance
and that there is popular demand for
the settlement of the franchise ques.
ton.
II don't care to make any charges
he said, but 1t does look peculiar that
these breakdOwns should occur just
after the ordinance Is reported In and
, just when the newspapers are asking
for settlement of the question"