The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
OPENED BY ALrGELD.
! ms rs foi1 lf1.a, Campaign Begun by
an Address at Girard, Illinois.

oPR1NGFIELD, Ill.,, Aug. 29.-Gov.
| Altgeld opened his political CAMPAIGN
| at G1rard today. Delegations were nres-
emf from many other cities. and far
nlers for twenty miles around. A nro-
cession OF marching clubs, five thous-
anu sIrong, escorted him to the puhIic
square where he addressed an audience
OF between 1900 and 10000 people. The
governor was listened to attentiveIIJ
anu cneered most enthusiastically. Hon
>. W. Graham followed him in a stronor
sPeecn: Gov. Aitgefd said: ~
crisis Ibet now evs n the midst Of the greatest
1901 1901 the Union was confronted with fiissolrA
s oaOn, wnlcn meant an anarchy in respect tn
government and perpetuation OF The AL -
can slavery. In 1896 we are confronted 11itt,
sme question OF perpetua1ly enslaying the
T mitl.e race We are confronted with the
queSlon whether we shall install the I'm .
gnsn Shylock as a taskmaker over al, ~
generations OF Americans that are vet 70
6 Soiie. we are not proposing to wrong anvo
L9S we are proposing to give everY man
MS que. We are not suggesting ernar,m nnon
me are demanding return to the eYneris
vn a o. .ne world for thousands of years. and
ene nations of the earth onto a eoId $50
rui tne oeneht of European creditors 10
raini ~ tne American people We propose to
pay back the English creditors in tbe sere ~
money they gave u.s. gold and silver W.
~ nhbopose 70 give them dollars that shall have
as r,nh purchasing power, that Will buy
90
every Kind as the dollars they gave ne W. %
propose 70 pay them principal and interase
-, -, e1actiy the same money which thew gors
Vi, ana we say that their act in setfIrS
silver demonetized making roId 55eenS
a anS tney had succeeded in getting orr bordss
81 80 NOTES, so as to compel MS to nov -
u usnet re KIND OF money from what thew 9svs
na,,os 20 pay In dollars which cost twices ss
81 mS1., twice as much blood was q frarS
anu q crime against civilization AA"uo
az, Inc question is, shall Rebuhl,car ,n..,...
f fvns De maintained in this country II gu.
as eIs, our mechanics and our Iahorora o o
reduced to the condition os u no ,aDorers are
Is nasnf serIs then the doom OF this rennbIio
- they are to be reduced r. th
Eurone eri the condcen of the toilers of
cSaiitizenshfp is impossible Me- . oroer or
na Ills 70 eat and little to wear cannot n "a,
uaee !neir families. Men who have ~ 49,
to what 'n as strength and all their thoughts
calculated to act the role of independenI f-aoe
n naen since the revolution, England has NJ
- $50 20 dominate US politically further than
keep our o enn nhaneiai policy + she but
, sne mas us now she is content Three mil.
Mons OF people established republican insti+,,
s s,oa IN tnis country in the face Of jeerins,
shall sn aeuas worla. The question now is
s shan seventy millions Of people surrenda1
tnese institutions and announce to the vori3
snat tney are incapable OF maint aininr +hera3
anree millions OF people. century ago an.
along without Europe Shall saven+v vou n,i,, ses
OF people now claim that we are denanden+
upon the monarchy-ridden and corrnntionN
eaten European states
i ask you to support BRYAN ana h,,~,.-,.
against Mckinley and plutocracy ASK voir
10 support the institutions of the fatherS
against the dictation of foreign shvlocks X
ASH you 70 sustain policy which gives every
Will make 1t possible for every industrioud
anu ihteilgent man to make living