The Portland daily press., 1896-10-19


that He Has Sold Out Popoeratic
National Ticket.
New York. October 17.-Goy. John 2.
Altgeld Of Illinois arrived in this city
this morning, whittier he hadcome to ad
dress mass meetina Of lovers of free sill
yer. He arrived in Jersey City at Z. 43
O'Clock, but found no one awaiting him,
SO he proceeded to the Fifth avenue ho-
tel unattended save by his secretary, W.
4 Bsyles, who came with him.
Mr. St. John and a committee of the
German silver men were to have met
the governor, but there was hitch, and
they missed him, and few minutes after
he reached the hotel they puffed in, full
Of apologies.
MF. Altgeld having pinked himself up
fer the day went at once to breakfast
with his secretary. He was among the
enemy as he sat in the big dining room.
Joseph H. Manley of the Republican
national committees and score of other
prominent workers for the cause of
sound money were breakfasting close
about him. Re was obIivious Of their
presence and ate hearty meal.
Afterward, standing in the public par
lor, one hand thrust into pocket of his
gray suit, the other n.editatively strok-
ing his sbubby beard, he gave his views
of the political situation in his state
the state where the heaviest fighting in
She whole battle is being done.
Il am perfectly confident that our
party VIII be victorious in illinois, said
the governor. ] am perfectly confident
that it will cast it's vote for Bryen for
president and for myself for governor
Never befors have things looked better
for our party. We have no money, to be
sure. but the people are full of enthusi-
assn fer tbs cause OF free silver. In fact,
the free silver sentiment Ia growing ire
lnendously throughout the middle west. !"
What majority DO you expect in ILL.,
nois?' WAS asked.
g -Four years ago Cleveland carried it
ny about p, 000 il | r3member rightly. l
Believe tha5 this year Bryan will get
three times thai majority. I here is every
indication OF it,
''lt is untrue then, that you have given
up hope of carrying the state for Bryan,
and are now in q struggle to save your
self from defeat?'
Mr. AltgeId smiled. 81 should say If
IS untrue he cred warmly " A lgc-
lutelY untrue. 1t simply shows what
strsits Hanna aGd his men have been
driven TO that they have TO publish such
lies as that. They say that have been
trading Bryan votes for Votes for myself?
They lie. I have always been confident
that l would win there; that Bryan
would win there. Bryan would be elect
ed without lD4lQlR-I-kaye not figured
C'ss-s-s e-Ssct electoral vote, but know
that If everything north of the Mason
and Dixon line and the Ohio and east
n he Ifrr~a rrs l.
viii VIM
The n1atseF Of fha charges made against
hin by MF. TormaR, who is running
aga11Ht him on the national Democratic
tioket, vas brought up. Nj. Forman has
publicly charger Alcgeld with having
BORROWED STATE FUNDS;
with permitting tie vaults of the treas
ury to be opened between the time of
tho treasurer's death and the appoint
ment of another; with having removed
the superintendent of the Illinois asylum
for feeble minded children because he
refused to land him the funds of the in
ssitRtion; with having asked the resig-
nation Of the treasurer of the Anna in
cane asylum for a similar reason; with
having borrowed hundreds Of thousands
Ct dollars ut 6 and per cent, contrary
30 law, and with having permitted sums
G money appropriated to the state insti-
buttons to be urawn from the treasury
before it Y rs needed and deposited in
bis pet banks.
Gag. Altgeld has been asked to answer
and prove the untruth of these charges. |
and he has agoided doing so.
Are they true?" was asked of him |
this morning.
''They are lies. lie replied hotiy. ~
havs denied than several times. and my
friends have denied them. Borman still |
parades them about. have become
tired Of denying them. and propose to
give them no more attentioD-to ignore
them. Mr., H0rman is TOO small man
for ma to get into any discussion with"
Having disposed Of the ck Tges, he con-
tinuea 'IheEs are ewo things ! want
TO call your attention to, the heavy
registration and the postal card poll Of
the Chicago Record. About 290, 600 votes
were registered in Chicago on the first
day which WAS tremendous gain over
last year. 1t shows more people are turn
ing out; that they are enthusiastic
Where you have political machines get
ting out the voters tire registration is
less. The Republicans go about but
tonholing men TO legistor. Our people
turn out Of their own volition. | can
not bus regard tia heavy registration as
q good omen.
q Now, rs TO that postal card poll that
SO much has been made of. Our party
leaders knew tbat Hanna ami his agents
weTs in every boarding house, in every
factory, shop, aud store in the city and
that sneb poll would not be fair So
our people we're instructed not to en-
Ter into tue poll. What was the result?
Two-thirds of the postal cards were
in AIcKinley's favor; one.third for Bryan.
What does that shown Only republicans
voted, and yet One-third of them were
for Bryan. Why. when you think of it
the Republican claims that they will
carry Illinois, or Chicago, are ridicu-
lous.''
Coy. AJtgeld will speak twice at Coop