Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-07-16
The Candidates Are Lining Up and the
People Can Take Their Own
Choice.
Interesting Gossip from All the Camps About
Prominent Citizens Talked Of
for Honors

| right Of searching American vessels and
| impressing American scamen.
public the state Of Florida and NJ tt the ~" same
time declared that no foreign power should
get another foot Of this continent, and in
1888. when corrupt wealth had made itself
reduce the American people to state OF
| vassalage. when II controlled Congress and
| the Federal courts. Just rs II does now,
Msr ws ssS II hs White O1ss
money power shall not rule this land" And
by that one act he saved n whole generation
! OF Americans from the destructive policies
| that are today running our country.
| In 1915 the Democrats secured FOR the re-.
| public the state NJ Texas. In 1SlS they Sc.
cured for this republic New Mexico. Ari.
zon, aud California. II was Democracy
that founded this republic and It was the
Democratic party that secured for It the
| North American continent.
| Then came the civil war and from the mn.
| turc Of the situation the Democratic party
had to divide. but It was the spirit Of Dem.
ocrncy that saved the Union and wiped out
slavery. The 1.WO.oUO men who marched to
| the front to save the flag were Democrats
one.half of them actually belonged to the
| Democratic party. The records ut Washing.
| ton show that. Even the Democratic slave
state Of Missouri sent over 2OO,OtW men to
been Democratic state. supplied more men
| IN proportion to Its population than almost
any other state. and the same was true OF
| forests which have nrofitcd so much hv thnt
war aud kent themselves I'm Rover on the
memory Of II were ut the beginning opposed
| slavery, hut took advantage Of the patrjotic
| sentiment which the war had aroused and
they innuguratcd policies which are destroy.
Ing us-policics which plumber the many aud
fnttcn the few.
The American people have been paying nt
| the national debt which the war created for
| thlrty.thrce yenrs. and yet suci have been
| Rcpnblicon PARTY thar today lt viii take
| nearly twice ns much of American labor 10
pay what il left OF that debt ns would have
been necessary TO pny IL ali M the conclu.
| sion Of the war. this Is only n sample OF
! all Of the acts Of TINT pnrty
In 1879 there was n new battle cry. and
| the scattered and discouraged Democracy
rallied and held the greatest assembly Of
nreeincn thnt ever met on TINS cohtinehI
| Tue party east OF! the parasites. u cast on
the dendheads, which hnd long ridden II and
| icd u only on false pretcnses. IL hung new
Dnnhcrs 70 tne Drcexe. Incn went fortn
nmu i""gnt tnc most gignntc pnt!Ie ever
| wngcu: its grcmt ienucr nItcu inc issue or
u nign intellectuni nilu mora! planes anu
mule a campaign that was without q pnrnl.
lei III al history. anu the party which only
Few months before was considered dead
polled 1,OOO.VO more votes for President
thnn were ever Deforc cast Tor Democratic
cannidn'c .,.
/ Wneu thc cIcctiOn rctUIuS cuIHe tncy were
| against us, The reports from the polls SHOW
| thnt tue tepuDlicnn party hnd bccn sup
| ported. irst, ny the negroes; second. ny the
| very ighornht foreign votc, which couIu bc
CONTROLLED, by bosses; third. that al ~ the
| purchased votes were given TO that ticket,
| Ior mere was no i"nu on Tue otner sue
| !ourth, thnt nIl the ftnudulent VOTING iinu
been done ~ favor OF that party; hfth, TINT
| every inborlhg ninn TINT couid possibly nc
| cocrccu or frightened ny MS employer lnu
| votei thnt tickct; skin, thnt the entire
nnngihg,ol c'nss, when mas forever c!nng
| 10 the skirts of wealth, hnd voted Tor that
| purity. But even then u appeared thnt w..
| Nv more votes properly d'svriDutcu wou!u
| nave cnnhgeu the result. ,Wnen tue Incts
| came more conpIctcIy 70 ngnt' Inch up.
penrcu tnnt giRnhtic irnuus anu crimes
| ngaihsu the Oni!ot hnu Oeeh coihhitted.
i IN Chicngo alone there were upward OF
| 1OoO votes returned that were never legally
| chst. NO nOhcst man can examine the re-
ports oi that cicc!on wunout Ocing con
| vihteu tlnt our cnnuiunte TOT the prcsiuchcy
| was elected ana thnt ny q large mnyorNy.
| III levs J nau Tue hohor OF cohuuctihR n
| campaign w TINS state, nh9 tOiu our people
| NOT 10 try 70 Mukc Single convert, nut 10
| devote every energy 70 getlhk tue existing
| sentiment crystailixed into the box where u
| could be counted. And ! want 10 say 70
| you, do not waste any time IN enorts 20
| make converts TO our side. More thah NJ
per cent OF tue people are opposed 70 tne
ko." s"uusu MSw. a ~. ~. 49, ~. S.sTns
mnI y" SUus $500 49,. w NJ sT,s. -. s,o ~,
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