New-York tribune., 1896-10-18

IL impossible 70 replace Il was Ianehart who
furnished most Of the ways and means for carry
ing on the Altgel1 campaign four years ago. anc
II was he also whose ingenuity furnished Jus'
In time the braces for the totterirg financial
structure reared b. Altgeld. II Is not surpris-
Ing. therefore. 20 BE- told that the Governor does
not feel sanguine as 10 the result Of the cleo
tions. and that he remarked 10 friend not Ions
ago: Il am broken in health and purse and
have no heart in this campaign" Or is il thai
he foresees the inevitable and is bowling his head
TO the coming storm?
ALTGELD IN LITERATURE.
THAT mine adversary had written book:
Well Governor Altgeld has done 80. but 1t has
never furnished his enemies with preiext fof
attacking him. II is collection OF articles
contributed 10 magazines and n@Wspapers-aH
written in remarkably bad English, and giving
no indication Of either deep thought or sreat
logical power. he does not openly attack the
rich for being rich. put ne seems 70 d,.n. tnhn /"
Poverty, like crime, Is. according 10 him. us
ease with which society must deal IN new way.
Ii must. above all treat both gently. Punish
rnent, not much as protection is 10 De lI.e
underlying principle OF governmental ac'loh
man ufactUrer who closes his "oiks anu o!s-
charges his employees for the purpose or prlns-
ing en- other workmen, willing 10 work az 10" :,
wages, he calls an enemy OF society, because III
disctarging his od employees, he creates pow
erty and In its train, crime. For the same red-
SON he deems a strike which. under the inter
dependent conditions Of modern trade, aHeCts
workrnen In other branches an equal menace
q society.
pulsory arbitration with he machinery Try %
elective boards TO carry II Into erect. OUT o'
prisons and retormatories he would make KIN KIN.
dergartens. as IL were, in morals anu HIItG.,
and 10 carry out his ideals In this directon NJ
furnishes endless suggestions. The eigat-houff
movement he advocates with SOou ue"4 Vi
vjeor and not without ability. -,
M the administration OF justice he mas III
tie 10 say that is good. For one tnlhs, - -
too slow Il is a.so too costly anu, mi.io~s iiars
saving 80, he intr1ates that ~ IS not aIw1SS a,fS
above suspicion Or ilcorruptible. Inc po;Ice
however draws the full! Are or TINS piIlosypniti.,
Its management te arrays as pe'nS o..ae np.il..e
shors Of scandaous. The subjects OF uHIec5s
sary arrests made tie brutal treatment oI p. pi
oners. the terrorism under wnich tei &c, ~ ,Lo
stratum Of society lives, ere taken up ~
Governor each in turn, and discussru IA oi.', a
wisdom OF the Chief Executive OF eleat le,.,tai
but striking In the recital OF SOM uisnsbIe
grievances which lufnlsh dh ai.-''"S
pretext for his philippe. . van az
a. a whole the book does not impress you a.
the work Of great thinker or sociaI tsos le,o he
With good deal Of pedantry II co'lio'ns Ill
shrewd desire OF the deInagogue 70 st1nu W.
with what Bryan calls the TONNE NJ ,.onr
In closing the book you invo!unlai'.y yininns 70.
dav had his real estate ventures ~ C"' 80
made a millionaire Of him? Wouia ne ia nr
found it difficult for ins. Rinr aGurativeiy in
stead Of posing, with an unproouCuNe, -
Ruildinc IN one hand and the meagre ediaiS
an Illinois Governor IN tle other' a' d"
trickster and demasogueT
rrcr1D CoHTRAsTED WITH BRYAN.
rronlnent political leader OF Europe VINO
aav.,,, visited this country. conversed with
Governor Altgeld in Springfield and hearo
BRYAN speak on occasions than one sd 10 hs fns
cn,Irse Of his Eastern campaign. nc I've NC thai
to to say Lection 81 Of Bryan would be srch srna,
blow to this country anent,Y after a M for % he has
damage Entv itS nor force Of character. he IS
ei man Of very shallow lntelleo1 ;s aTd Wlndbag If
at'siii,. ra nan like Altgeld ii would DC u,,
There you have n,, mind man sSste Ss i4eA Of
mas Wo." s Nc efficacy of which he mas m
et belief who 10 the perasa IN
anu star,n,ned unon By him. and who' wheu
once One time is ripe viii stop at nothins to reacs
the goal Of his ambition. he - s. ,'s sn nrcvent
,,n, please but not enough or one 70 pIe ou,
his playing the demaeogue as he Is oU,iie aeunted
for ,literior reasons. He is man Srrsrous" a.,
ability ana ior 'i~' ' n. c. S.