Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-07


and therefore we believe it is wrong.
[Cheers.
/ have heard it declared lately uporl
seemingly good authority that the Re-
publican party, which will assemble in
its cor vention here next week, will also
declare in favor of the repeal of that
law which they have fought so bitterly
| to maintain. [Cheers and cries of
''Thats what's the matter"l Now.
gentle men, it will deceive nobody; it will
do them no good. 1t will be understood
to be a mere vote-catching maneuver
The people have found out that the aris-
tocratic principle has been circulating in
the blood of the Republican party so
long that it will require more than one
! somerset to shake the poison out of its
bones. Cheers and waving of handker-
chiefs and flags; also three formal
cheers, which were loudly given
Now, gentlemen, this is to be not a
mere scramble for Office. If that were
all thai were involved most of you.
am certain, would not be here Icheersl;
most o. you would feel that the game is
not worth the pursuit. But it is a con-
filct between different principles; it is a
conflict between the rights of man on
the one hand and the force of grasping
monopoly on the other. TCheers. 1t
will be campaign on our part of edu-
cation. 1t will devolve upon us to en-
deavor, so far as we can, to bring the
people OF this country back to true Dem
ocratic principles. Applause 1t will
devolve upon us to point out the iniqui-
ties OF a war tariff, greater after thirty
years OF peace than in the throes of war.
CHEERS ] 1t will be our duty to point
out to the workingman that instead of
being protected by this tariff he and his
children are robbed. Cheers 1t will
be our duty to point out to the farmer
that instead of being benefited by this
tariff the markets of the earth are taken
from him and his prosperity is blighted.
lApplausel And, gentlemen, if we do
our duty there is no question about the
result.
AT the beginning of celebrated
battle Lord Nelson ran up the inscrip-
ton: England expects every man to
do his duty" Gentlemen. today the
cause of popular government, the cause
OF justice calls upon eve: V lover of hui
mainly TO do his duty, and we are going
to do 1t. [Cheers.] Now, gentlemen,
you are tired. You have been long at
work. ] feel as if l could talk for
long time [cries of go ONT, but it
would he an injustice to YOU that |
should continue, because you have much
work yet to do. Let me say that l ad-
mire the business methods with which
you have conducted your convention.
Applause and a voice, I'VE did a good
| stroke of business in nominating YOU"
Cheers and laughter 1 like business
methods and the people of Illinois like
| business methods, and that is the reason
why they like Clayton E. Crafts. ZAP
plause.
Now, gentlemen, am not known to
your constituents as well as l ought to
be- lLaughter.l You will be asked
| about your candidate and you will have
to make the best effort you can to tell
your people something about me.
Laughter. You can tell them that
your candidate for governor was reared
on farm and he was taught to work
from day light till dark and then do the
chores. Laughter. Then he tried
soldering little while, but that he did
not bleed and did not die. Laughter.
You can tell them that he has been CITY
attorney and states attorney and Judge
and SO forth. Laughter. You can
tell them that he has spent his life in
the enforcement of the laws. ZAP
plause. But he does not believe that
ha hra
successful than some of the men who
toiled with him therefore he should now
put his heel upon their necks He be-
heves that the man who tolls with his
hands to support his family and to edu-
cate his children must have Justice done
him; must have what the law gives him.
neither more nor less. TCheers and cries
of Good, good.
And L VIII say to you. gentlemen, that
If am elected to this great office for
which you have nominated me, will
fix my eye upon the star of duty and |
will steer straight there as near as l can.
and there viii be prompt and thorough
enforcement of the law, because l be-
lieve that state that hesitates in the en-
forcement Of the law soon becomes pu-
sillanimous and unworthy the conf
dence of freemen. [Cheers. Gentle
men, for years the ring which has been
ruling the state of Illinois has been
creating boards and agencies and COM
missions and offices of every kind in
order to NAL Ike places for political bench
men. Most of these places are unneces-
sary and should be wiped out. Cheers
and cries of Good, good."] Great in
situations toward which we contribute
our dollars have been made homes for
political mendicants and are not meet
ing the high requirements for which
they were created. They need an over
hauling, and tell you that after next
November they are going to get it.
[Cheers.
JUDGE AlTGELD'S HISTORY.
His Career Soldier, Lawyer and