Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-20
CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS.
1t is Opened at jacksonville by
Senator Burrows.

1t il Opened at Jacksonville by
Senator Burrows.
The campaign in central Illinois was
fo rmally opened at Jacksonville Tuesday
Senator ]. c. Burrows Of Michigan being
the principal speaker. The Sena or de-
livered his address in the public square, he
ing introduced by Isaac l.. Morrison. chair
man of the town committee. John r. Tan
ner. republican candidate for governor OF
Illinois, made a short speech, and the cam
didates for the minor state Offices wore
given an inning. and altogether it was a
great day for Jacksonville.
Senator Burrows who was enthusiastic
cally received, spoke in part follows:
Il wish II was possible for me to impress
upon you my own conception Of the perils
Of this hour. 1t does seem To me- as If The
very foundations of this great republic
were rocking. and that its capstone WAS
loosenng, and / want to present to YOU in
the hour you honor me, with a hearing Of
my own idea of the issue of this campaign
You are also about to select President of
the United States. and may say to you
conffdentially that the selection will fall
upon Mckinley OF Ohio. He is to be the
executive of state for four years. and recon-
mend legislation and indorse the laws Of
! the republic.
You are also to select a national Horse
OF Representatives, upon which will de-
VolVe the formation of great appropria ton
d
taxation in this country. You are also TO
select one-third of the United States SEN
ate, and l wish you had the opportunity to
select the other two-thirds So in your
hands, by the ballot you are to deposit Won
are TO determine the character of the |, a-is-
iatl|e branch of this great nation.
In obedience to public custom conven-
IONS nave been held to formulate leclara-
tons and principles and nominate c.nd,
| dates upon those Platforms Several CON
sehtions already have been held. and others
are yet TO follow. There have been con-
FeHtlonS enough and platforms enough md
candidates enough. | should think this wear
10 satisfy the American people Yo, can
vote Tor ANYBODY, anything or any class of
principles that you want
| The speaker then made an exhaustive re-
view of the republican platform.
| me republican party declares that II Is
| unreserrediy for sound money The rerub-
mean party caused the enactment of Tho
| law providing for the RESUMPTION of snarie
payment in 1879, and since then every dom,
has been as good as gold
! Dan we cause the resumption Of specie
payment! Dldnt the boys take the green
! pack with promise to pay on it and 90
dcwn into the front OF the battle and fipbt
ior the perpetuity Of the government unnn
,s ace, ina. IL would pay these promises :?
ana were there not men in the republic
VINO said after the war was over and we
hao sfpV"Wo of greenbacks and they
were worth 80 and 40 cents on the dollar
were there not some of our fellow-citizan.
who declared that We could never rav
them? pay
We declare the truth when We say that
we forced the resumption Of specie pay
ment with firm hand We stood at Tho
helm of the ship of state and guided ~
through storm ard tempest until it was
anchored in the golden harbor of specie
payment
so. say we did declare for the rasur,,,-
tlon or specie payment and ACCOMPLISHED
IL. TOO. Further, We are unalterab,y on
peseo 20 every measure calculated to de-
oase our currency or impair the credit of
our nation The democratic party had a
convention Gaughter) in Chicago The pop
uilsts held a convention. The popul;sts
were hanging around that convention in
ShiSago, SAYING: We are in full sympathy
Win you. Some republicans deserted as
and would have been very glad to have
been nominated by the democrats or any
DOGGY else on earth (appiause) for almost
anything. And. then, the slyerites they
held convention and they finally adopted
three platforms and nominated three candi-
dates one for each platform
bryan stands on all of them laughter)
ana only regrets that there are not more
watson and Sewall. l suppose will de-
eide between them which platform thav
viii take, and thus all the three parties are
united IN one, and if there are any other
parties that would like to come in they
are welcome. Their purpose is to combine
everybody and everything against the re-
publican party. And so they declare among
other things, first and foremost in favor az
that we heard something like that thirty
six years ago. / had supposed that 1t had
gone by.
Beware, fellow citizens, There is a shirt
of unrest in this country. State rights wer,
declared for in 1850 and before, for the ptIr-
pose of maintaining within the limits of
certain states the unholy institution of
slavery. For that purpose the doctrine of
states rights was declared and maintained
Can it he possible that this doctrine is put
forward today for the purpose of throwing
the aeSis of state rights over mob violence
anywhere in this state? Can it he possible
that because an executive reached the ON
nipotent arm of this great country and
took rioters by the throat and put out the
torch Of the incendiary and preserved order
and peace; because that was done is il
necessary to reassert the doctrine Of state
sovereignty? l hope not"
The speaker arraigIed the record Of the
democratic party, denounced its platform,
and closed with an urgent appeal to his
hearers to stand by the doctrine of the re-
publican party and against free silver.
Admiral Bunce's Fleet.