Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago, was born April 30, 1860, in Chicago, Illinois. When he was thirteen years of age he and the other Harrison children went with their mother to Germany, where Carter and his brother entered the Heidelberg Gymnasium. For some reason the boys did not fancy Heidelberg over much, and after ten months' stay there the family traveled for a summer through Southern France, the Tyrol and Switzerland, after which the boys entered the gymnasium at Altenburg. Young Harrison spent three years there, and upon his return to Chicago entered the Jesuit College of St. Ignatius, from which he graduated in 1881 with honors. Thence he went to New Haven, where he took the course in the College of Law of Yale University and graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.

After a brief season of travel he came back to Chicago, and began the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar as soon as he arrived. From that time on he was his father's legal adviser. In 1888 Mr. Harrison and his brother, William Preston Harrison, formed a partnership in the real estate business, in which they continued until Carter H. Harrison, senior, bought the Chicago Times. He placed his sons in charge of it, and during their administration it was raised from a declining state to become one of the leading journals of America. After his father's shocking death at the hands of an assassin in 1893, Mr. Harrison went abroad with his family and spent many months in traveling over Europe, Asia and Africa.

The public career of Mr. Harrison was resumed when, in the spring of 1897, he became a candidate for the mayoralty of Chicago, and was elected triumphantly as a Democrat, the second of his name to hold that high office. His term as Mayor was made noteworthy by the sturdy fight made by the public press and the people of Chicago against a succession of ordinances frankly denominated as "boodle" measures, in the interest of city franchise-holders. The struggle was carried into the State Legislature. In every effort the Mayor was recognized as the leader of the forces arrayed in the genuine interests of the city, and his influence in the city council was powerful in saving the day. In recognition of his work he was re-elected in April, 1899, by a largely increased majority. Only his refusal to be a candidate could have pre vented his nomination for the Governorship of Illinois by his party, and he has been prominently mentioned as a possible candidate for the Vice-Presidency.

JOHN P. ALTGELD

John P. Altgeld was born in Germany in 1847, and came to the United States with his parents while yet a child. His father settled on a farm near Mansfield, O., where young Altgeld spent the early part of his life. At the age of sixteen years he joined the Union army and served in the ranks for six months around Richmond. After the war he taught school for a number of terms in Ohio. On arriving at the age of twenty-one he determined to look for fortune and reputation in the West, so he left Ohio and traveled across the southern part of Illinois on foot to St. Louis. When he reached that city he was without money. After a short stay in St. Louis, he concluded to push farther West and went to Southern Kansas, which at that time was enjoying a boom. Shortly after Mr. Altgeld's arrival, the boom broke, and finding no opening he again moved. This time he settled in the northwestern part of Missouri, where he taught school and studied law at the same time. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar and was appointed City Attorney for Savanna. He was afterward elected State's Attorney for

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Feeling the need of a broader field, in 1875 Mr. Altgeld came to ChiHe at once became interested in politics though he did not take an active part. As an attorney he rapidly built up a large practice. In 1884 he made his first appearance in politics, being nominated to Congress from the Fourth district. He made an aggressive campaign but was defeated. Two years later he was nominated for a superior court judgeship. His candidacy was indorsed by the labor organizations and he was successful at the election by a large majority.

In 1891 Judge Altgeld resigned his position on the bench, having made a notable success as a jurist, in order to attend to his private affairs which had grown to considerable magnitude. The next year, however, he was nominated by the Democrats of Illinois as their candidate for governor, and was elected to that high office by a plurality of nearly 23,000 over Joseph W. Fifer, his Republican opponent. He is remembered as one of the best governors Illinois ever had. Since his term as governor expired he has devoted himself to politics as a strong supporter of radical Democracy and is considered one of the ablest men in his party.