| Show I D MAYORALTY or OF fO OPET T CITY CIT YD I A Contest Which Has Become Mailer a of National Moment and Is Being Beim Watch Watched ed cd Carefully C ally by the Leaders of Both BothI I Parties W t the great rest b hint I ta la I loon local government l F 1 Id dd Govern r ri of rat ors i s Vow m York In la a n recent public ru I II Thin truth the tho I f si I IP rr r beginning to r e They t V ar ir r illI Ing ore oil the old hobo of 1 of off x to tn ward arl poll pull pollI l nd md looking to tate and na lIa Ih I to correct e the tho evils doe tl n municipal la lm KM vu 1 ng communities striving after Ift 1 tor I Client ehret Ideals Ideal Ide l of home rule and wh flint dUen ns ale are proud to be beIM beth IM th mints In U Cleveland In that r rilY ty the tho of November next the ruts III iy uy II y will be awarded either elther to t tTo To Tow Johnson characterised ried by nil It as all the bent beat mayor of the tn I i t governed city It l In the United gut Bun or to Theodora 10 IL 1 Burton Hurton who do Speaker Cannon has bat called celled the thet theIn a t W man In on Whoever in Iveland will beve I the 1011 f being kIng ruled I by 11 a man men of ot na nos 11 two iton repute Too TOIL i l I L Johnson to Is a reformed mo monopolist a self made millionaire who I w turned I from the of ot more m to practical philanthropy He Ire ti II ores fn en four year yean a lr h hm mayor of ef Cleveland Demo hH of ot lie hili state tat candidate for fork forand k mi nn and a p n It Theodore K l Burton 1 I serving ti term terni In fn ong and duce Inee Ih II i III of Warren H Ii Hooker hay h born hn chairmen chairman of the committee n n II 1 r mill and harbor one of the most moat ii Hunt of the national I 1 I i of representative Chosen by byH bya H II mallon by the Republican of ot otI i 1 I to 10 lead their a ault on the Impregnable citadel lIadel of John HIHI ui i m lie he h has haM the enthusiastic In Ini Ind d 01 i i r i of f r the national ii un n II It II IN Is h even 11 alleged that his hie IM In in wan Iran Instigated by bv the big bl stick slick it If r nl giant giante both bolh their hat It hati i III Ill IM Ia I almost 1 a national contest el sill III ill engage t ng K shears and Di I Ise from far beyond be the confines i c If liml Loul Paraphrasing Napoleon states look down upon i tan MI m Iiii ugh the Ih city hall of nf Clove Cleve nil ud I nii lie lir II the lie tilt I raid loud n lid which lead leads to ton n S lille Hu at Washington Th i terns finis I x rat and Republican in m 1101 moie 0 al than are Tom I am Jolin and Theodore E Hurton Burton is i j i misery calm alm conven conyn I In Is a radical of the i nil Idl ds passionate te picturesque spec Hurton IB Is I orthodox Johnson Johnsoa Johnsonis Job JobI is I paradox 1 Enriched by II monopoly II h i Is the Ih arch aich A proof pro proof of ot the protective tariff tartar he I s the Mt of t free trader trade A t heavy hv hold kold holder rr er r of nf real estate te he I s the rapist enal eM t of 0 Single tagle tic the Blithe upon f iI iII I 4 h k j vet veti J V VI h i 1 I 1 I I ar y r rr r r t 1 r rN ry rl rr raaf u J l y j ry N r Ly I t MAYOR TOM L JOHNSON CONGRESSMAN THEODORE E BURTON whose wh shoulders fell the th mantle of or Henry George success uell successful ful rul an as an exploiter of public utilities he be h to U I the mahatma of municipal own Taxed with Inconsistency y by a opponent Mayor Johnson re replied re plied I 1 and ami nd have hae Ia advocated the th abolition of all aft forms form r of f monopoly and aDd yet I am m awl ami nave have been a bene beneficiary of them all If It there thre In Is Incon inconsistency In that It to le not my fault fult I preach Mach what whal 1 I sincerely believe elleve to be bethe bethe bethe the true and ad jut just social lal condition the condition of ot squat equal right of real free freedom freedom freedom dom But the people will wID not yet II lie 1111 lieten t tn ten n Through monopoly which should hould IH le I abolished but hut which the people per permit permit permit mit to exist I 1 am m a rich man Hut But with the money I make mke out of monopolist list I 1 am doing all I can en to destroy monopoly root mot and branch for I 1 should prefer to die poor and know that thul my son aon and daughter would live In a community where they could Iliad fled easy subsistence than to leave them fortune the lose loaa I of ot which might ex ft expose pose 1 them to the th scramble that I Is now the tate tale of the f great areat neat mass of the peo people pie ales He lie 11 baa leas mad made Rued Rood his ala promise to combat rot monopoly Years year ago acu he hed disposed d of Ute tic great areat t part of ot hi his hla In enterprises and cad opened open his hta an H with a demand d for tor three these th pmt cant t fire fare OH eu street rare can an w to tome I b bIt me It which watch elected aha mayor of oC Cleve land and Ind lave gae him his bin hi sobriquet of or Throe Cent nt Tom HP lip ha has hOIl kept up the fight by day and by night ripping up track racks defying courts and sticking Injunctions