The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02
ALTGELD ON TOP.
Grover CIeyeIand's Name
Kissed in the Illinois
Convention,
John P. Altgeld Re- Nominated
by Acc'amation Despite
His Defamation.
An Unequivocal Silver Platfor"
Adopted.

of combustion over strike by 'he
American Railway Union against the
Pullman Palace Car Company. 1t ~
not our object to discuss the merits
Of that strike here, but we will refer
to the unho|y part that President
Cleveland took therein During the
canrse Of this strike several RIOTS
occurred in Chicago aud Governor
Altgeld was getting the matter IN
control, when President Cleveland,
in the very teeth Of the United States
Constitution. ia utter violation OF Its
exnress declaration that there shall
be no interference by the Federal
authorities unless appealed to by the
State government, sent troops into
the city of Chicago AID meu were de-
I,berately shot down because, we be-
lieve, they dared to oppose an auto
cratic. plutocrat'c corporation,
something which seats to be very
near the heart of the President.
This Federal interference was not
only unsolicited, but was IN direct
violation of and against the emphatic
protests of Gov. Altgeld, who notified
the President that he could manage
the affair himself. All men Of intel
. l,gence know that Cleveland had VIC
lated the Constituted; all know that
a large majority Of the American
t people believed that President
n | leveland lad done this, not to quell
g an uncomfortable body Of iusnrrec-
,ionists or anarchist, but he did so
as a friend of monopoly and plutocra-
y cy against labor. At that time, Cleve-
land was virtually emperor OF Amer
ID ica Men in high public life, them
selves leaders in politics and molders
to Of public opinlan, reversed their pub
al lie expression of many years stand
III ing, Frustrated themselves before TIL:
self-crested god and shouted on an,
and ali occasions, vive Cleveland
. great is Grover
20 Nv means of this subservient cue
.. koo recognition of his sovereignty
~ the President had his unlawfu
methods indorsed and by public &C
ate claim orhis servle clans, placed AZ
to geld under the ban as an alder an
ms abetter of lawlessness. And by tn
II. free usr and expression Of the subs
OIL died press many good people b'
in lieved it was 80.
the Though the mills Of God grind slowl
vet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waitin
are with exnctuess grinds He all.
,ors And when the great State of LII
i'm. uois met in convention Tuesday, Il
of Democracy with thunderour accl
NO. nation re-nomlnated Gov. Altgel
lao with mighty and uproarous una'
not nifty indorsed his administrations
loo with great indignation aud outrag
Ios manhood Kissed the name OF Cle'
land
All, retributlon is slowly drawi
ad it's unyielding coils around Geo
resi- Cleveland and The PROGRESS THU
hrst he will yet Lear his name in, Natlo
rlne, conclave, Kissed and his policy rel
the dated and spnrned.
be Illinois declared for silver in
long following language that no one
misunderstood:
,,o, sTaoNa FREE SILVER RESOLUTIONS
TIN The platform, which was adopted
sday. 'n ,.'v .v s.,,ar u tho sound aud the 50
1eie- money known to man, and as exPerit
!; for has shown that this consits OF both
iority and silver, with equal rights oil con
, mo- and full legal tender power, we denl
the repeal of that Republican ana pi
cratic legislation which demone'
silver and reduced 1t to the basis OF u
money, destroying by one-haif the
'emo- of real money, and by dou bling the
Chi to be done by geld, doubled its pure
silver ing power, so that the farmers and
u,. ducers had to give twice as much
10 get dollar IA they formerly had,
aho found it hard to meet the debts, lnie
1t Is tax 3 and fixed charges, which were
ats as lowered. In this way the market
that those things which The mechanic III
borer made was destroyed, and the
'''" tories had tu be shut down.
erson, but by thus taking out of the
9 and nercial world one-half Of its bont
oold dustry aud trade have been para
and itileuess aud mis-. ~ have been Il
0'' - over the civilized world. With the RI
70 sli- natural resources, with most indusi
:. u 1~h1 49,