Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-24
Citizens from Many Parts Of Town Write
Of Men and Events of the
Day.
Pointed Questions Asked Regarding the Trans
actions Of Public Bodies and Of
Political Leaders.
Gossip Of the City and Of the Country
Forms the Subject Of Com.
munications.

and Commissioner Of Public Works
should lW paid at least S1O.O'w Or
xi2.OOO u year. and In such case the
Mayors salary should lc increased 80
that he would not receive less than his
subOr,lnatcs.
they should make II -four ycnrs-make
II n good job II takes two years to get
on to the curves. as II were
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Here Is the resolution In full adopted
by the payroll brigade at last Wednes.
days meeting of the Central Commit
tee:
Resolved. That this. the Democratic
County Central Committee of Cook
County hereby indOrses the candidacy
of Carter II. Harrison for the Demo.
cratic nomination for the office of
Mayor of the city Of Chicago for the
ensuing term of two years"
Isn't II n peach!
\ higher.prlced Mayor Is good. Tho
present incumbent IL only n tuppcnny-
ha'pcnny affair. anyway.
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\ salary Increase amounting to an
aggregate Of nearly half II million dol.
lars u year was granted to the teach.
Ing force of the Chicago public schools
by the Board of Education Wednesday
evening. or this sum S23O.OO0 will be
received In advances by the grade and
primary school teachers. Wonder II
the Federation will be satisfied nOwy
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Only sIx,y.iive days more of Iiarri-
son as Mayor.
At the late meeting of the Council
Mayor Harrison NJ an ObstructiOnisi
was practically eliminated from the
problem of franchise extension. by
the substantial majority Of ~ to IG the
Council took the entire traction Iucs-
tlOn into Its own hands.
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1t appears that Bret IIarte left IN
estate which Is valued ut only 1880.
but he also left IN estate which is In
valuable, since 1t IL beyond all price.
lie was richer both In his life and In
his death than u convention of multi
milllOnaires. We can think of no one
who would he entitled to seat In that
convention who could match him In
the power to get or to give. There
have been some OF the class who had
their start In mining camps. and who
enjoyed the experience, but IIarte saw
many things beyond the range of their
vision His sensitive temperament,
his fancy. his Imagination, not only
multiplied the objects but reveled In
them, responded to every touch OF hui
NOR and pathos. to every inspiring sug-
gestion of man ana nature. Hence
the quality Of his enjoyment was un-
apprOachnble, ana when the period of
observation was past there was Il now
enjoyment In the exercise of that art
which made him not only the first but
probably the greatest OF the writer's of
short stories In the modern style.
While the memory of the camp was
growing less distinct with others. he
accented all the old pleasures by re.
creating picture after picture ana so
saved them for all time. 1t was thus
that he built the great estate which
compares with the estates of the multi
milliOnnires as his best happiness does
with theirs. This Is said without any
intention to disparage Industrial
genius, its material contributions to
human progress or Its public benefac-
tlons. We are considering now mere
ly the value of the possession to tho
individual himself ana to his future
fame, ana It IL safe to say that from
this point of view nine people out OF
ten would rather he n Bret IIarte than
Rockefeller or Il Carnegie.
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Victor Emmanuel seems to believe
that arctic explorers deserve recogni-
tlOn. lie congratulated Sverdrup on
his raturn fpn,n tha nnlur pprionS and