Editing Carter Harrison III (section)

==Second mayoralty (1893)==
Harrison was again elected mayor in [[1893 Chicago mayoral election|1893]], in time for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] being held in the city. Harrison stated that his desire was to show the world the "true" Chicago during the world's fair.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Harrison was sworn-in for his fifth nonconsecutive term on April 17, 1893.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor Carter Henry Harrison III Inaugural Address, 1893 |url=https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-carter-henry-harrison-iiir-inaugural-address-1893/ |publisher=Chicago Public Library |access-date=May 26, 2020}}</ref> Harrison's first acts after being sworn-in were to immediately submit [[veto]]es of several ordinances that the council had already passed, one which served the interests of the Midland Elevated Railway (which stockbroker [[James R. Keene]] held significant stake in) and another which would have granted the [[Hygeia Springs]] Company permission to supply water into the city<ref name="PlainDealernewmayor">{{cite web |title=Chicago's New Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1077798657 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription|publisher=Cleveland Plain Dealer |access-date=31 January 2025 |language=en |date=April 18, 1893}}</ref> (which would have advanced a controversial project by [[Wisconsin]] businessman James C. McElroy to pipe water from the famed springs in [[Waukesha, Wisconsin|Waukesha]], Wisconsin to the grounds of the world's fair).<ref>{{cite web |title=Hygeia Spring |url=https://theclio.com/entry/115736 |website=Clio |access-date=31 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Mayor Washburne had similarly vetoed the same ordinances in his final act as mayor. All vetoes were sustained.<ref name="PlainDealernewmayor"/>

Harrison appointed 1st Ward [[Alderman]] [[John Coughlin (alderman)|"Bathhouse" John Coughlin]] to sit on the reception committee for the world's fair. This appointment was a small part in Harrison's plan to create a centralized [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] [[Political machine|machine]] consisting of empowered ward committeemen and precinct captains that would answer to the local Democratic Party. The plan would not be accomplished until [[Anton Cermak]] came to power in Chicago politics in the 1920s.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}