In hi his pocket po ket l Denounced by former fortner business a assor lales a as a political po political 0 renegade nade seeking kina to ride Into power upon the lacks bark II of the deluded and aDd debased populace he ta s halted lafed on the other hand hn as aa the tho th prince of ot privilege loge lege turned deliverer a as Mares was waa acclaimed by the Hebrew children when whon h he t left leet the pride and nd power of s court ourt to lead them through tb the desert denen to freedom Tom U L 1 Johnson Johnon was waa born bom In George owe Georgetown Georgetown town Ky July II tI ib 1854 1164 of ot a family which boat a vita vice president of the United States State senators congressmen general generals and aDd galore HI Ilia fa father father t ther was wan a plutocrat end and a great groat t own owner owner owner er of slaves lav avea He It 11 was waa named Tom not Thomas Thoma and Loftin after attar his moth mother mothers er e ers family HI III brief Christian name ha has been the cause caUN of ot much confusion and of charges charge ha of levity against it Itu its users u When heD Robert P I Porter took charge of ot the Cleveland World orld the first rule he gave hi his was a aNever Never use UNO a mans man nickname unless you quote somebody ody and then than be ure sure to quote him tight right t Moon after this general order No 1 I some nome editor wrote rote of Tom Johnson Up the stairs tal three thaw at a time Urne went Rohan Hobert f P 1 Porter and lad the whole whale w editorial star wt waa a utmost atm t tired bodily before the managing 1111 1 edi edl editor tor could explain that Tom WI was v a Tom Toms n full name HI Iii family ruined b by th I h i civil war nr and stranded penniless In taunton Staunton Va Tom began legan hi hl career III as i a mo at the age aae of eleven Cultivating tating a pull with the conductor of the only train running Into Staunton he lie begot got exclusive control of the th dally new news newspaper paper business there th promptly laced price to fifteen cents centa per fOr paper palMr and andIn andin nd I In five month months tad had ha cleaned up fid 8 enough to take hi his family to t Loul Louis Louisville ville There the Johnson lived four tour yeas year In poverty but Tom managed to attend URd school mme aoma of the time and nd hi his parent parents tutored bunt when hen he hI go ao to school chool At fifteen he h got Irot a lob job In a rolling mill which he soon abandoned for a minor post POM with B l I Ill u Pont lont of f the powder family who Ah was waa running a hoses horae cat car line In la Louis loul yule Before he wa was w of age ace Tom was Wa UH secretary of ot the company Theodore K L Burton Burtons youthful feet trod a less lea stony lath Ith He wa was born burn In I Jefferson 0 O Dec oc M 10 0 two and anda nd a half years year eara before Tom Johnson saw w the tha th light HI IU father waa was a country minister and there then th wa was no silver UI poem In Burton baby baht mouth but hi his hll parents parent were ere able to keep him him con COa continuously In school hool until he h ua was grad from Oberlin college la Ig 1171 1 Bu 1 Ia was waa of an Jr U M At t the ae age 11 of ot tw lM it 1 i is said Paid In he h tors va the luge on n nIh the Ih halll s armies md If I generals of if f tin the war If I Aged Ad used t tl to RO go ROto goto to l him tint rm for f the I ni nna M from tin the t h front font At thirteen in he I had read all hakar plays plaY In III M Moot honl and college he hI was waa remarked rl for f i his lux mem memory ory nl and perspicacity n A which h hi his hIli congressional carper career has hah h en an n ham ed Managing a river and aad harbor bill In the home hOUM of representatives e he has explained and ael defended every one e of ot UK It II 1100 00 Inns Itam I without a slip lIp In fact falt factor faltor or figures figure answering offhand every pertinent q question with a correctness M that uloa hed hi his hili cohesive He R knows know kno more about bout every harbor river or ur rivulet In the United states State than the natives on mi its It banks bank and ad no trivo l lou u dares daren da auk ask k Burton for an 11 appropriation to dredge dd a stream which Ith ought to be he macadam macadamised Iced I After remaining wine some time at t ober Inn lIa a ai tin tor in Latin and aad Greek areek Burton studied law I White Burton Murton wa was All devouring Rak Bick stone To Tow or Johnson Johan wa was w studying the A I of fill horse home bo tar car He Invented a afar tare far boa beg which Ieh taking In money for to the company made mad money y for lor Tom He Invented a n and an a sail rail which Mch increased la hi hla hie TIWa fl he con concluded concluded to t run hl his own hora horse ear art no and hd UtO from frona Mr Du flu Peat Poat t he h bi bought uK il i de it street 1111 railway rally In la ll WIn lun n Theodore B IC Bur Burton Burton Burton ton hung out nut his hid hi legal nh shingle Ingle in to I Cleveland in hI I 1 Tom Johnson was waa already aldy a c MII tl t mr cr r magnate He own owned ed fill a company