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Senator CuIIOm tor. the
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In the production of great men tn
United States is unsurpassed by any civ
ilized country on the globe. All alOn;
the line Of past centuries may be seel
the footprints of philosophers, poets
statesmen, scientists and warriors. In
word men mighty and eminently skilled
in all the sciences, trades, arts and pro-
fessions of life. Great leaders of stat
and nation whose brain. sword, eloquenc'
and power have done much to make ou
country free and Oui government th'
most enduring, the most magnificent ant
the most progressive in history.
:. Washington was first in war, first il
peace and first i'll the hearts Of his Coun
trYmen Thomas jefferson wrote the
sERclaration of independence" and filled
IWSQs hemispheres with his fame While
the names of Lincoln Grant Sumner ano
Carried linger upon the lips of every
freedman. These pioneers OF human lib
erty freedom and progress have ended
Y their career on earth and are now num-
bered with the dead. And we must be
conIented to celebrate their deeds and
perpetua, e their memory.
But we are not left without great lead
ers-Preiment among those who are
now in public life and whose name ap-
pears most prominent in our history is
that of the Hon. S. M. CullOm distin-
guished Senator from the State Of Him
Ois. -
This remarkable man was born in
Wayne County Kentucky, November 22d
1929. At an early age he moved to Him
f:e v-her" he soon became powerful
factor in the politics Of that state. AS a
politician he was firm believer in free
Institu ions and the equality Of al. before
the law. In him reedOm and justice al
ways found an able advocate and the op-
pressed an abiding friend. Mr.. Cullom
is and always has been good republican
true to his party even in the darkest
hours Of its peril. It.was his state during
our civil war that gave two hundred and
tifry-nine thousand one hundred and
torty-seven 1859 lat able and loyal men
to aid in the destruction of slavery and
the salvation and perpetuatiOn of che
American Union.
Senator Cnllom has spent the greater
portion of life in public service and per-
haps few men have been more successful.
He was repeatedly elected member OF
the Illinois Legislature and while serving
in that body he made memorable record
in helping to ratify the 18th Amendment
to the National Constitution Was cleo
ted a member of the 39th 40th and 41st
Congresses and is one of the brave pat
rio who was prominent in that m NOR
able struggle which secured the passage
of the 14th and 10th amendments to the
Federal COnstit ltiOn, the latter giving
the negro the right of franchise. Ills un-
bounded popularity with the masses and
his unswerving devotion to the republi-
can party made him twice governor of
I!linOis-serving from 1876 to 1888
when he resigned the governor ship of
that state to accept the position of Unit
ed States Senator. Mr. CullOm is man
of vast experience and is well informed
upon all the leading topics and questions
of to-day. The Senator's knowledge Of
public men and measures and his long and
uninterrupted career in public life make
him one Of the best informed men in the
Senate and likewise one Of the foremost
men of this country.
Mr.. Cullom's services as United States
Senator are not unknown to his country
men. For perhaps no man since the es-
tablishment of the federal government
has done mo e for the advancement of
trade and the extension of commerce be-
tween the states of the Union than he.
His Interstate G C,mmerce Bill providing
for the appointment of commission to
the transportation of com
merce and traffic between the st tes, and
for the increase of common carriers upon
the public highway for the safety and
of travellers IS looked upon
nf
been enacted since the foundation of our
government. lhe benefits accruing to
the States and the good of which it has
been productive has won for the Illinois
Senator high place in the heart of every
true American.
Standing as we are to-day amidst the
broken and shattered ruins of an ing ori-
Gus def-at, no man is better fitted to lead
the epublican party..out Of its present dill
emma to victory i'm 1892 than the Hon.
Shelby Nj Cullom. The republican
party would do well to nominate this
great man as their standard bearer
He possesses every qualification of a
born leader and should he be nominated
as | trust he may he would ride into the
presidential chair on the popular waves
of victory. 1t is not too early to begin
to organize. unite and consolidate the re-
publican forces for the great battle. Mr.
Cnllom is an ardent bel ever in Protective
tariff National aid o education and the
Of a Federal Election Law. His
speech upon the Lodge Bill in the Senate
during the last session of the 5lst Cong
ress shows his position upon this meas
ure. Let us nominate him in 1892,
L. 8. B.
Washington. D. G..