The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
OPENED BY
his Political Campaign Begun by
an Address at Girard. uItno4s


SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 2s.-Gov.
Altgeld opened his political camnaign
at Glrard today. Delegations were pres
ent from many other cities, and far
Hers Tor twenty miles around. a nro.
cesslon Of marching clubs. five thons.
ana strong, escorted him to the DubIic
square where he addressed an audience
OF oetween 5000 and 10000 people. The
governor was listened to atten+iva1U
and cheered most enthusiastically Hon
). w. Graham followed him in a strong
speech. Gov. Altgefd said: -
we are now In the midst of the ereatest
f fae7 tnaI ever confronted this republic. IN
1ooI IHe Onlon was confronted with disSo1,
uoh' which meant an anarchy in rasnaot -
government and a perpetuation of the Afri
can ian slavery. In 1896 we are confronted with
me question of perpetually enslavinq tn
white race. We are confronfad LIE the
question whether we shall install the En
snsn shylock as a taskmaker over all the
eeneIaI!0ns or Americans that are vet ~
come. We are not proposing to wron9 49,
bouy; we are proposing to give eyerY man
we ar y we are not suggesting experiment,
ence OF the world for thousands of vearS peernd
~ say tnat this experiment of trying IN forna
f fT Haeohs OF the earth onto a gold basis
Loi the oeneht of European creditors -
running the American people, We nroOns -
pay Dack the English creditors in the samo
nroneso tney gave us, gold and silver. We
the SAM % give them dollars that shall have
o. "me purchasing power, that will INV
As much property and as much ishor OuaSs
every Kind as the dollars they gave ne W. ~
In ' epset,v 70 pay them principal and interest
nc c,ly the same money which thew gavs
US. and we say that their act in sIse
sf.oe uemonetized. making gold deaTer
a snd tney had succeeded in getting our bondss
dinor nOtes, SO as to compel us to nav in .
inherent Kind Of money from what tbay q
us, 70 pay in dollars which cost twices ave
nnd sweat. twice as much blood was q frauS
- The o ouestt against IN Civilization:
lions De maintained in this conntru, Tsutu-
rasmers' our mechanics and our iaborarm our
reuuceo to the condition of mere aIe
is sea- led Serls, then the doom of this republic
impoverished cond,Sen of the toI1o 10 tne
europe, then a high and INTELLIGENT nrdsr u
ISdttzensh1p is impossible. Men who boHa
cate their families. Men vbo canhot edu-'
~ az tneir strength and all their tbouss NJ
70 what is practically unreouitted toll oraeno
nj laSeo 70 act the role of independent free
men; since the revolution. England bss &c.
cared to dominate us POLITICALLY f1rtbnr me
70 shape our financial policy. n sha =, hn4
Keep our country in the condition in which,
lions 90 US now sne ls content. Three mill
oion IN tnis country in the face of a ieerinp
ana sneering world. The question NJ, rs
shsd seventy millions Of people surrender
that tbs si.uuons ana announce to the world
Nd. they are incapable Of maintaining them 4
1hree millions OF people, a century 400 a.
nounced to the world that thew could 1at,
asons Wlthout Europe. Shall seventy millions
VI people now claim that we are denendent
upon the monarchy-ridden and corrTn+jon
eaten European states.
! ask you to support Bryan and humani+y
asalnst Mckinley and plutocracy. I ask yoiri
70 support the institutions of the fathers
against the ~dictation of foreign shyIocks. Il
ask you to sustain a policy which gives aver1
man ms due on one hand and on the other,
VII! make 1t possible for every industrion4
ana intelligent man to make a livino