of ur M which h be le had elected his hi tether Jr and nd of which witte the tha theelder lb elder wider Johnson John on laughingly remarked Torn Tom to is t the thi board of directors director He Hewa Hea wa was a all that I It I and more mo He was waa the whole whale nd no so II successfully uee lIy that within a few fe years he had sold the tM company for fur over Then he looked about aboul for tor other Held fields to conquer und mind hi his eye ye lit on Cleve Clev Cleveland Cleveland land To Cleveland elland he bf went want at Ho lie bought a 1 line of f car eara ara small mall ant and re ft remote remote mote mot from the th center of traffic Im Imp p It extended it tt and bought more line II Soon he be bucked baack up against M Mill ilc Hanna the traction king of 0 Cleveland After a eerie aeries of hot an es counters counter peace nearo wa was declared with mo mot most t of the feathers In la Tom Johnsons hat Johnson waxed tat fat physically ph cally and financially financial He acquired tr et railway interest In la StLouis 81 St Louis Loul D Detroit troll and flue elsewhere where He H built steel rail mill mills In Johnstown Pa and Lorain O 0 Meanwhile Burton was wan aM prospering nn as It n a lawyer law and nd hi his friends friend were pre predicting predicting for tar him a future tutu at t the lb bat bar lat In M public pUbU affair led hIm Into Mato the UIe city council and ad themes tb to There he be became aw as marl laU The Prize to Be BeWon Won Seems Quite Di b proportionate to the tle Consequences That May Follow the Win Winning Winning Winning ning or the Losing of It mate mete of ot m MeKin y and helped bel him frame tram the th Mi bill billone one fine day Tom Johnson wa was riding on oa ona a railroad train when a newsboy gay gava him Henry Georges Problem to III I read ad Ha He read It Wh hn n he got aoth hump home h he be rend read others other of nf neI em n H b boke bIka bIkaI v k kand I and soil wa was converted l He HI vl visit lt II d Henry built a boase next Dell door ta to t l on the stare road In I Brook Brooklyn Brooklyn lyn In and nd became Iff Am Ma to devoted disciple d II pl The rhe leopard had ha his spots p t tIn In 1 0 the th Democrat of the country rose roue up UI on their ihli hind leg ep and attack attacked ed dl the it sn party art tooth and nail In M Tom i U L Johnson Johnon vent ent nt after n i the lie h i scalp of K E Ha He H wont went nt out ou with a II brass bra hind and a circus tent and his tr i hk down da Burtons Burton battlements battlement a toe the In trumpets trumpet of eI t Josh Joan Joshua ua felled the M c N of Jericho IK is I con are grea Johnson Johnon attacked attached the tha tariff trift while admitting that It its pap had ha hated ted fro him He Hp gm an Henry Georges 0 Progress and nd Poverty Into nt the tha Con Cnn on gr Record and distributed copies copl of ot It II throughout the tile re republic reo republic public Your rout years year yea he h fought monopoly oly 01 in the till house hotine Then the political tide I turned tum John Johnson Johnon on want nent nl back bach to Cleveland Burton returned to Wa h hington ington and hi his hIli pal t ha hu has not It Itt slot then hh t been Deen successfully lIu a assailed If ho be hoI beis I is elected mayor of Cleveland CIvel he lie will IU have hM to sacrifice a big itla place In la Wash Washington legion ington Besides being chairman at of atthe the house houe committee on river riven and harbors harbor hart or he hf IK III I chairman of the deep 1 waterway w commission whose great convention contention In Memphis took It Prod President elli dent Roosevelt to 10 the and aM which may tl tion n In America A Johnson Joh advanced In the Ih single tax talc faith and nd when whan Henry George rap ran for mayor of New York In la 1887 he be lend acted an as hi his hIli political manager maar Georga dramatic death on the eve eva of elec election it wa was 11 a crushing blow to Johnson liMIt bat bathe he h took look up UI the Ih captains captain tack fallen n and ha haa wielded It like a warrior In li 1102 Tom Johnson conducted the tha Democratic campaign In Ohio TM ci contest was wan Aa for minor but k h was waa regarded as a II a trial tri of ot t between n Johnson John and Mark Marti HUM Haws Johnsen told sold hi his hla Burton tent teat t and add bought boucht a bigger blAer one on for U Twenty alx bore bo and nd thirty canvas men mn followed hi his big bla red automobile u throughout Ohio Hanna Hannu called c John Johnon Johnson on son MO a circus dr UH campaign It 11 did del havea have a tincture of tan IMn bark balk In It but It H stir stirred red nod things thing up mightily and aDd made mad Un Uncle V Vet Uneta eta cle et Mark ak extend himself Johnson 1 lost loat In 1003 lie IN ran foi fOl against Myron T H Herrick k and wa detested de tested eat d Through all b how bw however w waver ever aver hI tie h his hH kept Kent t Cleveland la in I the hol hollow low of hi ht 11 hand hd and 11 If II Burton Ku Hurt ian pry Pr J H It out add t t rail fail ha lie will Qi do a w jN ti ty dead ded A W I |
