Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-03
JOHN r. TANNER.

penranccs fail. will be elected Governor
Of Illinois next November.
lie should he elected.
Tanner is product of the soil. lie
is Il man of the people. who has been
born AMI raised I'm our midst ana under.
stands the people whom he seeks to
govern. Tanner il no despotic autociat.
who would deny to his followers the
right of private judgment. lie II
brOa,l.ininded and generous In his
views and accor,ls to every man the
same rights that he claims for him.
| sclf.
He Is u man of experience In public
Hffaiis. He has been elected to office
In the past and has discharged the
duties appcrtaining thereto In n manner
cnincntly satisfactorily to the public and
crcditablc to himself. lie knows every
foot of the state of Illinois. IL acquaint.
81 personally with more of Its citizens
than any man living. and is therefore
cminently equipped to discharge the
"Dcrous duties appcrtaining to the Gov
crnorship. Tanner Is not a rich man.
but he II honest. He does not own Il
skyscrapcr. but his record as a citizen
ana u soldier of the civil war IL u mUnu.
mcnt that towers and will endure in the
Ecnrts ana the memories of his fellow
citizens. Mr.. Tanner Is not a man who
says one thing AMI does another He
declares for blmctallism and sound
money, and his actions and everyday
life are In strict cOnsonance with his
publicly expressed ideas. He doesn't
preach one kind of currency for his
nclghbOr ana insist upon another kind
for himself. lie does not declare TIM,
silver Is god enough 10 pay his butcher.
grocer and tailor bills. ana insist tina.
his creditors must pay him In gold.
There IL nothing of the DIR. Jekyl and
Mr.. Hyde about Capt. Tanner. lie Is
n plain. unvarnishcd American citizen.
whose life has been rs honest aud nat.
ural AMI healthy as the free prairie
wind. upon which he mas grown up tn
his perfect and magnificent physical
manhood.
lie IL not n professional labOritc. hut
lc II ana always has been the friend of
organized labor. lie risked his life In
che field of battle to enfranchise h,,.
, man labor and to knock the shnckles
of the limbs of the black labOrcrs In tho
cotton fields Of the South. lie Is us
strong friend of the white lnborer ~
,,c II Of the black. lie knows and Hp
, lrecintcs the rights OF labor ana has
always been an ardent advocate OF
them, although he has never made him
SELF u special pleader for anarcllism
lie hns never been q mOuthy demn
y goguc In the cause OF that species ri
socialism which demands n dlstribu
ton of wealth among the deserving and
Unieservlng alike. ana ut the same
! limo acquired ana held on to great nc
cumulated wealth while his hungry dis
ciplcs starved. Tanner hns had To work
: FOR his living all his life. lie II u farm
: ~. hc II not millionaire proprietor ol
I n scvcntccn-stOry sky-scraper. Tanner
. l. u Republican. but Democrats have
. cficn been taught true Democracy b!
( Republican leaders. There II u widt
p difference between Democracy aud
Q domagogy. II Tanner should he cleo,
d I'd Governor of Illinois. he would moi
: make of his position IN opportunity fol
J. the manufacture of campaign thunder
Y and clectiOnecrlng lodges. He wOult
u perform his duty rs he saw AMI under
}. stood II without reference to the posi-
Il hle effect of his action at the next clec
Y ton.
He would not try to make himself
Z the dictator OF national politics, II,
l. would not try to become the natiOna
Warwick. Tanner IL man who ha'
always discharged the duties of hi
sphere OF life honestly and cOnscicn
ilol,sly In the plain. unassuming bu
th0rOugh-golng manner that consti
iu,es the great charm of American so
;, clal ana official life.
+ In his campaign through Illinois thu
(, lar he has given evidence that he can
+, when the occasion requires 1t, delivc
his views from the platform or rostrun
q rorclbly ana effectively. lie has beer
n All over this State half dozen times
), within the past three months. He hn
y delivered number of campaign
"a speeches. ana although still sulferin.
/. from severe personal injuries recent.
sustained. he Il still active ana IN
n firing In his campaign work. Tame
). deserves to win: the people know hi
!. worth ana respect him. ana he will win
"a because the people always stand b.
!. those whom they know and upon whom
Il they can rely.