Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31

finances could bc arranged. This would
result In further hardening Of money.
bringing still greater disaster to labor
interests, and a more sweeping tinan.
clal trouble than we have already had.
It would bc felt by all classes from the
workman nnd the farmer to tli" capital.
lst. None could escape. the lnbOrrr
least Of ull.
Now. what are you going to do about
It! VIII Il be Mckinley. the soldier.
citizen. statesman. or Bryan. the citl.
xen. In wycr and clOcutiOn,st! Fer dow
eriior. will It bc that quiet farmer
| statesman. Tanner. or Altgel,i. who has
helped to make history OF most I,,rs-
| tlOnable character. To say the least. for
the great State of Illinois? Your an
| swer carries no uncertain ring. What
Is Mckinley going TO do IL he II elected!
In the first place feel sure lIc will pur
forth every effort to open the milk AMI
start the industries Of THIS country
without regard 10 how Il will effect any
other nation. This means rnploymeD,
for millions Of persons. bringing money
and additional comfort 10 u suffering
people.
| ! believe that without being radical
there will be change In the tariff 81 that
every labOrer. every workman In this
nation will be protected to an extent
that represents the difference between
reasonable wages here and the low
wages OF other countries. which low
wages would practically be starvation
wages In this country.
! still further believe that sincere
ana honest effort will be made to bring
about International blmetallisni. ! am
u strong believer In blmetalllsm when
1t can be accomplished by internatiOnn
agreement. There are few persons to.
the subject, who doubt that II ratio Of
value between gold and silver We're
fixed by Great Britain. Germany. India,
the United States, France. Austria.
Italy. Sweden ana Norway. Belgium
and Holland. or even by the five larg-
est powers named. that that ratio
would and could be maintained. But
any one of those nations which to-day
would start ont to do this would debase
It's currency, kill OF industry. defer the
coming OF true blmetallism many,
many years; ruin the comfort OF the
wage Garner and his family-yes, still
more than II IL ruined nOw-and put Its
financial system, which must be the
foundation for all trading, on an un'
sound, unstable ana unsafe basis.
Ny friends. shall we desert the stan
| dard of sound money? Shall We listen
to the command that comes from Bry'
ana, Altgeld and Isllman, which virtu
ally means about face and retreat
Or shall we bend our ears to that pro
grpssive command that comes from 4
quiet man In u quiet country home IL
Canton, that command which has evel
been the characteristic watchwOrd OF
this the gr1indcst, freest nation the SUI
ever shOne upon; that command whicl
, has already found u place in the hearts
of every patriotic son of labor, whether
he comes from the quiet farm or the
! noisy wOrkship; that command whicl
l firmly believe will bring comfort ant
, good cheer to millions of suffering
That command Is not "About face" j
a IL "FOrwardw
. Hon. Henry Alexander, one of th'
Z commissioners of the new hospital fo
= the incul1bly insaneat Peoria, saystha
|. that fine institution will he completed
Jan. I. II will he the finest of its kin,
: when finished. The reason there Il
I some kicking about the finances. III
!, says, IL due to the fact that fifteen pc
cent. of the appropriation has heel
, held back from contractors until th'
work Is finished.
. "Noah," asked Captain Kidd, "I'v,
always wanted to know one thing
did you only take two of every kint
> Of creature ON board the ark!" "a
passengers, yes" said Noah; "but ou
9 steward had about four hundred chick
) ems and Holsters In the ice-boX for sun
days, just the same."-BurlingtOr